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Translucent Red Apple iBook Custom Mod

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the customizing-the-uncustomizable dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "There is a beautiful translucent red iBook mod that has surfaced on eBay, and the creator's homepage More and more of these mods are around lately.. pretty incredible." Update: 10/15 23:34 GMT by T : Anonymous Coward writes "Just a little note about the iBook Red Mod. The Ebay link has changed. And the author has posted a tutorial on his site."

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  1. iMod by Merlin42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shouldn't this be called an iMod ... <groan>

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  2. More like an iAd by Yarn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Given that the story submitter is obviously the guy who posted it on ebay.

    Anyone want to buy a 'modded' 486.

    By modded I mean completely destroyed and useless. I found it in the loft of a place I moved into, gutted it for parts and burnt the remains.

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    1. Re:More like an iAd by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
      Let's see:
      • "Anonymous Coward" with email address of mpaulton@mac.com
      • mac.com website with username of mpaulton
      Yep, the guying posting is obviously no relation to the seller, and is not using this story as an attempt to drive up the final sale price of his item.

      The mod isn't even that impressive, seeing as we had a step-by-step guide posted a while back.
      And the fact that an ad (that is obvious to anyone) is being posted does little to help the journalistic integrity of /.

  3. ''Anonymous'' by Tom7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    By "Anonymous Coward", you mean, the guy who is selling the thing on eBay?
    I thought I had filtered out the advertisements on slashdot... ;)

    1. Re:''Anonymous'' by esme · · Score: 4, Insightful
      By "Anonymous Coward", you mean, the guy who is selling the thing on eBay?

      This would be funny if it wasn't true. I never noticed that the AC submissions linked to the email address -- not very anonymous, now is it?

      I'm not one to complain about /. editors. I've been reading for about 4 of the 5 years, and it's been pretty consistent all the way -- an unprofessional, overgrown blog. But this takes the cake. This isn't just an ad -- Taco, you're a tool.

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  4. Re:Nice look by Yarn · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pretty easy. Kinda pointless imo. I have a nice IBM box hosted with linux on it, as well as a pretty decent desktop which dual boots win2k/debian. I did dual boot debian/macosx for a while but I ended up spending all my time in OS X anyway.

    Here are the instructions I used: Branden's Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 onto an Apple iBook

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  5. This iBook hack and other... by tweder · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...notebook hacks can be found here.

    More hacks can be found at the main AppleFritter hacks page.

  6. Bleh. What's next? by realgone · · Score: 5, Funny


    Anonymous Coward writes 'There is a beautiful modern OS that has surfaced on the Microsoft site, and the homepage of someone who's just switched. More and more of these converts are around lately... pretty incredible."

  7. Virus Alert! by dhardman · · Score: 4, Funny

    And here I thought my Mac was impervious to the "Code Red" virus. ::Off to buy some Anti-Virus software so I don't end up with a Red TiBook:::

  8. Been here, seen that. by gabe · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why is this news? It's been done before.

    The original TronBook and it's first cousin

    I agree with the Tom7's post, why is someone's eBay item advertisement news?

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  9. It is just paint by jsimon12 · · Score: 2

    Uh the eBay auction says it is simply "red paint", I don't see how "amazing" simply dismantaling an iBook and painting the inside with red glass paint is really that impressive. I think the draw on this guys auction is the fact he is including a large amount of "pre-installed" high end software (looks like at least 5 or 6 thousand in software, if not more), not the custom paintjob.

    1. Re:It is just paint by PythonOrRuby · · Score: 2

      Ever tried to dismantle an iBook? ;-)

  10. Huh? by jsimon12 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am confused? The Anonymous Coward link goes to the sellers email? Is this simply an shameless ad, if so why has it been posted?

  11. ebay by odenshaw · · Score: 3, Funny

    i wish i could have this kind of publicity when selling my junk on ebay.

  12. Re:A more accurate name... by Ford+Fulkerson · · Score: 2

    ...or iWantFreePublicityOnSlashdotForMyEbayAuction

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  13. Honestly... by ceejayoz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you're going to call your own work "pretty incredible", you'd best remember to delete the e-mail address linking you to the work from the submission form...

    Pretty shameless self-promotion.

  14. Re:Nice look by Bastian · · Score: 2

    I don't know. How hard is it to set up linux on a mac?

  15. Imagine.... by mrpuffypants · · Score: 2, Funny

    Somebody using sleazy methods to sell their products that ISN'T Microsoft!

  16. Get a new one for that price. by mkelley · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, I'm going to add $50 worth a spray paint to my $800 used iBook and that will immediately warrant $400 over the value of a used 500MhZ iBook.

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  17. And he's a pirate to boot by Arkham · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's funny that someone would be stupid enough to post a story about their own auction, and funnier still that the moderators would post it.

    What's not funny is that this guy is selling a bunch of "preinstalled" software with no CDs, which essentially is pirated software. I suspect that all of his serial numbers can be found in "Cracks & Numbers" or "Hackers Helper".

    This guy might want to be careful lest he end up in jail for grand theft (the value of the software listed is several thousand dollars).

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  18. dude he's buying a Dell by qurob · · Score: 2, Funny


    how much do you want to bet

  19. The real story here by 0x0d0a · · Score: 5, Funny

    Step 1: Mod your computer

    Step 2: Put computer on eBay

    Step 3 (THE MISSING LINK!): Post story to Slashdot

    Step 4: Profit!

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    1. Re:The real story here by sean23007 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Step 3.1: Get called on blunder by everyone on Slashdot.

      Step 3.2: Hang head in shame and disappointment.

      Step 3.3: Get arrested for grand theft (see above post about grand theft).

      Step 3.4: Spend 5-10 in a maximum security federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison. Crap.

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    2. Re:The real story here by 0x0d0a · · Score: 2

      Nah. Ignoring the argument over common usage of the terms for the moment, legally, copyright infringment of software isn't theft, much less grand theft. Moreover, it certainly isn't going to get you sent to a maximum security prison.

      The other post about it was bogus.

      Though you're right...it's a bit ballsy trying to profit on illegal copies of something...the US judicial system really doesn't like it.

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  20. lol! by Treeluvinhippy · · Score: 3

    The auction ended early due to an error in the listing.

    Alright who here emailed piracy@apple.com.

    Who ever you are can burn in hell, I lost my chance to blackmail this guy and get an ibook for ten bucks.

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  21. Update! by Treeluvinhippy · · Score: 2

    He cancelled the auction then relisted it here minus the pirated software!

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  22. Look at the subtle difference in the relisting. by l-ascorbic · · Score: 2

    He's pulled the first auction because of an 'error' in the listing, and relisted it without the 'preinstalled' software. Funnily enough though, he's also removed things like iSync that are free downloads anyway.