Converting an old Wii into an M1 Mac mini was the BEST IDEA

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It's no secret that the Mac mini design is a little bit stale. While everyone loves its price point, size, and performance, we aren't exactly excited by the little aluminum square anymore. Today that changes. 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!
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0:00 Intro
1:45 The concept
2:43 Tearing down the Wii
3:18 Tearing down the Mac mini
4:25 Wii case modifications
4:58 Custom power supply
7:15 Cooling solution
8:20 3D Printing components and assembling
10:13 WiFi/Bluetooth solution
12:23 The Final Product!
15:18 Playing 4K Wii games!
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@lukemiani Год назад

Legit my favorite thing I've ever done on the channel. Would you build a Mac mini Wii conversion?

@laneyslaney Год назад

It’s hilarious but it’s lost cool factor. I want to see a Mac mini in a full tower chassis and the ability to plug in many extension cards.

@camion__ Год назад

Fuck yea

@Shibes770 Год назад

Th th that was an early model with the doors. I am both horrified and impressed.

@connortoale3953 Год назад

Oh man this is cool. This video needs to blow up.

@beswick1985 Год назад

Your best project and video yet Luke 👍

@RatchetLive Год назад

Recommended improvements: Wire up the front power button, add a second fan for exhaust and connect the blue lighting from the original wii drive for aesthetics.

@katosnook Год назад

Add a HUB in the front too: to use SD card like the original or more.

@pierreromki Год назад

@@katosnook and one in the back, for the original usb ports ;)

@afrenchcocorico164 Год назад

And maybe a cdrom Btw i think it was possible to use the og psu and I find it a bit dumb that the fan is on constently

@sylvainfilteau Год назад

and a super drive 😂

@dylanmooney327 Год назад

@@afrenchcocorico164 i was thinking the same with the cdrom

@snazzy Год назад

A fun build to be sure!! Absurd, ridiculous, certainly foolish. But fun! Great work!

@Aieieo Год назад

Hey it’s you

@beingintheusisaflex Год назад

Lol

@Juy3Playing Год назад

The OS for Wii was named IOS

@blasphemous24 Год назад

Bruh, digital trends made me thought this dude was going to turn the m1 mini into a Wii, fml...

@jeromederouette2922 Год назад

look at that Quinn he did at least as good as your mini mac mini!

@TheEvilCommenter Год назад

Okay, but now put the WII in the Mac Mini

@Luigi_bros4321 28 дней назад

That’s smart

@Atlas-loves-gaming 20 дней назад

Stole my comment lol

@Stormlywing 15 дней назад

see if they get tricked by it like one of their team Do you want this Mac mini M1 for £72 they may say what the problem with it Use a HDMI Port for the Wii see will they think is a mac mini than plug AV to HDMI with usb to HDMI and see will they think they got a mac cheaper than apple telling it make sure no one can see it misplace on it because it would show is not a real mac

@Monado. Год назад

This is a fantastic project, and I absolutely love it. One little thing though about the 4K, 16:9 Aspect Ratio. The Wii actually natively ran 16:9! You just needed to swap between 4:3 to 16:9 in the settings menu. But every 1st party game had both modes available for each of the games with no flaws! :)

@GANONdork123 8 месяцев назад

Except Mario Party 8 for some reason.

@ezequielbraunstein Год назад

It would be great if you could link the Wii’s Power Button to the Mac Mini’s Power Button! Excellent video Luke

@lukemiani Год назад

I should have mentioned but I did initially intend to wire the power button and LED light around the DVD drive into the Mac mini power button and SIL. Two problems though: 1: the LED used is a very weak 3V one that immediately overloaded and died (RIP) and the problem with the power button is that it's not actually a button! The front plate just has a plunger that pushes a button attached to the actual Wii board; thus in order to rig it up I'd have rework the Wii fascia into a traditional button assembly, then wire that into the 4 pin ZIF connector on the Mac mini... It ended up being a bit much for a project where the normal power button is still accessible 😆

@OfflineRocket Год назад

@@lukemiani All you really have to do is glue in an LED and button in roughly the same spot as the original, then it'll work, you don't need to hack up the original wii at all can't really speak on the Mac Mini connector though, I know with my NUC I was able to get the specific connector from intel, and then buy from digikey, but Apple wouldn't be that nice

@ralvolvi7668 Год назад

This is probably one of my most favrotie videos on this channel now. The amount of work that was put into this thing and the fact that ti came out looking absolutely fantastic, really fills my heart. I loved how it didn't look like one of those frankenstien PC's that have random cuts in the casing everywhere that make it look absolutely horrible.

