I built my own IMac at the same time as Apple, but they beat me to it!

Funny I have been waiting for the new imac for a month now anticipating this mornings news. Wow, that looks like the one I am building for myself. I can't tell you how funny it feels. Anyways, I gutted an old G3 ibook 466 and wanted to make something more useful for myself. I loved the new monitor design and wanted that for myself without spending the money to get one, so I designed my own IMac style computer and designed it after the monitor. I blew some LED's on the motherboard and have to replace them to get my system running again, so I put it on hold for a few weeks. I am glad apple made the imac the way it is now, I was really liking my desig and glad everyone can have it. Anyways, I just had to post because when I saw it this morning I just couldn't get over the similarities. Have a mac day!

sorryiwasdreami said:

Wow, I can appreciate that. Good work. It's simple, sturdy, clean, and unique and all your own. It has a real "hand-crafted" look which I think is awesome.

Are you going to finish the sides where the ports are located with a piece of metal to make it closed off?

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Sorry the pics are so early, I was not intending to show it so early but since apple showed theirs I wanted to show mine so people can't say I just copied the new imac. the final finish will be bead blasted and matte cleared so it will look like the new apple displays. I will also make the sides out of clear acrylic with white backing to represent the new monitors as well. I will post again when I am done, Here is my inspiration

mac4drew said:

nice work!

What kind of iBook did you get those parts from? Curvy Tangerine/Blueberry, or modern style?

Can't wait to see the final product!

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The parts are from a graphite Special Edition. I did get all the parts out ok, and it does still work. I do understand why Apple does have all the space on the lower part of the screen and it serves a purpose for them. My screen is only 12" so I just do not have enough screen to fill the edge. The new monitors are widescreen and that 20" is huge. adding more space around it would definately make it long. The extra space has to be for power supply and maybe enen processor location. I left the power supply out of mine because I would have had to make the casing much larger and I didn;t wat that. My case is 1.375 " thick and the new 17"imac is 1.9" and the 20" is 2.2" thick. That is definately too much for my liking. The cooling and space is something they needed I am sure. The components are custom for that computer but are more like tower parts. They are bigger and make more heat. Mine were made for a laptop so they produce less heat and the processor does not dispense as much heat. I turned my motherboard around to face the rear so I could mount a heatsink to the processor and make it touch the rear panel to dispense the heat away from the screen. If there was space below then that would not be a problem. Apple still makes great products and I like seeing that they push the envelope in computer design