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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. They got an empty case, right? by BitGeek · · Score: 4, Troll


    IT sounded like they got an empty case to put this motherboard in, right? They didn't buy a G4 and then downgrade it with that really slow processor, did they?

    Well, if you have a slow processor and a spare empty case, why not put them together. I really don't see what the big deal is.

    If you can't afford the whole computer, sure, why not cobble something together from parts. There's not reason to feel "rotten" just cause you don't have G4 running inside-- hell if you didn't go and tell the whole world, only the people who saw your machine running would know its slow.

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    Yeah, and you guys panned the ipod too: http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23/ 1816257