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iMac G4 with M1 chip: Success!!!
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Not all of it!
It is all about which sub - very different experience in each sub community
Inside the gooseneck g4 is a standard (nearly) full sized male and female vga connector. The real question is…. DVD burner connected and working internally? That would be the cool trick….
not super useful anymore yet fun.
The problem here, IMHO, is that the G4 Cube was as great of a design internally as it was externally. Transplanting a logic board with no replaceable components inside a G4 Cube would feel weird (to me). No such problem with the iMac G4, as it was a totally different concept.
This is impressive! What a beautiful machine. The dome iMac is my all time favorite. Now, give that thing a modern display and I would love to have it on my desk.
Reddit is wholesome
While the M1 mini is technically not upgradable, putting one into an iMac G4 is the ultimate upgrade!
What a passion for the iMac G4! Too good to be true. Congratulations👍Hi everyone!
Not sure if anyone will care but this is one of the only places I can think to post about it besides twitter! I've been on a passion project these last few weeks and I finished it the other night and wanted to share (because I'm absolutely geeking about it!)
I decided to make my dream computer and figured out a way to put and M1 chip inside an iMac G4!!
I've always wanted the iMac G4 since I was a kid and I knew a few people made some hackintosh's with them but I didn't want that, I wanted a real Mac. I always thought about putting the Mac mini internals in it but with intel chips it wouldn't work for a couple reasons (size, heat/airflow). Well now with the M1 how thermally cool it runs, I thought I'd give it another shot!
Well I'm proud to say after a lot of frustrating weeks and reengineering of the G4 dome base, it was a success! I'm typing this on the updated G4 right now
I'm certainly not an engineer by any standard and went into the mod blind, not knowing what to expect. I reached out for some help during the process and I want to give special thanks to my friend Jeremiah, who put up with my frustrating @$$ on many sleepless nights as he helped work on this with me. Also thank you Pendleton115 (from twitter) who helped me through some of the technical questions I had throughout the wiring process and encouraged me to keep going. Lastly to DremelJunkie - who's blog helped me make this idea possible with the wiring process and all of his detailed mod outlines from 10 years ago and are still remarkably helpful!
I might be the only one to find this cool but I'm pretty proud of it because I had a vision to build my dream computer and to be able to use it as my daily driver now just brings a smile to my face!
I'll attach some pictures and if you guys want see a video I can post my Twitter! Let me know what you guys think and I'd love to know if anyone has tried anything similar!
Oh, I want to M1 it too.
wowwww the G4 is my favorite computer!!!!!Hi everyone!
Not sure if anyone will care but this is one of the only places I can think to post about it besides twitter! I've been on a passion project these last few weeks and I finished it the other night and wanted to share (because I'm absolutely geeking about it!)
I decided to make my dream computer and figured out a way to put and M1 chip inside an iMac G4!!
I've always wanted the iMac G4 since I was a kid and I knew a few people made some hackintosh's with them but I didn't want that, I wanted a real Mac. I always thought about putting the Mac mini internals in it but with intel chips it wouldn't work for a couple reasons (size, heat/airflow). Well now with the M1 how thermally cool it runs, I thought I'd give it another shot!
Well I'm proud to say after a lot of frustrating weeks and reengineering of the G4 dome base, it was a success! I'm typing this on the updated G4 right now
I'm certainly not an engineer by any standard and went into the mod blind, not knowing what to expect. I reached out for some help during the process and I want to give special thanks to my friend Jeremiah, who put up with my frustrating @$$ on many sleepless nights as he helped work on this with me. Also thank you Pendleton115 (from twitter) who helped me through some of the technical questions I had throughout the wiring process and encouraged me to keep going. Lastly to DremelJunkie - who's blog helped me make this idea possible with the wiring process and all of his detailed mod outlines from 10 years ago and are still remarkably helpful!
I might be the only one to find this cool but I'm pretty proud of it because I had a vision to build my dream computer and to be able to use it as my daily driver now just brings a smile to my face!
I'll attach some pictures and if you guys want see a video I can post my Twitter! Let me know what you guys think and I'd love to know if anyone has tried anything similar!
A G4 Cube would certainly be a lot easier. But given the number of hours case modding takes. I think most would balk at the bill.
Wholesome 100, baby yoda, keanu, updoots to the left.
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This is incredible! Definitely my favorite gen of iMac, made modern once again with the M1. I absolutely love it! Great work- thanks for sharing! 😃
I was tempted to take my old 23” Apple Cinema Display and stuff a modern 4K panel in it. The display case is decently thick, and now you have me wondering if I could fit a M1 mini’s internals in there as well.
Very interested in having some pictures of the inside ! To see how you positioned the motherboard and the power adapter.
I also modded an iMac G4, but with a 2014 Mac Mini, and I used the old motherboard to keep the original I/O. The only difference is the color of the USB connectors. I can use the Apple Pro speakers, 3 USB 3, Ethernet... I even wired the mic on the screen.
I also modded an iMac G4, but with a 2014 Mac Mini, and I used the old motherboard to keep the original I/O. The only difference is the color of the USB connectors. I can use the Apple Pro speakers, 3 USB 3, Ethernet... I even wired the mic on the screen.
Subscribed!! Thanks for sharing this! I wonder if the motherboard would fit into a 15" ??
The motherboard of the Mac Mini M1 is very small, and the hemisphere of the 15, 17 and 20" are exactly the same size, so it will fit!
Here it is!
I had to get rid of the DVD drive, it was the only way to insert the motherboard of the Mini
Why no headphone jack ? I rewired the original jack out and the Apple pro speakers connector.
Sorry. It was a joke about removing stuff to get more space then removing the headphone Jack from the iPhone.
Humour aside, Great work!
