MacBook innards crammed into makeshift mini Mac Pro tower

When we first laid eyes upon the slick box pictured above, we were struck with an eerie feeling of déjà vu. Now, it all makes sense. After receiving an all-but-completely-dead MacBook, one particular modder decided to rip the motherboard out, break out the soldering iron, throw in a few replacement parts and shove everything into a Macally G-S350SUA aluminum hard drive enclosure. Wanna know why? Because he had a peek at this -- a Mac Pro Mini mod that popped up here in March. Talk about taking inspiration and improving upon it.

[Via Hack-A-Day]

[iofthestorm Posted Nov 15th 2008 2:39PM]

Well, perhaps without the TV tuner part but I guess that's kind of optional these days anyway, seeing as how there are better places to get videos than OTA, and CableCard is a bag of hurt.

[ddbEntertainment Posted Nov 15th 2008 1:41PM]

Looks nice from one side. What does the thing look like all around? Does the other side have tie straps sticking out?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 15th 2008 1:57PM]

This is a cool mod, I'd like to give it a try myself.

[Sneakz Posted Nov 15th 2008 2:07PM]

I totally want to do this once my MacBook craps out on me.

[ethana2 Posted Nov 15th 2008 2:43PM]

It looks nice. Perhaps Apple should take some notes for their upcoming mac mini refresh?

[Roberini Posted Nov 15th 2008 3:50PM]

My thoughts exactly. I think people would flock to this if the MacMini looked like this. I would.

[pablofamoso Posted Nov 15th 2008 3:07PM]

i'm curious to know how it handles the closed quarters, heating-wise.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 15th 2008 3:08PM]

Big whoop. Modders do all kinds of stuff. This is not that unique or special. Leave it to Engadget.com to show its fanboy colors.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 15th 2008 3:11PM]

Ok people are using the rating system alittle to much... All i saw when reading the comments was a bunch of grayed out comments because people feel the need to voice the fact that they HAD to hit the -... every single one of you is a DUMB@SS

[weirdo557 Posted Nov 15th 2008 3:25PM]

imagine a beowulf cluster of these

[Oli D Posted Nov 15th 2008 5:23PM]

Yeah i was going to mention that japanese mac mini mod, that was awesome.
I hope steve jobs is listening, we want novelty macs now!

(how about a mini macbook for a start?)
keep it under $700...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2008 12:10AM]

the case is a macally GS350SU external HDD enclosure. I have a few of these, they're nice.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817347015

[NukeAssault Posted Nov 16th 2008 2:24AM]

Its.... adorable... O_O

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2008 5:13AM]

Cool!

However, isn't the second core disabled and the first reduced to 1Ghz when the battery isn't connected? How'd you get round that?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2008 7:43AM]

Wow, now THAT is amazing. That is one cool looking mini MAC

JEss
http://www.anonymity.at.tc

[Xavior Posted Nov 16th 2008 4:24PM]

this is cute.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 28th 2008 11:32AM]

Mac and design are synonymous - as usual sleek, stylish and cool!
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