We're still debating whether or not
a new Mac mini really is just around the bend, but one thing's for sure -- this version is the gnarliest we've ever seen of the current iteration. In an exercise that will undoubtedly go down as one of the most incredible
Apple mods of all time (okay, so we only partly believe that), Sir Charles Mangin has managed to squeeze a
Mac mini into a ridiculously old disk ][ enclosure. Best of all, he even managed to align the single slot with the DVD drive in the mini, giving it a totally seamless look from the outside. We know, this will only serve to drive the secondhand prices of disk ][ cases through the roof, but at least you've found a new reason to love the mini that has served you so well for so long, right?
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posted Feb 23rd 2009 12:44AM
why turn something sexy into something ugly?
Cause I can.
Lmao
cool
You all just wait till I finish MY mod...
Macbook Pro Aluminum in the Bright Blue G3 Clamshell case!
/S
@ Knee
How can you call that a mod? That is just moving parts from one ATX case to another. This guy put a computer inside a floppy drive! If you don't want the aluminum case, I could take it off your hands for you, it would only cost you $50.
you realize laptops don't have an atx standard... right?
ugly? hardly. if anything this now makes the mini sexy.
ugly? hardly. if anything this now makes the mini sexy.
don't be surprised if you see this in a Apple store in fall,
though retail would sully the shine.
Hey, don't be dissing the clamshell iBook, that was an amazing design...
Clamshell? You mean the toilet seat?
Oops, I thought you were talking about putting a Mac Pro in a G3 tower. I guess I should stop commenting late at night...
if it works, don't complain
Awsome job!
somebody should just mod a mac mini into a wii enclosure...*sigh*
i guess i cant say cute but cool.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch
You have sex with horses?
that is pretty freak'n sweet, yeah, but i do think that someone should like put a mac mini in a wii, or maybe something like that
maybe something cooler than a wii... maybe a 360?, at the least put it in a ps3,
you could put a dozen mac minis inside of a ps3
Next task: finding a matching era Apple ][ and figuring out a way to get the keyboard from it working as a functional USB keyboard. :)
If you're doing that, you might as well jam MacBook Pro guts into the Apple II case and put an external Blu-Ray drive in the Disk II ca...
Brb, I need mom's credit card.
It's 'II', not '][. Idiots.
That's weird, my mom had an apple two, and it said //
Yes and no. Using sans serif fonts, ][ is a much more accurate reproduction of the logo than II.
What's wrong with the stylization, man? It's the same as the stylization on the drive itself. Doesn't seem like something to get that pissed off about.
@Kamokazi: The original Apple ][ and ][ Plus units used the ][.... when they brought out the Apple //e is when they switched from the ][ to the //.
(SonicEarth's head is probably exploding right about... now.)
This reminds me of the 'We put a car in your car' pic of Xibit.
Now he just needs the caption:
Yo Dawg! We put a computer in your computer so you can compute while you compute!
That's really a cool idea, put some modern technology in an old school Apple ][ disk drive :)
neat. it's like shoving your sister into your grandmother.
i hope to never witness that in my lifetime
why so ugly, why not put a macmini inside the base of a G4 iMac.
Damn him!!!! I've been wanting to do that for years.
One of the these days I've actually got to do something on my "wouldn't it be cool list".
Lets see... ANS into keg cooler?.... naa i don't drink
3.5 Floppy drive into 1 TB Firewire drive?.... too easy
Use my extra IIci's as bricks to add addition to house (sounds a little redundant)?.... But what will i do with the rest of them?
Damn!
thats simply great! except the fact that its ugly
That's not the point, it's more of a retro casing new computer type of thing.
I like it... it's a good theft deterrent.
That's actually quite clever. It's like being old on the outside, but feeling young on the inside.
I like the way you think.
That's fucking hot. I hope they have the old drive bootup sound for startup.
Greatest mod ever! I want to buy a mini just to do this.
Raster Blaster, Zork, Castle Wolfenstein... . Can he put an Apple 2+ emulator on that Mac Mini?
I got a little choked up when I saw that old drive.
Is there an internal speaker so the computer could make the old grinding drive noises on startup?
Love it!
Andy
i wanted to do that with a c64 floppy drive.
Cool