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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. Re:His girlfriend's site... by mrmeval · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The self aggrandisement is annoying and pathetic and not needed, her work might actually stand on it's own merit. The self aggrandisement will probably convince most that it's not worth even a look.

    So I read that one paper and if you can seperate the childish assemblage of words most consider shocking, what is left while quite thin in substance is not too bad and not as annoying as some of the feminist diatribes.

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  2. Re:Mac users generally don't need or want by MidnightBrewer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Actually, Mac users have been some of the biggest case mod fanatics, especially if you live in Japan. Just like people customize the Volkswagen bug with colorful patterns and paintings, so do people customize their Macs. There's even a traditional kimono designer in Kyoto who will customize your PowerBook with an original design if you want to spend the cash.

    As for other Mac users modding, just Google it, or check out the original /. story.

    You know...Kyoto is only about an hour-and-a-half from here by train...and $300 isn't too bad, considering...and I've got a TiBook...

    The mind boggles.

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  3. The PowerBook 5300 (guts of LEGOmac) was a POS by youbiquitous · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The 5300 was the worst PowerBook ever.

    The fabled battery fires weren't the real problem with these things - the flaming batteries never actually made it into the hands of customers. However, the problems were endless - screen bezel plastics separating, crappy screen hinges. Poorly designed power adapter port (which, when it broke, necessitated a logic board replacement). No level 2 cache (which, speed-wise, crippled the 603 processor). No built-in ethernet or modem even though the previous models of PowerBook had both... I had a PowerBook 5300 that went through a half dozen warranty repairs. I've read that Apple extended the warranty on the 5300 to avoid class-action lawsuits.

    For a while there was also a 5300 trade-in offer, this got a lot of the things out of circulation so Apple wouldn't have to keep losing money fixing them. I got $1000 CAD off a 2000 model PowerBook G3 by sending my PB 5300 back to Apple. They didn't even have to work to qualify for the offer.

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