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Tangerine Macbook project thread
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It turned out pretty cool. Here is a link to pictures of a laptop I had someone fix up special for me...
My special project
My special project
It turned out pretty cool. Here is a link to pictures of a laptop I had someone fix up special for me...
My special project
you mean an ibook g3 clamshell
those were my faverouite i wish i could get one of those
Wow, it looks great. I'm glad I only came upon the thread today; I don't know if I could have taken the suspense for a couple of days. I like that its not all one shade of orange. It looks custom and it looks great. Congrats!
I always wanted to do my MBP. Maybe I'll send it to Colorware when I get my new iMac.
I always wanted to do my MBP. Maybe I'll send it to Colorware when I get my new iMac.
Im still waiting on getting a BlackBook topcase before I can call this finished, but here is a couple pictures of it with the white one.
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You know... I kinda like the white palm rests... It looks really clean with the white apple on the back.
I think if you change the palm rests you should change the apple to black as well. It would accent the black palm rests nicely.
im going to do this, get some carbon fiber and stick it to the macbook, really easy and gives you extra protection
, just need a hair dryer
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cost about, $50 for top and inside
if you have a blackbook its better
, just need a hair dryer
cost about, $50 for top and inside
if you have a blackbook its better
Oh, and I'm interested to see that thing booted up and running too. Not doubting, just curious.
Colorware uses paint that goes over the white plastic; I used dye that colors the plastic itself.
Does it power up?
It powers up, but doesn't boot. Don't worry, I know what's wrong (and it isn't related to this project, something else I was doing before...)
Ill have pictures of it running next week, about the same time I'm getting the black topcase.
I also plan on getting a black color jel from a friend of mine to put against the LCD black, should match good! Im also going to try if the rainbow apple logo from icolours.ca would look good in the yellow case, I had it in there before it was yellow.
It turned out pretty cool. Here is a link to pictures of a laptop I had someone fix up special for me...
My special project
If only they matched...
Iv'e also got to take a picture of all my Apple stuff after Im done, I have quite a collection!
you mean an ibook g3 clamshell
Yeah the clamshells are awesome.
Looking at that picture reminds me of just how much cooler the g3s were than anything Apple has made since (with the possible exception of the Tibook). If it were possible to buy clamshells with modern stats (c2d, etc), I'd ditch the Macbook in a heartbeat.
You could always buy one, update the RAM, hard drive etc. to suit your needs. The only problem is knowing how much it would be able to read, so you could look around for that.
I'm planning on getting an iMac G3 and updating the hard drive at least, because let's face it. Apple puts tiny hard drives in their products.
I'm planning on getting an iMac G3 and updating the hard drive at least, because let's face it. Apple puts tiny hard drives in their products.
ugh, no! The clamshells were cute at the time, but they're dreadful compared to apple's modern offerings.
To the OP, great job! No way I'd have the guts to do that to my macbook, but I think your results are quite impressive!
you mac is already anodized so you just need to do so with color. i had a paintball gun done back in the day.
The F6 key actually is the num lock key, and has a light under the key when pressed (like caps lock). I attached it since then, but there was a clear part under it that it needed to glued back on.
I'm (hopefully) going to fix it tomorrow and get it running, we will see.
Colorware's color is scratchproof, and UV resistant and ridiculously strong.
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cant wait to see black if u get it! it'd look sweet if you could combine white AND black like half and half
I agree. The MacBooks are so much more streamlined and sleek than the clamshells and the iBook G4. I love the square shape and the fact that they got rid of the gray from the G4s. The clamshells had too much going on IMHO, but Apple should offer MacBooks in more solid colors besides white and black or some cool striped patterns because although they are sleek they can be a little boring sometimes... That would be awesome!! (Like the same colors as the Nano perhaps...)
