[d_oob]

I was wondering if it is easy to remove the keys on the new Macbooks. I have a Pismo and it is pretty easy to just snap them off and on. I don't have a Macbook yet so I can't try this nor do I want to go into an Apple store and just pry one of the keys off and get caught and have to pay for it or some stupid thing like that. What I'd ultimately like to do is somehow checkerboard the keys, switching the every other key with a white/black (depending on which Macbook I get) with someone (with the opposite color) who might be willing to do the same. It would be neat to do this and remove the marking as well so they are completely blank. Anyway just a thought. Are the keys easy to remove?

[Brien]

No. IIRC you must open it up to do so.

[olePigeon]

Hah, that'd be a funy mod. I wonder how much just the keyboard assembly costs for the black MacBook?

You could probably spell out "Mac" on the keyboard.

[stefanicotine]

Originally Posted by olePigeon

You could probably spell out "Mac" on the keyboard.

That's a sweet idea

[Waragainstsleep]

Its been done already:

http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools

[imitchellg5]

Now that is hot.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep

Its been done already:

http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools

If the keys weren't as diagonal it would be cool. I'd rather have it be all black. What can I say, I'm an apple purist.

[davoomac]

Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep

Its been done already:

http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools

Hm that looks weird. Personally I'd rather have em all the same color.

[bballe336]

It looks slightly ugly. Keep them all black and blank them.

[cbrfanatic]

i have a aluminum pb and want to blank all my keys, how would i go about doing this?

[Waragainstsleep]

The Aluminium keys are usually just painted plastic. You'd have to sand off any print and repaint them. Ones without backlit keyboards have printed characters on, the backlit ones are just painted.