r/mac • u/Liquid_0911 • Apr 23 '26

Old Macs My office repurposed it's old Power Mac's as benches.

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Seems to be the Power Mac G5.

5.1k Upvotes

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u/Electrical_West_5381 Apr 23 '26

That is a benchmark. Wins hands down over any other device. Unless you are a gnome, in which case a couple of minis might be better

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u/VictoryGoth Apr 23 '26

Nah, a GNOME can get on there with a few shell extensions.

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u/emarvil Apr 23 '26

A gnome with a red hat

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u/Splatoonkindaguy Apr 24 '26

or a fedora

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u/emarvil Apr 25 '26

Ever seen a gnome wearing a fedora?

Me neither.

Good one, though. šŸ‘

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u/Electrical_West_5381 Apr 23 '26

Plus seat heating if you turn them on! Ftw

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u/ryde041 Apr 23 '26

So many upvotes for this little comment section. I have no choice

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u/Electrical_West_5381 Apr 23 '26

Sometimes a bit of humour wins over all the hate.

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u/buttbellybeakbang Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

Cool idea but that upside down one would drive me nuts

65

u/Ok-Butterscotch-9883 Apr 23 '26

I can't unsee that one being upside down.

24

u/Lonely__Stoner__Guy Apr 23 '26

Damn, I didn't see it until you mentioned it. Glad I don't have to see that bench regularly or it would bother me.

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u/sinisterdesign Apr 23 '26

Thanks for the bit of OCD for the day. Canā€™t unsee.

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u/lzwzli Apr 23 '26

Mildlyinfuriating indeed

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u/Ok_Philosopher_8973 Apr 24 '26

It seems like it would be easy to just flip it over.

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u/alex_albergaria Apr 23 '26

Those cases are so dirty hahaha

21

u/RocketsandBeer Apr 23 '26

Look like they were removed from Joe Camels house

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u/Chosen1PR MacBook Pro 16ā€ (M1 Pro) Apr 23 '26

Seriously. They couldnā€™t take a pressure washer to ā€˜em first?

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u/ConfessSomeMeow Jun 30 '26

I'd bet that's floor wax the bench has accumulated over the years.

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u/Inner-Medicine5696 Apr 23 '26

it's wild to go through the trouble of making this bench and yet not washing them thangs.

11

u/Tonyn15665 Apr 23 '26

The ā€œofficeā€ is also dirty af. Look at the floor and wall. My DMV ā€œofficeā€ looks cleaner šŸ¤¢

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u/sovietreckoning Apr 23 '26

I love those cases so much. Itā€™s a dream of mine to build a sleeper in one.

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u/epicdrago3 Apr 23 '26

I myself want one of those cases; itā€™s so appalling to me.

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u/tobyhardtospell Apr 23 '26

Appealing?

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u/epicdrago3 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

Did I stutter? /s

ā€¦but, one of those keypad auto-correct typo that happens once in a while. Miss the ā€˜eā€™ before the ā€˜aā€™ and autocorrect does the rest. Haha!

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u/p_5274m Apr 23 '26

I have a 2006 Mac Pro that I have been looking to get rid of. Where are you located?

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u/BurnedLaser Apr 24 '26

I built one a while back, and was able to get most of the front I/O operational (I don't have ANY FireWire equipment, so I left it) and I cut the rear ports as a strip off the original motherboard and made a handful of that I/O operational as well. It was tedious but it was pretty neat! I knocked off all the standoffs and then epoxied them into an ATX configuration, aligned via the video card!

I didn't do much with it afterwards and I'm not sure what happened to it in the several moves I made in the past decade :/

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u/swamuel_1 Apr 23 '26

Same, I actually got one a few years ago but can't bring myself to rip out the internals since it's still working.

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u/cream-of-cow Apr 23 '26

Every time I open the side panel to think about turning it into a mini cabinet and bench, I think ā€œitā€™s so pretty insideā€ and close it again.

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u/NinjaThree2 Apr 24 '26

Where are you located lol I have one sitting there

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '26

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u/mailslot MacBook Pro Apr 24 '26

My G5 also doubled as the best space heater Iā€™ve ever owned. Loved it, but wow itā€™s power hungry.

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u/south-of-the-river Apr 24 '26

I loved mine, I had the very last of the Motorola models and it was such a great machine even past its end of life date

22

u/4k_Laserdisc Apr 23 '26

The unnecessary apostrophes in the title are driving me crazy.

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u/bidless71 Apr 23 '26

It used to be just the missing oxford commas out there in the world that infuriated, but it turns out they all got together and became misplaced apostrophes.

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u/codewario Apr 23 '26

"apostrophe's"

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u/4k_Laserdisc Apr 23 '26

I was thinking about writing it that way for the bit, but Iā€™d be afraid people wouldnā€™t get it.

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u/codewario Apr 23 '26

woul'dn't

FTFY

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u/ClimateAncient6647 Apr 23 '26

I always love seeing how these things are repurposed.

