Introducing the mac mini '89, raw power that almost fits in the palm of your hand.

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This mac mini was purchased with the belief that it was an original G4 mac mini, but it was being sold as-is/for parts or not working. When it arrived, I immediately noticed the ports on the back, this was an intel mac mini. Being that you can't return as-is purchases on eBay, I decided to fix it rather than being upset. I added RAM and an SSD and it just booted up. There was nothing wrong with it that I could tell.

After I got it working, I wanted to install Snow Leopard onto it. Snow Leopard requires 2GB of RAM and this only had 512MB at the time. I bought 4GB of RAM to put in it, as I read that was the maximum. However, 2GB is the current maximum. It is possible to use 4GB, but it needs a firmware upgrade.
That's where dosdude1 comes in. He created a firmware patcher to change the 1,1 firmware to the 2,1 firmware. This allows the 4GB maximum RAM but also requires a dual core processor. I purchased the T7400 2.16GHz Core2Duo, plopped it in, installed Snow Leopard with 2GB of RAM, ran the firmware updater, and then added the other 2GB of RAM in. Now we have a fully upgraded intel mac mini.

The monitor is an EYOYO 5" LCD. Same one I used in the Packard Bell Mini. I love this little monitor.

This was modeled after the mac mini 1,1. (A1176), however I believe the case will fit from the original G4 mini (A1103) through the last 2010 model 3,1 (A1283)

I will note that when I created the case for the MacMini'98 on the projects page, I did remove my superdrive, and relocated the bluetooth and wifi antennas. I'm not sure you'd have to do this as this case is modeled against the unmodified mac mini case. The ceiling on the MacMini'98 is just too shallow for the antennas. This case should fit them fine though. Your mileage may vary.

Designed the case in Fusion 360, Printed out on Bambu Lab A1 Mini