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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 notanatheist · · Score: 4, Informative

      Hey now, mod the poor guy (or gal) up for being politcally correct. LEGO is a trademark for those litte plastic bricks that fit together so well. Just like Kleenex and Rollerblades, facial tissues come from other manufacturers and inline skate are made by many. Too bad Tyco's plastic building blocks don't have the cult following LEGO does. Then again, they suck in comparison.
      That's all from me, a once proud LEGO brick collector :)

    2. 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. auction... by klip04 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The owner is auctioning this off on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item =2729209921&category=171

  5. 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.

  6. see also by SweetAndSourJesus · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Compubrick 160, SE, and 6100.

    Freakin cool Macs.

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  7. 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.

  8. Let's Melt These Legos... by jcbnetwork · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apparently this little mac is currently working as a web server, right there:

    http://lego.apple-juice.co.uk/index.html

    Let all go visit it and see how the winning bidder reacts when he receives a melted pile of legos.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. Gobs of Mac Mods by green+pizza · · Score: 5, Informative

    There are plent of Mac case mods...
    http://www.applefritter.com/hacks/index.html

  12. 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?

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

    Fear the power of the K'nexintosh!

  14. 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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  15. The whoop-de-do-o-meter is bottoming out!! by MadChicken · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So he made a Lego BOX. I have some very young friends that could do the same. I'd help them out with the little person and the flower...

    Seriously, what's the big deal? Why did it take "a long time" to come up with this, and "over a month" to build it?

    And how can you use Lego bricks to fix a broken video connector?

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  16. Re:His girlfriend's site... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    "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."

    a) it's ironic
    b) she didn't write it

    "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."

    It's not a paper. It's a lecture. i.e. it was written for students, in this case, first year undergraduate students, most of whom are as indifferent or hostile to the idea of feminism (not to mention feminist philosophy) as many of the correspondents here appear to be. I can confirm that as a lecture intended to command the attention of 250 usually bored and restless undergraduates, and to force them to think a bit more carefully about the subject, it had the desired effect.

    For those who had some trouble comprehending its content or purpose, the lecture puts forward and discusses a number of different positions concerning sex and gender. None of them are novel, nor are they meant to be. It's an introduction to the subject, not the last word on it.

    Thank you for your kind attention.

    Daniele

  17. Re:Mac users generally don't need or want by TomSawyer · · Score: 3, Informative
    Did you actually read his POST?

    He was addressing why you hardly ever hear of case mods for Macs. i.e. It's like buying a BMW and then slapping a "wing" on it. You're supporting his point by pointing out that the lego case wouldn't have been created had the PowerBook not been facing the trash heap.

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  18. Four more lego cases... by henele · · Score: 4, Informative

    A mini-itx project and three atx.

  19. 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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  20. 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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  21. Mac fans were modders before the PC modders... by MsGeek · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just to reinforce...Mac people have been modding their Macs long before the "leet case modders" have been. http://www.applefritter.com/ has the evidence.

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