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- Jan 8, 2013
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- Motherboard
- MBA
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- i5
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- HD4000
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- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
After following the threads of the other great cube mods and having thought about a hackintosh for a while I decided I'd tackle a cube!
After watching ebay and various sites for a few months it seemed cubes are in high demand and in low supply and to get a mint one would cost me around £100, a bit more than I wanted to spend! Some people had high expectations and priced themselves out of sales, as each week I'd see the same cube list for £300 and then expire, which was frustrating, as it could've been a potential purchase.
Eventually I picked up one for a more reasonable price but turned out to be in a much poorer condition than the seller had described it as...
They did offer to take it back but after seeing ersterhernd's results with Meguiar's Scratch X, I picked some up from amazon and set to work on it. It still has quite a few scratches and a couple of small chips (luckily mostly not on the front) but from a small distance away it still looks great. So I'm happy with it, plus spending a few hours cleaning it up makes it feel like more of a mod!
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After:
Photos are with and without flash.
Certainly had a rough life from its owner(s). It's still scratched in places and I'm still undecided about returning it and "just for the extra £££" waiting for a mint one...
My wife has just had a baby so probably going to be a slow mod until things settle down at home. Shame it didn't come with a power supply as I could've just tinkered in OS X, maybe install linux as well. Power supplies aren't cheap either and as I plan on refitting it completely doesn't seem much sense in buying one.
I do love the case and computer though, the engineering is amazing on it - wish I'd bought one back in the day!
After watching ebay and various sites for a few months it seemed cubes are in high demand and in low supply and to get a mint one would cost me around £100, a bit more than I wanted to spend! Some people had high expectations and priced themselves out of sales, as each week I'd see the same cube list for £300 and then expire, which was frustrating, as it could've been a potential purchase.
Eventually I picked up one for a more reasonable price but turned out to be in a much poorer condition than the seller had described it as...
They did offer to take it back but after seeing ersterhernd's results with Meguiar's Scratch X, I picked some up from amazon and set to work on it. It still has quite a few scratches and a couple of small chips (luckily mostly not on the front) but from a small distance away it still looks great. So I'm happy with it, plus spending a few hours cleaning it up makes it feel like more of a mod!
Before:
After:
Photos are with and without flash.
Certainly had a rough life from its owner(s). It's still scratched in places and I'm still undecided about returning it and "just for the extra £££" waiting for a mint one...
My wife has just had a baby so probably going to be a slow mod until things settle down at home. Shame it didn't come with a power supply as I could've just tinkered in OS X, maybe install linux as well. Power supplies aren't cheap either and as I plan on refitting it completely doesn't seem much sense in buying one.
I do love the case and computer though, the engineering is amazing on it - wish I'd bought one back in the day!