Comments on: Mac LCD logo tutorial

By: spyderveloce

spyderveloce — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:48:27 +0000

@James: The Apple logo on MacBooks is lit up by the LCD backlight. There is no separate light or wires to snip.

By: glurt

glurt — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:15:03 +0000

Great tutorial, I will try to make it step by step

By: James

James — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:24:56 +0000

I was thinking about opening up the LCD bezel in my wife’s macbook, finding the wire to the white glowing light, and just snipping it. I think the goal with hacking a portable computer should help extend battery life, not kill it faster.

By: marc andrew

marc andrew — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:38:47 +0000

They have done really wonderful work here��

By: dnfklan

dnfklan — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:16:58 +0000

Wow. That Mac is now slightly gayer, and you’re $175 poorer.

Nice exchange.

By: therian

therian — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:33:56 +0000

“about 175 usd”
for what ? for killing you battery life?

By: Renter

Renter — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:05:57 +0000

just found this
http://www.carcomputer.co.uk/component/page,shop.product_details/category_id,46/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,322/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,26/
about 175 usd

By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:06:23 +0000

Nice mod. i should implement this on my mac plus.

By: awdark

awdark — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:05:01 +0000

To me the price is far too high for a “fun” mod of this sort. I know its the novelty factor and all that but what do you think of the potential in using a digital photo frame to do something of that sort?

By: fspin

fspin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:47:42 +0000

I have to admit, it’s a nice touch, and reasonably well executed. Will apple follow suit? (are they even allowed to?)

By: pmhupman

pmhupman — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:05:23 +0000

Putting any constant pressure on an LCD panel will cause white spots to appear. Minor vibration over a long period of time will cause damage to the internal film sheets, which will show up as white spots. It’s a bad idea if you like your system…

By: Renter

Renter — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:31:38 +0000

I dont know what everyone else is thinking but I would rather cut out the entire monitor size and add a touch sensitive file. Yes the one I link is too big but once you calibrate it to the screen size all should be good. Then with some nifty coding when the screen is shut the outside monitor displays a yes/no box asking if the outside monitor is going to be used. Now you have a small sized tablet.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12561

By: therian

therian — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:54:54 +0000

“What happens when pressure is put on the outside cover of the laptop? ”

then he will have to learn how to use his laptop backwards

By: flaunt_dzx

flaunt_dzx — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:01:38 +0000

What happens when pressure is put on the outside cover of the laptop? Normally there is a small space between the lcd and the case, as designed, to prevent damage.