ModBook Pro: interesting mac for logic (etc...)

by **fisherking** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:18 pm

http://www.modbook.com/

it's like a macbook pro and an iPad mated... :mrgreen:

would be interesting to run logic on something where you can access everything directly....

by **xpander** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:54 pm

Wow, a very interesting concept that oozes coolness!!

- xpander

by **David** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:13 pm

An iPad that runs OS X would certainly get my attention (I don't have an iPad - yet).

by **fisherking** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:20 pm

i want to know what it costs; it's a rebuilt 13", it's not gonna be cheap. but a tablet running OS X...hmmm... (am thinking, if i don't pay my rent this month....)

by **el-bo** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:24 am

David wrote:An iPad that runs OS X would certainly get my attention (I don't have an iPad - yet).

yup, an ipad running osx would be great, and for a minute this was also great. like apple, however, they seem to have gone down a style-over-function design, eschewing programmable buttons like on many wacom tablets...as such, this seems more geared towards graphic/freehand artists than us lot because there are no modifier keys

this is no issue if, in fact, i have misunderstood and it's also a touchscreen a la ipad

by **fisherking** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 11:05 am

they actually mention logic pro on the site...anyway, will be interesting to see it in action (and, again, find out the cost...).
meanwhile, back to the trackpad...

by **tristancalvaire** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:13 pm

Doesn't Apple hate anyone besides them selling a device that runs their software? I'm surprised that this is a thing.

by **David** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:16 pm

ttoxique wrote:Doesn't Apple hate anyone besides them selling a device that runs their software? I'm surprised that this is a thing.

Especially when it's illegal - isn't there a clause that OS X is only to be installed on Apple products in the OS X license agreement? I'm fairly sure there's one.

by **fisherking** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:48 pm

they must have something...the earlier version supposedly had a license (this goes back a few years). guess we'll know more about it soon enough.

i doubt there's applecare; hopefully there will be a warranty, and support...and a company around long enough to provide that.

by **tristancalvaire** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:56 pm

David wrote:
ttoxique wrote:Doesn't Apple hate anyone besides them selling a device that runs their software? I'm surprised that this is a thing.

Especially when it's illegal - isn't there a clause that OS X is only to be installed on Apple products in the OS X license agreement? I'm fairly sure there's one.

Perhaps they'll require the end user to manually install the OS? I haven't browsed the website enough to see if it's true.

by **el-bo** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:58 pm

fisherking wrote:they must have something...the earlier version

oooooh yeeeeaah...now i remember...pretty sure it was based on the original 13" white macbook

fisherking wrote:hopefully there will be a warranty, and support

one year 'top-to-bottom', apparently...and service centres

by **rhys** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:43 am

isn't this the company where you have to send them a macbook and they do the mod? I don't think that is illegal. I think you just use the os that you have on there already.

by **fisherking** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:51 am

rhys wrote:isn't this the company where you have to send them a macbook and they do the mod? I don't think that is illegal. I think you just use the os that you have on there already.

they're actually selling finished hardware; they must have the legal thing worked out... am keeping an eye on this, am interested (maybe). i definitely want to know more, see it in action...

by **David** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:56 am

ttoxique wrote:Perhaps they'll require the end user to manually install the OS? I haven't browsed the website enough to see if it's true.

Well then that would be illegal for the end user, as OS X's eula specify you can only install it on an "Apple branded product". Not sure how they're going around that. Or maybe they aren't?

by **tristancalvaire** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:58 am

That's what I'm thinking- they can legally sell the product so long as the end user agrees to never actually use it to run Mac OS X.

Then of course the end user will run Mac OS X.

by **David** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:39 am

Sounds to me like another Napster: a legal product which is targeted to users who are going to use it illegally.

by **fisherking** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:12 pm

i want to know more about it; they had a modbook out several years back, i remember reading about it (macworld or someplace).
they MUST have something worked out...? anyway, we'll see soon enough...

by **David** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:39 pm

Well I guess this answers it - the Modbook Pro is NOT A COMPUTER!!!

The Modbook Pro is an enclosure conversion kit designed to exclusively contain an original MacBook Pro base system manufactured by Apple Inc. Apple Inc.’s one-year limited warranty on the base system is voided by the conversion and replaced with Modbook Inc.’s warranty.

by **CarlosUnderground** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:07 pm

The pen is a deal breaker. I'm in love with my track pad so iPad is my next step.
If only it could run OSX!

by **Markisflippinsweet** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:16 am

http://www.modbook.com/modbookpro

Yo, homiez, check this out.
What do you guys think? It sounds almost too good to be true, if it's as thin as I imagine.

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