For years now, the Modbook has been giving Apple fans the devices that Cupertino won’t. Before the first iPad came out, Apple delivered the Modbook, a white plastic Macbook transformed into a tablet. They then followed it with the Modbook Pro, which gave the same treatment to the 13-inch MacBook Pro.
With hybrid tablet/laptops like the Surface hitting the market, Modbook’s once again getting ready to give Apple die hard what they want. The Modbook Pro X is coming, and it promises to be a convertible MacBook Pro that is also a tablet when it wants to be.
Preserving all of the original ports, CPU, GPU, RAM, storage, and other specs of the 2013 MacBook Pro, Modbook has essentially turned the screen around and infused it with a digitizer that can detect 2,048 different pressure levels.
Because there’s no physical keyboard in tablet mode, optional keybars — or small keys mounted on the back of the tablet — can provide functionality cut-and-paste, command and option keys, and so on. And best of all, since previous Modbooks have been criticized for being difficult to use, the new Modbook Pro X will ship with a combination Bluetooth keyboard and trackpad that essentially turns it into the Mac equivalent of the Microsoft Surface.
But there’s a catch. Unlike previous Modbooks, the Pro X is a Kickstarter project, and if the project doesn’t hit its $150,000 funding goal, it may very well never become a retail project. So if that sounds up your alley, consider donating. It’s the only way a hybrid Mac/iPad will ever beecome a reality.
Source: Kickstarter
