The Axon Logic Haptic is an iPad rival that runs OS X. If you’ve been itching to get your hands on a tablet that can run Apple’s full-fat OS, Windows 7 or Linux, it could well be the hackable slate of your dreams. Axon explicitly warns that Apple’s licence forbids installing OS X on hardware other than its own but we can’t help but think it’s being a little tricksy…
The Axon Logic Haptic has the kind of specs that prospective tablet tinkerers cook up in their dreams. There’s a 10in touchscreen with 1024×600 resolution, a 1.6Ghz Atom processor and 2GB of RAM. There’s a handful of USB ports, a 3G SIM slot, 320GB hard drive, webcam, VGA and Ethernet onboard.
Axon is also offering a range of accessories to add to your Axon Logic Haptic tablet including a 3G card, USB Bluetooth dongle and Bluetooth GPS receiver.
It’s not exactly a cheap option though. You can pre-order the Axon Logic Haptic now for $750 and you’ll need to snap up an OS separately. It’s built to handle Linux, Windows or, crucially, Mac OS X thanks to support for “any Darwin based OS”.
Axon makes it very clear that you’d be very naughty to install OS X on the Axon Logic Haptic. The small print at the bottom of its website heavy-handedly spells that out: “Apple Inc’s OS X is a Darwin based OS but their EULA specifically forbids installation of OS X on non-Mac hardware.”
But with the Axon Logic Haptic press picture showing the Apple logo nestled cosily beside the Windows 7 and Linux logos, we get the feeling that it would rather like to become the Hackintosh tablet of choice.
Are you tempted to slap down some cash for the Axon Logic Haptic and take the risk of putting OS X on it? Or would you rather stick with the simple pleasures of the iPad or the Dell Streak?
Out now | $750 | Axon Logic (via Crunchgear)
