A contact of the Crave CNET website from computer manufacturer Asus has reportedly confirmed that Asus is indeed working with Apple to create a Tablet PC.

So far the only way to get a Mac Tablet PC is from third-party manufacturers such as Other World Computing. If this rumor holds true, then we can might actually be seeing an official Apple-made tablet system pretty soon. More information can be found by clicking on the "read more" link below.

AirPort is a local area wireless networking system from Apple based on Wi-Fi and is certified as compatible with other 802.11b devices. Now of course, products from a major company would be costly. There is just no way around it. An AirPort Express Base Station would cost you $129.00, while it would be $70 more for the AirPort Extreme, add to that tab the AirPort Extreme card coming in at $79.00. You don't have to say it. A hefty price tag, I know.

Thankfully, there are daredevils like Mark Hoekstra from Geek Technique, that is willing to go the extra mile to look for cheaper alternatives. In this tutorial that he made, all that you need is a Lucent WaveLAN Orinoco Silver card and a lot of patience.

Those that want to try this how-to, just make a note that Mark's iBook is a dual-USB with 600MHz G3 and 384MB with a modified keyboard. Now that you have the bulk of what you need, let's get to it.

This would be the first of the things to go in your card. Remove the black plastic from the card. According to Mark, he wanted to do it with care but unfortunately, the only way to remove it is to pry it open.

Check out the rest of the steps after the jump!

Modifying your iBook may have been one of the coolest things you've done back when the iBook was making headlines. Of course, you've gotten some much needed help from numerous iBook modification web pages. Now that the iBook's popularity is being eclipsed by the shiny new MacBook, iBook modification becomes even more appealing. So it's time to disassemble and brutalize the innards of dual USB iBooks. Just ask Carl Norum and Stan Rabu from the University of Saskatchewan, two fellows who have the knack for repainting iBooks and basically teaching iBook users how to void their iBook warranty. Looking at their works sure gets all that creative juices flowing. So, until you've saved up enough for a new MacBook, feel free to revisit Norum's website and start brutalizing your iBooks and end up with snazzy notebooks like these: