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#1 2008-01-15 6:38 pm
- kr3wsk8ts
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i mac help
hey i have an imac and i was wondering if anyone new if i could put all the parts to it in a mac tower one of the g3, g or g5 ???
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#2 2008-01-15 7:03 pm
- iMan
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Re: i mac help
What iMac. Why do you want to do this? You could with a lot of hacking.
iMac G5 iSight 1.9GHz 17" main widescreen + 17" regular 2.5 GB of RAM
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#3 2008-01-15 7:28 pm
- Gurlugon
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Re: i mac help
I'd pay a premium to put any computer's guts into one of those really old PowerPC beige Power Mac boxes from the early/mid 90s.
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#4 2008-01-15 8:18 pm
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Re: i mac help
Gurlugon wrote:
I'd pay a premium to put any computer's guts into one of those really old PowerPC beige Power Mac boxes from the early/mid 90s.
You can probably fit a Mac Mini inside a Plus.
Thanks for clicking.
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#5 2008-01-15 10:30 pm
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Re: i mac help
FutureDreamz wrote:
Gurlugon wrote:
I'd pay a premium to put any computer's guts into one of those really old PowerPC beige Power Mac boxes from the early/mid 90s.
You can probably fit a Mac Mini inside a Plus.
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#6 2008-01-15 10:41 pm
- FutureDreamz
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Re: i mac help
thelegendofjohn wrote:
FutureDreamz wrote:
Gurlugon wrote:
I'd pay a premium to put any computer's guts into one of those really old PowerPC beige Power Mac boxes from the early/mid 90s.
You can probably fit a Mac Mini inside a Plus.
Thanks for the iPorn. 
Thanks for clicking.
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#7 2008-01-16 12:12 am
- Gurlugon
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Re: i mac help
thelegendofjohn wrote:
FutureDreamz wrote:
Gurlugon wrote:
I'd pay a premium to put any computer's guts into one of those really old PowerPC beige Power Mac boxes from the early/mid 90s.
You can probably fit a Mac Mini inside a Plus.
That's damned fine, but I meant one of these old suckas: http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/04/powermac_9500.gif
Also, their somewhat more aesthetically-pleasing G3 brethren would make a nice case.
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#8 2008-01-16 2:48 am
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Re: i mac help
Gurlugon wrote:
thelegendofjohn wrote:
FutureDreamz wrote:
You can probably fit a Mac Mini inside a Plus.That's damned fine, but I meant one of these old suckas: http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/04/powermac_9500.gif
Also, their somewhat more aesthetically-pleasing G3 brethren would make a nice case.
I'm sure it could be done as most of the beige PPC's seem to have more square feet than the SE form factor, plus you aren't even getting a monitor in there. Can somebody try this?
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#9 2008-01-16 2:27 pm
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Re: i mac help
@ kr3wsk8ts, this is one of the best iMac conversions I've seen, so it'll be a good place to start. It's not exactly what you want to do, but it does provide a lot of useful information.
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#10 2008-01-16 10:17 pm
- kr3wsk8ts
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Re: i mac help
hey thanks but i have a newer imac the last generation i just shot the lcd screen and it broke so i was trying so find a cheap why to solve the problem and keep it looking like a mac. do you know if the parts would fit in a mac book or are they to big.
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