@lukemiani Год назад

I appreciate that and am glad you enjoyed! I had a ton of fun and I'm completely shocked that I didn't end up creating a horrible monstrosity LOL

@K11micra_mcr Год назад

@@lukemiani fun fact, the Wii used PowerPC CPUs in it so technically you upgraded from a PowerMac to an M1 mac

@LukePollack Год назад

The Windmaker 😂 16:15 but in all seriousness this was awesome to watch man. Love this type of content you produce!

@kevinkirkbride Год назад

Congratulations to you having fun and being proud of your accomplishment on this project in particular! Thank you for sharing :)

@Stop4MotionMakr Год назад

I can't believed you passed off the opportunity to call it the Mac Winnii 😂

@TheAlexandreBoivin Год назад

I was thinking the same thing!!

@aaditya9525 8 месяцев назад

Wiini

@djditty8012 Год назад

I can’t tell you how many times I chuckled while watching you have a ton of fun building this project! These are the kinds of videos and projects I love seeing you do Luke! Keep up the great work! 🎉👍🏼

@lukemiani Год назад

I'm glad you enjoyed! Appreciate it 👊

@djditty8012 Год назад

@@lukemiani absolutely!

@tellyintokyo Год назад

@@lukemiani Great channel, Luke! I particular enjoy that you're making a living at doing what you love. Keep it up, with lots of mazel!!!

@ben2808 Год назад

Jesus Christ loves you

@ben2808 Год назад

@@tellyintokyo Jesus Christ loves you

@Kapsb Год назад

Great job! The Wii is one of the most beautifully designed pieces of hardware ever. It looks so nice sitting on a desk!

@cooperray9879 Год назад

Your excitement and positivity really comes through in this video. Such a cool project, and well done!

@DiGi_FPV Год назад

11:20 the connector is called UFL. It’s used for basically all wireless devices 🙂👍🏻

@Ronin-fr1wm Год назад

super bro

@pierreromki Год назад

came to write this, thanks bro

@sciamachy9838 Год назад

Thought the same

@vexnity460 8 месяцев назад

i think he was suprised becuase of apples history of non-repairability with the M1

@TimothyTimPSP 8 месяцев назад

It's actually called a wind maker. 16:12

@futc.photography Год назад

Such a cool project! Very very nicely done, super clean build.

@scottrobert Год назад

Congrats!! I think this project will springboard your creativity into other similar projects and your 3D printer skills will get even better! This is the start of a new era for Luke M!

@agrpductions Год назад

I would've used the Wii's original power button and also would've connected the Wii's disk LED but this is great!

@lesthelegendofficial Год назад

Why not?

@mikepxg6406 Год назад

I disagree it's rubbish.

@zaprodex Год назад

@@mikepxg6406 explain, lay it out bud, what sucks.

@evindrews Год назад

Would be more complicated wiring up 12 volt and dissembling the board to access the power button. This looks pretty fun and straight forward following Snazzy Labs video and 3d printing some parts

@jerbear7952 8 месяцев назад

Do it and post the video

@JUKE179r Год назад

Dude, this is bad ass! I told my wife I was going to disassemble her beloved Wii console and install a Mac Mini. Now I’m in the dog house. 😢 Btw… haako is a great soldering station. 👍🏽

@mikepxg6406 Год назад

its garbage.......

@IceColdH2O Год назад

@@mikepxg6406 can you tell me the parts about it you dont like

@lastgunman5270 Год назад

yes, it's because it's HER beloved Wii. If someone did a thing like this to my beloved consoles, all Hell'd break loose. Just buy a broken Wii on ebay.

@colour_bloo Год назад

Luke, this is probably your best video ever. Extremely fun, and educating to watch - great job man, keep it up! 🙏

@DocMankey Год назад

Absolutely amazing! This is why I love this channel, Great work.

@tiernankeane5643 Год назад

Dude these modding projects are so much fun to watch, hoping you’ve got more on the way! 🎉

@lukemiani Год назад

what do you want to see next 👀

@tiernankeane5643 Год назад

@@lukemiani sleeper Macintosh plus with a Mac Studio inside? 😳

@Jaycob_Strandberg Год назад

@@lukemiani I think it would be really cool to see a workable Mac mini, or Mac Studio, inside of the colorful G3 powermac. I've always loved how those looked.

@wengfongcheah Год назад

@@lukemiani 12inch macbook with m1

@_morn_my Год назад

@@lukemiani Put a Mac mini in a touchscreen tablet lol the first Mac OS ipad. It could be a touchscreen on the front with like 3d printed sides and back around it, containing the mini idk She will be very thicc and very impractical, although it would be next level if a gyroscope or something was also added to monitor orientation/rotations, and a code was made that maps rotations and rotates the screen to one of the 4 orientations when triggered. Again although very absurd

@macmaniac3080 Год назад

You can tell by Luke’s face and constant smiling that he genuinely enjoyed this

@JoseEspinoza84 Год назад

WOW, great vid dude, had tons of fun watching it.

