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Tablet Mac Becomes Reality

teknokracy writes "MacMod has a story about a unique Mac hack. Joseph DeRuvo Jr. says: 'As a Photographer and a Dyslexic the idea of being able to use a Tablet as a platform for showing photographs, editing, and an extension of my badly organized memory is very appealing. ... So taking matters into my own hands I cut into a Dual USB iBook and didn't look back.' It seems our intrepid hardware hacker hasn't just flipped around the LCD and added a semi-functioning touch screen - he's completely engineered a new kind of mac portable, complete with a CF reader, properly installed touch sensor, and topped it all off by properly engineering it all into an Ives-worthy design. With all the trouble these particular iBook models have experienced, why not hack one up for fun and turn it in to something useful?"

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  1. I misread the title... by Doomstalk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...as "The toilet mac becomes reality". With that kind of portability I guess it's close enough, though.

  2. Mac is being held down by Republicans by BushIsEvil · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Lets put the truth out there.

    George W. Bush had Michael Jackson arrested so that white men, Ann Coulter, the Christian Coalition, Republicans, and oil companies could ensure microsofts monopoly. If they had not, there would be a Mac on every desktop today, and the facist Microsoft leader Bill Gates would be working at Comp USA.

    This tablet hack is just a mere distraction so you do not discover the true conspiracy.

    --
    George Bush Banned my IP Address!
  3. Re:where's the mirror? by FHMyles · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm even having trouble loading it from mirrors. I've tried gcache, mirrordot and nyud. So far, Gcache took several minutes to load the text and the pictures aren't loaded still. Holy crap guys, the mirrors have all been slashdotted!