Macintosh Clone 2013

[uniserver]

I am just going to talk about hardware, no software.

Here is what I got, and how much it cost.

Some of the guys on here said,

don't waste your money and don't waste your time.

i figured i would try it , only because it might be fun.

and if it doesn't work, might make an ok Windows 8 box for the wife

Pretty sane thought process right?



566455 BAWLSACQU BAWLS GUARANA CHERRY 10OZ 1 1.99 1.99

756015 DEPOSITS MI 10 CENT DEPOSIT 1 0.10 0.10

404129 ADATA 8GB DDR3 1333 DIMM KIT 1 34.99 34.99

737635 GIGABYTE GA-H61N-USB3 1155 MITX 1 55.96 55.96

299966 IPSG 8GB USB 3.0 1 8.99 8.99

897041 INTEL BOX INTEL CELERON G550 1 34.99 34.99

298356 HITACHIOE HIT3.51TB 7200 SATA HDD 1 59.99 59.99

Subtotal »

197.01

Tax » 11.70

Sale Total » $208.71

 

[markyb86]

A decent machine for $200 AND a bottle of BAWLS. I'd say you made out.

Now shove it all in an iMac G3 case with a 15" LCD )

 

[uniserver]

i already did that back in 2007

http://pcharles23.blogspot.com/search?q=sweet+imac+convert%21

 

[FlyingToaster]

i already did that back in 2007
http://pcharles23.blogspot.com/search?q=sweet+imac+convert%21

 

[markyb86]

That's raw

 

[uniserver]

yeah i am a meat and potatoes kind of a guy

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

iLike!

So, Intel finally pulled the plug on PS/2 for input devices? :?:

 

[markyb86]

So, Intel finally pulled the plug on PS/2 for input devices? :?:

my semi recent core i5 board has one ps/2 port and its ying/yang green and purple lol...

 

[coius]

Built myself the Mac Pro's "Special cousin" in-bred clone:





It runs a dual core i3 2100 $87

Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 board $89

4GB AMD PC3-8500 (2x 2GB) $23

Sapphire Radeon 6670 1GB $78

and then I got a locally-designed Devanni Nitrous Case for $60 on craigslist

Pulled out my RocketRAID 2300 4-port SATA RAID card

and put in 3x 1TB Hitachi Ultrastars (Got three for $30/pc or $90 altogether)

Threw in a 2TB WD Green drive I had lying around, a 430Watt Antec TruePower Trio and 2 on-hand DVD-+RW DL drives

10.7.5 runs great. I also uploaded a video on youtube where I showed how to setup the RAID for boot. So it's booting from the RAID-0 (Striped) and is super fast. The HDD in RAID maxes almost at 200MB/s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUwnSmlhSnQ

Shows how to do the RAID. easy-peasy way. No mods of files needed.

 

[uniserver]

ok i got all the hardware in my case here,



Got the thumb drive made, pretty much all you need is 3 things, proper DSDT.aml file for your Model and bios rev.

then you need a image of the os, then all you need is the boot loader.

so you image the thumbdrive as if its a hd, then run the loader , it makes your thumb drive bootable and adds that custom DSDT.aml file,

with in this file is everything that needs to be patched, so your hardware works properly with the os.

then pop in thumb drive, set it as boot, install os on HD ... and wala done. it really is that easy.

then run apple software update.

 

[mcdermd]

That's a tiny board in a giant, boring case, man. It's screaming "GIVE ME A COOL CASE, DUDE!"

 

[uniserver]

I agree

do you want me to send it to you? you can do something really modtastaic to it.

 

[mcdermd]

I would really want to take a laptop or mobile board (something with small, quiet fans) and make a flat compact using just the front bezel from a Classic. I'm still turning that one around in my head.

For a full desktop board, I don't have many ideas at this point. I have an empty IIsi case around here. It would fit in that.

 

[markyb86]

I would really want to take a laptop or mobile board (something with small, quiet fans) and make a flat compact using just the front bezel from a Classic. I'm still turning that one around in my head.

pico-itx or a raspberry pi would do just the trick! lol

 

[Byrd]

pico-itx or a raspberry pi would do just the trick! lol

One of those Intel NUC platforms would be ever better - Pico ITX is just too expensive and slow (they're mostly all VIA CPUs). But I like the idea, kind of like a flat panel Classic

 

[markyb86]

) and you can make it an easel type stand like the studio display has

 

[Macdrone]

Any one get 10.8 going on these yet? If I do a hack I would love to try the newest os.

 

[uniserver]

yeah the loader is fully 10.8 working.. i just do not have a 10.8 image at the moment.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

. . . make it an easel type stand like the studio display has.

I've had my eye on using the Apple Powered Speakers as the model for the back/base of a FlatClassic. The stepdown at the top helps and the curved sides fit in nicely with the curve of the front bezel. The flat back and minimal depth would be about perfect. Ballast it with the PSU at the bottom and build it just deep enough for a Laptop DVD and I think you'd have a winner on your hands. [] ]'>