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• geon
  Very impressive to pull off such a compact build in 2003!I built a Shuttle xpc cube in 2008. I though that was tiny. I specifically used a laptop hard drive to reduce noice.I think it was this exact model: https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/s/o2HKpeLmrAIt was my firts step away from windows. I ran ubuntu on it a couple of years until I switched to macos to do ios dev.
• projektfu
  This was my favorite build from that site: https://www.mini-itx.com/projects/psu-pc/
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  101008
  Sounds like a fun project and very cool for the nostalgic people (like me).A bit off topic, but I also loved the fact that the website remains like an antique website from that era (I know the article is from 2003 but the design is clearly not "modern"). I am going to say something probably stupid, but I feel there is a correlation between old/vintage design = good content.
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  Dwedit
  Back when software came in boxes.
• Terr_
  The final embellishment of making it automatically "dual boot" between XP and Red Hat Linux is a very nice touch.
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  alexjplant
  benheck built a luggable computer into an MGD beer case around the early 00s as well. The build log and pictures seem to be lost to time but I recall it having a flip-open disc door that was cut out of the side of it. I didn't appreciate the humor as a kid but having had a beer or two in my day it's a lot funnier in retrospect.
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  petterroea
  I miss when software came in nice boxes
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  mysterydip
  I used to love the mini-itx form factor. For the time, lots of features in a compact space. I think micro atx might be a more popular form factor now?
• whalesalad
  Just last night I won an auction for a dual Pentium III supermicro setup with 1GB of memory. To relive this era of computing, including simulating my high school network by deploying Netware in a lab.
• spacecadet
  Reminds me of running good old TinyXP.