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The unwieldy MacMini Portable

by Fabienne Serriere Feb 9th 2006 at 1:30PM

Usually I love hardware hackery in all its glorious shapes and forms, but occasionally I stop and scratch my head. Why, for instance would you want to take a Mac mini, hide its sleek design inside a metal box, graft a black LCD screen on top with a tiny thumb keyboard and non-centered trackpad?

Behold the MMP: MacMini Portable. Perhaps Peter Green's MMP will inspire you to build yourself a better portable Mac mini. The more likely scenario is that you'll opt for the lighter (albeit less hack-like) option of a discounted iBook. It's your choice.

[via Engadget]

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mpeng

this is the kind of post weblogsinc uses to troll for comments...

February 09 2006 at 5:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mat

I agree on the Minitosh comment. Why not just replace the CRT with an LCD? That mod would have been much slicker.

February 09 2006 at 4:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Arlo

But I think this mod is notable for powering the screen and the Mac mini from the same power supply. Those wanting to build their own Mac minitosh could use an LCD instead of a CRT, and if handy enough with a soldering iron, could have them both run off of the same powerswitch.

February 09 2006 at 3:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Paul

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tyrannous/97410006

February 09 2006 at 1:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Paul

Xmini aka The Mess

February 09 2006 at 1:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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