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Free iBook Clamshell
Posted by: Carboy7 on 2016-09-12 13:33:48
IMG_0052.JPGIMG_0054.JPGThis amazing thing was on the side of the street, gathering dust! So I picked it up, and brought it home. Guess what?

IT WORKS! Sure, the keyboard is a bit damaged, the front bezel and power button are cracked, but it was free.IMG_0056.JPGIMG_0057.JPG I couldn't complain. It also came with a 40GB USB HDD. IMG_0053.JPGThen I decided to get rid of some personal files, and found a BUNDLE of software on it. 😎

Posted by: just.in.time on 2016-09-12 13:51:35
Nice find!!! 😀

Posted by: techfury90 on 2016-09-12 16:20:59
Damn, that's the kind of stuff Durham residents leave on the curb? I must be in the wrong town.
Posted by: Carboy7 on 2016-09-12 17:23:32
I know, right? 😛

Posted by: Elfen on 2016-09-12 17:29:04
Damn.... Another lucky dawg!!! What a great find!
Posted by: techknight on 2016-09-12 19:47:45
I try to stay away from durham if I can. Closest I have been has been Chapel Hill to service scoreboards at both the high school, and the mcdougal middle school. 
Posted by: techfury90 on 2016-09-13 03:19:04
Depends on which part of Durham- some of it is pretty sketchy, some is alright, some is pretty uppity. And then you have Duke students, which is a whole different level of scary in of itself... I live just south of Durham and do most of my shopping, etc. there. McDougle? I live just up the road from McDougle Middle. Chapel Hill High is just a few miles away...
Posted by: bibilit on 2016-09-13 04:16:12
Nice, congrats
Posted by: EvilCapitalist on 2016-09-13 05:18:52
Very nice, congrats!  It looks like the box was a little water-logged so the fact that it fires up without issue is lucky.  Replacement keyboards in good shape aren't as easy to find as the iceBook keyboards but they're out there.
Posted by: Carboy7 on 2016-09-13 12:38:43
I think the owner left it in the garage, knowing that it was working, because they actually deleted important stuff on it, at 9 in the morning or something.
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