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Macintosh 2004 Case Mod
NOTD665 writes "'On January 24 [1984], Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh. And you'll see why 1984 won't be like "1984."' This was the pronouncement at the end of Apple's commercial, which TV Guide magazine would later deem the greatest commercial of all time. Aired during the 1983 Super Bowl, the now famous Apple Macintosh '1984' commercial informed the world that the age of modern, home PCs was coming. Get ready. Here comes the Mac... Finally, one fateful day in December, the Mac's slumber was awoken yet again. It was time for the Mac to be reborn." Too bad it doesn't run Mac OS X.
-MSI KM400 Socket A mATX Motherboard (Model KM4M-L)
-Kingston HyperX PC2700 512MB (2x256)
-Sapphire Radeon 9600 256MB
-Western Digital WD800JB 80GB Hard Drive
-Lite-On LDW-411S 4x DVD-RW Drive
-Sparkle 350W FSP350-60BT Powersupply
-Thermalright AX-7 Heatsink with AOC Aluminum 80mm Fan
-3 (1 red, 1 blue, 1 green) LazerLED's
This guy defiled the Mac case with PC components!
His webserver must be powered by the original "1984" Macintosh too, since the site is already /.ted!
This year's Super Bowl, Apple is skipping the product ad and going political. It's going to be a remake of the 1984 ad, only with a different face on the screen. And this time, the babe gets caught by security before smashing the screen. At the end, the head of the security forces pulls off his helmet to reveal:
"John Ashcroft. Why 2004 WILL be like _1984_"
I tell ya, Jobs was more of a visionary than any of us thought.
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This is my SIG. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
That's a Mac Plus (circa 1986) not the origional Mac (128k). He's 2 years early.
For his next "mod", he'll gut a 1947 Ferrari 125 and replace all the parts with those from a 2004 Buick Regal.
Why is this news, and why is it on the front page? Is there no end to these "look! I stuffed a PC system in to a different box" stories?
Article X: The powers not delegated... by the Constitution...are reserved...to the people
And I suppose you think that running Unix on a Mac is sacrilege too?
Those who posses a history book from 1984 should immediately contact the Ministry of Information. The following typographical errors have been corrected since then:
- Replace references to IBM as "evil empire" with "valued PowerPC partner".
- Replace references to Microsoft as "valued third party software developer" with "evil empire".
Ministry of Information agents will collect incorrect history book and provide corrected versions. The agent will also collect the book "Unix Haters Handbook" as it contains numerous typos, including the title. A corrected version, "Unix Lovers Handbook", will be provided.