A PC in a Mac Mini

Just the other day, I read this where Mr. Rose took apart a Mac Mini to implant it with a PC’s innards (gasp!). Just to see how much such a compact PC would cost without keyboard, mouse and display (and even some essentials that DO come with the mini).

Nano-ITX motherboard - $185
A decent 40GB ATA laptop HDD - $100
A 40-pin to 44-pin Converter - $9.95
A tap kit to pry the case - $30 (approx. depending on where you buy)
A strip of Panadol Extra (for all the headaces) - $0.40
An extra heat sink - Lets just throw this in for free :)
Another strip of Panadol Extra
Windows XP - $324 (Microsoft price)

Price at this point: $648.85 (and I didn’t even add the price for the Panadol strips!!)

It should also be noted that at this point, this PC doesn’t have a CD-RW/DVD-ROM or even a CD-ROM drive for that matter, and Mr. Rose suggests using an ‘external bootable device, including bootable CD-ROM and USB thumb drives’.

Also note that this price does not include the Windows equivalents of iPhoto or GarageBand,

I guess its not worth it after all :)