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MacBook Mod Gives Base Station Chassis New Purpose

Posted by timothy on from the hyper-extension dept.

odysseus31173 writes "A little over a year ago, I began developing for the iPhone and needed a working mac (not a Hackintosh), so I decided to purchase a MacBook logic board to save on cost. I modded a Linksys case to accept the logic board (along with all of the other hardware) and made it function again. The Mac currently runs Leopard and has a working iSight and mic along with fully functional WiFi and bluetooth. The RAM is the standard 1 gig, but the hard drive has been upgraded to 160 gigs. The iSight/mic holes in the front panel are hard to see and this could be used as a nanny cam of sorts."

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  1. So you bolted together a Mac from parts ... by Viol8 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... and put it in a case.

    And it worked.

    Umm yeah , and?

    Must be a REALLY slow news day today.

    1. Re:So you bolted together a Mac from parts ... by cerberusss · · Score: 4, Funny

      ... and put it in a case.

      And it worked.

      Worked, past tense.

      He hosted TFArticle on the abomination, and it apparently decided to put itself out of its misery.

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    2. Re:So you bolted together a Mac from parts ... by eln · · Score: 5, Interesting

      no shit. hey, i bought a PC with a beige case and painted it orange. do i get my own slashdot story now too? we can talk about the technical differences between latex and enamel paints, glossy versus flat, and other really fascinating pieces of technicality! it'll be great ... for a slow news day

      Don't be absurd, that's not news at all.

      Now if you were to make a stencil of the Apple logo and paint it on the side of your machine, you could write a howto on that and make the front page of Slashdot for sure.

  2. Re:Nanny cam of sorts by azior · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The iSight/mic holes in the front panel are hard to see and this could be used as a nanny cam of sorts."

    Make sure you load it with porn that "happens" to appear when you touch any button at all, and send me the tapes.

    There's An App For That

  3. Re:Um by ceoyoyo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    With the important distinction that as far as the OS cares it's a real Mac. Thus OS updates work with no problem.

  4. Google Cache working by mrops · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.phantomdev.com%2Fmacbook_mod_2%2F&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

  5. No, it's a Mac case mod. by MsGeek · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hackintosh = bog standard PC running Mac OS X.
    Case mod = hardware stuffed into a case that is wildly different or decorative or super-functional.
    Mac case mod = Mac logic board stuffed into a case that is wildly different from standard Macs.

    I still want to do a Classic Mac modded with a Mac mini inside and an LCD replacing the old CRT.

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  6. Re:Um by nhytefall · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Waste of Time and Money" - my suggestion

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  7. It all evens out by OrangeTide · · Score: 4, Funny

    He just used a logic board? Well, I just ordered a new case for my 13-inch MacBook. The universe is in harmony again.

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