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New Project: Hellbound iBook G4
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Dec 29, 2003, 12:09 AM
 
Here's the premise:

take an iBook G4, do a clear case mod to it, and put red/orange CRT's into it?

A few things before I start:

Is it possible?

Where can i get clear palrest piece like the guy who made a clear g3 iBook?

Then the surgery begins.

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Dec 29, 2003, 01:00 AM
 
Yeah, it's definietly possible. I assume instead of CRT you mean LED or perhaps EL. I'm unfamiliar with the iBook G4, but if it's like the last iBook G3, you can disassemble it and literally wipe off the case color with nail polish remover.
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Dec 29, 2003, 01:47 AM
 
Thats what I'm hoping.
     
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Dec 29, 2003, 01:47 AM
 
Although, I'm going to see if I can get a new case/keyboard made out of lucite.
     
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Jan 1, 2004, 03:55 PM
 
New issue of MacAddict (feb '04) sez that the new G4 iBooks cases are molded white, as opposed to the ol' G3s which are white paint on the inside of a clear shell. Would lead to fabbing a new clear case, perhaps.
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Jan 3, 2004, 02:46 PM
 
Originally posted by Rev-O:
New issue of MacAddict (feb '04) sez that the new G4 iBooks cases are molded white, as opposed to the ol' G3s which are white paint on the inside of a clear shell. Would lead to fabbing a new clear case, perhaps.
Would it be possible to use an old iBook case on a new iBook?
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