April 17, 2008
Dying PowerBook rises from the ashes; becomes a desktop
Posted Apr. 17, ’08, 1:00 PM PT by David Dahlquist
Category | Geekery
The death of our laptop is a fear we all have to live with. Just one crack or blemish on the screen and it’s either time for a new laptop, or time to fork over a ton of cash to get that bad boy fixed.
Modder Richard Hunt took matters into his own hands. Faced with a dying, beat-up PowerBook that for many people would be ready for the trash, Hunt gutted the laptop, and reassembled the parts in an acrylic custom built case.
Parts used: “Just cheap odds and ends I had laying around (the acrylic was an off cut from a shower wall)”. The end result: shiny custom awesomeness.
Richard, you are a hero to geeks world wide. Rock on.
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