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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: Specter_57 on Wed, 20 January 2010, 21:30:17

Title: Give an old Mac a new life by .....
Post by: Specter_57 on Wed, 20 January 2010, 21:30:17

...turning it into an iWipe.

See how to do it here:

http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-10878_11-5597.html


and attached is the end result.

Enjoy!!  :becky:
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Spec57

Title: Give an old Mac new life by .....
Post by: cheater1034 on Wed, 20 January 2010, 21:58:36

omg if i ever find an old mac i'm definitely doing that!

Title: Give an old Mac new life by .....
Post by: ricercar on Thu, 21 January 2010, 00:14:40

for those who are click through impaired.

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=7450&d=1264044860)

I kinda think that plastic would turn yellow after time, regardless of the lack of windows in that room.

Title: Give an old Mac new life by .....
Post by: elservo on Thu, 21 January 2010, 00:49:14

Yeah, that Mac is in a highly radioactive area.

Title: Give an old Mac new life by .....
Post by: ak_nala on Thu, 21 January 2010, 01:31:53

It would take a VERY long time to turn yellow without sunlight. I should know, I have a couple that are still perfectly Platinum.

And I kinda liked the Mac Aquariums better. I mean, who wants to pick up their TP off the floor?

Title: Give an old Mac new life by .....
Post by: ricercar on Thu, 21 January 2010, 01:35:53

I used a SE/30 shell for a helmet once at a costume party. Got the idea when someone called the happy mac "that astronaut."

Title: Give an old Mac new life by .....
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 21 January 2010, 07:37:40

I would have just turned it into the toilet.  It might be a little low, and sitting on it might not be comfy, but it would make a halfway decent urinal.

Title: Give an old Mac new life by .....
Post by: Specter_57 on Thu, 21 January 2010, 13:53:08

One of my buddues had that exact machine...I learned more about Macs then I ever wanted to as I was his comp. tech....nobody else would (rightly) touch them without a 2 by 4. (which I offered to do several times...).  

So I find this set of pixcs, and when he was out of town for a few days, on my way home from work one night I slip a couple of the pics under his door.

He gets home, says nothing till I"m up for a visit and asks me if I knew anything about the pics. Innocent I act, of course. Doesn't believe me, as he says I have a 'hard-on for Macs' (well...I do sort of...haha)

Laughs all around.

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Spec57