The M4 Mac miniskirt might have earned plaudits for itspleasingly midget redesign , but one owner has make up one’s mind to overthrow that decision and set up the machine up in a magnanimous unclouded compositor’s case in the way of a Power Mac G4 Cube .
post onReddit(with disappointingly little accompanying explanation ) by a friend of the DIYer , the project is simple but come to . The Mac mini has been placed in a heavyset plastic case which extends down below the machine as a hollow tie-up , raising it up to more than twice its normal superlative . Less convenient on the desktop , perhaps , but cool - looking in aretro vibration .
The cause has one large cutout for the back ports and small individual cutouts for the port at the front , so it seems absolutely useable . But commenters on the thread are less convinced about the thermal efficiency of the mod , because of the mode the stand section of the guinea pig has been design : there ’s a nice big aperture at the back , but no openings in the side or front panels . As Apple explains on its Mac mini Thomas Nelson Page , the machine take in nerveless gentle wind from the front ( through the vents in its groundwork ) , then expels spicy breeze out of the back . The direction the qualify “ M4 Cube ” is set up , therefore , would appear to inhibit one - one-half of its chill operation .
The iconic Power Mac G4 Cube.
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Then again , the levy profile might countermine that problem . The stand means there ’s open air below the Mac miniskirt , in a way that would n’t normally be the case when it ’s placed on a desk ; even if this air is circulated via the back only , this arrangement could still be as thermally efficient as normal utilisation . At any charge per unit , this is n’t a commercial product ( at least not yet … perhaps the Reddit post is guerrilla marketing for a intersection that will launch in due course ) so the only risk being taken is with the DIYer ’s own Mac .
The iconic Power Mac G4 Cube.
The iconic Power Mac G4 Cube.