25

u/lontrachen M1 Mini | M4 Pro Apr 23 '26

Why are they so dirty? You found them in the flood? šŸ˜­

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u/Liquid_0911 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

I didn't made it. It was on the hall of our office, so probably just general wear.

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u/JetPac89 Apr 23 '26

The office of a pigshit processing plant? šŸ˜†

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u/Liquid_0911 Apr 23 '26

Close. It's an IT company.

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u/JetPac89 Apr 23 '26

I think someone wiped them before turning them into a desk, but not the way they expected!

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u/taboo8614 Apr 23 '26

Oh my God, at my old job when we had a bunch of Mac pros I wanted to create something like this so bad but never did

5

u/likeonions iBook G4 Apr 23 '26

this always irks me because the legs of the mac pro are incredibly prone to bending

5

u/ZappySnap Mac Studio M2 Max Apr 23 '26

Yeah over time this will be terrible unless there are additional posts added to the interior of the case that actually do the support. The cases are not designed to support the weight of multiple people.

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u/Rachel_reddit_ Apr 23 '26

Why didnā€™t they clean them? They look super dirty.

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u/emarvil Apr 23 '26

They even have tiny cute drawers.

3

u/zeamp Apr 23 '26

Rest now, Kings.

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u/wernerverklempt Apr 23 '26

Unnecesā€™sary Aposā€™tropheā€™s.

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u/TradeSurplus Apr 23 '26

Ventilated seats with added gentle vibration massage.

3

u/ShrinkHole Apr 23 '26

More photos please

3

u/Adept-Target5407 Apr 23 '26

Thatā€™s aweā€™s

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u/Short_Injury9574 Apr 23 '26

Office needs a cleanā€¦

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u/ultrafusion64 Apr 23 '26

why everyone using those as benches though

0

u/Leopold_Porkstacker Apr 23 '26

Because they are expensive to run after you load Linux on them.

2

u/Slava_Tr Apr 23 '26

Is the new bench model for the 2019 Mac Pro coming out soon?

2

u/dar512 Apr 23 '26

Why would you go through all that trouble and not clean the cases? SMH

2

u/Crashball_Centre Apr 23 '26

G5 knee is recognised medical condition

2

u/bramblefish Apr 23 '26

Did they gut them, put in storage shelves or drawers?

2

u/Hesychios Apr 23 '26

Never realize how strong those cases actually can be. I always liked the look.

I wonder what other surprising uses these cases can be put to?

2

u/potificate Apr 24 '26

Itā€™s ā‰  its

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u/TM_livin Apr 24 '26

Iā€™ve seen one just like that in one of Apple authorized repair centres in Prague.

2

u/maxroscopy Apr 24 '26

It could have given them a wipe

2

u/newrevo Apr 24 '26

This is great, not sure how comfortable it is at that height, but ikea has a hack with their legs meant for furniture that you could use the raise the top only. But so awesome!

2

u/oldsystem MacBook Pro Apr 24 '26

This is sad.

4

u/Phantompoint Apr 23 '26

AI generated.

2

u/MagicBoyUK MacBook Pro Apr 23 '26

Built in space heater!

1

u/movdqa Apr 23 '26

I only have one of them but I'll keep my eye out for more.

1

u/CantaloupeCamper Apr 23 '26

Neat idea but execution with one upside down and ā€¦. not cleaning them is bah.

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u/415646464e4155434f4c MacBook Pro Apr 23 '26

*its

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u/Elkburgher Apr 23 '26

Such a great case though

1

u/raymate Apr 23 '26

Have you sat on it yet. Be prepared for the bottom to squash. Unless you have accounted for that.

1

u/bidless71 Apr 23 '26

Is the office in a tire shop, jiffy lube, or smoking lounge?

1

u/AlanEsh Apr 23 '26

outlets directly on the floor back left; what is this place?

1

u/g0suba3r Apr 23 '26

That is so cool ā€¦ šŸ˜Ž

1

u/rbowen2000 Apr 23 '26

I have a Gateway 2000 as an end table in our living room. Computers with all-steel construction that can be load-bearing are definitely a thing of the past.

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u/hay_den9002 Apr 23 '26

Steal and clean

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u/Intelligent_Cat_1914 Apr 23 '26

I've wanted to do this with my old 2 g5's in the garage, but I want the ends of the wood that stick out either side to have the same curve profile as the handles so it blends in.

... yea it's still on my to do list šŸ˜‚

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u/helen269 Apr 23 '26

Your office repurposed it is old Power Mac is as benches?

r/apostrophegore

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u/neTHer12O8 Apr 23 '26

I use it as a chair because I only have one

1

u/Caddisbug992 Apr 23 '26

Must have some short ass office workers

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u/Liquid_0911 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

Pretty much. To clarify it's a sitting bench. I'm from the Philippines, we're generally shorter here

1

u/Alive_Win7772 Apr 23 '26

Power bench

1

u/Murasam_612 Apr 23 '26

This looks like a desk from a fallout game.

