Maybe its because Apple II didn't have a desktop. It was all text DOS. Excellent concept BTW, can we see the inside? I could have sworn I remembered a graphical interface for it. It's been a while, though. I might be remembering wrong. As for pics of the inside, if you flip through the rest of the ...

psiu: Yeah, I actually looked around for a good quality pic of an Apple desktop. Didn't have any real luck, though. The hardest part of this, since I had only ever dealt with fullsize towers before, was finding parts that all fit inside. I ended up pretty happy with the result. Everything has plenty...

I just completed my first HTPC. I wanted a somewhat unique case, so I ended up using the case from an Apple IIGS. In fact, it was the same computer that I first used when I was a kid. Here's a Flickr set of the finished project: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26652170@N06/3763603635/in/set-72157621744...

Nice rig. I'm impressed you're able to keep temps down without a single fan in that case. Looks good, too.

Looks good. Seems like a good use of that extra space, without looking too crowded.

The case fan(s) will probably be the loudest if you use small/fast fans. Depending on the CPU heatsink you use, it may be on par with the case fan in terms of noise, but even a lot of stock heatsinks aren't too loud. And I second the suggestion to also think of the GPU cooler. On my main desktop, wh...