Mac Case Mods

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."

Comments

Did any one else notice...

[arcadum]

The magnet next to the hard drive?

Re:Too much time

[Dephex Twin]

Why do people decorate their house? Get a nice car? Buy clothes for more than utilitarian purposes?

People like to personalize stuff that they are around every day. People who do case mods like to express themselves, they like using the fun modded case, and above all, they enjoy the process of tinkering and carrying out the modifications.

Another Mac First

[BitGeek]

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.