Ideas for usage of an old macbook

Does any one have ideas on what i can do with an old fully functional macbook aparently its not worth much and ive been getting into doing some hardware moding so if anyone has some ideas on things i could do with it that would be great

you should probably sell it, they still fetch a good price on ebay, but if you want to mod it, i'd sugest this:
http://www.enigma-penguin.net/?page_id=250
i would do it, but i don't have a macbook to spare

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Ideas for my old MacBook

Hi!
I'd like to ask the forum for ideas on what to do with my old MacBook. By "old" I mean I bought it in the fall of 2007. Last December I spilled a whole venti vanilla latte on part of the keyboard. Computer after being dried out still works. No weird glitches thus far. I replaced it already because I feared reliability issues. Any ideas? It cost $1800 so I can't bare to sell it as scrap. I also have a Mac Mini so I already own a desktop.
Thanks!
Mark Dragoni

You can make it into a media center... a much better version of an AppleTV. This is a popular use for Minis... but as you seem to already be using your Mini and you don't have a use for this machine... it could be a fun project:
Here's one guide... but you can Google for lots of others. Most are related to the Mini as that is what most people use... but you can do it with a spare MacBook too:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/apple/use-your-mac-mini-as-a-media-server-part-1/
Just make sure you get the right video connector as they change from model to model.

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Hello m.goo, and a warm welcome to the forums!
To eject the Disc, hold the Mouse button down, (or what passes for it on a Laptop), while powering up, if you also hold the Option key down at the same time it should eject & give you a chance to insert your install disc & wait for it to shw as a Boot option.
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5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
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If it appears to be time for An Archive & Install, which gives you a new OS, but can preserve all your files, APPs, pics, music, settings, etc., as long as you have plenty of free disk space...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
Be sure to use Preserve Users & Settings.
To check if AppleCare applies, AppleCare Products Overview...
http://www.apple.com/support/applecare/overview/

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