Thursday, October 9, 2008

Gigabyte M912X hack makes a smarter, cheaper Modbook

A fellow named Stuart Lowe installed Leopard on his Gigabyte M912X netbook / tablet hybrid, and we like the results. Though this isn't the first Mac tablet hack,
it's a tightly wrapped little package: the interface seems smooth with
either fingers or a stylus, and Inkwell's onscreen keyboard allows
complete functionality when the computer is folded into its slate
configuration. Much of the necessary software functionality existed in
Leopard already, and since installing OS X on something other than a
Mac isn't the challenge
it used to be, we're envisioning a pretty smooth ride for other
would-be-hackers. We've embedded a video on the other side of the jump
-- take a look, and then cast your vote on what to call this niche
category of netbook-like tablets.

[Via Slashgear]