One day I just so happened to see news of the release of the Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB of RAM. Turns out it had just happened, so naturally I ordered one on PiShop immediately. But what to do with another Pi? Version 4 is a capable light-duty workstation replacement, so why not try that? Portability would be nice too, so it should take a notebook computer form-factor. That's a bit limiting, but with all the cyberdeck builds floating around these days, there should be enough info to do my build some justice. I like retro computers, and older laptop cases are pretty chunky, which would provide decent space for the Pi and support hardware.

Being a Mac user back in the day, I still have a soft spot for their older hardware, so why not an old Powerbook shell? Browsing eBay for Powerbooks in the Parts Only category yields a lot of results, but many of these machines look like they would still work. I won't gut a working computer just to put a different one inside it, even if it is old.

Finally a good candidate. A Powerbook 190 in very rough shape. It basically looks like it's disintegrating, and the battery pack has obviously been leaking for a long time. For $20 I'll give it a shot.