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The Great Mac Mod Challenge 2006
Sponsored By Other World Computing & MacSales.com


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ABOUT

MacMod is pleased to bring you "The Great MacMod Challenge 2006 Sponsored By Other World Computing And MacSales.com".  This annual challenge is always a huge success and a time of exciting experimentation in the Mac modding community.  Did you know that nearly all of the major mods released in the last two years were designed as entries to the Challenge?  Some modders spend all year preparing for this highly competitive event.  "The Great MacMod Challenge 2006 is your opportunity to win some great prizes offered by our sponsors and have fun doing it. All you have to do is mod an item that fits into one or more of the mod categories.

PARTICIPATE
The Challenge is open to individuals/team and businesses/websites from all over the world.  Individuals and teams can submit up to 3 mods and are elligible to win some of the amazing prizes offered by our generous sponsors.  If you want to be a part of this event just follow the guide and rules listed further down this page. 

Businesses & websites can participate, but are not elligible to compete for the prizes.  If you want to promote your company by entering a mod, just contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it


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SUBMISSION GUIDE
  1. Check out what a guide should look like
  2. Write a step-by-step guide for others to follow
  3. Take at least 10 pictures of the mod in various stages of progress
  4. Take at lesat 5 finished product images
  5. Create a Word/iWork/etc. document and lay out your guide as you would like it to appear (we'll handle posting it to the site)
  6. E-mail it to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

....and that's all there is to it!  Happy modding & good luck!

Mod Categories
Please make sure your mod fits into at least one of these categories or else we won't accept it!

  • Internal Mods
    • Modification of motherboards, graphics cards, overclocking, etc.
  • External Mods
    • Modification to appearance through lighting, painting, remolding, recasing, etc.
  • Lighting Mods
    • If it emits a glow and its been changed then it qualifies so long as it is apple related.
  • Peripheral Mods
    • Modifications to mice, base stations, etc.
  • iPod Mods
    • Modifications to iPods
  • Software Mods
    • Modification at system level such as custom OS install, supporting unsupported hardware, etc.
  • Miscellaneous Mods
    • Anything from a robot controlled by a mac to a carputer system.

How You'll Be Judged
Our panel of judges will rate your mod based on the following criteria:

  • Creativity & Originality
  • Level of Difficulty
  • Aesthetics & Design
  • Functionality
  • Level of Integration

Misc. Rules

  • The mod must be new to MacMod. In other-words you may not submit a mod that has already been submitted as a mod guide or competition on the site. The purpose of this competition is to give the modding community something to talk about.
  • Submissions must be received by 11:59pm EST, August 31st.

2005 Winners

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Prizes and rules subject to change at the discretion of MacMod.com and without warning