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Yet Another PC-Mac Case Mod

Posted by pudge on from the but-this-one-is-cool dept.

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.

8 of 91 comments (clear)

  1. risky HD placement? by inio · · Score: 5, Informative

    I would have second thoughts before strapping the HDD to the side of the PSU...

    1. Re:risky HD placement? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      Why? Your psu isn't going to bother it, honestly nobody seems to know anything about magnetic fields OR their computer components anymore. Have you ever taken apart a hard drive? There are EXTREMELY powerful magnets in there. It's true that you can't leave a floppy next to a magnet, it's not true for hard drives.

  2. From the looks of it by freaksta · · Score: 4, Informative

    It would appear he is running WindowsXP.

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    Hrrm... I usually just sign my name.
  3. Re:What is this, by tiktokfx · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, the SE was only 8 MHz.

  4. Re:G5 was a "hoax"? by Nick+of+NSTime · · Score: 4, Informative

    The G5 wasn't a hoax. The submitter was referring to the recent brouhaha about a guy who stripped the internals out of his G5 and replaced them with not-so-great PC components. It turned out to be a hoax.

  5. Re:Nice peripherals, sort of by prockcore · · Score: 5, Informative

    Anyone know how PC hardware handles the special keys (command, option) on Apple keyboards?

    I have an Apple Pro Keyboard hooked up to my PC. Option is Alt, Command is the Windows Key.

  6. Re:Nice peripherals, sort of by prockcore · · Score: 4, Informative

    I suspect the volume up, down, and off keys, eject key and F13-F16 on my G5's keyboard would be confusing to a PC, though.

    Actually, volume up,down,off and eject all work under Linux. I think volume up and down work in Windows, but eject doesn't.

    And F13-F15 map directly to Print Screen, Scroll Lock, and Pause.

    It does take some getting used to though, because the "windows" key and alt are swapped.

  7. Re:What is this, by tiktokfx · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, it isn't. The mod is clearly of an SE. There are two floppy slots. The SE/3000 refers to the fact that it has a 3GHz processor in it. Also, even if it were an SE/30, it's still not an original 30MHz computer. SE/30's were 16 MHz 680THIRTIES.