Mac Pro (late 2013) replica inside a real trashcan

Re:Mac Pro (late 2013) replica inside a real trashcan by girvo on Saturday January 25, 2014 @10:52PM (#7123790)

I disagree. It's not as nice as the real Mac Pro, but what this modder made, even inside, is really impressive and quite cool looking. I'm impressed, anyway.

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Re:Mac Pro (late 2013) replica inside a real trashcan by MBCook on Saturday January 25, 2014 @11:12PM (#7123848)

I don't know. He did a really good job on the outside. His job replicating the look of the grill on the bottom was a great touch.

But inside, it was just a bog-standard Mini-ITX, standard graphics card, etc. Before I clicked on the link I was hoping to see something more unique.

Two of the neatest things about the new Mac Pro are it's size and silence. This mod is bigger (not surprising), but why not go further? If the enclosure was bigger you could have simulated the triangle layout of the Mac Pro and put something interesting down the middle.

Or you could work to make the machine quieter with some elaborate heat-pipe or water-cooling setup. I have a feeling the small graphics and CPU fans in that metal case make a fair amount of noise.

I guess I was expecting something much more exotic, maybe using a small single board computer (Beagle Bone or Raspberry Pi) or something else strange.

It looks nice considering the constraints of using normal PC hardware. Apple went back to the drawing board with the Mac Pro, I guess I'm a bit disappointed by this being 'just' a round case.

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