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A zebra MacBook - half black, half white
flickr.com — A Flickr user's MacBook keyboard broke and he had to come up with a solution. Luckily the Mac Store had a white replacement keyboard that he's using until the black replacement keyboard arrives. It looks wild.
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- Artifez, on 10/12/2007, -5/+84I would keep it that way, it looks sorta 1950s-ish.
- FrankieB078, on 10/12/2007, -6/+28Yeah I agree. I'd most definitely keep the white keyboard.
- uownedge, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31Ditto. That actually looks really slick. Might consider doing that on purpose just for looks.
- themastersb, on 10/12/2007, -9/+21I'd call it a skunk if it's half black and half white.
- tavisjohn, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11Oh yea, keep it! It is a GREAT way to tell your macbook from other people's! Think of it this way, FREE Customization!
Now just replace all the actual KEYS with black ones and it will really look unique!!! - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17It looks more like an oreo than anything.
- skyshock21, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4Fugly.
- livetheride, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Wow, it looks exactly like my Sony Vaio FE. How amazing.
- splatnik, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Actually, a black keyboard on a white macbook would be better. White gets dirty too easy (at least my white macbook does).
- molochi, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Looks like my brother's Sony.
- pinky24, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1hey, thats sony's fault for copying apple.
- pvtjohndoe, on 10/12/2007, -11/+48This is cool. Apple should actually sell MacBooks this way.
- Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21Very cool, but that's probably because it's rare. The last thing we want to see it is all notebooks going both ways ;)
I'd keep it though.
p.s. I have to add that the Oreo Makbook comment made below made me fall off my seat. - Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6I know how to spell MacBook, it's just that that edit feature gave me only about 10 seconds for some reason. Bring back the two minute feature digg, pls!
- nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I think white outside with a black keyboard would be cooler, partly because then you don't have to worry about dirt as much.
- Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21Very cool, but that's probably because it's rare. The last thing we want to see it is all notebooks going both ways ;)
- nitynate, on 10/12/2007, -17/+27Hideous. I hate it. No offense to the guy. Its all in the eye of the beholder.
- tysonkad, on 10/12/2007, -29/+5hhahaha..."Hideous", I like your choice of word. Even though i think it looks cool I'll mod you up.
- tysonkad, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17Definately keep it that way. Looks cool to me.
- centinall, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1wonder what the opposite would look like? White shell, black keyboard?
- 5thfreedom, on 10/12/2007, -14/+5With all the "Zebra" computers in my office, I kind of feel like I'm in a zoo.
- 5thfreedom, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2Dammit, you guys are no fun. You're telling me that none of you work in an office where most of the computers have color mismatched keyboards, mice, and monitors? Well I do.
- Tamriel, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Actually, I interned at a company where my boss (the IT guy) was anal about that. He liked the office having good feng shui, I guess. Plus black monitors look terrible with gray keyboards.
- cmjrees, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0You'd could have a 13" MB, then a 15" Macbook Pro, then a 17" MBP next to each other! Well, would be good feng shui
- Matt-lars, on 10/12/2007, -30/+3Introducing the new malado MacBook.
- Ninjab3ar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+47Looks more like an Oreo MacBook.
- HoboMaster, on 10/12/2007, -13/+11Were you looking for "mulatto?" I think "malado" means "badly" in spanish or something. Though that may apply too.
- OMGWTFROFLMAO, on 10/12/2007, -16/+7mulatto is a derogatory term anyway
- g0rdy, on 10/12/2007, -11/+0it's not derogatory.. that's what we used to call police cruisers: mulatto-mobiles
- OMGWTFROFLMAO, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5I was dugg down for stating a fact? Nice. Walk up to a mixed race person and call them a mulatto, then tell me what happens.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulatto - MrC539, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8As a person of mixed race myself (half-black an half-white), I don't really take offense at any of those terms. I probably should be offended, but it's pretty hard to offend me. You probably shouldn't use the terms though, however, because I'm sure many people would be offended. I usually call myself a "halfrican" though.
- jim1977, on 10/12/2007, -12/+10cool looking, but since it costs so much more for black, do you get $50 or so back for accepting a white keyboard?
- deadbaby, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5I'd keep it. Very unique.
- nitsuj, on 10/12/2007, -4/+29"It looks wild."
I seriously recommend that you get out more.- Homunculiheaded, on 10/12/2007, -1/+39But it's Black AND White, those are Opposite colors in the SAME place! If it get's crazier than that I don't even want to think about it!
- whoatemytuna, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5Mmmmm, Oreos.
- naio21, on 10/12/2007, -47/+8Next week: Pink and Purple Macbooks with Hello Kitty replacing Crapple's logo.
