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...

Step 1: Disassamble.... who neads a floppy?

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..

Comments

[knexfreak32]

What is your operating system.

[twocvbloke]

eeewwwwww!!!! Clevo Laptop alert!!! :S (Clevo being a manufacturer of cheap and nasty laptops that were rebranded by the resellers (Time, Tiny, Acer, packard bell, to name but a few))

[Yerboogieman]

Reminds me of my old 286....good times...

[andrewjadams3]

Haha, that's cool man. Is that just Ubuntu skinned to look like like a mac you have running? I'm working on dual booting a cracked version of OS X with XP on my PC right now, that would be interesting to see on your laptop as well.

Oh, and here's a website I ran across a while ago, gives great instructions and resources to make Ubuntu look almost identical to OS X (if you are running Ubuntu, sorry if I'm wrong):
http://www.taimila.com/ubuntuosx.php

[yourcat]

if you find it for PCLOS then I'd love to know.

[blaz.majer]

it actualy runs just a skinned hole in the wall xp or as Bill would call it windows, just added some simple yahoo widgets.

i just had't got time to fidle with some other os, cos the apps that i use with this, sadly, run only on windows...

[yourcat]

hmm... instead of a apple, it's a pear! For software it needs xubuntu with a little modding. 400MHz celeron and 128MB RAM are fine with me, but one USB is just bad...

[scienceboy63]

OSX86!!!! I have 10.5.2 running on an HP Pavilion a1250n.

[zs]

did you have any driver problems?. im have issues withe wireless on ubuntu

[thelightoflinux]

Throw Ubuntu 8.04 on it, add the Avant Window Manager, and delete the top and bottom menu bars. That would top off the Apple look. Avant has an OSX look to it.

[climber_geek]

Hey, that's great and original! I like your choice of rotten fruit! You can call your computer the iBosc or iDanjou to parody apple's fruity names. And what is the GUI that you used? Where can I get those apple widgets for windows?

[plastiktoe]

try object dock: http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

[Dont blame me if Im wrong]

if you really want the GUI to look like OS X for free then install ubuntu and check this out http://www.howtoforge.com/mac4lin_make_linux_look_like_a_mac

[technopenguin]

Yahoo widget engine-konfabulator.com And the gui, that's a different story.

[Spottedfeather]

Glad to see another Dan Schnider/Drake & Josh/iCarly fan. All those shows have the same iPear computer products !

[picman123]

hey awsome mod did one my self out of an old dell. cant find a good downloader for the moby dock got a website with one let me know. used a high school tech classes laser cutter works very well if you talk to the right peole they will let you use it free

[technopenguin]

320 megabytes of ram?? Never heard of such a thing before!

[FixedHDD]

why not? 256MB + 64MB or 128MB + 128MB + 64MB ;-)

[Punkguyta]

Ever heard of 384 or 624? Betcha haven't but it's happened in my very house before, even 768mb too.

[yourcat]

768 seems more normal than 624 to me.

[yourcat]

add to your list: 224 and 448 in some Shuttles because the extra is video.

[Punkguyta]

Damn shared video mems. And then theres intel with their display accelerator app thingy, I've seen some interesting amounts of ram being mapped out for vram, can't stick to normal values like normal people can they. lol.

[yourcat]

X-(

[technopenguin]

I've heard of 3GB though in some new computers. Is it okay to have RAM in 3 different slots, not 1, 2, or 4?

[Punkguyta]

Well how many ram slots are there? Usually I've ever seen 1 or 2 in any new computer, but yes if you can fit 3 gigs in there, it'll most likely work.

[gamer]

very very creative, on your next one (if there is one) i think you should put grapes or some kind of small fruit. sweet progect.

[Thunderexpress]

Like the pear logo. I think I am gonna buy an old ibook.

[dinsterzz]

hey, is that moby dock you used? or did u installed the apple os? very nicely done :p i got a laptop today, but i have some questions(its an old laptop) the apple u carved out, do you see any of that through your screen?

[dinsterzz]

shipit.ubuntu.com shipit.kubuntu.org 2 sites where you can order free ubuntu/kubuntu cd's and get em shipped for free!!

[T3h_Muffinator]

I might sound like a n00b, but what was it running and what's it running now?

[xrobevansx]

NICE job!

[LasVegas]

Now, with a little work, you might even be able to install OS X into it. :)