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The Ultimate Mac-in-a-box

by , 9:50 AM EDT, August 8th, 2008

The Mac Pro's industrial design deserves a equally sleek cabinet -- assuming you are into the techno-steamtrunk scene. Monolab Design's one-of-a-kind aluminum Mac Pro trunk fits the bill nicely and even includes a built-in display, stereo speakers and an amplifier.

Monolab Design's Mac Trunk

The trunk started life as a modern interpretation of a Louis Vuitton trunk that could be left at hotels between stays, but quickly changed when Ismael Ghalimi realized that it was a perfect match for Apple's PowerMac G5 tower computer.

The trunk is now home to a Mac Pro with 4TB of storage, an Apple 23-inch Cinema Display, a Music Hall Mambo amplifier, and a set of Weburn loudspeakers from Vienna Acoustics.

At five feet tall and 300 pounds, the cabinet isn't exactly portable, but it makes up for that with its looks.

[Image courtesy of IT|Redux]

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Close Name:Guest
Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:57 am Subject: Hey! It's the Big Ass Tower!

This is what all in one's would look like if Microsoft designed them. Except it would be brown. That thing must be the size of a Mac(k) truck.

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Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:47 pm Subject: Nostalgic

Definitely an act of love.

Reminds me of my parents "sound system" when I was a kid. It had the TV, record player, FM tuner, speakers all in one console that looked like a wooden refrigerator.

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Close Name:Sir Harry Flashman Posts: 792 Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:57 pm Subject: Steampunk

Nice. You could steampunk something like that.

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Close Name:Sir Harry Flashman Posts: 792 Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:00 pm Subject: Reminds me of my sound system

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Guest wrote:
Definitely an act of love.

Reminds me of my parents "sound system" when I was a kid. It had the TV, record player, FM tuner, speakers all in one console that looked like a wooden refrigerator.

Oh God! I am old enough to be your father.

Seriously, it is amazing to me how technology has shrunk things.

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