With rumours persisting that Apple might be about to discontinue its Mac mini, one enterprising chap has managed to make a mini version of the Mac Pro.
It has to be said, though, that this machine isn't quite what it seems, as the guts of it actually come from a laptop.
"I was given a 'dead' 13-inch MacBook that had water poured on it," explains the mini Mac Pro's creator over at wolphBite.com. "After taking it apart and testing I found that the motherboard was still good but everything else was dead."
A bit of work got the machine working again, and it was then that the idea of creating the diminutive desktop Mac came to mind.
"Looking at the motherboard I found it was slightly larger than a full sized hard drive. Next I found a few external hard drive cases that looked like a Mac Pro… I found the Macally G-S350SUA Aluminum External Enclosure for only $40. It looked like a Mac Pro, front mounted power button, and all-aluminium case."
The end result is a computer that, while not in the same power league as the Mac Pro, certainly bears more than a passing resemblance to one.
Now all we need is for Apple to make it for real.
(Via Boing Boing Gadgets)
