Filed under: Hardware, Mods, Mac mini
Why not: A Mac mini inside an Apple Disk ][ enclosure
During last night's talkcast, we debated the validity of the most recent Mac mini rumors. I was in the "No Way" camp. I'm sure there's a new mini in the works, but I don't think that's it. At least, the machine depicted in that video isn't what will be offered to customers. I mean ... five USB ports, Firewire 800, two display ports ... why stop there? Throw in SCSI! LocalTalk! Cans and string!Or better yet, cram the whole mini into an Apple Disk ][ enclosure. That's what one enterprising case hacker did, and the results are pretty sweet. This mini has been so carefully placed that even the optical drive lines up with the case's opening. The LED has even been rigged to glow when the Mac is running. We love it.
[Via Engadget & Cult of Mac]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kaizen_0 said 8:25PM on 2-23-2009
thats freaking awesome, now i want to do that
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Daniel Burns said 2:15AM on 2-24-2009
It's crap like this that make me embarrassed to be a Mac owner. Ugh.
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brian said 9:43PM on 2-23-2009
This is nice work, but for the most part I think the Mini took a lot of the fun out of case modding. It used to be that computer cases had lots of wasted room and you could really gain a lot of space by putting it into a custom, small enclosure, or you could do something really unique and/or practical, like build it into a desk. Now the Mini comes out and it's so tiny and dense, half the mods I see are just "Here, I put a Mini into something bigger."
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Jordan said 11:11PM on 2-23-2009
TUAW is not what it once was. Lately they've been so late to the game with stories. In the last few weeks that lateness has grown from hours to days. I hope this is not the canary in the coalmine. TUAW is one of my favorite sites.
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Simon Arch said 2:28AM on 2-24-2009
Ah, I haven't seen a Disk ][ unit in ages. I wonder if you could do this with one of those DuoDisk drives? Neat idea, anyway.
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danny said 2:01PM on 2-24-2009
Sweet. Perfect looking mod.
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