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I've got an old powerbook g4. Battery is totally dead, as is the superdrive. I've looked into selling but it's worth less than it would cost to ship it safely. So I'm considering cracking it open and and taking it's parts and creating some kind of small form factor desktop, probably for the living room. I don't need an optical drive, I really just would like Mac OSX, without purchasing a Mac Mini. Anyone got any tips? | |||
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I assume it boots when plugged into the wall? ifixit.com has teardown/repair instructions so you can see what you're getting into before you get too far in. I use an old iBook as an alarm clock/version control server, and it works great. Get Leopard on the machine (or the latest OS it supports) and it'll be a decent box-in-the-corner machine. I'd recommend leaving it in its laptop form-factor, as Apple's motherboards can be oddly shaped and I doubt it will fit any standard enclosure. | |||
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Should be an interesting project. I'd suggest getting it a new optical drive and maybe turning it into a PVR/media computer. The parts might be the right shape to fit into a mini-ATX case, but I'm not sure if mounting it securely will be a problem. | |||
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I installed a 16Gb SLC SSD into my old 12" and it SCREAMS. Boots in ~10 seconds, most apps open instantly. | |||
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