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Tuesday Mac Mods

Posted by pudge on from the all-i-have-is-a-roll-of-duct-tape dept.

Jeff Paradiso writes "If you want a Mac tablet make it! Using an original iBook, a touch screen from Troll Touch Touchscreen, a bigger Hammer, and a heat gun you can make it. Kids don't try this at home." Will this work with Inkwell? And Riscx writes "Thought a few of you would like to see puter modifications I did to a Mac G4. Enjoy." Mmmm, blue.

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  1. nice by tuanjim_2001 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have to admint that this is very nice. Some ideas on improvement. First on the velcro, plastic welding. Obviously once you get this finished od the welding. Hopefully it wouldn't completly trash everything. Second and previously mentioned the ugly USB cable. Yes soldering it to the MB would work. That should take care of that. Third, a paint job to get rid of those unsightly plazstic welds and make it less obvious on what you did. Totally useless but it would make it quasi-professional looking. Keep up the good work.

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    1. Re:nice by JabberWokky · · Score: 3, Insightful
      If you read a little bit of the text, the velcro is there because he is still working on it - doing things like routing the USB cable inside the case. He says when he is done, the velcro will disappear, and the case will be sealed.

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    2. Re:nice by Jeff+paradiso · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I am woriking on cleening it all up. I dont know if i have the skill to put the usb to the MB kinda hard to get to the pins with a cable.

  2. What would bug me... by stoney27 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From the pictures I see finger prints all over the screen. I don't know if you can see them when you are using the tablet. But that is one thing I can't stand is finger prints on a screen that I am trying to read from.

    So I would need a screen that would not pick up the finger prints as easily.

    -S

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