iMac goes steampunk

Brian Chen over at Wired came across this sweet Victorian iMac mod. If you're a steampunk fan, it's a must have. The owner of Old Time Computer makes all the covers by hand. This iMac's cover is hand crafted oak with brass and gold trim accents. A hand painted faux marble finish base covers the iMac's aluminum stand. To complete the look there's a keyboard trim cover made of oak and gold trim for the Apple Wireless Keyboard. If you've got deeper pockets, splurge on the antique keyboard and mouse set. The iMac cover is available for the 20-inch and 24-inch Core 2 Duo models and start at US$265 with the keyboard costing an additional $345.

Now the iMac can finally join the Mac mini in steampunk glory.

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Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/victorian-imac/

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dan

Very cool, I want one!!!!

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March 24 2010 at 6:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

PowerHouse

That looks awesome. Kudos on that keyboard!

March 23 2010 at 10:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

KJP

Steampunk, schmeampunk, I'd consider it just because it matches my desk.

March 23 2010 at 4:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Boyo

Steampunk is so, like, 8 years ago.

Nevertheless, this iMac still jumps the shark.

March 23 2010 at 3:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

I have to agree with most here, Steampunk is simply for douches.

March 23 2010 at 2:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Todd

Beautifully done. I'm surprised that the mods are as cheap as they are (well not exactly cheap, but I did expect them to cost more)

March 23 2010 at 2:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

David

It looks more like "The Wild Wild West" to me.... Calling everything "Steam Punk" just confuses the category.

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

March 23 2010 at 2:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Adam

neat.. aside from the whole "Steampunk" label put on anything that is faux old-old-school. I think this particular iMac mod is pretty darned nice and would really make the system blend in with a more organic setting.

March 23 2010 at 2:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Bob Tabor

I agree ... in order for it to be "officially' steampunk, doesn't it need to sport an over-exaggerated collection of gears, levers, pipes, tubes and so forth?

March 23 2010 at 3:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dave

I'm not normally a fan of Steampunk.. but this looks amazing!

March 23 2010 at 2:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Allan

I don't think I'd call it the "lamest shit ever" ... but I think it may be losing it's, um, steam...? Damn, I walked myself right into that.

I didn't realize these were being "manufactured" and sold though. I had always thought most of the steampunk things were just projects people were doing and kind of "one time" things. Apparently not.

March 23 2010 at 1:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply