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A)There’s a TON of dead air space in a Mac Mini B)the main board would fit nicely where the DVD drive was in the iMac…this would end up being an ‘easy’ project,
by Damogran6 5y ago
A)There’s a TON of dead air space in a Mac Mini
B)the main board would fit nicely where the DVD drive was in the iMac…this would end up being an ‘easy’ project, based on modern tech being so much smaller, except
C) Interfacing with the monitor would take a little doing…pretty sure it’s not HDMI
- BoxOfRain 5y agoI think for a practical machine the screen would just be too low-res these days, I'd put a more modern LCD in there too if I could although if it's anything like the PowerBooks of that era it'll be a bit of a faff.
- Eric_WVGG 5y agoIt has been done! https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/imac-g4-mod-with-27-curved-screen.247415/ https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/imac-g4-mod-with-27-curve...
- BoxOfRain 5y agoThat's really impressive!
- djrogers 5y ago1680x1050 isn't horrible for a 20" screen, and it's taller than a 16:19 display to boot. If you don't insist on retina for your 20" monitors, it wouldn't be remotely impractical.