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    Image of Skeletor Skeletor
    10/25/09

    In reply to New Apple iMac Bares All For Wallpaper Photo Shoot
    Put some cobwebs and a dismembered finger in there and the illusion is complete. #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Curves promoted this comment Skeletor was starred Skeletor was unstarred
    Image of Monty Monty
    10/24/09

    In reply to New Apple iMac Bares All For Wallpaper Photo Shoot
    Apple needs to have an LCD panel on the iMac that is a window to the components behind it when "off" and when "on" is a standard LCD monitor. Don't bother me with geeky details of why this cannot be done - surely Steve can whip his engineers until they make it happen. #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of Monty Monty
    10/24/09

    @Monty: This is false advertising. I tried this lovely picture as my background and while it looks pretty it still did not turn my Thinkpad into an iMac. Oh, and a word of advice, licking your carpet all day long will not necessarily turn you into a ... Once again, more false advertising. #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    10/25/09

    @Monty: Well played! #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of gemcosta gemcosta
    10/24/09

    In reply to New Apple iMac Bares All For Wallpaper Photo Shoot
    Should be a fantastic wallpaper if you have the 27" iMac. Hide your dock, and it's almost as if the screen isn't on! #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of Identity (Metric) Identity (Metric)
    10/24/09

    In reply to New Apple iMac Bares All For Wallpaper Photo Shoot
    This is now my background, thanks! #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of Weihovah Weihovah
    10/24/09

    In reply to New Apple iMac Bares All For Wallpaper Photo Shoot

    whoa... nice circuits!! #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment Weihovah was starred Weihovah was unstarred
    Image of Unspellable Unspellable
    10/24/09

    In reply to New Apple iMac Bares All For Wallpaper Photo Shoot
    THAT. IS. NOT. REAL.

    EVERYONE knows that computers are powered by rodents on wheels.

    (or smoke)
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    Tiger-Fever promoted this comment Edited by Unspellable at 10/24/09 1:17 AM Unspellable was starred Unspellable was unstarred
    Image of Tiger-Fever Tiger-Fever
    10/24/09

    @Unspellable: Damn, well I was sure my macbook was powered by kittens and happiness, but this sure puts that theory to rest. #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    10/24/09

    In reply to New Apple iMac Bares All For Wallpaper Photo Shoot
    do they have this for any existing imacs? #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of Bazooka Lukis Bazooka Lukis
    10/24/09

    In reply to New Apple iMac Bares All For Wallpaper Photo Shoot
    I had no idea that is all a microchip consisted of...

    I am so making one!

    I have dark green plastic. I have a soldering iron.

    Super-computer here I come!! #imacinternalswallpaper
     Reply
    Tiger-Fever promoted this comment Bazooka Lukis was starred Bazooka Lukis was unstarred
    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    10/24/09

    In reply to New Apple iMac Bares All For Wallpaper Photo Shoot
    MINE!

    If only it were in 3D. #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of Hackintosh Hackintosh
    10/24/09

    @Software_Goddess: Yeah, but then you would need to buy/steal the GOOD plastic 3D Glasses, and not that cheap cardboard kind.
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment Edited by Hackintosh at 10/24/09 12:47 AM Hackintosh was starred Hackintosh was unstarred
    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    10/24/09

    @Hackintosh: Eh, the pair that came in my Nightmare on Elm Street box set are good enough for me. #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of met2art met2art
    10/24/09

    @Software_Goddess: I have a brilliant plan involving hacking a Wii remote that tracks your head motion. Then you convert this image into a depth-cued bitmap that tracks the Z buffer depth relative to the horizontal motion and location of the Wii headtracker. Voila, 3D! The only problem is I'm just an artist and thinker... don't know how to hack Wii remote or program that sort of stuff. #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of Passa Passa
    10/24/09

    @met2art: So.. everytime you want to use your iMac, you have to wear a Wiimote strapped to your head?

    Though your idea does sound cool :P #imacinternalswallpaper
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    met2art promoted this comment Passa was starred Passa was unstarred
    Image of met2art met2art
    10/24/09

    @Passa: Ideally, with some clever modding, it could be made to look slightly less dorky than that... but, honestly, the novelty would be so worth it that I wouldn't care. It'd be neat to look around corners in FPS games, too. And just think, no special glasses or monitor required! :) #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of ElementalDragon ElementalDragon
    10/24/09

    @met2art: don't see how it'd work though. You can't get 3D from a monitor without having two image sources offset in just the right way. theaters playing 3D movies have dual projectors, and polarized glasses only let light through at certain angles to have a different angle for each eye. 3D Monitors use two display panels layered on top of each other, with the polarized glasses to separate each layer for each eye. Shutter glasses use a single monitor, but require software to render each frame differently, and a device to time shutter movements with frame position. #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of Poiklpu Poiklpu
    10/24/09

    @met2art: Actually Johnny lee's done tests to use the wiimotes to track led lights This video demonstrates almost exactly what you're talking about: #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/24/09

    @Hackintosh: :'( #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of DemanRisu DemanRisu
    10/24/09

    @met2art: Google "wiimote head tracking". There's this guy who actually had the Wiimote at his computer and wore a pair of sunglasses with IR LEDs on the sides. #imacinternalswallpaper
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    met2art promoted this comment DemanRisu was starred DemanRisu was unstarred
    Image of nintendude nintendude
    10/24/09

    @met2art: they already have that.