Perfect for the standard Crapple fanboy. ;-)- Sandwiches_Time, on 10/12/2007, -6/+44Hahahaha, you took the brand "Apple" and placed a "Crap" in front of it, indicating your distain for the company in a very subtle and clever way! You are so clever! That's just so hilarious. Tell me, what do you do for a living? Is it something that utilizes your razor-sharp wit? I sure hope so. That's just so clever! Aren't you clever!
- naio21, on 10/12/2007, -38/+4"Aren't you clever!"
Yes, I am. I'm a PC user! :-) - sporktek, on 10/12/2007, -8/+27Almost as witty as "$" inside Microsoft.
Guess which letter it replaces.
It's the 's'. Get it? - kmoth, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2haha thanks sandwhiches. that was great. i lauhed out loud.
- grunherz5x5, on 10/12/2007, -9/+13Whoa, a Windows fanboy.
I didn't know they made those. - CraigJ, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Yes, I am. I'm a PC user! :-)
Self infliction of pain is usually a sign of mental illness... - chesterjosiah, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Aaaaaaaaaand I've added Sandwiches_Time to my friends list.
:-)
- rypaintD, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9That looks awesome. They should sell some laptops like that.
*cough* and a mid-range tower *cough*- Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2apple flavored oreo
hmm - Lynxpro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The guy should submit a patent for this idea. He could single-handedly save the independent Apple dealers if they adopted the plan to sell MacBooks like this.
Reminds me of an old Atari dealer (Safari Computers) who used to customize their Atari ST(e) computers by spray painting the cases. Of course, this was a decade-and-a-half ago so long before ColorwarePC got into the game of custom paint jobs.
- Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2apple flavored oreo
- Cymrubeats, on 10/12/2007, -11/+5Ebony and ivory, together in perfect....yeah, i hate that ***** tune too. Looks like *****, sorry.
- buchanae, on 10/12/2007, -8/+0i love it
- monsterdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3Oh, oops, I just bashed my forehead falling asleep on my white keyboard.
- sixister, on 10/12/2007, -12/+6ZOMGwhocaresZOMG
- KevinWhite, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4that's also the colour scheme of the lg s1 laptop my friend has:
http://ca.lge.com/en/prodmodeldetail.do?actType=search&page=1&modelCategoryId=040210&categoryId=040210&parentId=0402&modelCodeDisplay=S1-M002A9#
looks really nice- Cymrubeats, on 10/12/2007, -18/+7Now you've posted that all the Apple fags will say it looks *****.
- drlha, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13It looks like *****.
- FuzzyCat, on 10/12/2007, -8/+16
So fecking lame. Why this was even posted is beyond me. Seiously, are you getting excited over this? - evilrobot, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9hmm... i clicked on this fully thinking i was going to see this one:
http://www.kodawarisan.com/k2006/archives/2006/05/macbook_ichimat_1.html- uownedge, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1That's slick looking too. I was kind of expecting a re-painted case with a black/white zebra pattern theme, but kind of neat none the less.
- pbaehr, on 10/12/2007, -14/+9Is this what passes as a Mac mod? Seriously?
It's just a piece from a white MacBook on a black MacBook. Wow. Earth shattering.
We've seen computers made out of everything from empty whiskey bottles to pumpkins and this is noteworthy?- olddirtycr, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5No where in the title, description, or actual page does it say mod. Read the article next time, or in this case, the sentence.
- uownedge, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6Seriously...nothing was said about a mod. They were out of stock on the matching black keyboard and gave him a white one to use temporarily until the replacement black keyboard came in. The description and comment for the image both state that. Try reading next time.
- KevinWhite, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5@olddirtycr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sreindl/278314846/in/set-72157594343081064/
"MacBook Modding"
- undersky, on 10/12/2007, -15/+1another reason why Mac OS is way better than Micro$oft Window$ ShixP
- noseeme, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I think this should be dugg up, to expose his/her sheer brilliance. :)
- sixister, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4another reason why $ needs to be removed from keyboards....
i'm sorry that wasn't interesting enough. make that WHITE keyboards. - olddirtycr, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4With windows i can have any keyboard color in the world...
- s2djfinc, on 10/12/2007, -7/+9This is on the front page...why?
- olddirtycr, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5Enough people digg'd it (177) to achieve a "front page" status. Thats how digg works.
- naio21, on 10/12/2007, -16/+7Wrong. It's because Digg is sponsored by Crapple.
- cozinator, on 10/12/2007, -11/+3"Wrong. It's because Digg is sponsored by Crapple."
Hahaha! Did you see what he did?? He took Apple and mixed it with crap to make "Crapple"! Because Apples are crappy - get it? It's a play on words. That's terrific.
- noseeme, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13This catapults to the front page because someone changed the color of one part on their Apple notebook?
Damn. He couldn't take any pictures from a normal, palatable angle either. - Skurt, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1The reason they had a spare white keyboard is because they get so dirty and even the best cleaner for the white MacBook is the Mr. Clean Eraser, it still doesn't get all the mess. So they have a stock of keyboards for complainers.
