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The result of mad science, yes, but also extreme umlaut overuse. -Frankie Fix-It
Favorite Comment: That one dude. says, “ZAT IS NOT HAU YOU UZE ZE UMLAUTS!!!!!”
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another techno WIN!
Say, mister monitor, rumors on the street pretend you might be hiding something from me… You got something to say to that?
i’m all for tech hardware hacks, but please tell me they did not do all of that work just to have Windows on that machine. what a terrible sacrifice of a macbook!
My question when looking at that: Why not just use an iMac? I’d be cheaper and cleaner…
cheaper?
“oh look at me i dont know how to take care of my computer and i like to follow the hype so i’m saying windows suck and i’m 100% apple”
Apple is too hard to figure out. And they are always making a new version too soon, once everyone finally got comfortable with their new one. And now they feel like they need a new one. And software too. I can’t put up with that kind of stuff. Windows keeps stuff the same, stays simple, and just works better for me. As for normal functioning, simplicity, and getting your job done without hassle, Windows wins by a mile. Right now I am having trouble with iTunes 9 on my PC. It says that it is PC compatible, but it is sure a pain in the @ss. And please don’t go into crashing, newness, etc. because it doesn’t matter. I can’t take this much change this fast. I want things to stay the way they are. Windows rules, and always will. Apple may be successful, but it will never succeed at taking down Windows. In fact, if they ever simply make a similar device, and start revising it, and making new kinds, they will practically have Apple beat hands down. Just make portable devices. Not that hard.
They have never really proven the computer crashing stuff, anyway. Sorry. Don’t worry, you’re still #2. But #1 is too far ahead to catch up. And all it takes is one great idea to break out at a windows meeting. The windows portable devices idea. That would make changing the apple just to make using theirs easier obsolete.
Then they will instantly jump another mile ahead of apple.
And here is a video to prove that they are truly stupid.
I guess the video didn’t work. Oh, well, they left a link in it’s place. Well, what are you waiting for? CLICK THE LINK!!!
I love you lol….
maybe more damage if i can see its existance in tact… 
i’d spend over 50 grand just to get that a mac worth that price and F***ING EXPLODE IT INTO PIECES then launch something at it
Cool story, bro!
Dude, you are ignorant. Microsoft makes a new useless version for their junk every day. Windows Vista (gag) came out with Leopard and WIN7 (double gag) came out with Snow Leopard. Not to mention new applications won’t work on Windows XP but most new stuff works on every Mac OS.
“Most new stuff works on every Mac OS”? Are you mad? Or is your Mac just so new that you remain blissfully ignorant as to how things really are?
I have a PowerMac G4 sitting under my desk running Tiger (which came out three years after XP and one year before Vista, might I add) and lately I’ve been having a tough time finding programs that would run on it. I couldn’t even jailbreak my iPhone on that thing because many of the newer tools did not support Tiger, let alone the PowerPC. I find myself using it more and more to play older Mac games rather than doing any serious work on it.
On the other hand, it’s extremely rare for me to see software that is exclusively written for Vista/7. Even stuff like Seesmic Look, which is an Aero-gasm, works in XP.
Sometimes computers get damaged, and sometimes people who actually know how to do simple computer repairs (i.e., mostly people who do not own Apples) find creative ways to reuse a computer. Obviously, this guy’s screen broke, and I think the idea is genius.
This virtual keyboard looks backwards… strange!
I think thats a win. Never thought of that myself.
I think the important question is whether the noun Frankömpüter is masculine (obviously made by a guy), feminine (doesn’t make any sense), or neuter (insert theory here). Discuss.
The head of a desktop and the body of a laptop. The brain of a Mac but the *mind* of a PC. And some duct tape.
As Komputer is masculine (der Komputer) I would assume Frankomputer would also be masculine. So, der Frankomputer.
erm sorry, but even in Germany, computer is written with a “C” so it is a Computer. The K is obviously coming from the Frank(enstein).
But it is still masculine.
P.S.: Regional exeptions are possible, they’re known as dialects.
Franconian Example: “Gombiuder” [say: gom- biu- der] as seen in a local store’s fuse box.
But then, in Franconia a computer is female. “Wo hosd no die Adress vun dea Mari?” “I hobs nei die Gombjuda nei gem”. “Pray tell, my good man, where do you keep the address of our esteemed friend Maria?” “Oh, why, my dear counterpart, I have entered it into our computer for safekeeping”.
Pleasure to meet the other Franconian on the Internet.
Computers are expensive, unstable, require constant attention to keep them doing more-or-less what you want them to do instead of the bidding of some guy you’ve never met, and continuous upgrades (read: more money) to keep them up to the latest hardware trends.
So, as to gender, draw your own conclusions.
