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Mac Clones History: A Tale of Poor Margins and Bad Timing

Mac Clones History: A Tale of Poor Margins and Bad Timing

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·September 2, 2025
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WillAdams

EDIT: Just barely mentioned is Axiotron's ModBook --- while not a clone per se (a Mac Laptop was disassembled, keyboard removed, and screen either replaced or reinstalled w/ a digitizer layer), it was a device marketed to folks whom Apple did not have a product for, and until the Apple Pencil, was the best Apple device in between the Newton MessagePad or a Wacom Cintiq for stylus usage.

gs17

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_conversion

Wow, I thought I had been a big Mac, er, addict as a kid and somehow I never heard of these except maybe the Modbook.

robterrell

ModBook is mentioned in the article. But Outbound (another deconstructed Mac) is not.

WillAdams

Obviously should have searched --- still think it would have merited deeper discussion.