MacBook X-Rayed!

Ever wondered what the Aluminum MacBook would look like under an x-ray? My friend Jason wondered the same thing and did something about it. The picture above is an x-ray image of his MacBook. Cool huh.

Examining the x-ray image gives you a glimpse or the wonderful way the MacBook was put together.

I’ve seen a lot of dismantled images of MacBooks but this is the first x-ray image I’ve seen. Enjoy!

Thanks Jason for allowing me to post the image.

Edit (11/20/2008)

Jason graciously has made the hi-res version of the x-ray image available for download. Please download it here. The password for accessing the site is “theaftermac”. Enjoy!

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theweakend

is there any way i can get a bigger version of this it would make an AWESOME back ground on my Aluminum macbook thanks in advance
http://www.fightpompe.com Juan

I’ll ask my friend, the person who x-rayed it. I’ll post the hi-res version here if he allows it for download.
http://www.thatdamnpc.com Sravan

Could Jason tell us what happened to the X-ray? What next? MRI? :D
Jacob

I’d also like to see the hi-res versions for a background. schweetness…
Stephane

I too would love the X-Ray as a desktop background, it would be funny as my girlfriend asked me yesterday to make her a background of a knee metal plates to put on her destop… The macbook would show how geeky I am ;-)
http://blog.tice.de Tice

Yeah! Hi-res please!!! : D
http://N/A Jon

MRI?

Magnetic Resonance Imaging? What do you think might happen to a laptop that has metal in it…. and is exposed to a magnet thousands of times more powerful than any you’ve played with before?

On a side note – if anyone has too much cash – take a nice slow-mo vid of that.
http://hansclaesses.blogspot.com Hans

Hi-Res Pleaseeee
http://www.cink.com.au Chris

me three, high res pretty please! =)
http://jason.de-villa.net Jason

@Sravan: The x-ray machine (a small one located at my brother’s vet clinic) survived the ordeal ;-)
@theweakend, Jacob: You can get a high-res image here: http://drop.io/macbook_xray
The password for accessing the site is “theaftermac” and the file will be available for a month.

Enjoy!
http://macmagazine.com.br Bruno Casarini

I’m just another one who would like a very hi-res version!!!

An ideia: your friend should x-ray other MacBook models as well and make a set!
Alethe

I third that request for a hi-rez version. On my old TiBook, my favorite background was just such an X-ray shot of that very computer. Instant geek cred…
stephane

Thanks for the Hi-Res :-)
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theweakend

sorry that link you sent is not a hi-rez version. unless i am missing something?
http://www.fightpompe.com Juan

@theweakend – it is. here’s what you need to do. Click on the link or type it in. Login using the password. You’ll be presented with a thumbnail of the image. Click on that and an overlay/pop-up will appear. There’s a link above that says download the image. Download that image and that should be good.
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The link is not working, you can access the drop.io account but no image is found. I’ve tried this before, after specific number of downloads it deletes the file…
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emeff

Can’t see an image in http://drop.io/macbook_xray? Tested on Safari/Win, Firefox/Win and IE/Win… How can I download it?
theweakend

:/ seems some one deleted the image now because it is no longer in the http://drop.io/macbook_xray sorry if i am being a little tenacious
mendo

Is it me or the image isn’t there anymore? I log in and see only a white and empty page with some links on the side but nothing works here!
Kay

I tried with firefox & Safari … no thumbnail :-(

Could you email me the backdrop?

Kay
MacManiac

Which idiot did click on the “delete” button??! It would be great, if someone could put this hires picture on his ftp or http webspace.

THNX!!! :)
http://jason.de-villa.net Jason

Here’s another copy that someone else put up:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/54764/macbook_x-ray_hi-res.jpg
drex

yeah the file is no more there :(
someone please upload it somewhere with no delete button
theweakend

got it thanks jason :) its on my background as we speak

and damn is it more lovely then i imagined
http://www.fightpompe.com Juan

Guys, there’s another link to the download image. I’m also seeing what I can do to get the image up for download.
A. Funk

I get the picture, if the link doesnt work write me a mail and i will send you the picture.
funk *at* yahoo.de
Enkki

Voilà, l’image a été remise en place sur :
http://drop.io/macbook_xray?
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Kaia

Sweet picture! I have technical questions… I’m an x-ray tech and I was wondering what you used (technique-wise kVp/mAs). I’m guessing it’s digital equipment w/ laser printer? Did you scan the pic or are the dust/artifacts from the cassette? If it turns out I won’t get fired for it, I might try it with my macbook pro at work. :)
samuel

Just wanted to say thanks for the hi-res image!
http://shaicoggins.com/ Shai Coggins

Yay, Juan. Great job for sharing this. And kudos to your friend Jason. :)
http://www.fightpompe.com Juan

@kaia – As far as I know Jason used an old x-ray machine. The one with film. He did it at his bro’s vet clinic. He then scanned the film and cleaned it up a little using Photoshop.
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Nigel

I used to have an X-Ray picture of a titanium powerbook as my desktop picture back in the day when I had my titanium powerbook!
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You’d see the same thing if you ripped the keyboard element off of your laptop.
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Mateus Alves

This is beautiful
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joshua m

this is fantastic.

now what i would love is an x-ray of my 24″ imac. So that i could do the “true” see through desktop thing. instead of having what’s on the other side of the wall, have what is inside the computer.

thanks for this one to tide me over.
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Steve

If you want to get a cheap price on an xrayed macbook visit MacBook Cheap http://www.macbookcheap.com
lunarts

Mac hardware is terrible, X-Rayed or not. In 15 years of my time 5 Macs broke down completely between 1-2 years.Last one is a Macbook Pro 18 months old.
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Kamyuz

That would be awesome as a wallpaper. :-D