Power Mac G5 turned time-teller

this is not cool. this is stupid. this is what old ladies do with store bought clock kits and old dishes at craft fairs. You poke a hole in the side panel and you're done. I'm going to go take a dump on the floor and jam a watch in it, and hope TUAW makes a post about it.

that's about all my G5 is good for, mine died on me after only 4 years and the cost to repair was ridicules..thanks Apple

Step 1: go to a craft store and buy a clock mechanism. Step 2: drill a hole in something. Step 3: install the mechanism. Am I missing something? As mods go this is about one step past "put a sticker on it."

I would at leas set the clock to show relatively exact time: the minute hand is at "12" while the hour hand is somewhere between "2" and "3". Now what time is it? 2 or 3 !?

I use my Powermac G5 as a computer.
It also tells time, not to mention a few other things.

Here is the site translated in English via Google Translate http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//blog.nobon.boo.jp/%3Feid%3D902745&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=EUC-JP

And now THAT is really cool.

"Like most users, I usually hide my actual boxes under the desk or in a cabinet, but if any of my computer cases were as beautiful and functional as that, I'd put them out front and center."

uh, seriously?

it's a G5/Mac Pro case with 3 black lines intersecting and centered on the logo. which, to be honest, is arguably not much more visually stunning than a Mac Pro case without the hands. yet this would be the deciding factor between placing your computer hidden under the desk as opposed to on top of it in plain view?

you're putting the pussy on a pedestal.

What a waste of a still very useful computer. I am using an iMac G5 running Leopard as my primary computer. The other ones in my home are older iMac G3 computers that are still useful. Why not donate the computer to any charitable organization that could put it to better use then making the aluminum case into an analog clock. The only good thing is that the case did not end up in a land fill.

It would be pretty cool to take the side off the case and mount it on a wall, too.