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Gutted Apple Tower Powered By Athlon XP 2400+

Posted by pudge on from the yeah-well-you're-just-a-bunch-of-degenerates-anyway dept.

Ill Mitch writes "You have to see what the guys at the [H]ardOCP have done this time. Not only is it incredible to look it, it is a powerhouse as well. This is sure to upset the Mac-addicts. 2.25GHz of AMD Athlon XP power tucked very neatly inside a customized Apple G4 case. They call it the 'Rotten Apple'."

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  1. the audacity of them! by realgone · · Score: 5, Funny
    This is sure to upset the Mac-addicts.

    Ah..... no.

    Hate to be the one to break it to you, but as upsetting events in my life go, this one ranks just below Sandy Duncan replacing Valerie Harper on The Hogan Family.

    Which is to say, not at all.

  2. Apache by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Finally a quicksilver that will run apache at a reasonable rate....

  3. Be manly with potpourri by MyNameIsFred · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's hard to believe his aim of making a manly computer when he has a matching potpourri candle next to the computer.

  4. sound of crackling plastic. by lateral · · Score: 4, Funny
    Er... a 2.25GHz electric barbeque in a big plastic case, does anyone else smell flame grilled plastic?


    L

  5. Re:They got an empty case, right? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't case if it alters the fabric of space-time itself. If I have to use Windows (or worse, Linux), I'm not gonna touch the cråp thing. I'd rather carve 1's and 0's into stone tablets than get another dåmn PC to see my network.

  6. At least make something useful! by bsartist · · Score: 3, Funny

    Man, if you absolutely must trash a perfectly good Mac, at least make something useful out of it.

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