Wired magazine: mac mods

medea

macrumors 68030

Original poster

• Nov 1, 2002

• #1

Wired has posted two articles highlighting several modifications performed on various Macs. The first article features Japanese customizations including painted PowerBook cases, an iBook built inside a high-end aluminum travel case, and a black iMac. The second article offers details on a Macintosh Quadra 605 being fit into a 1940's-era Philco radio, a transparent Power Mac G4 with fluorescent blue neon and an LCD screen, as well as a clam-shell iBook that has been transformed into a touch-screen tablet.

 

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medea

macrumors 68030

Original poster

• Nov 1, 2002

• #2

Look the iTablet.....

 

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thepannist

macrumors member

• Nov 1, 2002

• #3

Mac Mods

if this stuff interests you, go to http://www.applefritter.com

They have all of the mods you mentioned, plus some more.

Chris

 

job

macrumors 68040

• Nov 1, 2002

• #4

Well if people are willing to rip the innards of their computers like that just for cosmetic reasons I salute them....

Since I'm not nuts enough to do it myself..

 

pimentoLoaf

macrumors 68010

• Nov 1, 2002

• #5

And unless you are properly grounded...

ZAP!!!

 

DreaminDirector

macrumors 6502a

• Nov 1, 2002

• #6

TiBook mods?

Does any one know of any TiBook mods? Not that I'm crazy enough to do it to mine, but I would love to see custom paint jobs or really any physical modifications done to it.

 

cb911

macrumors 601

• Nov 2, 2002

• #7

i would custom paint my TiBook case, except that i'm a student & don't have enough cash in case something goes wrong. as soon as i get a job though i plan to have my TiBook custom painted and maybe chromed...

 

DreaminDirector

macrumors 6502a

• Nov 2, 2002

• #8

same problem...

Yeah, I'm in the same boat as you, cb911. I just finsihed school and would love to screw around with my TiBook but I really can't afford to mess it up. If you search the forums, someone else actually painted thier TiBook because their paint was peeling. I was wondering if there were even more customization that we can do to our Tibooks.

 

Hemingray

macrumors 68030

• Nov 2, 2002

• #9

Okay, THAT is freakin' awesome... 😱

 

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3rdpath

macrumors 68000

• Nov 2, 2002

• #10

yea, that philco radio is great. gives me inspiration for when i isolate my mac in the studio...maybe i'll find an old radio case and deaden it..do some cable passes and a few cooling fans...much better looking than the standard iso boxes. but how do i make the optical drive easily accesible? hmmmm.

something to think about while puffing the stogie tonite...