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Review: GRID Studio's MacBook Air Showcases Apple's First Modern Laptop Design
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I like what GRID do, I have one of their 3GS's on my wall, but i kind of think there's a limit to this kind of thing (i.e. controllers, laptops etc just push the concept too far for me) but then again if others are willing to buy it, what do i know!
Id love it if they did a DIY version, download the layout image, print at home (or at work for bigger sizes than A4
) get an IKEA frame and old device on ebay and have fun making it yourself. kinda a reverse Airfix kit
Id love it if they did a DIY version, download the layout image, print at home (or at work for bigger sizes than A4
) get an IKEA frame and old device on ebay and have fun making it yourself. kinda a reverse Airfix kit 
Well, I guess if mine will ever wear out, I will do this shadow box myself. I love this design. Would be cool to wire in the LED apple on the bottom as that was the signature for these models. I love it.
Grid should have included a set of framed high resolution printed images of an assembled MacBook Air so that one could admire the most important aspect of the notebook: its thin design.
It would be nice - and presumably cheaper - if they allowed you to recycling your own old devices into these frames. So say you have a MBA obsolete you could commission your own device to be dismantled by them and framed if you don't fancy doing it yourself. That would be a nice option if they allowed it
Pretty funny that people are willing to spend hundreds on framed e-waste when you could find a very clean working example of most of what this company sells for a fraction of the price…
A picture is worth a thousand words… unless you write for MR, then you show pictures and write a thousand words.
I've considered picking one up of one of the various iPhones I've had. I like the design- but they are pricey.
I guess it for people who also like stuffing their pets after the pass on.
I feel they're kind of jumping the shark here.
Framing small devices like iPhones are fine, but a fully disassembled MacBook Air is a bit much.
The beauty of their earlier products was the white space given to the product. This one just looks too crammed into the space.
Framing small devices like iPhones are fine, but a fully disassembled MacBook Air is a bit much.
The beauty of their earlier products was the white space given to the product. This one just looks too crammed into the space.
People still use Craigslist?Not really. I'm in Manhattan and I can pick up a fully functional 11" 2012 MBA for $100.
MacBook Air 11" 2012 - computers - by owner - electronics sale
MacBook Air 11 inch mid-2012 Computer is in working order and has some cosmetic damage, please see picturesnewyork.craigslist.org
Interesting flex...
I like the concept but the price is ridiculous. I'd much rather have a functioning machine in a collection anyway.
The Air was available with 64 GB SSD as a build-to-order option. It cost $999. That's 1000 bucks on top of the cost of the laptop.
Artistically speaking, these display pieces are good geeky fun, and I wouldn’t mind having one on a wall (coming, admittedly, from someone with a proudly displayed collection of obsolete video media).
But it seems like if you’re going to charge $700 for a $50 scrap laptop displayed in a simple frame you could at least use proper art glass instead of plexiglass and figure out a way to keep the components from falling off during shipping.
But it seems like if you’re going to charge $700 for a $50 scrap laptop displayed in a simple frame you could at least use proper art glass instead of plexiglass and figure out a way to keep the components from falling off during shipping.
Amazing to think all these devices worked without a battery! 😉
This is way over priced for the materials and techniques used. Meanwhile this "article" sure looks looks like an ad. It certainly reads like an ad. And MR were given a sample (for whatever reason). So if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck........its a paid ad any way you look at it ;-)
This makes me feel old as I can still clearly remember using one when it was new just like it was yesterday.
£540...
Or
£69 for a no functioning one
£10 Screwdriver / tool set
£20 Frame
30 minutes in Illustrator and a printer.
Without the awful text and out of context Steve Jobs quotes and questionable legality of using the Logos and signature.
£99
I'd actually buy one of the cheaper ones like the Touch for £99 as they area pain to take apart but they ruin it with the terrible gibberish they print on it.
Or
£69 for a no functioning one
£10 Screwdriver / tool set
£20 Frame
30 minutes in Illustrator and a printer.
Without the awful text and out of context Steve Jobs quotes and questionable legality of using the Logos and signature.
£99
I'd actually buy one of the cheaper ones like the Touch for £99 as they area pain to take apart but they ruin it with the terrible gibberish they print on it.
That's pretty much the least interesting way to display the guts. 9 internal parts, a display and a keyboard. At least take the fan off the CPU and showcase the - at the time revolutionary - scissor keyboard mechanism. And have a manilla envelope behind the unibody case.
If I had enough disposable income to afford something like this... I'd buy a working Mac or invest that money into some stocks or crypto. Paying that much for a broken, unusable pile of parts is just ridiculous. Seriously. People who are into this kinda stuff have more money than brains, as they say.