Sunday, June 10, 2012

My Wooden Laptop

When I upgraded from my old Acer to a new Toshiba laptop, I thought I'd have a go at doing something crafty with it.
I had to replace the failing hard drive, so I put in a 64Gb solid-state drive and installed the Windows 8 Preview operating system.  The laptop was now working again, much faster than before, but the battery had stopped charging, making it useless as a portable PC.
I decided that, with no need to make it small and light, I'd make it big and heavy instead.

From the top, it looks a bit like an old family album

 Or a very large music box

 Open it up and it's something else entirely

 
A small door on the side lets the DVD tray open

A series of slots cut in the bottom allow for cooling

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