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Old PowerBook + Hot Glue = Cheap Digital Picture Frame

Posted by timothy on from the no-subscrption-required dept.

option8 writes "Have an old laptop gathering dust? Here's another fun hack from Applefritter - this time utilizing an old Mac laptop (a Duo 280) but could be applied to pretty much anything with an LCD, and turning the guts into a cheap, flexible digital picture frame. Now, off to the flea market to pick up one of them cheap Duos I keep seeing..." As the author points out, this isn't a new idea -- but it's a great step-by-step.

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  1. Framerate... by fmaxwell · · Score: 1, Troll

    Finally, something a Mac has a high enough frame rate to handling! He was probably inspired by first person shooter games that, on a Mac, look like a slide show.

    Yeah, I know. Troll. Flamebait.

    P.S. If you are a Mac user, don't get your panties in a twist and start posting benchmarks. It was just a joke.