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The Mac Made of Lego

Posted by michael on from the no-user-serviceable-parts-inside dept.

Anonymous writes "We've had lots of PC based case mods, but I've hardly hear of any Mac ones! I guess Mac owners like their boxes how they are. Until they break; the BBC are running a story about a Mac owner who converted an old Apple by modding the machine with lego."

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  1. first lego post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    and remember, its LEGO no matter how many! Not "legos" GRR!!

    1. Re:first lego post by fucksl4shd0t · · Score: 3, Funny

      P.C.-ness is horribly repellent.

      So, if PC-ness sucks so badly, how does PowerPC-ness stack up?

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  2. But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    does it run linux?

  3. Modular by digicosm2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've heard of modularity being good, but this is ridiculous.

  4. BBC case mod news? by carpe_noctem · · Score: 4, Funny

    A case mod on a site that wasn't slashdotted in 10 minutes? Whatever is this world coming to?

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    1. Re:BBC case mod news? by Bold+Marauder · · Score: 3, Funny

      Goodbye!

      It's saturday night, I'm sure that most slashdot readers are in bed with their SO's or out partying on the town.

      Hello.

  5. Re:Mac users generally don't need or want by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the article:

    "Once I finally had it built, my girlfriend used it to write her doctoral thesis on feminist metaphysics."

    I doubt *anyone* knows just what Mac users want. Least of all Mac users.

  6. Oxford English Dictionary 2005 entry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    GEEK (n) A person that owns Apple(tm) products and fixates upon Lego(tm) products. UBERGEEK (n) A GEEK that Attempts to combine products already steeped in Geekiness: Especially a person that renders Lego(tm) JPEGS on an Apple using 3rd party software.

  7. Creative by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "We've had lots of PC based case mods, but I've hardly hear of any Mac ones!" I guess it's because those mac users aren't very creative, no matter what those turtleneck wearing beatniks tell you.

  8. Brought back from the dead with LEGO? by The+Moving+Shadow · · Score: 3, Funny

    Building a case from LEGO for a working PC / MAC is something I can believe. But bringing back a dead Powerbook solely with LEGO? Somewhere the article must lack an explanation... Otherwise i am going to revive my dead ultraTNT2 gfx card with LEGO! Overclocking with LEGO anybody?

  9. LEGO? Hah! by lxs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fear the power of the K'nexintosh!

  10. OMG!!!! by Viceice · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...And now I've been picked up on Slashdot. I'm sure I can handle it though: I have a 100MHz 603e PowerPC processor and 32MB of RAM!...

    SlashDot Him! He's taunting us!

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  11. lego bricks binary? by Black_Logic · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Lego has great computer-like qualities - it is a binary toy; everything is either connected to something or it's not.

    That's stretching it a bit, isn't it? I'm binary too, I'm on the toilet or I'm not. My car is dirty or it isn't. My binary armpits stink or not... :)

    What was his point with that remark?

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  12. Re:Mac users generally don't need or want by commanderfoxtrot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Have a look at his girlfriend's site: there's an interesting (?) page about sexual reproduction.

    So that's what feminist metaphysics is about!

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