The case with the sides off. The G3 logo is really easy to see. The G and the 3 are actually just really big, thick, heavy duty stickers. Now why they didn't do something that would sound much more economically motivated like just silk screening on the logo is totally beyond me.... Saving costumers money is apparently not a super high priority. but hey it makes my life easier...

Pill the stickers off; I had to use a razor to start them. Just pill up a corner and off the come. It looks like the adhesive was really cheep. But it did leave some residue on the case. and as we want our P4 to look as good as the G3 I decided to clean it off.... I just used some good old normal every day flammable Goof Off solvent to get it nice and sparkly.

I printed on my computer a large "P" and "4". I tried a few different fonts and sizes to match the style of the ones on the original case. Finally I think I just settled on times new roman. Use a razor to cut the letters out watching out for fingers and small animals in the process. Razors are mysterious and fascinating devices, they seem to spontaneously attack users and near by on lookers for no reason. For this reason we have decided that razors are inherently evil, and should be watched closely in regards to the whole "world domination thing...."

Take the paper cutouts and tape them to the case. Carefully spray paint the stencil you made and remove it once dry. You can use rubbing alcohol or lighter fluid to clean any mess-ups with a q-tip. Do this out side as the fumes from this are very toxic and will most likely result from indoor use in a -3 modifier to geek intelligence.

The end result with the new sides. Now it doesn't look as good as the original.... we know.... but I don't care. When you put the sides back on it looks real good. You see I don't have any formal training in ghetto paint techniques.... I am happy with the fact I didn't get it in my eyes and it looks that good.

Plastic side put back on. Looking good me thinks. Real good. In fact I wonder if ole Steve Jobs is looking for some one to design the new G6 when it comes out....

A closer look at the plastic sides. I wanted to pay homage to the original Mac case as it definitely has style. At the same time as tainting it. Now I know the world of computers if full of band campers. And that going ahead with this would piss most camps off at me. So I did. I decided to make the logo into a little more Microsoft feeling logo. We all know Steve and Bill are real good buddies and all.

First things first.... removing the original apple logo from the case. Remove the plastic apple from the case with a flat head screwdriver, it just pops right out. don't throw them away as we are going to use them to template a replacement.

Trace the apples you have removed with a marker on to some plexi glass. Remember any cutting needs to be to the inside of the line.

The tracings we made. We used a dermal tool with the plexi cutter blade to cut out the patterns. Dermal tools are really quite useful to the geek. I keep the standard geek tools all on my belt, my leatherman mulitool, my PDA, cell phone, or PDA cell phone; And of course my prototype fusion power source for charging my cell phone / PDA. Now if only dermal would get on the ball and make a really miniaturized version of the dermal tool I would have one of those also.

I sat down at the computer and cleaned up a Microsoft logo I found on Google image search. Then blew it up, printed it out and used the old apple logo to trace and cut it out. I also made a logo with Tux, but that's to socially acceptable.... so uncle bill it is. Once again... use caution with those razors, they just can't be trusted.

The old apple logo, the new Microsoft apple, and the plexi apple all together. I sanded the plexi apple down to match the taper the original one had, then I used a torch to heat the plexi up and gloss it over so it's not fogged. Pen torches are really cheep and useful when geek moding. I need one of those for my belt also now that I think of it. Usually I just modify lighters to shoot a 2-3 foot flame... nah that's definitely still cooler.

I used a couple drops of super glue to affix the new apple to the case. As the case is really kind of plane 2/3 tone.... the color of the MS logo is really bright and eye catching.