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Mac mini Maximized With 3.5" Drives

Posted by timothy on from the battleship-aesthetica dept.

Demolition writes "You just knew that someone would get around to this, didn't you? In this how-to article from AppleTalk Australia, a step-by-step guide describes how to transplant a Mac mini into a micro-ATX case and a method to connect standard 3.5" hard drives to it (using do-it-yourself 2.5"-to-3.5" IDE adapters). Only some minor case modifications and some added cooling are needed to complete the project."

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  1. an idea by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 5, Funny

    Combine this with this articlehttp://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05 /01/30/2213249&tid=222&tid=174 from a few days ago, and you would have a miniMac in a Mini-ITX case, and a Mini-ITX in a Mini Mac case. It's a plot we've seen before. http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/e pisode/68818.html

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  2. Truth in advertising. by dameron · · Score: 5, Funny

    It seems their server is running tpc via AppleTalk. Long live PhoneNet!

    -dameron

  3. Finally! by Shnizzzle · · Score: 5, Funny

    I always wanted a Mac but they were so damn ugly. If only mac minis had been designed to look like e-machines. Today truly is a great day.

  4. Protesters, have you thought of this USEFUL reason by michaeldot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sacrilege aside, putting a Mac Mini in a PC case has one key definite advantage:

    It would let you sneak a Mac into workplaces whose IT Manager(s) have a "no Macs ever, over my dead body" policy.

    Just think: you could have a larger case containing a regular PC, but with the guts of a Mac Mini placed in the space around empty drive/PSU bays.

    Hide a KVM switch somewhere and bingo... Windows/Linux when the PHB/IT Manager is around, Mac OS X when you want to get some work done!

  5. Re:Protesters, have you thought of this USEFUL rea by MidnightBrewer · · Score: 4, Funny

    OS X will run X11 desktop environments natively, so you only have to hit a key combination to go from a full-screen X11 environment back to OS X. You could also run Windows on Virtual PC and complain about how incredibly slow it is. ;)

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  6. The Internal Conversations of The Converted by SuperKendall · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mac Mini in mini-ATX case boots for furst time

    Mac Mini:
    That's odd, it feels so drafty... my case I can't feel my case! What is going on? Wait, computer two across the room has an iSight!

    Mac mini opens iChat and connects to Computer Two

    Mac Mini:
    That's odd, I can't see myself anywhere... zoom in... refine picture... there's nothing just that giant brick and.... ... ..
    THE HORROR!!!

    Mac Mini connects power supply to ground directly across processor core - bet you didn't know it could do that! HCF opcode lives on.

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