I saw a post for a great case mod today.
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/mac-itx/
Some guy took a Mac SE/30, ripped the guts out of it, then stuffed a Mini-ITX logic board and a 9-inch grayscale monitor inside the case. He now runs Windows XP on the thing.
And if that weren't enough, "Thanks to the excellent Basilisk II the Mac-ITX can be turned in to - well, a Mac! The 68k Mac emulation is virtually perfect, and you would never know that it wasn't the real thing. Except in one respect - my emulated Mac now runs about 15 times faster that the original SE/30. Does this make Mac-ITX the most elaborate Mac upgrade of all time?"
A very nicely done hack — you've got to see the pictures. But aside from the cool-factor, you've just got to ask "why?" Some people have way too much time on their hands.
Personally, I think the box has a lasting aesthetic value...
I wish Apple would take that SE/30 box (my favourite compact) as is and put an eMac board in it, with a 9" flatscreen at maybe 800 X 600, and load it with HDs, maybe call it the "SE/47," for the last 2 digits on the processor type (like SE/30 was the 68030, but for the G4 7447).
btw
http://www.applefritter.com/node/view/4012
...I saw the other posting after I put mine up. I'm so embarassed!