MacBook Air

How to turn your old MacBook into a glowing light

I was not always such an Apple fanatic, but using my early 2008 15-inch MacBook Pro was a first-time conversion experience. In honor of that, I could not convince myself to ship off the device to e-waste. Holding a special place in my tech heart, I wanted a way to immortalize my shift to Apple fanboy status, which ultimately lead both my personal and professional career in a different direction.

Taking the LCD panel out of the monitor shell and unhinging the keyboard allowed for a permanent ambient glowing Apple logo for my office, which is HomeKit controlled. I call it the MacBook Lamp.

Apple updates the MacBook Air with scissor keys, 2x speed boost and more, now only $999

Apple today refreshed its MacBook Air notebook line with several hardware improvements, such as two times faster CPU performance and 80 percent faster graphics than the previous generation, in addition to double the storage and the reliable scissor mechanism keyboard that previously launched on the 16-inch MacBook Pro. Most importantly, the popular notebook now has a lower price of $999 while education customers can get it for $899.