News The First Nano-ITX Project?

This one passed me by last month, but having said that it's proabably a good thing, as the guy in question got /.'d to hell and back. But anyway, here's news of what could be the first Nano-Itx mod, and it uses a Mac Mini's cadaver in the process (something that will no doubt please certain members of the forum - You know who you are. )

Kevin Rose of G4TechTV's "The Screen Savers" managed to get hold of a prototype Nano-ITX board and stuffed it inside a Mac mini, creating the first Nano-ITX project and overloading his server with slashdotters in one fluid motion. Several modifications were required to fit the 12x12cm board inside the case, mainly due to the size of the heatsink on the prototype, and the difference in layout and dimensions of the back panels (the optical drive didn't make it back into the case at all)...

More here, along with the link to Kev's site

 

Saw the episode where he did this. Looked like it was a very tight fit. Great project though.

 

When are they going to release these boards to the public? I want one

 

i saw this episode project was lame, slower pc in place of a mac? anyway i cant wait for official nano cases great htpcs aslong as there is room for ful size hdds and maybe full size optical drives but the latter might make it a bit bulky

 

Looks very nice but you would want the power

 

for some reason, i cant edit my last post. i retract my previous statement. i overlooked the part where he specified which cpu was in the board. 1 Ghz. sad.

 

Same, he has really fallen in love with his mini mac...

Looks a good project, good to see end result.

Surpized mini-itx.com didnt jump to it before?

- S