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Mac Case Mods

Posted by Hemos on from the look-at-the-purty dept.

EyesWideOpen writes "Wired News is running two articles about numerous case mods to Macs. The first article is about Japanese mods that include painted PowerBook lids, a black iMac and a 'Beer Server G3' among others. The other article features mods such as the Philco radio Mac, a Mac writing tablet and an awesome G4 tower that lights up with fluorescent blue neon and has a LCD screen mounted in the front panel that can mirror the desktop or display other visualizations."

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  1. I mod them so much by jlower · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That they aren't even computers any more. I've made aquariums out of 'classic' Macs, Lisas, MacTV's, and large monitors of all kinds. I've made Macs into bookshelf speakers, Old IBM PC's into cat litterboxes, and am now working on coverting an old laptop into an ant farm. I'm keeping my eyes open for a big PC tower so I can cut the top off, hinge it with a foot pedal and make a trash can.

    Why? 'cause I like to tear stuff up and make it into something else. Does anyone need a better reason?

    See a lot of my stuff here...

  2. When a G4 Cube isn't a G4 Cube by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hey All,

    It sounds weird but it is happening... Take a look the birth pictures of my "Cube".

    http://www.wookieweb.com/linux/cube.htm

    wookie
    www.wookieweb.com

  3. Cool, but where... by MImeKillEr · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ... can *I* get a G4 case? I'd love to just rip apart and slap my Duron into it.

    Anyone know where I can get a G4 case cheap? Yeah, I know the case mods have been done before, but its not like I'm looking to publish it or anything. The PC cases are just too ugly, and even the McPC case is ugly to me.

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    Cruising the internet on my TI-99/4A @ a whopping 300 baud!
    1. Re:Cool, but where... by Spencerian · · Score: 4, Interesting

      The problem with this idea is that, today, the cost of using service parts would easily exceed the cost of a built system. Geez...I just received a quote for a replacement multiprocessor module for a 2000 500MHz dual-processor G4 that cost almost as much as it would to buy a new dual 867MHz system today.

      I'm an Apple Service Tech.

      You'd be better off buying the whole working computer from someone. There's plenty of Blue-and White Power Macintosh G3 cases, and maybe more G4s. Caveat emptor.

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      Vos teneo officium eram periculosus ut vos recipero is.
  4. Another Mac First by BitGeek · · Score: 5, Interesting



    Most people don't realize this but Mac users started the fad of case mods. I'm not kidding. Long before there were any companies catering to PC case modders, back when all PCs came in original IBM AT style cases, Mac users were modifying their cases. Not as fancy as these days, but I especially remember the case mods coming out of japan.

    Just as PC manufacturers have started emulating the more stylish, and then more colorful Mac cases, so has the PC mod community emulated the Mac mod community.

    Nothing wrong with that, just want to head off at the pass any idea that MAc users are copying PC users. Apple also puts out some of the most modifiable cases in the market.

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    Yeah, and you guys panned the ipod too: http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23/ 1816257