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Mod a Powerbook 17" ?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: California
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So, what could I do to mod my Powerbook? I am not too concerned with voiding warranties. I did not get Applecare.
Has anybody done anything cool to this machine?
I did a little painting with an iBook a while ago, and that is the extent of my Mac modding, except replacing fans in a MDD.
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Senior User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Canada GTA
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people mod their machines to make it look better. how can you make something perfect look better? but i ghuess it'd be ncie to see what's been done by some people, if any.  
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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Yeah, it is perfect.......
Dumb idea.
I am sure there is some balsey dude out there who done something to this beast?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2003
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No! don't do it! not the 17!!! It's great as it is... no need for any changes....
Ming
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A Proud Mac User Since: 03/24/03
Apple Computer: MacBook 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 3 GB Memory, 120 GB HD
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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How about you make the trackpad glow? Probably impossible - but would look cool.
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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How about you make the trackpad glow? Probably impossible - but would look cool.
it shouldnt be impossible is the trackpad not just a thin sheet of plastic ontop of the receptors therefore if a transparent piece were to replace the origional piece... lights put underneath that give off a glow should do it?
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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Originally posted by billybob128:
it shouldnt be impossible is the trackpad not just a thin sheet of plastic ontop of the receptors therefore if a transparent piece were to replace the origional piece... lights put underneath that give off a glow should do it?
Something svelt....... like a 'Fridgidaire' emblem-or Whirlpool? Porsche! 
"You paid twunny tousand dollars fer dat car?? Man, dat's a lotta kahpoosta!"
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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I'd remove the outer cover of the display casing, paint the outside with a Biblical Eve-and-Snake scene with our beloved fruit appropriately... centered! A dappled piece of appropriately shaped green plastic under the Apple (or am I confusing things and they aren't translucent? Ya can paint outside then).
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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cdhostage: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home isn't real, you know. They haven't really made transparent aluminium... and talking to your mouse doesn't work either.
PS. Don't touch the PB17, if it ain't broke, don't fix it...
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Look after my manor, or I will bum you, literally, to death.
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Washington, DC
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Well, the obvious but not quite easy mod for any of the AluBooks would be to anodize it with a color. I think a lightly blue, red or green anodized AluBook (any size) would look awesome.
Escher
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"The only laptop computer that's useful is the one you have with you."
Until we get a 3 lbs sub-PowerBook, the 12-inch PowerBook will do.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Dec 2002
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...Whish it werent a warranty no-no to up the hard drive.
I just put a slick as greased owl poop 7200 rpm hitachi in my tibook.
Rippidi-do-da!
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"I'll take a extra layer of ram on that
gigaflop sandwich mister"
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