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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. Floppies by Mike+Hicks · · Score: 2, Troll

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

  2. 3...2..1... by QwkHyenA · · Score: 1, Troll

    Apple Computer Inc.

    V.S.

    These dudes

    It has come to our attention that you have violated our computer cases by installing x86 motherboards. This behavior is somehow (not sure yet, but we can prove it in court!) no allowed by the DMCA. You will stop installing x86 systems in our case as they MIGHT, possibly appear to run faster than our current boxes.

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    WTF?? Give me a break!! The lil Asteriks added so much to it!!
    Geesh...
    *QH takes ball and goes home*

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  3. Wow. Great "hack". Yeah, sure. by x136 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Uhm, these G4s (and the G3s) are in what are pretty much ATX cases. Big deal. Add some screw posts, lengthen some cabes, and tada! You've made a G4 that's worth about $150. Good freakin' job.

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  4. Jeez, guys catch up with 2K1 by rho · · Score: 1, Troll

    Dissing Mac hardware is so 1993... Apple's got plenty of things wrong, but their hardware isn't really one of them.

    Catch up with the present...

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