Filed under: Desktops, Hardware, Cult of Mac, Mods, Mac mini
A Mac mini in an NES
This is an impressive mod. Brent Housen's friend has taken a Mac mini, gutted it, and reassembled it inside an 'old school' (as the kids say) NES. The power button on the NES puts the Mac mini to sleep, and the Reset button ejects the CD tray. Pretty sweet, I just hope you don't have to blow on the CD's repeatedly to get them to work.
[via Joystiq]
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Ralph said 12:13PM on 3-01-2006
Nerd that I am, I love these kinds of mods. I'm old enough to remember getting PONG one Christmas, and having an Atari (back before anyone knew what "2600" meant). I never had an Intellivision but I did get a ColecoVision. And can you believe it, I had a Coleco ADAM as well. Geez, what a waste of money.
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David C. said 12:22PM on 3-01-2006
Haha, yes. Blowing on CDs. Ha, that's great!
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matt said 1:04PM on 3-01-2006
actually a great idea. I may just have to do with with one of the new core duo minis and throw some desktop drives in there to make it a fileserver :)
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Frank Tinsley said 1:19PM on 3-01-2006
Whoa, I just realized that Mac minis don't even COME with CD trays! Dang that's a good job!
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Tan The Man said 1:38PM on 3-01-2006
That's awesome... Old school style.
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Paul said 2:06PM on 3-01-2006
What a ripoff!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tyrannous/97410006/
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Ross said 2:35PM on 3-01-2006
Followed your link, expecting to say "come on mate, just cause someone did it before doesn't make it a rip-off."
Then I followed the link... and it's even worse.
How are you comparing some guy who's fitted his mini into a NES with some guy who's created a horrible "monster" like that?
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USTommyMC said 2:51PM on 3-01-2006
I've seen many mods but this is just too cool.
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Fabienne Serriere said 2:54PM on 3-01-2006
Ross: I do believe Paul aka Tyrannous was being ironic and/or funny. "The Mess" was never meant to compete with a Mac mini/NES mod!
cheers,
fbz
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