Why throw out an old Nintendo Wii, when you can use it as a shell for Apple’s M1 Mac Mini? That’s exactly what Luke Miani did, and aesthetically, you wouldn’t even know that the game console can now function as a powerful OS X machine. There were a few modifications needed to make the Wii case suitable for the Mac Mini internals, like sourcing a smaller fan.
A custom power supply unit and running the HDMI out of the back of the Wii console for easier access ensured that there were no issues connecting the device. Whatever couldn’t be purchased had to be 3D-printed, but in the end everything worked flawlessly. However, there was very slight performance loss due to less cooling since the full-sized fan had to be removed.
- All-Day Battery Life – Go longer than ever with up to 18 hours of battery life.
- Powerful Performance – Take on everything from professional-quality editing to action-packed gaming with ease. The Apple M1 chip with an 8-core CPU...
- Superfast Memory – 8GB of unified memory makes your entire system speedy and responsive. That way it can support tasks like memory-hogging multitab...
The other day I was looking at an old Wii and I thought HMM, that looks like about the same size to me. What if I put a Mac mini in there? An Apple Silicon Wii?!? heck yeah! Today we’ll build a DIY Mac mini Wii conversion perfect for retro gaming on a Mac. Wii games, Nintendo Gamecube, even PS2 emulation through Dolphin and Aethersx2 in the package of a Wii? Heck yeah,” said Miani.
