Rig of the Day: World's thinnest desktop

Heh, this is what my iBook looks like. It's screen died over a year ago, the combo drive won't play DVDs or rip CDs, but apart from that, it still works fine.

What a great idea. Simple, but so effective. My friend still rocks an original TIbook 400 which works well for him as long as he only keeps 3 max applications open. Still productive after all these years.

A blind Apple developer had a screenless PowerBook like this. He helped develop and/or test VoiceOver.

lord, just went through this on my powerbook ti 500 last night - getting the display removed required taking the entire machine apart including the logic board.

I used the guide at PBFixit to guide me through taking it apart - http://www.pbfixit.com/Guide/21.12.0.html - you'll need a phillips and a #8 torx driver and a needlenose as well.

When it booted it was in mirror mode - a check through http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html showed that cmd+f1 would toggle between mirror and extend mode on the powerbook.

JT: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/images/content/72519main_4330APL2.jpg

Bah to no html. http://www.eversinceaugust.org/?p=11 Thar she blows.

"This is actually a brilliant idea for a computer built in the keyboard. I'm ashamed I didn't think of it by myself."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II

To anyone who wants to do this, it's kind of tricky. I was given the PowerBook, sans monitor, in parts. I'd imagine if you want to remove the monitor, you'd just take it apart and pull the monitor off. Before you do this, you'll want to have the computer logging in automatically so you can do all the setup on the new monitor without trouble. You'll also want to set the display to mirror instead of span to the new monitor. This way you'll avoid the trouble I had (I didn't start with a monitor and had to fish for the sys preferences to make my changes).

That should pretty much do it. My blog entry about my half of a PowerBook is here.

Can anyone walk someone through this mod or point to instructions? I have a tibook with a fading LCD and would love to rig it up this way. V. cool.

This is actually a brilliant idea for a computer built in the keyboard. I'm ashamed I didn't think of it by myself.