Second steampunk laptop wants to be clockwork

You like Steampunk, do ya? Well, looks like we've got another laptop iteration for you today, this time entitled "A Clockwork Laptop." Yeah, it's got a bunch of brass and copper fittings -- plus some gothic looking legs -- and an overall retro fantasy style that some people like and others may hate. Make sure to check out the hundred or so cogs inside a glass screen on the back of the real screen. To turn it on you even have to turn a rusty key embedded inside the thumb rest: although you'll still be booting into an anachronistic Ubuntu install if you do so. Check out s'more pics at the link below, and know that you'll never be arsed to make anything even half as impressive. Also, anyone getting a strange craving for a glass of milk after seeing this?

[Via UberReview]

[mmh @ Nov 5th 2007 3:32AM]

Do you ring up the operator to connect to the internet?

[superspiffy @ Nov 5th 2007 3:40AM]

Orson Wells called, he said he wants his laptop back.

[Bob @ Nov 5th 2007 3:44AM]

You mean H.G. Wells.

[Adam @ Nov 5th 2007 3:58AM]

Haha Orson Wells, oops.

[R @ Nov 5th 2007 10:01AM]

Hey, (s)he was close. They both had something to do with "War of the Worlds." Although it's "Orson Welles," not "Wells."

[Luke @ Nov 5th 2007 3:43AM]

I love it. Fabulous work. Wish I had half the patience or skill a work of art like that would take.

[Bernhard @ Nov 5th 2007 3:51AM]

Everyone will be like: "Gosh! Did you steal Babbages Portable Analytical Machine?!"

[Mike10010100 @ Nov 5th 2007 7:31AM]

Of course! And you don't know how long it took to modify ubuntu!

[ethana2 @ Nov 26th 2007 4:05AM]

Don't you mean adding a babbage backend to LLVM or GCC?
Ubuntu would have to be ported, not modified just to run...

Actually, you do have to modify the kernel, but that's just for performance.
You don't know how much clicking noise is made by the MMU alone; it's ridiculous.

And since brass melts at a higher temp than silicon, the thing really /can/ sterilize you, so watch yourself.

[Deuz Augustine @ Nov 5th 2007 5:06AM]

Anyone who doesn't like this can take the Alienware machines they're typing their hate messages on and go to hell.

(Okay, perhaps this is a tad preemptive.)

[John @ Nov 5th 2007 7:59AM]

I'm not a fan of alienware, as I think that the best part about PCs is that you can build your own, but I am against anything that involves the word "punk" on general principle. It still looks awesome though.

[ethana2 @ Nov 26th 2007 4:07AM]

Aye. Building your own is key.

The day you can truly do that with a laptop, I intend to.
I know what I want. No one can give it to me but me.

[bombastinator @ Nov 5th 2007 5:14AM]

It's mighty short on punk if you ask me. I think it's more of a Ducan Phife style.

[Tim Brown @ Nov 5th 2007 5:17AM]

Love it, just hope they remember to take the key out before closing the lid. I wonder how much it weighs?

[Andir3.0 @ Nov 5th 2007 6:17AM]

Oooh.. http://www.datamancer.net/steampunklaptop/steampunklaptop.htm

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.

Time for a new host...

[mct75 @ Nov 5th 2007 7:47AM]

The 1880's called. They want their OLPC back.


(Referring to the wind-up part)

[MikeG @ Nov 5th 2007 8:15AM]

lul.
It's still sexy though, how much do(es) these/this cost?

[Chad @ Nov 5th 2007 10:01AM]

It's a one of a kind, hand made mod. You can't buy these.

[John P @ Nov 5th 2007 8:40AM]

If it is anything similar to Jake von Slat's Steampunk Workshop, the laptop isnt actually for sale, but for personal enjoyment while building it. On that note, however, a bronze keyboard created in this style was put on ebay for a starting price of 1200 dollars. And that was a keyboard...so I would imagine this laptop would be pretty astronomical.

By the way, steampunk is a widely used name for the practice of converting modern items to look like victorian/early industrial revolution devices.

[psypherium @ Nov 5th 2007 9:20AM]

Fantastic design. If I had the cash I'd definitely pay someone to make me something like this. lol.

I Kinda get the glass of milk thing too.

[Chris @ Nov 5th 2007 9:39AM]

most of it is mirrored here http://www.duggmirror.com/mods/Steampunk_laptop_2/
few images missing

[R @ Nov 5th 2007 9:52AM]

"BANDWIDTH LIMIT EXCEEDED" ? ? ?

Too bad. I really wanted to see more pics of this thing.

[R @ Nov 5th 2007 9:57AM]

Hey, (s)he was close. They both had something to do with "War of the Worlds." Although it's "Orson Welles," not "Wells."

[insom @ Nov 5th 2007 8:51PM]

a very Bioshock laptop

[skon @ Nov 6th 2007 2:58AM]

I've seen a lot of steampunk mods to hardware the last few years but not many cyberpunk mods. You know the stuff that looks like it was made by th Borg. Has anyone seen anything like that recently?