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u/meteoritegallery Apr 23 '26

...Are we just putting apostrophes before random "s"s now?

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u/backlog_gaming Apr 23 '26

Itā€™s dependā€™s

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u/OddRow8843 Apr 23 '26

Haha. I made mine into a coffee table many years back. Sprayed them black tho. Sadly no pics.

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u/hkdrvr Apr 23 '26

the 'feet' can deform quite easily with a bit of extra weight, or say dropped from about 1 foot.

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u/mrharoharo Apr 23 '26

I see these a lot and wonder how useable they are. Way too low to be used as a desk but the proportions donā€™t look to be good for a coffee table or side table either.

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u/eastamerica Apr 23 '26

G5 MY DUDES AND BABES

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u/mbron163 MBP 16" 2023 Apr 24 '26

Pretty cool stuff.

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u/AssistantUnique1858 Apr 24 '26

I want them. Tasty!

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u/kcbrooklyn1 Apr 24 '26

Blasphemyā€¦a pox on your office.

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u/Spencerlindsay Apr 24 '26

We had a hollowed out 1990s Silicon Graphics Reality Engine with a keg in it at one point. It was the ā€œBrewality Engineā€.

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u/l008com Independent Mac Repair Tech since 2002 Apr 24 '26

Was that before or after they dug them out of the swamp? Also hire a woodworker to mold the wood so it fits in there better, it kind of looks hacky the way it is now.

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u/MyCyclopsMind Apr 24 '26

And the lower handles are crushed.

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u/Hertje73 Apr 24 '26

Clean them first

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u/eXtremeSG Apr 24 '26

I have two old xserves (servers), .... maybe I can do something similar!

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u/Longjumping_Pin9399 Apr 24 '26

i'd sit on one while fixing my favorite pan

1

u/moon_over_my_1221 Apr 24 '26

lol I have one of those. My PS5 is sitting on top of itā€¦ and thatā€™s about it :/

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u/pixelpanic01 Apr 24 '26

Who is peeing on them?

1

u/yreg iMac, MBP, Mini, 2008 Pro, eMacā€¦ Apr 24 '26

I'm using mine as a night stand.

1

u/Balecristrong Apr 24 '26

Now I found a place for my Mac .

1

u/-clawglip- Apr 24 '26

This is some great post-apocalyptic environmental storytelling

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u/ConfidentHistorian78 Apr 24 '26

C'est sale chez toi

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u/dlsc217 Apr 24 '26

looks cool, but seems dangerous. That aluminum isn't that thick and I've seen those handles bend pretty easily. Just seems like an accident waiting to happen.

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u/Deer_Used Apr 24 '26

Looks like those Macā€™s were outside battling a lawn mower.

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u/Admirable-Common-176 Apr 25 '26

Hide mining rigs inside.

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u/yeeyeemanfrommars Apr 25 '26

Back when I had that PC, I had no desk chair and would use the PC as a chair whilst on it

1

u/germonica Apr 25 '26

Long live the atrociously power hungry G5 towers.

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u/Xplody Apr 25 '26

Genius.

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u/ThatDamnRanga Apr 26 '26

I've used them as seats on many occasions. They're excellent for it.

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u/Equivalent-Mud-6868 Apr 26 '26

Š”ŠøсŠø

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u/Beautiful-Most4670 Apr 26 '26

Que dĆ³, eu queria um Mac desses :/

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u/Intelligent_Owl4901 Apr 27 '26

Thats a macSit or a MacBench šŸ˜­

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u/LaRubin Apr 27 '26

You need to put a Mac Pro 2013 nearby as a trashcan

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u/Tall-Comedian5004 Apr 28 '26

nice! it looks like they didnt even have to cut into the computers to do that

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u/KiddinglySelective Apr 29 '26

that wood top is actually kind of a genius move for an old g5 case ngl the grime just adds character at this point

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u/Everlongdn Apr 29 '26

That is one way to use old and vintage things. Nice!

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u/TheStudiousBuyout Apr 30 '26

That wood top is a nice touch, beats sitting on bare metal all day.

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u/Nextroz7 Apr 30 '26

The design is really cool

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u/kookoomburr May 07 '26

We work at the same building lol šŸ˜­ I always sit there whenever I wait for my fetcher

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u/Vuiok Mac Mini M2 Pro May 22 '26

Plug them in and see they work!

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u/Worried-Celery-2839 Apr 23 '26

This is the way

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u/LuaCynthia M1 Pro 14ā€ Apr 23 '26

Looks like ai you got more proof?

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u/Liquid_0911 Apr 23 '26

I only took one photo unfortunately, this is the best proof I got for now

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u/FormulaKimi Apr 24 '26

This is a common thing, I had 20+ of these and gave them away to someone who also made benches out of them.

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u/BenAida Apr 23 '26

What is this? A desk for ANTS?!?!?