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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!!

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

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

  3. 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

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

    The Compubrick 160, SE, and 6100.

    Freakin cool Macs.

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  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. 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.

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

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

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

    Fear the power of the K'nexintosh!