Filed under: Desktops

Best we can tell, the Corkboard Mac was constructed from critical parts of an older PowerBook and gets held up by a series of colorful push-pins. Legend has it that the actual casing was destroyed in an unfortunate cooking accident, but thankfully, all of the vitals — LCD included — were left intact. Peep one more shot in the read link, and pay your respects as you enter.

[Thanks, Steven]

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Filed under: Desktops

Best we can tell, the Corkboard Mac was constructed from critical parts of an older PowerBook and gets held up by a series of colorful push-pins. Legend has it that the actual casing was destroyed in an unfortunate cooking accident, but thankfully, all of the vitals — LCD included — were left intact. Peep one more shot in the read link, and pay your respects as you enter.

[Thanks, Steven]

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Filed under: Laptops, Portable Audio

Owners of yesteryear Apple products (and consumer advocates) had a pretty solid week. Friday it came to light that more than two million 2001-era PowerBook owners could be eligible for refunds between $25 and $75 in a class-action settlement (which is set for final approval on September 8th) over faulty, sometimes even sparking power adapters. But that’s not all: Apple is also offering up $45 credits to any Canadian iPod owner that bought before June 24th, 2004 as part of a class-action suit claiming Apple misrepresented the advertised battery life of the players.

Read - Power adapters
Read - Canadian iPods [sub req’d]

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Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio

Have you heard of Jibe Audio? No worries, the San Francisco based company doesn’t have any product… yet. That will change at CES with this, the Sound Machine iPhone docking station. Designed in part by Robert Brunner who led Apple’s design team from 1989-1996, an era which birthed the Newton and the first Powerbooks. The Sound Machine is said to support Bluetooth audio, iPhone synchronization over USB, and unspecified audio input for other audio sources. If this is the same device first mentioned as the “iPhone Station” back in October, then it will also feature DVD playback and streaming internet radio. We’ll find out soon enough. CES is only a few weeks away.

[Via Gizmos]

Read — Brunner’s iPhone Station
Read — Jibe Audio

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Filed under: HDTV, Laptops

For those who look at their PowerBook, iBook or MacBook Pro and long for a Blu-ray optical drive, FastMac’s got you covered. Of course, some Macs were already on its list of compatible machines, but the firm is now announcing that the trio of aforementioned systems have joined the fray alongside the iMac and Mac mini. The slimline drive writes to BD-RE at 2x, DVD±RW at 8x and CD-R/W at 8x, and provides up to 50GB of storage on a single disc. The unit is slated to ship within 30 days and is available for pre-order as we speak for a stiff $999.99.

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!