Windows laptop gets DIY "iMacmini" makeover

It takes a special sort of someone to look at an old clunker of a Windows laptop and think, "I'll turn that into a Mac," but Phyro-Mane of the Case-Modder forums is apparently just that sort of person, and while his results certainly won't be fooling any Mac faithful, they're definitely admirable. Phyro even went so far as to add a sheet of plexiglass to simulate a glossy screen and, naturally, turned to a Mac OS X theme for Windows XP as a finishing touch. If you want to give it a shot yourself, you can find all the details (in German) plus plenty of pics of the entire transformation process by hitting up the read link below.

[Via Hack a Day]

[Mark @ Apr 14th 2008 5:59PM]

ben heck .. eat your heart out.

[Aguiluz @ Apr 14th 2008 6:04PM]

Benheck specializes in Game Consoles, not PCs.

[Mark @ Apr 14th 2008 6:11PM]

oh.

...

..

[TJ @ Apr 14th 2008 6:49PM]

Aguiluz - thank you Captain Obvious, but I'm sure if he has the ability to do that to a PS3, Xbox, and a Wii, he can do this.

[Aguiluz @ Apr 14th 2008 7:03PM]

"I am... CAPTAIN OBVIOUS! Protector, Creator, Propagator and Defender of Obviousness of Planet Obvious on Earth! What! So it was obvious!? I am obviously proud because it is obviously obvious because it is really really obvious!"


(/joke)

[mushrooshi @ Apr 14th 2008 7:52PM]

Um, He just made a Apple II laptop.

[Jordan @ Apr 14th 2008 6:06PM]

Sorry to be a prick, but this is just another case mod. Cut the keyboard and the mouse, change where the screen is, make a new case for it. hundreds of people make their own case mods. The only reason your reporting this one is because its like a mac. If your going to show us a case mod, make it a worthy case mod.

[jollyllama @ Apr 14th 2008 6:24PM]

I think it's a little more relevant to engadget than the average water cooled LED covered case mod. This guy basically took one gadget and made it into another popular gadget (kinda), similar to the PS3 laptop that was reported a few days ago.

[madwh @ Apr 14th 2008 6:25PM]

true, apple fanboyism at its best

[Ed @ Apr 15th 2008 6:33AM]

I considered doing this about a year ago but put it off for lack of resources. It's better than having a clunker laptop that will never leave the desk, anyways, as it takes up less desk space.

[Esat Dedezade @ Apr 14th 2008 6:07PM]

"If you want to give it a shot yourself, you can find all the details (in German) plus plenty of pics of the entire transformation process by hitting up the read link below."

Screw sleeping tonight, I'm gonna pull an all nighter and make this tonight!

/sarcasm (for those who required it)

[Aguiluz @ Apr 14th 2008 6:08PM]

Here's a translate link for those lazy crumbs! (Heh heh...)

Google Translate:
http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.case-modder.de%2Fwbb%2Fmodding-forum%2Fein-case-mod-entsteht%2Fp323497-pm-imacmini%2F%23post323497&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8

[Aguiluz @ Apr 14th 2008 6:10PM]

Hey LOOK! He has a FOSA N34BS1! My old laptop!

*runs to basement*

[Sam Zebian @ Apr 14th 2008 6:18PM]

Excellent Job man!

[JMoses @ Apr 14th 2008 6:42PM]

Um, the theme is for Ubuntu. You don't even have to look at the translated forum to tell that; just look at the pictures.

[ethana2 @ Apr 14th 2008 6:44PM]

I used a dragonfly osx on my winxp install back before I switched to Ubuntu..
..I still have that partition bootable via grub, same theme-- but I never use it.

[ethana2 @ Apr 14th 2008 6:50PM]

Maybe I'm really confused about exactly what that set of themes and settings and apps is called... It's been a year since I used that OS, so I could be really mixing things up.

[ethana2 @ Apr 14th 2008 6:49PM]

http://www.case-modder.de/wbb/modding-forum/ein-case-mod-entsteht/p323497-pm-imacmini/#post323497

http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jd310004vg0.jpg

..I was really confused there for a minute.. The guy who did that wasn't the guy who started the thread-- /that/ dude uses Ubuntu already. The other guy did in fact do what you said.
AWN + Compiz + Glossy P/Bespin >>>>>>> Flyakite OSX

[austin @ Apr 14th 2008 6:52PM]

i think it is actually a ubuntu os x skin. not XP. if you look closely in a few of the pictures, you can see an ubuntu logo

[Brayden @ Apr 14th 2008 6:53PM]

This has nothing to do with the above entry, but I'd like to point out an email I received from the Gate Keeper at Demonoid.com. Their site is back up. Wasn't sure where else to send this, but there it is.

[Mark @ Apr 15th 2008 1:40AM]

Brayden Jaco??!

[painty @ Apr 14th 2008 7:07PM]

fugly, but E for Effort

[Gators300 @ Apr 14th 2008 7:28PM]

Awesome!

[ddub @ Apr 15th 2008 12:37AM]

Eh, not really all that impressed.

[Steffen Jobbs @ Apr 15th 2008 12:51AM]

This is a bit late for April Fools Day, isn't it. Some Mac engineer that passed away, must be turning in his grave. Turning from laughter. This is not trying to be passed off as some Bizarro Mac, right.

[Travis @ Apr 15th 2008 1:33AM]

Great!!!

[swingin' dick hero @ Apr 15th 2008 4:28AM]

Anyone else still have trouble commenting? I can't reply by entering my information under 'Current Users' only 'New Users' and then hitting the confirm link in my email. It kind of sucks, big hairy ones too.

[考生 @ Apr 15th 2008 6:54AM]

I can reply under 'Current Users'（if you can see this comment） ，even though i am in another country

[swingin' dick hero @ Apr 15th 2008 7:32AM]

What OS and web browser do you use? I use OS X 10.4 @ work and 10.5 @ home and have also tried both Safari and Firefox with no luck.

[NG @ Apr 15th 2008 7:11AM]

respect

[cong madajewski @ Apr 15th 2008 10:47AM]

poor bastard, get a job

[Lovely Lisa @ Apr 15th 2008 5:32PM]

Besides being fairly chuby as compared to the genuine imac I would say this one without the cheek looks much better than the original.