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Mac pro ultra mini
Hack a Day —
... [Matthew] sent in this slick project where he made a Mac pro Ultra Mini. He received a MacBook that had been killed by water. He took it apart, re-soldered some connections and was able to get enough of it working to be a decent multimedia machine for his tv. To make it look nicer, he found an external drive case that looks like a tiny Mac Pro. After a little bit of grinding, cutting, and zip tying he managed to get all the pieces inside the case. We’re always happy to see hardware salvaged, and to see it transformed to a fantastic looking useful machine is a bonus. Good ...
Mac Pro Ultra Mini project
CrunchGear —
... This project is a bit confusing but here goes: a guy got a broken 13-inch MacBook Pro. Most of it was water damaged but the mobo was fine so he unsoldered everything and made it into a little caseless computer with an external screen and hard drive. He discovered, however, an odd little case that was shaped like a Mac Pro but was about as big as a Mac Mini. With a little sass and vinegar, he install the MacBook Pro into the case and created the aptly named Mac Pro Ultra Mini, essentially a tiny Mac Pro. ...
MacBook innards crammed into makeshift mini Mac Pro tower
Engadget —
... 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 DIY Mac Pro Mini: Turn that Broken MacBook into a Teeny Desktop [Apple Mods]
Gizmodo —
... The mod takes a lot of soldering, fitting, and cooling, but none of it is particularly complicated and a bigger case would probably simplify matters. The finished product is a fully-functional desktop version of the MacBook, and probably has a better cooling system. It's a great mod, I love that he started out with something broken and finished with an operational and even enviable system. [Wolph Bite] ...
Apple Fan Transforms Broken MacBook into Desktop Computer
Tech Blog —
... This Apple fan wanted a Mac Pro, but didn't want to spend $2000-plus. Fortunately, he had a broken MacBook (only motherboard was salvageable) laying around to part out and the skills to build a custom brushed-aluminum case. Click here for first picture in gallery.
An intrepid modder was given a sad, water-damaged MacBook and turned it into his own little Mac Pro Mini with a little know-how and a $40 Mac Pro case knockoff.
[via Gizmodo - Wolphbite]
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Mac Pro Ultra Mini made out of broken MacBook and aluminum enclosure
Boing Boing Gadgets —
By cramming the still functioning guts of a waterlogged MacBook into an aluminum external hard drive closure and melting a whole lot of solder, the guys over at WolphBite managed to create their own Mac Pro Ultra Mini. It looks great: I want one.
My New Mac Pro Ultra Mini [Wolph Bite]
A new model of a MacBook
HardMac.com —
... guarantee. It is practically impossible to repair a portable without being invoiced several hundreds of euros, very far from the real cost of the parts and the labour. Thus it is not surprising that many people give up repairing their portable and prefer to repurchase new by adding (a little) money.
However the more courageous handymen launch out on a bit of do-it-yourself which sometimes arrive at very successful reconversions their machines.
One can see this at the site http://wolphbite.com where a MacBook has been transformed into a mini Mac ...
Mac Pro Mini Puts the Mac Mini to Shame
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Really neat stuff: He bought a Macally aluminum enclosure and cut it
down to size. Then he removed the guts of the MacBook and crammed them
into the enclosure (much more difficult than it sounds). He provides a full how-to on his blog. ...
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