I am looking forward to suggestions and feedback on my build plan. I will first get a replacement screen and matching controller before continuing with other parts of the mod since this might be the trickiest part. Though that's the least of my priorities, so I might just remove the drive. I also thought about keeping the optical drive for the fun of it but replacing it with a modern one.

The Apple TV app movie playback test measures battery life by playing back HD 1080p content with display brightness set to 8 clicks from bottom. Regarding the proprietary ports, I plan on using male-to-female cables. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using preproduction 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1 chip, 8GB of RAM, and 512GB SSD. Luckily the Wifi module is not on the Mac Mini Logic Board itself, it should be easy to get an extension antenna cable and place the module underneath the G4, where the AirPort card would have been. Alternatively, I would use the MacOs planned wake-up function. I was looking into options for external power buttons but didn't find anything yet. However, I would like to control the display brightness on the mac itself, like one usually would with a normal iMac.Īny suggestions on possible display controllers to make this possible?Īlso, the Mac Mini's physical power button wouldn't be accessible once the parts are inside the G4.

I plan on connecting it via HDMI but would also do USB-C. Key features of the iMac G4 included a 15-inch flat-screen LCD, 700 MHz or 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processor options, a SuperDrive built into the base for CD/DVDs, up to a 60GB hard drive, up to 1GB of. ( ) I've seen used ones on eBay for around 250€. So far my favourite option would be a screen from a Dell laptop, which is available with a resolution of 3840 x 2400.

A classic 1920×1200 wouldn't do the M1 power justice. Though, it's not that easy to find 16:10 panels these days especially because I'd want at least a resolution of 2560×1600. I also plan on replacing the 17' screen panel with one with a higher resolution. The small form-factor of these parts would be ideal, I think. Considering that there already are some successful builds using the M1 Mac Mini I thought about putting one in my G4. I've had my old 17' iMac G4 standing in storage for quite some time now and I think it's time to work on it. Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guide

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