You also have to remeber if it was not for modders then your black PC would be white and turn yellow in a few years. You have to give some of credit. It may seem lame at first but better things come along sooner or later.
I agree with most of you, what is the big deal. I made a window on my HD back in '02. I thought I was the first to do this, it ran for a long time. Until I broke the Lexan cover. You can check the pics out here:
http://groups.msn.com/pcmods/wackedoutmoddonottryt his.msnw/
I would not recommend any doing this unless you just want to have some fun. I think this was a 20 or 30 GB drive. The only problems I had was the Lexan would crack once the drive got hot. I made my swap file drive for Windows and Adobe (don't do this, it makes for really cool movements but also when it crashes and it will it really messes up the OS). The pics were a little later in the drives life; the drive crashed a few weeks after they were posted, but ran for a few months before that. I waited until I had though it would "work forever". You can try to build a clean room all you want, it hardly ever works out. I used giant plastic bags and a whole lot of water on the floor and around the work area. I also used RTV sealant to make the gasket for the Lexan to seal to the drive.
As far as why would anyone want to make a clear window on a drive? Why would anyone want to make a tub float on the water? Why would anyone want to make combustible fluid drive a buggy? Why would any sane person want to fly? It is a part of the humans evolution, small steps do equal miles in the long run. It might not seem important right now, but who knows maybe at some point it is the foundation of a new architecture.
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You also have to remeber if it was not for modders then your black PC would be white and turn yellow in a few years. You have to give some of credit. It may seem lame at first but better things come along sooner or later.
I would not recommend any doing this unless you just want to have some fun. I think this was a 20 or 30 GB drive. The only problems I had was the Lexan would crack once the drive got hot. I made my swap file drive for Windows and Adobe (don't do this, it makes for really cool movements but also when it crashes and it will it really messes up the OS). The pics were a little later in the drives life; the drive crashed a few weeks after they were posted, but ran for a few months before that. I waited until I had though it would "work forever". You can try to build a clean room all you want, it hardly ever works out. I used giant plastic bags and a whole lot of water on the floor and around the work area. I also used RTV sealant to make the gasket for the Lexan to seal to the drive. As far as why would anyone want to make a clear window on a drive? Why would anyone want to make a tub float on the water? Why would anyone want to make combustible fluid drive a buggy? Why would any sane person want to fly? It is a part of the humans evolution, small steps do equal miles in the long run. It might not seem important right now, but who knows maybe at some point it is the foundation of a new architecture.