17" Monitor Case Modding -- The "iMike" 381
greyrax writes "So what does a Canadian cabinet maker who's a closet techie do during those long winter months? You modify a 17" monitor case to house your computer (think iMac).
The blow-by-blow descriptions and pictures outline this three-month project. The only question that I'm left with is 'What is that antenna for?'"
Live Drive (Score:2, Insightful)
Admire the quality, hate the aesthetics (Score:5, Insightful)
This thing is a farm implement. It's a high-quality farm implement, and I admire his work ethic, but it's still a farm implement.
Re:One word... (Score:2, Insightful)
The sleekness of the original form imac/emac all-in-one, with the power and versitility of commodity hardware.
If people pay 2-3k for alienware machines that could be parted out for less than half the retail cost... im sure there is a niche market for something like this.
bah! he's cheating (Score:2, Insightful)
Lets see him do that with a regular CRT. This mod ranks up there with the guy that encased his mboard in foam insulation.
Seriously though, he may as well put it in a lunch box or something original. Maybe I'd be more impressed if he put a CRT in his old PC-AT case.
Go ahead. Mod me down. You know you want to.
an imac design that works (Score:3, Insightful)
1. Extra heat your monitor. Let's face it CRTs and computers don't mix.
2. Degausing doesn't just demagnatize the screen but anything and everything. let's face it, CRTs and magnetic media don't mix
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Now the obvious question... is there a market for this sorta design? Personaly i'd say yes. I wouldn't nessicarly go with a traditional monitor layout, but there is a sorta apeal with lugables. Anyold joe can hookup a keyboard and mouse and plug it in the wall.
Something like this could in theory house batteries, a fuck of alot more then your average laptop. Also I like the idea of a cable run for my keyboard and mouse from my monitor. If i'm not mistaken Xerox did this in their workstations way back when.
Re:Looks like someone has a bad case... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Completed pictures (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:One word... (Score:5, Insightful)
Companies already make all-in-one machines that are smaller footprint (not much bigger than just an LCD monitor). It doesn't have everything as roll-your-own, but the trade-off is small enough that I'd prefer to have form over function.
also positioning (Score:3, Insightful)
So THAT's why apple puts the audio connectors on the side/bottom of the machines! Ingenious!
Re:Grumble (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:an imac design that works (Score:4, Insightful)