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24 Karats of Mac Book Air |
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Written by Chris Tangora
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 |
 If the MacBook Air wasn't expensive enough, you can now get it encased in 24 karat gold, with an old school multi-colored sapphire apple logo. Customized by Computer Choppers (of West Linn) Oregon which are no strangers to the golden Macs. They have made 24 karat gold iMacs and platinum iPhones (and iMacs).
No prices have been released, but I think it's safe to say that nobody on a MacMod payroll will be able to afford this. Computer Choppers' base mod projects start off at $2500 & a custom logo cost $500. The question I have is this, is it the lightest 24 karat gold notebook?
From Custom Choppers via Engadget
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Written by Chris Tangora
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Tuesday, 22 April 2008 |
 This one caught my eye, mainly because the screen says "100% Apple", but it didn't look like an Apple box. Computer aside, the focus of the mod was the desk. This is a pretty cool example of taking the mod outside the box.
The mod'd desk has everything neatly tucked away, yet accessible if needed. Digital card readers, drives, modems, power, all nicely tucked away. If you are looking at your computer space (like I am now) and wanting to get something a little cleaner and more functional, take a look.
Mod'd Desk at TheBestCaseScenario.com
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Props to Richard & his macmod |
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Written by Chris Tangora
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 |
 We at macmod wanted to give our own shout-out to Richard Hunt, congratulating him on the recent web popularity based around his January mod of an old powerbook. He took the powerbook and converted it into a slim desktop. If you didn't see it back in January, you might have seen it around the web recently. A large number of sites have picked up on it and lots of people have seen it. If you haven't take a look, do it now.
Richard's Desktop Powerbook (on macmod )
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Written by Chris Tangora
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Tuesday, 15 April 2008 |
Here's a great software mod. As we all know, Microsoft pulled Internet Explorer from the Mac platform when Safari became a "viable browser" in their eyes. Safari is finally becoming that viable browser, but sometimes you just need to see the world through Windows (mainly if you are a web designer).
If you like using Boot Camp, or Parallels or VMWare, you won't have this problem. I personally don't want to have Windows on my Mac. The answer was documented over at Hi I'm James (hiimjames.com). He was trying to use WINE to launch IE 7 and it wouldn't work. He was getting stuck at the install with "IE 6.0: creating winprefix". He dug a little bit deeper and found this inthe Console "org.x.X11[415] Unrecognized option: -launchd". Not easily thwarted, he found answer, XQuartz. XQuartz is the open-source initiative to port the Quartz engine over to X11. After installing XQuartz he was able to do all his site proofing and checking from his.
Thanks Jim!
Hi I'm James' solution for installing Internet Explorer 7 on his Mac
XQuartz Project
WINE for Mac
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Written by Chris Tangora
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Tuesday, 15 April 2008 |
 German modder phyro-mane has set up a hacked Mini Mac Mini. While it is not a Mac at all, it is worth taking a quick look at. Phyro-mane has taken a basic laptop, flipped it around and converted it into an iMac style computer.
Looks like he chose to go with a version of Ubuntu for his OS. As we have seen there are plenty of open-source look a likes for a Mac, so this could almost pass for an iMac's second cousin. Kinda reminds me of Tom Mordasky's mod from 2005.
German Forum with pics of construction
from Hack A Day
Tom Mordasky's similar iBook Mod
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8 easy steps to mod your Mac |
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Written by Chris Tangora
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Tuesday, 15 April 2008 |
 Beginning to mod your Mac is always a little tricky. The concern you might just fry your computer or even worse, do a really bad job. It's always best to start with something simple and build up from there. Ron Krell has been doing some modding and has put together a great first time mod DIY.
Ron goes over 8 easy steps to put some cold cathode tubes on your Power Mac or Mac Pro case. The mod is simple, cheap (under $25) and doesn't require much more than a drill and an empty PCI slot. Take a look over at our lighting mod section for more ideas.
8 steps to your first lighting mod.
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Written by Chris Tangora
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Monday, 14 April 2008 |
 My family's first Mac was a IIe. Then a IILC, and finally the IIGS. I got the IIGS in my room and I remember plenty of fun filled nights playing around on it. That is why this mod seems so close to my heart. Ben Heck (Benjamin J. Heckendorn) has taken an Apple IIGS and converted into a laptop. Complete with flashing IIGS logo (flashes on disk usage), compact flash hard drive, 15 inch color screen and built-in speakers.
Way to go! This is awesome. I'm sure anyone else who has fond memories of the IIGS will appreciate this mod. Follow the link to see plenty of pictures or a video demo.
Ben Heck's website via Engadget
Video Demo
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Friday, 11 April 2008 |
A few days ago we reported about Chumby getting a bunch of money to push it's product out to the masses. The Chumby has a 3.5" QVGA display, which is good for most people, but if you want to get bigger there is a mod you can do. The mod (to me at least) is a little overboard. It requires you to buy a Chumby and take it appart and re-assemble some of the pieces in the new mod. The Chumby plus the $160 LCD screen already puts it out of my price range, but that's just me. You'll also have to hand craft an adapter board, way more work than I have time for.
But if you have some time and money and want to super-size a Chumby, take a look. Bunny used a laser cutter to cut out her material, and a sophisticated (knock-off) microscope for the soldering. You can probably get by with less, but if you have access to a laser cutter, more power to you. The instructions are detailed enough that you can maybe find some alternatives to lessen the cost. Maybe when the next version of Chumby comes out you can get the first generation for less.
Super-Sized Chumby Instructions
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