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Case Tweaking

Posted by Hemos on from the pretty-cool-hack dept.

A reader writes "I don't know what they were smoking, but these guys decided that the G4 case makes for a great LAN party box. Of course, without the G4 and all that yucky Mac hardware -- just the aesthetics. They go about hacking and modding the case, turning a low power (aka, weak) x86 box and toss it into the G4 casing, and don't end up destroying the case to make everything fit. Lotsa pictures and explanations of every step in the process"

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  1. These guys are really smart! by sg3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next project: take a new PowerBook G4, and remove all the innards and transplant them in an IBM PCjr case! That way you can get rid of the yucky titanium case and downright sickening 15.2" wide-aspect ratio screen. Cool!

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  2. money to blow? by moniker_21 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Geeesh, where does one get the money to buy a G4 just to remove out all the internal parts?

    Watch next week as we disembowel an SGI O2 to make a bird feeder!

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  3. Re:Oh for goodness sakes! by unformed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pretty soon we'll have to have flames shooting out of the floppy drive just to get chicks. I'm sorry man, but as a geek, if I modding my case will get me chicks, shit hell yeah, I'll do it.

  4. Oh for goodness sakes! by chancycat · · Score: 5, Funny
    Where do kids get the money to obtain a G4 just to gut it and add the organs of ANOTHER computer, ALL just to have a show piece??

    Pretty soon we'll have to have flames shooting out of the floppy drive just to get chicks.

    Ug

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  5. OK , let me get this straight: by cygnus · · Score: 3, Funny
    d00d wants to 0wn at the next LAN party, so he takes a Powermac G4 case and installs inside:
    • A 440LX-based motherboard
    • A Celeron 466 MHz
    wouldn't he be better off with the original Apple hardware? i mean, if you're hacking an Apple case, at least put something faster in it, like dual T-Birds!
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  6. Re:Floppies by csbruce · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gah! What's everyone's obsession with the floppy drive? They suck, get over it.

    Well, before the Internet came along, floppies were the best method for exchanging viruses.