Rescued iMac G4 Restored and Upgraded With Mac Mini M1 Guts

The Apple iMac G4 was also lovingly referred to as the ‘Apple iLamp’ due to its rather unique design with the jointed arm on which the display perches. Released in 2002 and produced until 2004, it was the first iMac to feature an LCD. With only a single-core G4 PowerPC CPU clocked at around 1 GHz, they’re considered e-waste by the average person.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/rescued-imac-g4-restored-and-upgraded-with-mac-mini-m1-guts/