I built a touchscreen M1 Mac Cyberdeck (+8.7% Performance)

Thanks to PCBWay for sponsoring this video. Check them out here for PCB, CNC, and 3D printing services and more: https://www.pcbway.com/. Using my referral link you can receive $5 off your first order https://pcbway.com/g/aQ7k76. Check out PCBWay's 12th Anniversary Celebration https://www.pcbway.com/activity/anniv... Final part of the cyberdeck build! I move everything into the CNC-machined aluminum shell, manufactered and sponsored by @PCBWay, fix a few surprises along the way (a bent keyboard, a dead touchid click, tight USB-C routing), and get it running as my daily driver. Full transplant into the aluminum chassis, custom screen protector cut by hand, re-routed antennas, hot glue in all the right (and wrong) places, and a trackpad relocated to the back panel. The final dimensions are 286.5 × 274.6 × 18–19mm, just 3mm thicker than a stock M1 MacBook Air, weighing 1600g total (+300g, half of it pure cooling), and unlocking +8.7% sustained CPU performance in Cinebench, with the radiator staying under 40°C and the chassis around 35°C in daily use. I also get into the day-to-day experience: typing in bed with the trackpad relocated to the back panel, touchscreen quirks on macOS (and why mac os 27 has me curious), Meshtastic firmware running GPS/node stats/an e-ink dancing ASCII cat, and a few "vibe coded" utility scripts I wrote to patch touchscreen sleep bugs and scroll direction. ▶ Part 1: Teardown:    • Forget The MacBook Neo, I’m Making a Mac C...   ▶ Part 2: Getting into the weeds:    • Mac Cyberdeck Build: This Got Sketchy   00:00 Intro 00:30 CNC shell unboxing 02:43 Final build montage 04:28 PCBWay spot 04:59 Final build montage continued 21:29 Glam shots 22:31 Details and user experience Screw magnetic teardown tray: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2645... Parts I used (affiliate links): Touchscreen https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c3X... Screen protector https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c3X... USB C FPC cable https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c3L... SD extension https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c2Q... USB C adapters https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c4e... 3DS Joystick https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c3v... Joystick cap https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c42... Antennas https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c3S... USB hub https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c32... Scroll encoder https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c3C... Heltec T114 mcu (meshtastic) https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c3b... TTP223 capacitive touch sensors https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c2v... Screws https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c3N... Heated inserts https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c2u... Music: Hot Hop Rok by Steve Adams / Spandex-Man The Animated Series by Rod Kim / Dulce Sospecho by Cumbia Deli / In it to Win it by Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz, Tone Seeker / Cooked by Dyalla TikTok https://tiktok.com/imcaraful Instagram   / imcaraful_   Threads https://www.threads.com/@imcaraful_ Requests cara@imcaraful.com #cyberdeck #macbook #diy #meshtastic