Translucent Red Apple iBook Custom Mod

Anonymous Coward writes "There is a beautiful translucent red iBook mod that has surfaced on eBay, and the creator's homepage More and more of these mods are around lately.. pretty incredible." Update: 10/15 23:34 GMT by T : Anonymous Coward writes "Just a little note about the iBook Red Mod. The Ebay link has changed. And the author has posted a tutorial on his site."

iMod

[Merlin42]

Shouldn't this be called an iMod <rimshot> ... <groan>

More like an iAd

[Yarn]

Given that the story submitter is obviously the guy who posted it on ebay.

Anyone want to buy a 'modded' 486.

By modded I mean completely destroyed and useless. I found it in the loft of a place I moved into, gutted it for parts and burnt the remains.

Re:More like an iAd

[Anonymous Coward]

Let's see:

• "Anonymous Coward" with email address of [e-mail]
• mac.com website with username of mpaulton

Yep, the guying posting is obviously no relation to the seller, and is not using this story as an attempt to drive up the final sale price of his item.

The mod isn't even that impressive, seeing as we had a step-by-step guide [slashdot.org] posted a while back.
And the fact that an ad (that is obvious to anyone) is being posted does little to help the journalistic integrity of /.

A more accurate name...

[Steve Cowan]

...how about iHaveNoTaste?

Re:A more accurate name...

[Ford Fulkerson]

...or iWantFreePublicityOnSlashdotForMyEbayAuction

Re:A more accurate name...

[Alan Partridge]

or even iHavetakenthepictures withafuckingcamcorderforextraresolution?

''Anonymous''

[Tom7]

By "Anonymous Coward", you mean, the guy who is selling the thing on eBay?
I thought I had filtered out the advertisements on slashdot... ;)

Re:''Anonymous''

[esme]

By "Anonymous Coward", you mean, the guy who is selling the thing on eBay?

This would be funny if it wasn't true. I never noticed that the AC submissions linked to the email address -- not very anonymous, now is it?

I'm not one to complain about /. editors. I've been reading for about 4 of the 5 years, and it's been pretty consistent all the way -- an unprofessional, overgrown blog. But this takes the cake. This isn't just an ad -- Taco, you're a tool.

-Esme

Re:Nice look

[Yarn]

Pretty easy. Kinda pointless imo. I have a nice IBM box hosted with linux on it, as well as a pretty decent desktop which dual boots win2k/debian. I did dual boot debian/macosx for a while but I ended up spending all my time in OS X anyway.

Here are the instructions I used: Branden's Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 onto an Apple iBook [debian.org]

Re:Nice look

[Bastian]

I don't know. How hard is it to set up linux on a mac? [yellowdoglinux.com]

This iBook hack and other...

[tweder]

...notebook hacks can be found here [applefritter.com].

More hacks can be found at the main AppleFritter hacks page [applefritter.com].

Bleh. What's next?

[realgone]

Anonymous Coward [mailto] writes 'There is a beautiful modern OS that has surfaced on the Microsoft site [microsoft.com], and the homepage [216.239.53.100] of someone who's just switched. More and more of these converts are around lately... pretty incredible."

Virus Alert!

[dhardman]

And here I thought my Mac was impervious to the "Code Red" virus. ::Off to buy some Anti-Virus software so I don't end up with a Red TiBook:::

Been here, seen that.

[gabe]

Why is this news? It's been done before [slashdot.org].

The original TronBook [applefritter.com] and it's first cousin [applefritter.com]

I agree with the Tom7's post [slashdot.org], why is someone's eBay item advertisement news?

It is just paint

[jsimon12]

Uh the eBay auction says it is simply "red paint", I don't see how "amazing" simply dismantaling an iBook and painting the inside with red glass paint is really that impressive. I think the draw on this guys auction is the fact he is including a large amount of "pre-installed" high end software (looks like at least 5 or 6 thousand in software, if not more), not the custom paintjob.

Re:It is just paint

[PythonOrRuby]

Ever tried to dismantle an iBook? ;-)

Re:It is just paint

[jsimon12]

Yep, not quite as bad as dismantling a Toshiba laptop (which uses about 20 differnt types of screws).

Huh?

