Yet Another PC-Mac Case Mod
JayPee writes "Fortunately, this mod doesn't involve destroying a brand new G5 for its shell. (And yes, I know the G5 was a "hoax"). Instead, the modder used an old Macintosh SE case for his gaming computer. While I'm sad that he wasn't able to use the old black and white display in conjunction with the LCD, I'm still amazed that he was able to deal with the heat issues that I'm assuming would pop up by stuffing a higher end PC and video card in a Mac SE case." This mod is technically impressive, and looks great.
This article says that the designer of this case mod is actually doing his first ever mod. Considering how unique this idea is, it's amazing it went so well. It really looks quite amazing.
I would have second thoughts before strapping the HDD to the side of the PSU...
I came across something similar in Akihabara a couple of years ago: http://context.metalbat.com/index.pl?671 The i/30 is an SE/30 fitted with a G3 mobo and with the B&W CRT replaced by a TFT. Excellent.
I just brought me home my apple //gs and my mac plus. I'm a gettin' some unhealthy ideas maybe...
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It would appear he is running WindowsXP.
Hrrm... I usually just sign my name.
Appearance: wow, great job! But it looks like you want a static display piece! Nice job laying out all your hard work on the carpet. Next time, uh, lay it out on a work bench, ESD matt, etc. It'll last longer, you'll hopefully have fewer problems, etc.
I guess the owner wants to shock you with his very slow looking Yugo that can do a 10 second quarter mile.
369 fps on Quake3 may not be enough to brag to your buddies, but maybe it just looks that much better when it comes from a case that held a 30mhz mac.
Yawn.
A pretty nicely done mod. Of course no matter how good it is there will be something to criticize.
My problem is with the CDROM. Ugh, it looks horrible in there. He should've either decased the CDROM (so all you see is the door), used a laptop style thin drive, or best would have been to use an old iMac drive.
Right now it looks out of place on an otherwise decent design. I've never seen an Apple with a big 'ol dorky CDROM drive shoved in like that.
The ratio of people to cake is too big
I would've been more impressed if he'd managed to put a dual G5 in there (to keep the whole Mac thing going). :)
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If these guys have such low self-esteem that they have to PRETEND that their PCs are Macs then there's really very little hope left for them.
DON'T let it happen to you.
Buy a REAL Mac tomorrow.
That was classic intercourse!
I think I missed this one.
How was it hoax?
The Apple monitor and keyboard sort of make sense, if you reason that he wants to make a Windows box look like a Mac, but I kind of think the theme gets muddled: PC in old Mac case, with new Apple monitor and two-year-old Apple keyboard.
On the other hand, using a PC monitor and keyboard probably wouldn't have looked any nicer. Anyone know how PC hardware handles the special keys (command, option) on Apple keyboards?
Here in Hawaii, there are tons of "riced" Hondas and other imports (and "dumbestics" too, I've seen some truly horrible things done to a Dodge Stratus sedan). I've got a bog-standard totally-stock Accord, but maybe someday I'll get one of those gizmos that makes fusion from tiny bubbles (hey, wasn't that a Don Ho song??) and a flux capacitor, and...
Well, I can dream, can't I?
He should junk the Windows XP shell and add ObjectDock, which does a pretty fair job of emulating the feel of the OS X dock. That'd really throw people for a a loop when they saw it...
Can't say I'm a fan of people who make their cases light up ( I think it's a waste of time and money, frankly), but why not try something no one else has?
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
Why does that logo remind me of the SeaDoo logo?
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either they took a lot of time and care with the photos, or they're very nice renderings. either way, it looks nifty. but, somehow, unreal.
it'd be nice if it didn't light up, too, and you could just tuck its nice small case away to do be a file/print server. good size for that sort of thing.
When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat? -C. Palahniuk
Killing a piece of computer history is horrible... Instead of killing the machine, donate it to science or something. Just DON'T TRASH HISTORY. Please.
I am proud owner of a Mac Classic, which will -not- be destroyed.
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Not only was this a very impressive casemod (and not super-tacky like many are), the computer inside puts all of mine to shame, especially my still-functioning Macintosh SE. ;)
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You're not killing it, you're reviving it in a new form. Now, instead of sitting in a closet picking up dust, the user has a Mac case which, while looking much like the original, is a bit fancy and a whole lot more functional.
F13-F15 do not map very reliably. I don't know why they shouldn't, but F13=PrintScreen in particular was highly problematic on my Apple keyboard. I had to plug the PS2-type keyboard back in or install software to get screenshots for documentation.
Looks Photoshopped to me.
Putting a pentium in an apple case is just wrong, wrong man i was really floored when i saw that.
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