Almost an Apple

In the next few steps i shall describe all the ways i have hammered my old laptop, to allmost an iBook fake lookalike.
the notebook is....was a Gericom overdose polo, a 400mhz celeron 128mbRam, CD rom.......etc.... something that i actually still use...just for net surfing and for my digicam control and some other stuf...

First ripped it appart... every screw and bolt, speakers and the touchpad.......
this POOR POOR laptop has got only one USB port, why not add some more?!!

but where?

who needs a floppy when one could have more usb ports...

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So i added a four port usb hub internal. I soldered on the original usb port the cable that came with the hub and guided it to where the floppy was..

So the whole thing is dissasambled ...

there have been some steps that are, sadly, undocumented, but i'll tray to describe them.

first of all i had to produce a shell that would fit into the place where the floppy formaly was ,
this was made outr of a peace of plastic that was laying around so i grinded and heated it up so it fitetd the laptop and the hub would fit.....

There came the idea,

why not add internal Bluetooth? i had a usb bluetooth dongle so why not use it in there

so said so done..

then the glow in the dark feature that the iBook has.. you know the Apple..

So i drilled and grinded a hole in the front in the shape of some rotten fruit that looks like a pear

But before i have to spray on some plastic primer, in my case it is grey colored..
the primer drys very fast so i could lay down the first layer of white paint.

After the second layer has dried i could apply the clear coat, a gloss for the front and some not glossy for everything else.

now i just had to assamble it back carefull, not to scratch the paint..

Than i added some yahoo widgets to give it the feel of a mac ... sortof...

but it dose look nice and i like it...

i hope somebody gets inspired and we'll se more mods like this in the future..