Back in the days before the iPad, there was the ModBook, a MacBook-to-tablet conversion that could be expensively undertaken by those willing to send off their laptops to the plucky boys over at ...

Hardly the easiest DIY project I’ve seen, but I give this guy credit for assembling his own tablet computer using a Macbook and Intuos Wacom tablet, which he calls an iTab. Apparently Wei of weistudio ...

We've featured one DIY MacBook Tablet before, but this particular model takes a very different approach, modding only the screen itself for a cheap, usable tablet computer. Unlike most custom Mac ...

If you are looking for a tablet with a little more power than the iPad or other Android tablets on the market, you might want to consider transforming a MacBook into a tablet for just $50. Hacker ...

Want a Windows tablet? You can pick one up for under $200. Want an OS X tablet? Apple doesn’t sell any… the company’s tablets run iOS. But if you want the power of a MacBook Pro in a tablet-shaped ...

Touchscreen MacBook conversions aren't new, and in fact if you've got the money then we'll be the first to say that the Axiotron ModBook is a great off-the-shelf OS X tablet. If, though, you don't ...

I've been dreaming for years about a new kind of MacBook. It's a 2-in-1 device similar to Microsoft's Surface Pro, with a key difference. When in laptop mode, I'd get the full MacBook experience, ...

A solution in search of a problem? The rumors of the Modbook's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Introduced in January of 2007 at the Macworld Expo, Axiotron's modified MacBook caught the ...

While it would be nice if Apple released a small, light and cheap netbook, it doesn't appear to be likely any time soon. Not only is Apple not announcing any new hardware this year, when asked about ...

If you're craving an ultra-sensitive tablet computer, but you're not willing to wait for the rumored Apple tablet to materialize, you could always build your own version. Lifehacker reader Wei was ...