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When thinking about the merits of the mod, there aren't any. You can get mini computer cases for cheap, and they would work much, much better than his trashcan.
by Jormundir 13y ago
When thinking about the merits of the mod, there aren't any. You can get mini computer cases for cheap, and they would work much, much better than his trashcan. So what we're left with is the "look a trashcan looks like the Mac Pro" joke with a more literal application, which is, as I said, kind of funny. Though who's to say a trash can isn't well designed?
Edit Since the link switched to the original forum post with more pictures: I must say the project was quite impressive and the end result is cool, though I still stand by my original point.
- rfnslyr 13y agoI appreciate it because it's a cool mod. Not everything needs to be the most rigidly functional computer of all time.
- Shivetya 13y agoWell I would not doubt clones of the case will appear, many lan boxes are very small and can be made smaller. The trick of the MacPro is the integration of the AMD video which isn't something a modder is going to do.
- pgeorgi 13y agoI didn't look - apart from making it pretty, what did Apple do with video beyond a PCIe x16 riser (like http://linitx.com/product/pci-express-x16-gen2-flexi-riser-7cm/13205 http://linitx.com/product/pci-express-x16-gen2-flexi-riser-7...)?
- zanny 13y agoThey have some custom pcb motherboard in there, a simple mini-itx one would have to pass through that central column and the ram would be sticking out on the same side.
- headShrinker 13y agoIt's now obvious you are taking this build way too literally. If he wanted a Mac Pro he would have bought one. This build is not cost saving if you figure in the labor to invent every element in the complete unit. He did it as a novelty and an homage. No it not as well build as the real thing.