MacBook Mod Gives Base Station Chassis New Purpose

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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So you bolted together a Mac from parts ...

[Viol8]

... and put it in a case.

And it worked.

Umm yeah , and?

Must be a REALLY slow news day today.

Re:So you bolted together a Mac from parts ...

[eln]

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.

Re:Nanny cam of sorts

[azior]

"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

Re:Um

[ceoyoyo]

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

Re:Um

[nhytefall]

"Waste of Time and Money" - my suggestion