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#1 2008-03-11 7:27 pm

snipper
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Pimp your MacPro

Remember that article in MacAddict about how to shine some light on the inside of your Power Mac G5? I sure liked that and had a lot of fun pimping out my G5.

Recently I received my new Mac Pro and without that cool light shining through the grater, it just seemed so.. unfinished, so empty inside. neutral

So I put in some green CCFL lights: one 10 cm stick in left-to-right direction behind the superdrive, one in front-to-back direction underneath it. This way you don't look directly into the light, but you get a more subtle lighting on the inside.
envy

Then I took a 80 mm CCFL circle from a CCFL fan enclosing - that right, I just used the CCFL to minimise the air resistance - and put it behind the top fan. It's too bad there are still no custom circle 120 mm CCFL's for the Mac, but this will do. Here's a pic I took with my iSight (so a little blurry):
http://www.beeldbuijs.nl/images/MacPro.jpg

Anybody else did something simular? How about tips to get the rest of the box lit? I have no clue how to get behind the rest of the fans..

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#2 2008-03-11 10:12 pm

FutureDreamz
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Re: Pimp your MacPro

Take the cover off and make a clear replacement with lights in it


Thanks for clicking.

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#3 2008-03-11 10:19 pm

snipper
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Re: Pimp your MacPro

If it were just a cheapo PC case I would think about it, but why waste a 3 mm thick sturdy anodized aluminium plate with the Apple logo etched in already? Also, you'll never get the lock (and 'airways') to fit as snugly as it does now.

Also, a metal case is nice shield against a lot of radiation of all kinds.

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#4 2008-03-12 12:56 am

TravisReynolds
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Re: Pimp your MacPro

now that is by far, the coolest mac pro i've ever seen!


From the one, and Only Travis Reynolds. You stay classy San Diego

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