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Post by tosh »

I remember these Macbooks did tend to break apart at the corners of the palmrests.

But I like the idea of re-visiting Macbook plastic chassis w/ new inside.

I would love to know what the weight is in the end.

Can the old Macbook chassis lead to a lighter weight computer than the current 1.23kg Macbook neo and Macbook air?

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Post by linguae »

tosh wrote: post #2

I remember these Macbooks did tend to break apart at the corners of the palmrests. But I like the idea of re-visiting Macbook plastic chassis w/ new inside. I would love to know what the weight is in the end. Can the old Macbook chassis lead to a lighter weight computer than the current 1.23kg Macbook neo and Macbook air?

That’s what happened to my 2006 Core Duo MacBook after about three or four years of use. It was an excellent laptop that was quite user-serviceable (I upgraded the RAM and hard drive), but I did have problems with the palmrests, and the Ethernet port stopped working after four years.

It was my first Apple laptop and I have fond memories of using it during my college years.

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Post by serf »

very cool project. id like to do something similar with my favorite thinkpad models.

that said, practice soldering, the insulation on those wires[0] and the sheer distance that they wicked solder upwards makes me really wonder how much heat got dumped into those tiny pads!

[0]: https://fb.edoo.gg/assets/images/image06.jpg?v=86ae0ddf

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Post by dlcarrier »

Wow, 64 GB of RAM.

I'm really tempted to build a modern computer into an HP Jornada case. I really miss that form factor. It's pocketable yet has a usable keyboard.

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Post by mikepurvis »

linguae wrote: post #3
tosh wrote: post #2

I remember these Macbooks did tend to break apart at the corners of the palmrests. But I like the idea of re-visiting Macbook plastic chassis w/ new inside. I would love to know what the weight is in the end. Can the old Macbook chassis lead to a lighter weight computer than the current 1.23kg Macbook neo and Macbook air?

That’s what happened to my 2006 Core Duo MacBook after about three or four years of use. It was an excellent laptop that was quite user-serviceable (I upgraded the RAM and hard drive), but I did have problems with the palmrests, and the Ethernet port stopped working after four years. It was my first Apple laptop and I have fond memories of using it during my college years.

I had one of those machines in university too and had the same stained/cracked palmrests. That said, I also paid for extended AppleCare and had the whole top case swapped for free multiple times throughout the three years that the coverage lasted.
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