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03/01/2006

Mac Mini NES

Borrowing some of the NES's retro looks, the Mac Mini NES is one of the coolest mods we've seen. Underneath the shell you'll find a fully functional Mac Mini, DVD-Writer, and IDE to USB 2.0 circuitry. The power button turns off the Mini (or puts it in sleep mode), reset ejects the DVD tray, and both controller ports have an integrated circuit which allows any NES peripheral to be plugged in/used with emulators. More pics after the jump...

“Well, someone had to do it! The Mac Mini NES was an idea born out necessity, and a love of the hardware modification arts. Necessity because I owned an internal DVD writer for my previous PC and, with the switch to an Apple PC, I was left to use an IDE to USB adapter (enclosures are expensive). This was to much of a ghetto looking setup for my taste. Most of all, the two tone 8-bit console has appealing style and is a famous icon of console gaming (not to mention, ideal dimensions for a desktop system.)"
[brentalan]

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Posted at 03/01/2006 04:28am by 1337
I love the DVD tray rig!
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Posted at 03/01/2006 09:33am by reno
that poor nintendo...
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Posted at 03/01/2006 2:00pm by john
freaking awesome
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Posted at 03/01/2006 2:37pm by Trevpr
Wow! That rocks! Now I wish I had a Mac Mini and an NES! Hooray for Macs and Nintendo!
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Posted at 03/01/2006 4:24pm by Alex
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Posted at 03/01/2006 4:25pm by Alex
Well there is a gud connection betwen then both gud reason to pair them both. Both Nintendo and Aplles seel portablees that sell alot more than the acctual consoles. The only reason pPlle and Nintendo is famous is because of the gameboy. And the Apple is famous because of the ipod. Good Pair.
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There is only one thing i hate more then Apple, NINTENDO! Great pair... they're both Fit for the pit! LOL
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