Bucko
10-16-2007, 09:35 PM
I've turned my Toshiba Satellite into a gaming machine. This piece of crap is basically a useless computer. 1Ghz Celeron processor (eewwww!) and 370 odd meg of ram. The batteries are dead and are now lost somewhere in my house, so it only runs on mains power.
Perfect for gaming, right? Well in my case, yes! I've put on a whole stack of older games I haven't played in a while and anything else that runs on old system specs. Perfect to drag to work to pass some time on night shift and keep my music on as well.
First up, no quality gaming laptop should be without a quality paint job. Seeing as this is a Craptop that is far from quality, the paint reflects this:
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/6152/cameradump199du8.jpg
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3025/cameradump200dz9.jpg
The green skulls were cut from a stick on skin for a PS2. I bought the skin months ago for under $5 and never used it, so it was time to get the scissors out! The mouse is a stock HP mouse I found lying around and gave it paint to match the Craptop.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/580/cameradump197rx8.jpg
On the inside, I realised that nothing says high class like woodgrain, so with some cheap vinyl off cuts I was able to give this remarkable finish.
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5244/cameradump198sx8.jpg
The touch pad still works fine with the woodgrain covering. I got an exacto knife out and cut around the XP sticker and the Intel sticker.
Keeping my no-cost mods going on this Craptop, I decided to make use of the empty battery bay. With some stick on sponge weather stripping on my USB HDD:
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2383/cameradump201td6.jpg
it happens to slide in nicely and doesn't move or fall out.
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8235/cameradump202bc5.jpg
Total cost for this mod? Believe it or not, less than $5! :banana:
Perfect for gaming, right? Well in my case, yes! I've put on a whole stack of older games I haven't played in a while and anything else that runs on old system specs. Perfect to drag to work to pass some time on night shift and keep my music on as well.
First up, no quality gaming laptop should be without a quality paint job. Seeing as this is a Craptop that is far from quality, the paint reflects this:
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/6152/cameradump199du8.jpg
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3025/cameradump200dz9.jpg
The green skulls were cut from a stick on skin for a PS2. I bought the skin months ago for under $5 and never used it, so it was time to get the scissors out! The mouse is a stock HP mouse I found lying around and gave it paint to match the Craptop.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/580/cameradump197rx8.jpg
On the inside, I realised that nothing says high class like woodgrain, so with some cheap vinyl off cuts I was able to give this remarkable finish.
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5244/cameradump198sx8.jpg
The touch pad still works fine with the woodgrain covering. I got an exacto knife out and cut around the XP sticker and the Intel sticker.
Keeping my no-cost mods going on this Craptop, I decided to make use of the empty battery bay. With some stick on sponge weather stripping on my USB HDD:
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2383/cameradump201td6.jpg
it happens to slide in nicely and doesn't move or fall out.
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8235/cameradump202bc5.jpg
Total cost for this mod? Believe it or not, less than $5! :banana: