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04/11/2006

Top 10 Strangest Mac Mods

This week our editors bring you the "Top 10 Strangest Mac Mods" that we've come across in recent time. If we happened to miss any, please leave us a comment. Which ones are your favorites? [ShoutIt]

10. iMac MAME Cabinet

If nothing else, the ProtoMAME #5 is commendable for being a fully functional Mac-based arcade cabinet. This machine uses a flat-panel iMac that's stuffed into a custom built cabinet. It features a mini-upright design along with a decent sound system - including woofers, speakers, and tweeters. [Source]

9. Vintage Mac Mini

A Japanese modder stuffed a Mac Mini into this old Macintosh SE/30 -- complete with a grayscale monitor that uses the Mini's DVI port. [Source]

8. Tiki Mac

Put simply, the Tiki Mac is one of the strangest mods we've ever come across, it looks as if it belongs on a tropical island. [Source]

7. Power Mac G4 Aquarium

Presenting the Apple Cube Aquarium Ver. 2. This person has managed to take a Power Mac G4 Cube and turn it into a fully functioning fish aquarium inspired by the original. [Source]

6. NecroMac

Looking more like a museum piece than a G3, the NecroMac took countless hours and lots of airbrushing to build. [Source]

5. Hummer H2 iBook

This person took an old RC car, created a custom deck up top, gave it a custom paint job, and than placed an iBook on there.
From the article: "Once done, I stuck my iBook on top of my RC car, powered up my iBook, and drove it around the house!"
[Source]

4. Lego Macintosh

This fully functional Lego Macintosh took months of hard work and nearly 500 blocks to complete. Since its mainly used as a web server, only the essential parts were included. [Source]

3. Mac Mini NES

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 used with emulators. [Source]

2. Media Mac

One way to turn your 12-inch Powerbook into an entertainment center is by stuffing it inside a custom-built box. This creation includes eight salvaged Apple speakers, a "cheap" powered amp, and an iSight. [Source]

1. Millenium Falcon Mac Mini

The guys over at MacMod have managed to cram a Mac Mini into a $20 Millenium Falcon Toy. They also concealed an iSight camera into a gun port and added one extra USB port for the iPod Shuffle Source: [Source]

Honorable Mention - Mac Mini Tower

This tower basically supersizes your Mac Mini, adding speakers, USB/Firewire ports, and even a 15W subwoofer. [Source]

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Posted at 04/11/2006 8:37pm by Primo
Awesome list, most of these I haven't seen before, I like the Mac Mini NES. How cool is that.
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Posted at 04/11/2006 9:30pm by Max Harris
The mac mini tower should be at the top of the list (so that people see it first)! It's the only serious, well-done mod; items 8 through 1 are just tacky.
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Posted at 04/11/2006 10:16pm by Mo~
Kool! How old is the Lego Mac server? The monitor is from an LC-III from 92
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Posted at 04/11/2006 10:46pm by Deadly Computer Blog - Top 10 Mac Mods
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Posted at 04/11/2006 11:18pm by Top 10 Strangest Mac Mods » Eglobe1
[...] The picture is showing one of the strangest Mac mods. It is Lego Macintosh. Here is “Top 10 strangest Mac Mods” by Techeblog. I never seen those Mods before until i found them in Techeblog. [Via Techeblog] [...]
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Posted at 04/11/2006 11:26pm by doraemon
it is cool. i never seen those Mods before until techeblog show them.
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Posted at 04/11/2006 11:52pm by Think Wasabi. » Archivo del weblog » Los Macs más extraños (o casi)
[...] TechEBlog ha recogido una selección de los Macs más extravagantes y disparatados. @ TechEBlog [...]
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Posted at 04/12/2006 6:14pm by Mitch
wooow, 7 turned the innerworkings of a computer into a "fully functioning fish"...
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Posted at 04/13/2006 11:03am by Uber-Review » Blog Archive » Mac Computer Case Madness
[...] Now that Apple computers can run Windows, it’s time to focus on the other crazy things we can do to Apple PCs. My friends over at Techeblog have put together a list of the top ten stragest Apple case MODs with my favorite being the Millenium Falcon Mac Mini. One case MOD that should have made the list is Mac Mini toilet paper dispenser. If you are still looking for more even more Mac Mini goodness, check out Gadget Spy’s great list of 50 ways to get more from your mac mini. [...]
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Posted at 04/13/2006 4:32pm by Justin
How about this one: http://www.ahleman.com/ElectriClerk6.html
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Posted at 04/13/2006 4:33pm by Tim
What about the iAtariMac, an iBook make into an Atari 2600. http://www.mymac.com/showarticle.php?id=1928
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Posted at 04/13/2006 5:16pm by mark
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Posted at 04/13/2006 5:18pm by Matt
The fact that the Hummer "Mod" is even on the list is appalling, let alone #5. I put an Apple patch on my backpack and carry my powerbook around in it. Put me on the list.
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Posted at 04/13/2006 5:22pm by Saris
dude! what about that aquarium mac?who has that much time...
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Posted at 04/13/2006 7:39pm by nobody
I made a cubequarium as well (http://brown.differentlightsolutions.com/pages/cubequarium.html), unfortunately it is empty since SW Airlines took my fish.
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Posted at 04/13/2006 8:00pm by nobody
oh, and the cubequarium is more expensive than it is time consuming...
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Posted at 04/14/2006 00:28am by Austin
They need to put a new MacBook Pro on that hummer and put iSight to good use.
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Posted at 04/14/2006 00:39am by ThePete
The Macquarium doesn't really work, so it's not really a mod so much as a recycling project, the Hummer is not really a mod either as it is just a laptop ontop of an RC Hummer--where's the MODDED part? Also, the Millennium Falcon mod doesn't have an iSight in the gun port--it mounted in the cockpit--at least, that's what it looks like in the pic. Otherwise, a great list--makes me jealous that I don't have a Mac Mini laying around to mod. :)
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Posted at 04/14/2006 05:03am by ed666
personally, i enjoy the "ipod" look of a mac, looks better but if id have one it would be the nes
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Posted at 04/14/2006 9:18pm by sonus
I don't know why people insist in making mac computers ugly. They are beautiful as just the way you bought them. And I will never understand people that, now that it is possible, would install Windows on a Mac. Its like putting a Chevrolet engine in a Ferrari.
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Posted at 04/14/2006 9:21pm by whitlock
Ha, modyourmac (as in the same person)did 8, 6, and 5 on the list. That's awesome!
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Posted at 04/15/2006 08:31am by HyperGadget - The Strangest Macintosh Mods
[...] Over at TechEBlog, they have created a great list of what they consider the top 10 strangest Macintosh gadgets that were modified. My favorite is this carefully airbrushed NeroMac. Very well done. [...]
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Posted at 04/16/2006 10:14pm by modyourmac
ha. everyone hates the iBook H2. its supposed to suck. The whole point of the build was to poke fun at myself, and at modding. The tiki mac, tacky as hell, but all for a customer. As far as the necromac goes, I'd call that serious. Why? cause we spent days painting it, and forever working out the process. regardless, Mr. Whitlock is riight. 3 of 8 isnt bad.
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Posted at 04/17/2006 7:09pm by ourego
took countless hours to void a perfectly good warranty
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