lol at macsaber!

SooTyLaD · 25 Jan 2008 at 13:53

i genuinely thought this app was a windup! something to make you swing your macbook around like a loon until someone goes like "aaahhhh can't believe you fell for that!"

http://isnoop.net/blog/2006/05/20/macsaber-turn-your-mac-into-a-jedi-weapon/

i wasn't even sure the macbooks had a motion sensor! (turns out they do indeed to prevent hard drive damage if the macbook is heavily shook etc...)

but to find out, i had to have a go and i gotta say its pretty funny, but incredibly geeky! - wont be doing it again any time soon tho i'm confident it aint at all good for my beloved macbook

gotta be done once tho

Mr Jones · 25 Jan 2008 at 13:56

I tried this when I first got my MacBook, was fun for the 1st minute then kinda went, meh~ (overprotective Apple instinct

) The motion sensor is also great fun back on Tiger, when I downloaded the visualiser program that made my MacBook into a Smackbook, a light smack/tap and it switches between virtualised "spaces"

Maybe someone will (or have) come up with an update for it, for Leopard and the actual Spaces program.

theheyes · 25 Jan 2008 at 15:54

You know joking aside that "smackbook" idea is pretty good. Not sure how it would distinguish between accidental knocks but I wouldn't put it past Apple to work it out.

Mr Jones · 25 Jan 2008 at 16:23

theheyes said:
You know joking aside that "smackbook" idea is pretty good. Not sure how it would distinguish between accidental knocks but I wouldn't put it past Apple to work it out.

Imagine they incorporating it with MacBook Air v2... "Smack" and you'll get 2 MacBook Air!

theheyes · 25 Jan 2008 at 17:56

Two initial problems; I don't think the name "SmackBook" would catch on unless you were targeting heroin addicts (lol) and I wouldn't be too happy about encouraging people to "hit" their £1200+ laptop. We only have to look to the Wii to see how thats going to turn out for some overzealous folk.

AJUK · 25 Jan 2008 at 18:05

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK4AonfnFaM&feature=related Muppets!

or

How to **** up your shiny new Mac in less than a minute.

Mr Jones · 25 Jan 2008 at 18:25

AJUK said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK4AonfnFaM&feature=related Muppets!

or

How to **** up your shiny new Mac in less than a minute.

I was expecting one of their MacBook Pros turn into 2...

SooTyLaD · 26 Jan 2008 at 13:06

AJUK said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK4AonfnFaM&feature=related Muppets!

or

How to **** up your shiny new Mac in less than a minute.

oooo bugger that! makes me realise how very carefully i was moving mine around when i had a go

theheyes · 26 Jan 2008 at 13:14

I felt short changed by that video when one didn't break.

MrMoonX · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:47

theheyes said:
I felt short changed by that video when one didn't break.

snap!

LordSplodge · 27 Jan 2008 at 09:56

theheyes said:
I felt short changed by that video when one didn't break.

Mac build quality = legend!

WotDa · 27 Jan 2008 at 10:11

LordSplodge said:
Mac build quality = legend!

Well... Not on mine.

theheyes · 27 Jan 2008 at 13:59

I've got a split forming in the plastic over where the hard drive is on my MacBook which I've had to tape up. Little bit annoying but I don't mind too much because it gets used a lot and I've had it 14 months.

It should survive another 10 months which is when I'm thinking about replacing it with something different. Although it will probably end up being another MacBook.