spicing up the look of an eMac - a few ideas

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
OK I was reading about somebody wanting to personalise their eMac and I came up with a few ideas, but since the original thread is closed (cos of car lovers I presume) I had to start a new thread.



Personally I think the eMac looks all futuristically retrostically cool in its origial form. But if you have to tinker with it here are a few ideas to get you started:



Look at it and think of what does the shape and form suggest to you? then try to build on it.



IMO the eMac looks like a top of a NASA rocket or a nuclear warhead or a some sort of a cool hyperdrive engine. How about making some stickers to make the eMac look like the authentic article, like above, imagine a nuclear warhead baddged eMac with a cool countdown flashy screensaver, definately would freak some people out. Could come back home to find it surrounded by the bomb squad!



hehe... ok I am getting carried away.



Finaly, incase u r wondering HTF do I make stickers? u can get A4 sized sticker paper and print out your your sticker designs on your printer - but u probably already knew that.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 13
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Some porn on the desktop? That would work.



    Just pimp the thing. Like, get neon mod lights and some glow in the dark paint, and make it look like something that would be at home on a mad scientist's desk.



    Oh, and add one of those big-ass sci-fi breaker switches.
  • Reply 2 of 13
    guarthoguartho Posts: 1,208member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Lain





    Finaly, incase u r wondering HTF do I make stickers? u can get A4 sized sticker paper and print out your your sticker designs on your printer - but u probably already knew that.




    OOH OOh... where?
  • Reply 3 of 13
    lainlain Posts: 140member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Guartho

    OOH OOh... where?



    Im in Australia we have a maga stationery store chain called OfficeWorks, they are huge and have lots of stuff. I suggest you look in a similar type shop.



    Since most of the stuff downunder is from the US anyway you probably have OfficeWorks also.
  • Reply 4 of 13
    dmband0026dmband0026 Posts: 2,345member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Placebo

    Some porn on the desktop? That would work.



    Just pimp the thing. Like, get neon mod lights and some glow in the dark paint, and make it look like something that would be at home on a mad scientist's desk.



    Oh, and add one of those big-ass sci-fi breaker switches.




    SIGN ME UP!!!
  • Reply 5 of 13
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by DMBand0026

    SIGN ME UP!!!



    For the porn or the breaker switch?



    Or both?



    Actually, breaker switches are kinda kinky...



  • Reply 6 of 13
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    eMac Type-R
  • Reply 7 of 13
    lainlain Posts: 140member
    u could buy a second eMac, stick em together and whack on a huge sized bra... now where to find a bra that big?
  • Reply 8 of 13
    dmband0026dmband0026 Posts: 2,345member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Placebo

    For the porn or the breaker switch?



    Or both?



    Actually, breaker switches are kinda kinky...







    Both, definitely both. It just wouldn't be the same without them both there. That would be so hot!
  • Reply 9 of 13
    dmband0026dmband0026 Posts: 2,345member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Lain

    u could buy a second eMac, stick em together and whack on a huge sized bra... now where to find a bra that big?



    Right here:



    Bust Stop



    I think I heard about this on Maury or something like that, kinda crazy if you ask me.
  • Reply 10 of 13
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    The other post made me reconsider my idea of making my eMac "cool" or "unique," although it was hard to get past all the car "analogies" (really just completely off-topic discussion). This topic has made me absolutely certain that I won't be modding this thing. Yeesh... buy two and make a giant bra? WTF?
  • Reply 11 of 13
    Open up the case and with the help on vinyl tape for masking, clear out two lines of the white paint, real close together, running parallel down the top of the eMac.



    get some sliver paint and BOOM, racing stripe! Given the color of the iMac, you could also get an "RZ" decal and slap it on. That would be too cool.



    For those of you who drive recips and don't know shit from shit , the "RZ" is a super-cool version of the Rx-7 that came only in white.



    Damn, I want to buy an eMac now.
  • Reply 12 of 13
    I was thinking it looked a little plain as well. Then I got the stand for it and it changed its whole personality. I now swivels and tilts in all directions perfectly fluidly and I can adjust it so its always in the right position. Its sweet, not as good as an iMac for adjustability but definitely the smoothest monitor stand I have ever used. Then maybe paint some flames under the acrylic next time it snows...
  • Reply 13 of 13
    To be honest I like the look of the eMac... a lot.

    I was going to pick one up a year or so ago but the desplay model at my local apple reseller had some CRT problems which turned me off from the purchase. So instead I just built another PC.
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