MacCores iTab Mini and You'll Forget the Apple Tablet 12.1-inch Resistive Touchscreen Display and Core 2 Duo Processors

Apple's fabled tablet has not been confirmed yet and may not appear
anytime in the near future, but there's a possible alternative out
there, the only catch is, that you can't buy it, you will have to build
it. Meet the iTab mini, a Mac-tablet which uses a 12-inch Powerbook as
its base and weighs in at 1.84 kg.

Made by a Mac modder named Wei, the iTab mini runs on an Intel Core 2
Duo 2.16 GHz processor, packs 2GB of RAM, 160GB space on a hard drive,
Mini VGA-in, Firewire 400, Magsafe, Ethernet, 1400 x 1050 pixels
resistive touchscreen LCD, along with WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.
More to it, the iTab mini can also be rotated into portrait mode if
you'd like …
Its specs are nothing to sneeze, the product itself looks very
professional and the total budget for the device comes in at
approximately $600-$700. Definitely something for the guys at Apple to
take a look at.

The MacCores website contains full documentation and photos of the
various steps of constructing the device, so if you're into dyi ..
here's the closest (and fastest) you can get to the Apple Tablet right now.