    [johnnylee.net] #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of Graymalkin56 Graymalkin56
    10/24/09

    @Hackintosh: What I need are prescription 3D glasses. I wonder if anyone would actually make that! #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Software_Goddess promoted this comment Graymalkin56 was starred Graymalkin56 was unstarred
    Image of met2art met2art
    10/24/09

    @ElementalDragon: The idea is that by tracking head movements, you render the frames based on the difference in parallax view. So, as you turn your head left, the tracker registers this and renders the view from that perspective, as though you're looking from the side. A combination of head tracking and rotation would do the trick. It's not "true" 3D, but it would provide a level of immersive viewing to see around objects rendered in a 3D space with Z-buffer depth cueing. The technology already exists, I was just thinking up cheap ways to do it. As it so often turns out, some really clever and capable dude already did it. :) #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of mmmiles mmmiles
    10/24/09

    @met2art: You would want to use facial recognition with the iSight camera.

    I can't think of any reason you couldn't do this - although the desktop background can't be animated currently.

    I wouldn't be surprised if this kind of passive dynamic art becomes popular in the next few years (including on websites and such).

    [the wiimote is just a dumb IR receiver, in itself it doesn't do any real tracking, it's all in the software]
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    met2art promoted this comment Edited by mmmiles at 10/24/09 11:51 AM mmmiles was starred mmmiles was unstarred
    Image of met2art met2art
    10/24/09

    @mmmiles: Facial recognition would be great. There are some similar Windows programs that could do the trick. Also, there are some Windows programs that use a live webcam stream as the "video" wallpaper that could be possibly integrated to achieve this effect on the desktop to interesting effect. #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    10/24/09

    In reply to New Apple iMac Bares All For Wallpaper Photo Shoot
    That's almost as good as those wallpapers matched to look like the wall behind the monitor. #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Image of Firebrand Firebrand
    10/24/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: These are better though.. works on wider angle compared to wall behind monitor ones as the circuits are supposed to be close to the screen..

    And who wanna look at the wall when u can look at circuits! #imacinternalswallpaper
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment Firebrand was starred Firebrand was unstarred
    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    10/21/09

    In reply to MacBook Polycarbonate Unibody Ripped Apart
    I want one. In Black. White is just so...well...so... #unibodymacbookteardown
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    10/20/09

    In reply to MacBook Polycarbonate Unibody Ripped Apart
    It looks almost exactly like the insides of the macbook pros. Now it looks like the only difference between the pro line and the macbook line is the case, and the inside components. #unibodymacbookteardown
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/20/09

    @KTK1990: Namely the Firewire. The new Macbook is basically the same as the quickly discontinued aluminum Macbook. #unibodymacbookteardown
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of back_at_it back_at_it
    10/20/09

    @KTK1990: i believe this one may also have the 'lower-quality' screen. the color gamut, and overall quality of the screen (even on the 13 in) is increased in the pro line. #unibodymacbookteardown
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment back_at_it was starred back_at_it was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/20/09

    @back_at_it: The previous model of white Macbook had a shitty screen, even when compared to the lower quality version in the aluminum models. So even still, it's a step up, even if not all the way there. #unibodymacbookteardown
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    10/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Compared to the new one, yes, definitely. And RIP FireWire. Shouldn't there be space on this young MacBook for it now? #unibodymacbookteardown
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment (Starman) Starman was starred (Starman) Starman was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/20/09

    @(Starman) AnalysisDialysis: There was always room. Apple was full of shit for not including it on the aluminum model, as indicated by the current 13" "Pro". #unibodymacbookteardown
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    10/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Well then it looks like I'm sticking with my Macbook, the last of the great whites with Firewire (purchased July 09).

    Also, typing "Kaiser Machead" into Firefox's "awesomebar" brought up this :P

    [www.flickr.com] #unibodymacbookteardown
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    Image of back_at_it back_at_it
    10/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: that's very true, and as the previous owner of one of a merom based macbook i can attest to how bad those screens were in comparison to what exists now. my point was merely that this would be a noticeable (presumably only to some) differentiating factor between the mb and mbp (besides the case, and 'innards'). #unibodymacbookteardown
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    Image of Ris Oyt Ris Oyt
    09/11/09

    In reply to New iPod Touch Teardown Reveals 802.11n, FM Transmission Hardware, Plus Room For Nano Camera
    Well, I'm surprised that no one has mentioned this... it could also be tha fact that if they included a cam on the 'touch, their iphone sales might have gone down. Because thinking about it, the camera was the thing that made me buy an iphone over a ipod touch. The fact it was a phone-inconsequential, but, the camera (+ speakers + mic) really made it feel like a superior device. ATT probably throws some pennies their way also...
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    Kaiser-Machead approved this comment Ris Oyt was starred Ris Oyt was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/11/09

    @Ris Oyt: Actually, it's been mentioned quite a few times in prior articles.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    09/11/09

    In reply to New iPod Touch Teardown Reveals 802.11n, FM Transmission Hardware, Plus Room For Nano Camera
    Yep, about what I expected. More and more the evidence is pointing to the fact that there was supposed to be a camera but it wasn't good enough for a release.
    Giz may call it a rumor that didn't pan out but I call it a rumor that did.
    It was supposed to have a camers, camera didn't work, so the slapped an old cover (sans camera hole) on the back and called it good.
    Fully expect a mid-line up change for the touch. If your looking at the touch, wait the two months its going to take to get the camera models out. Don't buy the place keeper then bitch when the new one is released.
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    Image of Gilbert Tang Jr. Gilbert Tang Jr.
    09/11/09

    In reply to New iPod Touch Teardown Reveals 802.11n, FM Transmission Hardware, Plus Room For Nano Camera

    My sentiments.
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