A MacBook with an identity crisis? That just might be the case. Fortunately, an identity crisis is not necessarily a bad thing. Especially when the end result is a gorgeous Panda MacBook.Of course, beauty is in the eye of the
MacBook Mod Tip: If you're going to perform this mod, watch out for the very thin ribbon cable underneath the keyboard.
This should come as no surprise, but the easiest way to find a spare keyboard is through Ebay.
I actually really like this!
Posted by jon on November 15, 2007
It's amazing
Posted by dandoona on November 20, 2007
Yeah, that won't void the warranty or anything....
Posted by Feartec on December 01, 2007
Would the Silicone cover work just as well or would it look bulky?
Posted by Anonymous on December 21, 2007
does any1 no how much this is??
Posted by brodxx on December 28, 2007
i think black with a white keyboard looks better.
Posted by ... on February 11, 2008
Just did this to mine and i love it. Would really love it if i could put the white keys back on. Does anyone know how to do that? The board cost me a total of 90 bucks through Ebay.
Posted by Anonymous on February 21, 2008
Just out of interest, I was looking at doing this three weeks ago or so, and they're called topcases. I So wanted to do this, but it was dubbed a waste of money.
Posted by Mia on February 21, 2008
brilliant!!! ive ordered the topcase im gonna attempt this tomorrow
:)
:)
Posted by Dan on February 27, 2008
Where did you find this case at can you provide a link?:
Posted by Anonymous on March 03, 2008
I orderded one with a apple store to use the keys of a black macbook on a wireless keboard from apple and the topcase costed me around %u20AC100,-
plus the cost of replacing my wired apple keyboard for a wireless made this a quit expensive little joke.
(by the way, I have a black macbook topcase for sale with a pile of white keys with it:P anyone interested?)
plus the cost of replacing my wired apple keyboard for a wireless made this a quit expensive little joke.
(by the way, I have a black macbook topcase for sale with a pile of white keys with it:P anyone interested?)
Posted by Serge on March 03, 2008
just finished same as above but the alphabet is in white keys
YAAAAY no glitches
YAAAAY no glitches
Posted by Dan on March 05, 2008
kinda looks like a sony vaio
Posted by chris on March 24, 2008
best mod ever
Posted by me on April 04, 2008
Will this work with the 2.2ghz white macbook? The f5 and f6 functions keys are blank, the the two keys next to the space bar dont have an apple logo, other than that difference will buying a older black topcase work?
Posted by Luu on April 25, 2008
ugh, I can only find one top black case, I guess I'll wait a while and see what shows up.
Posted by him on May 09, 2008
Hey serge, contact me awh1@bigpond.com
Posted by Fatherless One on May 18, 2008
I did this hack, before I discovered this page! My reason was that following an incident with my daughter & a glass of water, my keyboard's spacebar gave up the ghost! I bought a black case off eBay, and was delighted to find that the rearranged function keys of the black macbook worked fine on my 2Ghz Intel Core Duo Macbook.
Happy days
Happy days
Posted by John R on June 10, 2008
selling a black top case for macbook with white keys already installed, working perfectly. email me at phishattack[at]hotmail.com ill put it on ebay
Posted by Renato on June 18, 2008
what wallpaper is that? i love it.
Posted by Anonymous on June 22, 2008
I am thinking of getting an AppleMac Book, how good is it??
Posted by Sally on July 07, 2008
You mean Apple MacBook :P It's awesome, I have a MacBook Pro and it's awesome. Totally worth it.
Posted by Anonymous on July 13, 2008
actually a panda is black w. a bit of white.not white w. black.
Posted by bobby on July 13, 2008
how did you do this....
Posted by Kevin on July 24, 2008
what is the background picture?
Posted by Matt on August 06, 2008
i have one :p except the thing around the lcd is black too
Posted by thomas on August 25, 2008
I wish I had one of those u_u
Posted by Mac on August 31, 2008
why are people talking about warranties on a modding site?
unreal how stupid people can be, if you care about warranties then dont be on a site where the purpose is to void warranties to make a superior product.
unreal how stupid people can be, if you care about warranties then dont be on a site where the purpose is to void warranties to make a superior product.
Posted by reality on September 14, 2008
I did this but also replaced the white bezel with a black bezel. Looks nice!
Posted by Matt on October 21, 2008
dude mines better i put the black bezel and striped the keyboard
Posted by thomas G on November 16, 2008
Is this a hard mod? I'm not a very skilled modder myself, but would love to have a "Panda" macbook.
Posted by Kevin on November 18, 2008
Its not to tough, it requires some research however. Mine is like this and i now have taken apart my topcase about 20 times... i can do it in 20 min now.
Posted by Mike on December 08, 2008
There are actually tutorials on YouTube on how to do this. Might give it a try!
Posted by Skye on January 02, 2009
Uh, it basicly looks like you settled for the wrong parts, then thought it looked cool. JUST DO NOT GET RID OF YOUR OLD PARTS. make sure you take your time and dont jack up the perfectly good macbooks. Get them powder plastic coated,Looks the same but a totally diffrent color, And alot of plastic coaters won't void apple. Personally I would much rather void it.
Posted by Chris on January 04, 2009
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