Saw the subject, and had visions of a FrankenMac resurrected with a 8" LCD grafted in top. }

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Ditto, if wife (or you for that matter) likes to cook and bake, maybe shorten the front bezel of a classic at the "Snow White" line and put a laptop MoBo in a shallow pan behind it. Then hinge it underneath a cabinet in the kitchen as a Macintosh Classic Touchscreen-Recipe Station/Programmable Timer, Gaming Station a/o TV-n-Tunes Server. [}] ]'>

You'd want to lose the set-back section below the cooling vents of course, maybe retain a smidge of it on the left or right corner as a "handle" for either the proper appendage ergnomics or proximity to sink, prep area or cooktop considerations. Yes, I designed Kitchens in a previous lifetime.

Bonus points for doing a parallelogram hinging implementation with the laptop's DVD/CD Player behind a widened floppy slot! :approve:

That the nabbin' of some Mac Collection/Hacking Acceptance Bonus Points would be the objective of the exercise goes without saying.

Most especially, let slip the part about sacrificing your carputer project toy for her enjoyment! :lol:

jt

edit: if she HATES being in the kitchen, you might actually nab even more toy tolerance credits. )