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Gutting an iBook G4
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I'm afraid Apple didn't make an iBook that fast, so could you tell us the model number printed on the bottom of the machine - it should say Axxxx somewhere
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Hugh
Thanks for the reply! Yeah, it's been a while since I've booted it. It was a 1.66ghz, I believe, maybe even a 1.33? Regardless, I was considering the idea of simply using the case to mod in modern mac laptop parts and wondered if anyone had already hit on this idea as a project and given it a go.
Yes certainly, someone has even modded the Clamshell (
). Here is his fascinating blog: https://siiveldotcom.blogspot.com/?m=1 Not easy to do it yourself though.
Thanks for the links!
Incidentally, what search engine did you use and what search terms? Google essentially just returned a bunch of recent Mac links.
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The level of skill this takes is literally insane...I think this guy is a master craftsman. Not saying it can't be done, but its probably not as simple as you think. I once made a Raspberry Pi fake iMac G3. Empty iMac case, 5 dollar monitor from Goodwill, ta da, done. I modded Ubuntu Mate to look somewhat like the Mac OS and then I gave it away, which I now regret.
I search on youtube for stuff like this, searches like: PowerPC, PowerPC Linux, Powerbook G3/G4, ibook G3. Filter search for this year to avoid all the ten year old looks like they were shot with a potato videos that inevitably crop up. Demonic Sweaters is a cool NYC mac/linux guy, he put a Raspberry Pi into a Mac SE/30.
Yeah, I figured it wouldn't be easy but I would think the standoffs would be the most difficult thing along with finding the right adapters and connectors.
I may be highly deluded but in my mind you'd just transplant a chosen main board and then solder whatever io connecters and fill the others. Of course you'd HAVE to use the battery that fits the G4 although the G4 was such a hog you might actually get better life running a mid i5.
The way I see it there's a lot of room in the iBook case. It's a far laptop by today's standards.