DIYer hacks iBook into hardbound server

Not since the epic P-P-P-PowerBook! saga have we seen an Apple laptop wrapped up inside of a hardbound enclosure more suited for literature, but this hack manages to actually provide a hint of utility to those willing to undertake it. Upon receiving an iBook with a non-functioning screen, what better to do than strip the "i" prefix, trim down the inessentials, and wrap it in a hardcover book case in order to create a literal book server? If this sounds like your bag, the journey only requires a partially destroyed iBook, a bit of wiring knowledge, and a gutted book for it to call home. Personally, we'd pony up for a built-in AirPort card so it could serve media whilst parked elegantly beside Of Mice and Men, so be sure and give the read link a visit for the step-by-step if you're scouting new reading material.

[Via MAKE]

[strider_mt2k @ Jul 6th 2007 8:29AM]

Hmm.
Your library tucked away in your library.

I like it!

Well done!

[TK101 @ Jul 6th 2007 8:37AM]

Love the fugly choice of stick on letters, too. Classy.

TK

[Ralph @ Jul 6th 2007 12:25PM]

I was just going to comment on the same thing; had he simply put a smaller Apple logo at the top of the "spine" it would have looked so much better.

[Galley @ Jul 6th 2007 8:47AM]

I've got the same bargain bin Shakespeare book.

[Je2037 @ Jul 6th 2007 9:17AM]

oh because its a i"book"...ha. too much free time..

[Bert @ Jul 6th 2007 10:04AM]

That's so cool...
Check out his Leopard ready HHD
http://www.c-h-a-o-s.com/2007/05/17/c-h-a-o-scom_chaos_leopard-ready-hdd/

[bill @ Jul 6th 2007 10:17AM]

I think their volume of Shakespeare is out of date; Oxford is on the Second Edition. (And why go with the compact version anyway? Is Shakespeare better smaller?)

[ed @ Jul 6th 2007 11:29AM]

Nice, anybody knows when the new iMAc's will come out?

[Ralph @ Jul 6th 2007 12:29PM]

The common consensus is still "any day now"; it's been almost a year since Apple released the last iMac refresh (September 2006):

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

[TrueDis @ Jul 6th 2007 12:20PM]

Useless. Please keep this garbage off of Engadget...

[jollyllama @ Jul 6th 2007 3:30PM]

Hey man, hows "the social" working out for you?

[kbnguy @ Jul 6th 2007 1:02PM]

haha...
Another iLoser!

[01 @ Jul 6th 2007 2:56PM]

I'm a little surprised he didn't use a copy of Infinite Loop...maybe size constraints? It looks pretty cool anyway, but I'd be a little bit worried about heat issues. not as bad as a MBP, but still...

[TheBigB @ Jul 6th 2007 4:14PM]

And there goes your bookshelf burning down with the powerbook's overheating issue...

[Colin @ Jul 6th 2007 10:58PM]

iBook, not Powerbook. And it's a G3-- the same model I own-- which barely ever gets more than warm...even when it's using 100% CPU (which is most of the time, since these things are freaking old.)

[Jason Terhorst @ Jul 6th 2007 5:40PM]

If only I had known about this before spending $50 dollars and 20 hours of taking apart and putting together my G3 iBook (and the reed switch components) to get the display working again... twice.