How about this one [applefritter.com]?

Like the success of changeable skins on Nokia cellphones!

Could be cute!

Remember, Apple came up with the "Flower Power" and "Dalmation" iMacs. It was not skinnable, but it still did not sell.

If you remember the original G3 Powerbooks, the ones with the green glowing apple that was upside-down when the lid was open and kind of swoopy dark black plastic surrounding a lighter gray column in the center with the gloApple on it, I believe that you could actually print out and attach "skins" to the two swoopy sidepieces of on the back of the lid by folding the edges into some seams or something like that. I remember MacAddict including a few of those "skins" on their CDs for a few months back when that G3 PB case design came out. However, there was an article on /. a few weeks/months ago about Apple requesting a patent for something like case designs that can dynamically change their appearance, so perhaps "case art enabled" notebooks and desktops aren't that far off.

Apple should consider making the iBook case easier to remove and offer a variety of high quality skins. i.e. have some artists design say 10 different designs and offer them installed at the apple store.

They did something similar with the PowerBook 1400 - there was what they called a "bookcover" system where you could change the cosmetics of the lid with a paper insert.

As far as I know, nobody ever really took advantage of it. Then again, now that people are putting neon lights and exhaust tips and shit on their computers, silly cosmetic features like that might do a little better in the marketplace. Who knows.

--saint

It's a profession in the US also. Just an airbrush artist that has specialized (as have I but with a much different canvas).

Umm, is something lost in the translation or is 'Helmet Painter' really a profession in France?

Yes. And in German, it's someone's name.

Well could he be a French Canadian? Those hockey goalies really like their helmets painted.

Troy Lee [troyleedesigns.com] has been making a living at it in the USA for some time now.

Check out the helmet of the month section to see what he can really do.

when i saw the picture i thought it looked more like a bowling ball;-)

My girlfriend sent me this link earlier today:

http://www.kodawarisan.com/ug/iBook/clear/clear1 .h tml

Remember those transparent personal stereos where you could see all the working parts?

For the nicest mod, and possibly most accessible mod I have seen for an iBook check here [malaran.com].

Uh, no.

Or maybe it's already here: remember the new PowerBook 17" with its fiber optics keyboard ?

That's what we could call a 'device capable of dynamically changing its ornamental or decorative appearance'.

Or maybe I'm still asleep.