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Mac mini to PC Hack

Posted by michael on from the squeeze-play dept.

DiZASTiX writes "Kevin Rose, the ever so popular host of G4/TechTV's The Screen Savers, has managed to fit a PC inside the Mac mini. 'I've seen a ton of articles around the web lately comparing the Mac mini to the near full size desktop PC. What they fail to compare is the amount of computing power per square inch you get with the Mini. So, I decided to take it upon myself to create the fastest PC possible with the size constraints of the Mini's small form factor.' The article covers most everything he did and includes pictures."

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  1. Nah! Let's try something better... by Paolo+DF · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, fun would be in hiding a McIntosh motherboard inside an nonymous PC case. Now, *that* would puzzle the standard user. "Hey, how may I lower-right-side-button double-click with this mouse?" ;-)

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    1. Re:Nah! Let's try something better... by Paolo+DF · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well, I think that the standard PC now have something like a 16-buttons--three-weels--four side-buttons mouse. Wait, I do have a graphic tablet with four buttons, but this doesn't count, I think.

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  2. news-o-matic by LittleGuernica · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seems like Slashdot has the Mac mini-news-o-matic up and running at full speed. Not that I blame them, it's so hip it can barely see over it's pelvis...

  3. Why bother? by spungo · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are some people in this world who should be removed in order to spare us their crushing banality.

  4. Size matters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    power per square inch you get with the mini

    That's what I keep trying to tell her. But it's all about size, size, size...

  5. The devil's work by Faust7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So he takes everything inside the case that makes a Mac a Mac, guts it, and puts in everything that Apple hopes people are leaving behind for the Mac.

    I have to admit, it has a kind of black symmetry to it.

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  6. Look by chia_monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look everyone! I've figured out how to put my Ford engine, stereo, and electrical system into my Porche! Read all the details at www.whywouldiwanttodothis.com

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  7. Re:So.. by indianropeburn · · Score: 5, Funny

    not to mention he rested his HD on top of the modified heat sink. i'm waiting for the update on this article which demonstrates video footage of accessing a folder, watching the hard drive spin up, then burst into flames.

  8. It's all in the stuffing by Rob+Wilco · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow. Now all he has to do is cram a SPARC inside the PC inside the Mac Mini and he'll have Electronic Turducken.

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  9. Re:Cramming a PC into a Shell not hacking. by indianropeburn · · Score: 4, Funny

    well... he hacked off about 3/4" of his heat sink.

  10. Re:MirrorDot link by Bullet-Dodger · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah, I see you've played Linky-URLy before!