Have an old iBook? Turn it into an iPad case

Gary Katz is at it again, this time gutting an old iBook and turning it into an iPad case. To create this one-of-a-kind case, Katz gutted the body of the iBook, then used a Dremel to remove anything left inside that was sharp or could put pressure on the iPad's glass screen. Next he fastened some "soft fuzzy material" inside to line the case and removed the opaque Apple logo so that you could see the iPad's screen through it. As you can see from the video below, the Apple logo's space can be quite a head trip in this case if you leave something running on the iPad's screen.
Sure, it might be a lot of work for an iPad case, but you can bet this has to be one of the stronger cases out there. Those old iBooks were built like bomb shelters. I literally dropped a 5-pound weight on mine one time, and there was hardly any damage to it, just a black smudge from the weight. Katz has made some other pretty cool Mac-related mods in the past, including this "antique" iPad case and this iPhone shoe box theater.
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Gary Katz is at it again, this time gutting an old iBook and turning it into an iPad case. To create this one-of-a-kind case, Katz...
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Ew. Plus you can sell "your old macbook" and get hundreds of dollars so you can buy the best iPad case around. Totally not worth it, unless you're a hip.
April 20 2011 at 10:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywhat's the name of the Kaleidoscope app?
April 20 2011 at 9:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'm sorry but you haveto be kidding me with the strength of the iBooks. I went to a school that required macs, and at the time everyone had iBooks. They were notorious for having cracked screens from normal wear and tear.
April 20 2011 at 5:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDoesn't this kind of defeat the purpose of having the iPad in the first place?
Instead of lugging around a laptop, I'll carry an iPad. No, scratch that, I'll carry around both!
Find a way to turn the keyboard into a bluetooth keyboard that actually works with the iPad and I'm there!
April 20 2011 at 10:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply@Mack - have you seen the old clamshell iBook - iPad case:
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/10/ipad-in-ibook-stand-merges-past-and-present/
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