I have a white MacBook and even before I touched it, I pasted those SHIELD stickers all over the top, bottom and key/mouse area and it still gets dirty.
My Suggestion is to get the black keyboard back A.S.A.P! - undersky, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1wow my comment got dug down in one minute, hahahahaha, it was meant to make fun of apple fanboys! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
- larryllama, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8Who cares?? How can anyone digg this? Good work! I have a black car and they only had white replacement doors. DIGG THIS STORY. *****.
- kmoth, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9i have a red car that now has a brown passenger door ever since some dude sideswiped me.
if i post a picture of that here, will people care about it too?
probably not. i guess i missed the point. darn.- olddirtycr, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Because that looks like *****, this actually looks pretty cool.
- monsterdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11A red car with a brown door? Wha?? Pics pls!
- Jchen1986, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Actually i would really like to see a brown car period....and none of those fake wood schemes, I want pure doodoo brown.
- kmoth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12"A red car with a brown door? Wha?? Pics pls!"
i will, just as soon as i stick an apple logo sticker in the window.
i need to make sure i make front page too. - Lynxpro, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3
Go on, admit it. You were the one who recommended to Microsoft that a brown Zune would sell like Cabbage Patch dolls circa 1984 (or was it 1983?)... :)
- xtr3m, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Hey, guys: don't forget that you can keep your sanity by going to your settings > manage topics and unchecking Apple.
- kmoth, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5and miss out on making fun of people who admit to liking Apple?
- xtr3m, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Well, then they shouldn't complain.
- patricks, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2reminds me of a mexican car.
http://www.bobandtom.com/gen3/1galleries/hooptie_gallery1/slides/old%20car.jpg - apple00fan00boy, on 10/12/2007, -11/+1This is why Apple computers are awesome especially OS X beats the crap out of the crappy Windows.
Mac rules!
AWESOME!!!
FOREVER TRUE APPLE FAN!- naio21, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1What a biotch! :-O
- perozo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4What's that app on the screen on that Macbook? The one playing Soma FM
- ,,|,_, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3Could this be viral marketing for SomaFM? ;-)
- kimos, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Sweet sweet SomaFM. Best commercial free streaming radio out there IMHO...
http://somafm.com/ - caketank, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2a comment on one of the photos says it's the radio module of MediaCentral
- caketank, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I love that the question was dugg up, and the answers down. Nice.
- onemillion, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I would say this looks slick, but I dispise white equiptment that I put my fingers on (I got a black iPod and Keyboard) just for the fact that it turns a dirty color after contnous use.
- DocDEB, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1Can we say "Oreo" boys and girls?
- Ninjab3ar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Yes, just like the last 10 people who said it.
Read the comments.
P.S
I was the first to refer to it as an Oreo, so HA!
- Ninjab3ar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Yes, just like the last 10 people who said it.
- MilitantRabbit, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1What's that program he's running that's streaming audio with a fullscreen display?
- tommanb182, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1That's pretty cool. I love the look of the black macbook, but can't stand trying to use it in the dark. Its impossible to see the keys without pointing the screen at an angle downwards. The white keyboard fixes that.
- vvvv, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13This is the most important digg story ever.
- Qtip42, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Must resist urge to paint macbook zebra colors
- neosystems, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3Also known as the "Michael Jackson" MacBook...
- SKick, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I thought Zebras had stripes.
I see no stripes.
I give no digg. - logicbus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4You think some of the comments here are bad? Did you read the comments on that guy's Flickr site? You'd think people's heads exploded.
Buried for lameness. - will0861, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Isn't the idea behind digg that the readers "digg" stories they like, and the popular stories get the most diggs? So what the hell difference does it make if you don't think this story should be here? Digg it down and move on.
- EricPhenris, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I can just see Michael coming to digg, reading that, then getting pissed off for being linked with macs. He's a crazy PC user.
Go Mac! - jackmaninov, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Ok, I'm a Mac user, and I love all things Mac, and I could see this making the front page of TUAW or some other Mac website, but Digg? There are way cooler things out there...
- DanielNielsen, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Looks cool no doubt.
Whats up with all the retard comments here? if you dont like it dont Digg it, its pretty easy there is no need for all the bitching. - warbird, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Looks like my sony vaio
- andrew15, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0yeah it looks sweet. I have a black macbook too. A friend of mine has a white one, always wanted to see it.
- SFDemiaN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You're kidding me. This made it to the front page?
- mrchin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Just hope it wasn't repaired at an Apple Store. Story says Mac store but don't know if that's just misinformation. They can only repair like parts on Apple products including colors like for iPods. Someone may get into some trouble.
On the other hand, maybe checkerboarding the keyboard to alternate black and white keys. Probably too much, so I'd just say the F keys. - maclive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Very cool!
- dspR, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I love it.
PandaBook. -
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