[jsimon12]

I am confused? The Anonymous Coward link goes to the sellers email? Is this simply an shameless ad, if so why has it been posted?

ebay

[odenshaw]

i wish i could have this kind of publicity when selling my junk on ebay.

Honestly...

[ceejayoz]

If you're going to call your own work "pretty incredible", you'd best remember to delete the e-mail address linking you to the work from the submission form...

Pretty shameless self-promotion.

Imagine....

[mrpuffypants]

Somebody using sleazy methods to sell their products that ISN'T Microsoft!

Advertising, and false at that.

[Anonymous Coward]

A thing is translucent when it merely admits the passage of light, without enabling us to distinguish the outline of objects through it; it is transparent when we can clearly discern objects placed on the other side of it. Glass, water, etc., are transparent; ground glass is translucent.

This case is transparent, not translucent. Details can be seen through it; the light is not diffused.

Get a new one for that price.

[mkelley]

Hey, I'm going to add $50 worth a spray paint to my $800 used iBook and that will immediately warrant $400 over the value of a used 500MhZ iBook.

Re:Get a new one for that price.

[mkelley]

I can't believe I'm actually going to type this, but thanks to Limewire the added software isn't that great of a deal

And he's a pirate to boot

[Arkham]

It's funny that someone would be stupid enough to post a story about their own auction, and funnier still that the moderators would post it.

What's not funny is that this guy is selling a bunch of "preinstalled" software with no CDs, which essentially is pirated software. I suspect that all of his serial numbers can be found in "Cracks & Numbers" or "Hackers Helper".

This guy might want to be careful lest he end up in jail for grand theft (the value of the software listed is several thousand dollars).

dude he's buying a Dell

[qurob]

how much do you want to bet

The real story here

[0x0d0a]

Step 1: Mod your computer

Step 2: Put computer on eBay

Step 3 (THE MISSING LINK!): Post story to Slashdot

Step 4: Profit!

Re:The real story here

[sean23007]

Step 3.1: Get called on blunder by everyone on Slashdot.

Step 3.2: Hang head in shame and disappointment.

Step 3.3: Get arrested for grand theft (see above post about grand theft).

Step 3.4: Spend 5-10 in a maximum security federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison. Crap.

Re:The real story here

[0x0d0a]

Nah. Ignoring the argument over common usage of the terms for the moment, legally, copyright infringment of software isn't theft, much less grand theft. Moreover, it certainly isn't going to get you sent to a maximum security prison.

The other post about it was bogus.

Though you're right...it's a bit ballsy trying to profit on illegal copies of something...the US judicial system really doesn't like it.

add some blue and voila : "The copBook"

[tarkin]

and then they could use those in all the American copShows like N.Y.P.D blue
(and rename it NYPD red-white-and-blue)

What the heck is happening here?

[hbmartin]

As I see it...
A. This guy is just advertising on ./ when
B. This kind of thing has been done many times before (see other posts). And on top of all of that
C. He's including pirated "extra" software worth thousands of dollars.
I know the ./ thing is to put up stories without detailed investigation, but c'mon! This is insane!

lol!

[Treeluvinhippy]

The auction ended early due to an error in the listing.

Alright who here emailed [e-mail].

Who ever you are can burn in hell, I lost my chance to blackmail this guy and get an ibook for ten bucks.

Look at the subtle difference in the relisting.

[l-ascorbic]

He's pulled the first auction because of an 'error' in the listing, and relisted it without the 'preinstalled' software. Funnily enough though, he's also removed things like iSync that are free downloads anyway.

Update!

[Treeluvinhippy]

He cancelled the auction then relisted it here [ebay.com] minus the pirated software!

Yechhhhh

[Zhe Mappel]

Most modding leaves me wondering if there isn't a need to start a toll-free counseling hotline to talk the poor souls off the ledge and back into the building. There are some interesting exceptions, but come on -- there's a very good reason computer geeks aren't sought after as a class for their visual aesthetic. Pocket Protector 101, anyone?

The current specimen is...kind of nice and translucent and red...like some sort of calcium-depleted hooker's nails. Two stars out of ten, and one of those is for being ballsy/stupid enough to "pre-install" a pile of software and advertise it here.

lameness.

[jericho4.0]

This is lame. The mod has been done before. The mod is boring. AND the story was submitted by the guy selling it on ebay. (emails match). /. = born yesterday, or what??