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    Macbook Alienware Keyboard

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by darkloki, Jan 30, 2013.

  1. darkloki

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    This is actually a pretty cool mod, even if it does void your apple warranty...

    rainbow-colored-macbook-pro-keyboard-backlight.jpeg
     
    darkloki, Jan 30, 2013
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    guide? link?
     
    radiomist, Jan 31, 2013
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  3. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Buy some colored plastic and put it below one of the keyboard layers
     
    Mobius 1, Jan 31, 2013
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    Why is this an "Alienware Keyboard?" Wouldn't it just be a rainbow keyboard modification?
     
    kornchild2002, Feb 1, 2013
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    Because alien ware keyboards change colors like that?..... Maybe?

    Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2
     
    dandan112988, Feb 1, 2013
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    Im wondering if the colors stay in that pattern or can be shifted and controlled like the Aliens can. All references I can to modding MBP keyboards for color ( normally red to preserve night vision ) involves just putting a thin colored plastic film between layers ( thanks mobius ). not actually controlling LED's or a driver circuit. now as for modding it I may make my husband do one since for night use red or blue is MUCH easier on the eyes for me.
     
    KCETech1, Feb 1, 2013
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  7. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yep, there's no color change supported either by hardware or software


    I would recommend tinting it a little green since it's the easiest color that the eye picks up
     
    Mobius 1, Feb 1, 2013
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  8. darkloki

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    I thought I wanted to do this or a form of this but the truth of the matter is that if you have a Retina, I find that the screen is so bright and vibrant you hardly ever need to even really illuminate your keyboard. Any form of Illumination is just overkill
     
    darkloki, Feb 2, 2013
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