If they had any artistic sense, they should have rounded off those jagged corners.
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Removing Mac Pro Handles
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If they had any artistic sense, they should have rounded off those jagged corners.
To be fair, there are recording desks out there that cost several thousand dollars (http://www.argosyconsole.com for example).
But then again, I highly doubt hes housing one of these bad boys in his one room apartment.
I don't. One day I will though -- along with a dedicated, treated recording space and some nice outboard gear. It will take me time to accomplish this, but it will be done.
Then if this is your goal, you do need to set your priorities straight. I fail to see the "sentimental value" of your desk when you are already dreaming of getting bigger and better things in the professional industry. Also, retaining your resell value of your computer and your link to Apple warranty are two things professionals should never do with out.
Resell = more gear, more software, more studio expansion.
Warranty = saved money = more gear, more software, more studio expansion.
As a recording musician myself, I know how crucial it is to keep the value of your gear, computer included, and from experience, AppleCare saved my ass twice with my old PowerMac G5. Having to have my Logic board replaced would have costs me well over a thousand dollars. I'm pretty sure you don't want to be in that situation. The last thing you want is rejection from Apple. Your computer is the heart of your Recording studio, so treat it like so. It is probably the most important thing in your recording studio that should have the most protection.
I just hope you get a new Mac Pro once you get your new Argosy desk. A MP with chopped off handles is going to look rather funny next to such a clean, professional desk.
There is some good advice here, but the thread was much more fun to read when it was full of over-the-top dramatics over the sacrilege of cutting off those beautiful handles.....
I wonder if it would be possible to remove one's hands using a Mac Pro.
Any suggestions? I've got a glove compartment with only room for my hands, nothing else, and I'd like to use a Mac Pro to remove them.
Any suggestions? I've got a glove compartment with only room for my hands, nothing else, and I'd like to use a Mac Pro to remove them.
Cut the handles off. Grind the handles to a razor-sharp edge. Should be able to cut one of your hands off. Might need to get someone's help to cut the other one off. If you do this, please post video.
I had my 2008 Mac Pro in a corner in my room in open air and the GPU died. The machine also runs very hot. Much much hotter than a Macbook Pro. It will heat my entire home office.
When the graphics card dies (or anything else dies), Apple usually makes you bring in the entire machine. When they see it's modified your warranty will be gone.
This entire plan is full of fail. Move it to another room. If the machine does die, you've spent $3000 on a machine that Apple will never fix because of the handles.
Or buy a new desk. I've had to change desks for different setups. Just did it two months ago. It's not a big deal and it's part of maintaining a workspace.
When the graphics card dies (or anything else dies), Apple usually makes you bring in the entire machine. When they see it's modified your warranty will be gone.
This entire plan is full of fail. Move it to another room. If the machine does die, you've spent $3000 on a machine that Apple will never fix because of the handles.
Or buy a new desk. I've had to change desks for different setups. Just did it two months ago. It's not a big deal and it's part of maintaining a workspace.
How is it that nobody thought to just raise the desk up on some blocks? Create more space underneath without hacking anything up. OP gets to keep his precious desk, Mac Pro gets to keep its fabulous industrial design and warranty intact. Best solution can sometimes be the simplest, people.
I've been lurking for the last few days waiting for anyone to suggest this - was making me nuts so I had to register.
I've been lurking for the last few days waiting for anyone to suggest this - was making me nuts so I had to register.
The impression I got was there is a cabinet in his desk he wants to put it in, in which case raising the desk does nothing...
Hate to break it to you, but I'm sure many of us thought of that already. I know I did. If you read things more carefully, I believe he is putting the computer into a cabinet on the desk. That means the cabinet has a bottom. Raising the desk would just, well, raise the whole desk. The only way your method will work is if he takes out the bottom panel to the cabinet.
In conclusion, it would seem that you aren't some sort of super-genius, just someone who can't read carefully.
Killing time waiting for another Tuesday
I would bet that 90.783 percent of the traffic on this thread is because we're all going bonkers waiting for the long-anticipated 2010 Mac Pro release ... so we'll read (and discuss) practically anything to keep our sanity.
