Depending on what Apple annouces this week, then this may be irrelevant if they introduce some butt-kicking HTPC system, but if not heres my question...
Has anyone used a PC ATX case to house their old Mac?
I've seen the, rather nice i'll admit, Silverstone branded HTPC cases which i'm planning on building a media centre with, id rather have a mac whan some PC media centre stuff.
Something like a G4 tower (1.42ghz) board and have a large HD for an ElGato PVR system, and load if with iTunes, IPhoto and the nice Apps that make the Mac rock
Many people have used pc atx cases to house mac internals. Its a piece of cake. Usually all it entails is some drilling of a few motherboard mounts. Occasionally, you may end up needing a powersupply extension, but I never have. You can use atx power supplies with many Macs too. It gets very complex with any after the digital audio though so keep that in mind.
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My B&W had a home in a ATX case for a while and it works alright. Just had a problem with the front panel. If I was going to leave it in the ATX case I would or rewired the front panel to work with the LEDs, reset and power buttons.
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