MacBook Mod Gives Base Station Chassis New Purpose 129
odysseus31173 writes "A little over a year ago, I began developing for the iPhone and needed a working mac (not a Hackintosh), so I decided to purchase a MacBook logic board to save on cost. I modded a Linksys case to accept the logic board (along with all of the other hardware) and made it function again. The Mac currently runs Leopard and has a working iSight and mic along with fully functional WiFi and bluetooth. The RAM is the standard 1 gig, but the hard drive has been upgraded to 160 gigs. The iSight/mic holes in the front panel are hard to see and this could be used as a nanny cam of sorts."
Down already? (Score:2, Insightful)
Slashdotted already?!? Damn you people!
Um (Score:4, Insightful)
I think hacking together your own "Mac" out of a mac logic board and non-mac hardware still counts as being a "Hackintosh".
So you bolted together a Mac from parts ... (Score:5, Insightful)
... and put it in a case.
And it worked.
Umm yeah , and?
Must be a REALLY slow news day today.
Re:Um (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Um (Score:3, Insightful)
not quite. the "quintessential" definition of a hackintosh is intalling OSX on retail PC (as opposed to mac) hardware. this guy used a real mac mobo. so, basically he just modded a mac into a linksys case. not quite a hackintosh. also, not quite news.
Re:Um (Score:3, Insightful)
What he did is what "Hackintosh" should mean. A lesser term should be given to using OSX on non-apple hardware.
No, it's a Mac case mod. (Score:5, Insightful)
Hackintosh = bog standard PC running Mac OS X.
Case mod = hardware stuffed into a case that is wildly different or decorative or super-functional.
Mac case mod = Mac logic board stuffed into a case that is wildly different from standard Macs.
I still want to do a Classic Mac modded with a Mac mini inside and an LCD replacing the old CRT.
Re:iSight? (Score:3, Insightful)
Yea, what were they thinking? No one ever names their products! Apple's iSight, Microsoft's LifeCam, and Logitech's QuickCam should all just be renamed "camera"
More of Case Mod... (Score:1, Insightful)
This is more of a "case mod" type hack than a hardware or software hack. Style points gained for actually putting it together. No points awarded for doing anything new.
Re:Not a bad little hack (Score:3, Insightful)
See, people have these things called hobbies that keep them entertained.
I, for instance, enjoy working on my car. Sometimes it takes me 3 or 4 times longer than it would take a shop. Is it worth my time? Absolutely--it's fun.
Re:So you bolted together a Mac from parts ... (Score:4, Insightful)
if he did it for less than the cost of buying the same model Mac (used, and out of waranty), then it's a win. If a used/refurb Mac of the same or better model WITH a waranty costs less, then it;s a big lose... In fact, I'd say, to be a viable system and worth the effort, it would have to cost 70% or less than a used Mac with a waranty, including all the parts needed to make this what it is.