Peter Green's Portable Mac Mini MK III rocks a touchscreen LCD

Peter Green is to Mac Minis what Ben Heckendorn is to gaming consoles, and Mr. Green has apparently one upped himself yet again by creating an even more compact alternative to throwing down for a shiny new MacBook. While Peter has apparently been too busy basking in his own glory to update his site with the juicy details we all crave, the Portable Mac Mini MK III has been spied by aminorjourney's wondering digicam, and judging solely by the looks of things, we dig it. Peter has seemingly crafted a portable enclosure that houses Apple's smallest Mac, a Li-ion cell that "lasts about three hours," and slapped a svelte touchscreen on the outer casing to get your computing on sans a mouse. While we're sure you're craving that case dimension and LCD contrast ratio info, you'll just have to live with photos for now, and be sure to click through for more live action shots of the MK III doing its thang.

[Henry @ Nov 3rd 2006 1:49PM]

That thing is certainly better-looking than the last portable mac mini.

[sean @ Nov 3rd 2006 1:50PM]

I think you mean he's been basking in his own glory, not basting in it.

As much as I'm indiferent to Macs, THIS I want.

[Jason @ Nov 3rd 2006 2:23PM]

Lucky for you Apple makes the MacBook then, huh?

[Kronk @ Nov 3rd 2006 1:56PM]

Is that a PC Jr.?

[LittleJoe @ Nov 3rd 2006 2:02PM]

I love the idea of making non-portable things portable... but in this particular point it just seems well... pointless.

They make a Mac Mini portable... its called a MacBook.

[willyjsimmons @ Nov 3rd 2006 2:31PM]

This guy is going to have offers coming in left and right.

Could use some refinement, but I could see this as a replacement for all those rather ugly kiosks around the world. Where size is a factor.

If it weren't meant to be 'portable' that is.

[Tony C @ Nov 3rd 2006 2:42PM]

Peter updated his website for the Mark III:

http://homepage.mac.com/peter_green/MMP_MkIII_Tablet/

[John Labovitz @ Nov 3rd 2006 3:10PM]

Here's a real link to Peter's mod: http://homepage.mac.com/peter_green/MMP_MkIII_Tablet/index.html

[Mr. Meh @ Nov 3rd 2006 3:38PM]

Wouldn't it be far easier to take the guts out of a MacBook and put them in a TabletPC chassis?

[dextro @ Nov 3rd 2006 5:05PM]

Please, oh please your steveness, give this guy a freakin job!!!! Or at least make us a Tablet or UMPC!!

[Maff @ Nov 3rd 2006 6:14PM]

Zombie cafe!!!?

[StuFF mc @ Nov 4th 2006 3:41AM]

http://digg.com/apple/Pomcast_Interviews_Peter_Green_See_The_Tablet_Mac_mini_in_Video :)

[Jason @ Nov 8th 2006 10:31PM]

Ummmm - I think this fool needs a girlfriend. Seriously - buy a Macbook man.

[Pete Thompson @ Nov 11th 2006 8:10AM]

Does anyone know what the keyboard in the pictures is? I'm hoping it is bluetooth and I want one. Please help.

[nicholas @ Nov 29th 2006 6:02AM]

people keep saying 'a macbook is the same', but since when did they have touch screens?

[Alexis @ May 8th 2008 4:51AM]

Who needs a UMPC when you can have this, not to mention more than 5 minutes battery life!