Hah! Bet you thought I was going to say “female!” Not a chance, buddy, she knows where I sleep!
Even more funny… from what I can tell it’s a macbook pro he put behind the screen. So, he installed windows into a mac (FAIL) and then plugged it into his monitor to get it “fixed”?
Also, he could’ve removed the backlight from the keyboard, right?
what laptop is this?
I assume that it would overheat with any type of mild to heavy computing.
Yeah. Laptop back to back with an lcd? Not the ideal cooling setup.
Reverse engineering!
This is effective üsage öf öütdated härdwäre!
I don’t understand the point of this…
The display of the expensive Macbook Pro broke. Repair would be too expensive, so the reasonable solution is to convert the notebook into a desktop computer.
but why lash it to the back of the monitor? He had to go and use a spare USB keyboard anyway, which the laptop base already had.
He could have just used the laptop base as an all-in-one keyboard. This was overthought.
That used to be the easy way to setup a home server – buy broken laptops, load Linux, run CAT5 to closet.
Cool. iMac, PC-style.
Actually, that’s what I’m doing right now. Except, the laptop base is in front of the “monitor.” And the monitor is a 32″ 1080p.
And it runs Linux.
Broken laptop + TV + XBMC = bliss.
My eyes, they burn! The Right Apple Key is gone!
(I don’t mind that someone picked up a MacBookPro 2.2 – 15″ [the last ones with Apple Keys instead the cmd one], removed the screen, placed a sticker which says Frankömpüter, and covered it on Duct Tape and installed windows on it because i did something similar with a iBook G3, but it ultimately broke so i just keep the monitor on, but the Right Apple[Now, the "cmd"] key missing just makes me cry)
Gawd iBook G3 is about the slowest thing ever. Blech. And who needs the keyboard (and the lame Apple key) when they obviously set up a secondary out in front of the monitor?
Finally, a use for broken macbooks!
or a use for macbook for that matter
It’s not as easy to go into “closed book mode” on older MacBooks, but it can be done with third-party software. I’ve heard that the newer MacBooks can do “closed book mode” with out the third-party software. It’s a little cheaper to replace those LCDs, which is good since school kids break several a year at any given school that has them.
Dammit. That’s a really good idea. I would have over-engineered a stand for the comp. out of wood or something. I’d love to try it, but trust me to have an old LT with a perfect monitor, and a crapped out motherboard.
That’s what the LEGO monitor stand is for.
You can amaze your friends by running MacOSX on a Windows machine (as long as the MacBook Pro stays hidden).
We already can, in VirtualBox and VMware
I lol’d cause the right Windows key is missing.
It’s an Apple MacBook Pro. It doesn’t have a “Windows” key at all.
Real typists don’t need to see what they’re typing.
Realy mad sientist. You don’t install Windows on a Mac. You just don’t do it!
And now to create Skynet.
I don’t get it.
ZAT IS NOT HAU YOU UZE ZE UMLAUTS!!!!!
JA, DAS IST NICHT RICHTIG! DU SOLLST SICH SCHAEMEN.
I see a huge heat problem coming. This isn´t going to last.
You could just flip the laptop bottom around so the keys face the back of the monitor. Then there won’t be heating issues
That is damn epic.
Yep, doin the same thing with an HP that we like to call the “Half-Lap.” Screen was broken just months after purchase. It runs a 40″ digital sign, bungee corded to the back of the monitor!
one way to make sure you don’t look at your screen while typing. Of course the only person who really care about that is your keyboarding teacher.
Can someone PLEASE explain this to me.
Someone had a MacBook Pro. (It’s aluminum so it’s a Pro; the edge of the power adapter in the top left look square tend to confirm it’s not a late PowerBook G4.) The LCD screen went out. They decided not to fix it–it’s an expensive repair out of warranty. They removed the useless LCD display to tidy up and save weight.
They plugged the monitor into the DVI port on and mounted it on the back of the monitor to save desk space (or more likely vice-versa). It’s still a computer; it’s just not a laptop anymore.
Wish granted, allison.
Frankenstein was the scientist not the mon oh forget it.
Oh my god, That thing had an illuminated keyboard and everything! You just wasted a high-quality laptop my friend. It was better when it was portable. And now you look like one of those idiots that could make it to There I Fixed It any time. Oh, wait, right.
Oh, please, hardly original. We’ve had several laptops suffer screen damage, and our current “main” computer in the house is a laptop base detached from the screen and hooked to a monitor.
Never thought of the whole Quasimodo angle on it, though. Hmm…
And how do you tell now that this is a Mac without the glowing Apple logo??????? O.O
wow i could so do that
Does he run Win 98 on a Macbook Pro?
And seriously, the backlight burned out some days ago of my laptop…. That’s actually a great idea!
lulz, try to play counter strike on this