bookmac
Functional replicas of the BookMac and BookMac Mini, Hartmut Esslinger's 1985 tablet concepts for Apple. Raspberry Pi 5, 9.7" touchscreen, custom PCBs, enclosure, decals, firmware. Hobbyist WIP; not affiliated with Apple.
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GITHUB · launched Oct 25, 2026 · 16 upvotes (top 71%) · 0 views
Niche: open-source hardware and maker electronics · 180 launches, 3 in the last 7 days ▼ -73% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Hardware & robotics
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- 3d-printing
- classic-mac
- pcb
- qmk
- raspberry-pi-5
- replica
- +2 more
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Could you build this?
No It is a physical hardware replica requiring custom PCB design, enclosure fabrication, and display integration, none of which can be produced by coding alone.
What it would actually take: Design custom PCBs around a Raspberry Pi 5 with power management and touchscreen interfaces, then model and manufacture an enclosure and decals. Firmware and UI can be written with AI help, but the electronics and mechanical work need hardware engineering skills, prototyping, and fabrication.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 120 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #109 of 121 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 223 days after the earliest competitor.
- iPad mini 8 · ph · 2026-10-27 · 111 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Copybook · ph · 2026-10-23 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- tinyhand · github · 2026-10-29 · 130 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- Radial · ph · 2026-11-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- inkbridge · github · 2026-10-05 · 20 upvotes · similarity 0.40
- CubbyPad · ph · 2026-10-31 · 63 upvotes · similarity 0.40
- Googlebook · ph · 2026-09-22 · 99 upvotes · similarity 0.38
- Laptops and Tablets · ph · 2026-10-08 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.38
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