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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.

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  1. First Mod by X-wes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

    1. Re:First Mod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I really like the retro look. Except the blue light, which is ugly retro. So two years ago.

  2. 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, Insightful

      Yup. Attaching magnetic field sensitive device to magnetic field generating gizmo is never good idea. He will figure it out the hard way.

    2. 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.

  3. Akihabara by jetfuel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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.

  4. What is this, by Stigmata669 · · Score: 5, Funny
    a reverse rice rocket?

    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.
    1. 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.

  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. Puts my computers to shame! by kingLatency · · Score: 5, Funny

    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. ;)

    --
    "I've got to stop masturbating! It makes me too lazy! Stop it, Albert. Stop it." -- Albert Einstein
  7. Re:How sad... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If a mac SE is a piece of history, I got a museum in my basement.