I would bet that 90.783 percent of the traffic on this thread is because we're all going bonkers waiting for the long-anticipated 2010 Mac Pro release ... so we'll read (and discuss) practically anything to keep our sanity.
Ha! I think you're on to something here.
Also, I was humoring myself thinking, it would suck for the OP if the 2010 Mac Pro came with a "No handles" CTO option
Ha! I think you're on to something here.
Also, I was humoring myself thinking, it would suck for the OP if the 2010 Mac Pro came with a "No handles" CTO option
That would be just my luck
And then all of the people berating me for wanting to cut the handles off would praise apple for their magnificent and revolutionary design.
And the wheel turns...
That would be just my luck
And then all of the people berating me for wanting to cut the handles off would praise apple for their magnificent and revolutionary design.
And the wheel turns...
Hopefully a cutting wheel, I wanna see some finished pics.
People sure are getting worked up, its just a computer.
That is correct; no Mac Pros were harmed in the making of this thread.
But your suggestion is duly noted.
That would be just my luck
And then all of the people berating me for wanting to cut the handles off would praise apple for their magnificent and revolutionary design.
And the wheel turns...
Fair enough, and you are absolutely correct.
Once upon a time, when I was avoiding work one afternoon, I recall reading a thread by a bunch of hardcore-gaming/PC-tower-hacking enthusiasts. I don't think you are interested in their experiments-in and results-of their home-made liquid cooling radiators for their over-clocked and over-heating CPUs, (often disastrous) however.....
There was also a discussion on creating essentially a muffler for the exhaust fans. In the simpler projects, they would a) ensure that all fans were pulling in fresh air from the front (in towers with multiple fans this was not always the default) and, b) pushing the hot exhaust out the back (again, with multiple fans this was not always the default). They would then build a skirt or funnel around the back, and using PVC pipe either pipe the hot air/sound into a U-shape (muffling the sound somewhat) and/or just away from the area that needed to be quiet (and cool).
The more complex projects added the skirt to the front and piped the fresh air in from somewhere cooler than the tower, and also moved the sound of the tower from the front to wherever the pipe opened up.
The most complex projects encased the tower and pipes in soundproofing, and added fans to the pipes themselves to really move the air around.
The cables were threaded through grommets, sometimes with rubber washers and often with epoxy sealing the hole. Various complex mechanisms were employed to allow them to get into the machines when required.
I think what you can take from this is.... it may be possible to modify this desk, or another appropriate container, to allow lots of air to move around and keep the noise contained.
I was also wondering if it may be possible to buy a totally defunct Mac Pro, take all the innards out, and then cut the handles off of that one. Put the innards of your new Mac Pro into the, um - shortened version - and save the new enclosure. If you ever needed warranty service, or wanted to trade-in your Mac Pro you could then reinsert the innards into the original enclosure. The added benefit of hacking away at an empty enclosure is that its a lot easier to clean all the potentially system killing shards out of it, or perhaps you can find a way to just unscrew the handles without all the innards in the way.
Any good power saw with a good blade should be fine. A friend of mine says that aluminium is no "harder" than a good hardwood, and works with it all the time.
Good Luck.
I should think so, but one has to be sure the "defunct" unit has the right internals, as they changed for the '09 systems. So the newest ones may be nearly impossible to find used. New, sure, but they're not cheap.
But still considerably cheaper than a new computer if it actually breaks with no warranty support due to the original case being modified.
That would be just my luck
And then all of the people berating me for wanting to cut the handles off would praise apple for their magnificent and revolutionary design.
And the wheel turns...
On a side note, if this has not been mentioned before, Apples Blue & White/Graphite/Quicksilver towers had handles that could be removed with a simple hex screw. Not that it would help you.
My god!!
You folks still rambling on about his? Where's the progress report?
Capt Underpants, if you're still reading my replies. Can I/we see photos of your customised MacPro please? And did you round off those share edges to match the curvature of the front and rear bezel?
Photos please...
Customization is fun!
I want a Florescent pink one
You folks still rambling on about his? Where's the progress report?
Capt Underpants, if you're still reading my replies. Can I/we see photos of your customised MacPro please? And did you round off those share edges to match the curvature of the front and rear bezel?
Photos please...
Customization is fun!
I want a Florescent pink one