@hekkie6082 Год назад

I loved every aspect of this video! Thanks for making!

@iCaveDave Год назад

This made me even more excited for my M1 powered Macintosh Classic II! In progress!

@harryv31 Год назад

Your content is always incredible ! The amount of dedication is soooo high ♡ thank you.

@HotActionKop Год назад

I think this is my favourite video you've ever made... really good fun, thank you!

@andybaughman3719 Год назад

I loved seeing the genuine excitement for this type of thing, and I appreciated the retro aspect as a gamecube and wii user. I also like that you absolutely didn't clickbait us and that created what you advertised.

@mattelder1971 Год назад

We use an older model Mac mini as an emulation computer running Batocera. I might have to look at doing something similar. Our mini is one of the models with a DVD drive in it, so I might even see if I can go a step further and incorporate that into the housing as well.

@marcincwiertnia4692 Год назад

I am absolutely amazed! Love it!

@LamarMK Год назад

Great Job, Luke! I Love This Build. 💯👍💪

@zaccariafrancescato3320 Год назад

Pretty crazy project. One suggestion: to increase thermal performance, you can 3d print a channel that goes into the M1 heatsink, like the stock fan did. It may be not very aerodynamic, but the Wii has 2 (stock) fan holes.

@Tomd8002 Год назад

You should try putting the Wii’s electronics into the Mac mini case! 😂

@fidiak Год назад

That was a great job. Thanks for video.

@SalomOon01 Год назад

Awesome video Luke!

@midimike88 Год назад

Well done. Was hoping you'd get that SuperDrive in the DVD/CD slot...

@trulyirrelevant17 Год назад

You should’ve mentioned that the later models of the Wii dropped GameCube support (aka what’s behind those doors) and the doors all together.

@thewiirocks Год назад

Those versions look noticeably different. The mini in particular looks very Fischer Price. The RVL-101 looks a bit “wrong” if you’re looking for that original vertical Wii look. Thankfully they’re pretty easy to avoid as those models didn’t come out until the very end of the Wii’s lifespan. The vast majority of Wiis are a variation of the one Luke has in this video.

@Krishy-dz4ov Год назад

@@thewiirocks and the Second Wii alteration has “Family Edition” branding on it and was only available in light blue

@codezero7981 Год назад

@@Krishy-dz4ov I have that blue Wii model, it's really pretty

@kenrobertson9995 Год назад

Now, to dig up my old Wii :) Excellent project and lots of fun, thanks, Luke!

@robertchamberlin2362 Год назад

This was super awesome loved it,Nice work!!!!

@robertvilen6007 Год назад

So, i Guess you went "all-in" and used a 3D printer (did you buy it for this project in particular ?) And you got other tools aswell, a dremel and soldering tools, Multimeter and more. And you got it all working in the end was really cool. All things considered, With all the knowledge and skills you aqquired during your first "build" i can hardly wait to see your next project :) Awesome !

@auraofazure Год назад

DankPods: runs Windows and Doom Eternal out of an iPod classic Luke Miani: retrofits a Mac into a Wii Now we need LGR to get Linux working in a graphing calculator.

@carrioncrow8191 Год назад

Awesome project and execution!

@larrygrandelf6205 Год назад

Absolute genius! Loves this video!

@alexanderthegreath1215 Год назад

This is literally so cool! I love the way you used all of the ports . But I can’t get the question out of my head… what if you put the Wii in the Mac mini (or maybe a Wii mini 😂)

@TechnoboxOG Год назад

Tbh I was hoping you would load Mac OS on the Wii (bc the Wii uses a PowerPC CPU) and make a super tiny Power Mac

@setoth1234 Год назад

I don't think it would run anything later than Tiger, and that's really pushing the old 750-based Wii CPU to its limits.

@Nateography Год назад

I would buy this from you in a heart beat. This is beyond amazing and impressive!

@ROMANPANTIN Год назад

Nice!!! Loving the Mac WiiNi. 😀

@MasonHeaux Год назад

this was amazing to watch! your projects always blow my mind. also, luke my guy, you have *taste* because midnight club 3: DE Remix is literally one thee best ps2 classics & my one of my all time faves. 💁🏽‍♂️😂😂 but i never would’ve imagined this form factor to work & it did… so cool! 🔥🔥🔥

@danielriossuarez Год назад

Hi, great project and excellent vid, congratulations! What’s the use of the buck converter if you already have the right voltage in the surface PSU?

@give_me_my_nick_back Год назад

They sell brand new Wii DC plugs on aliexpress :D

@noahfleschman7259 Год назад

I think it would be cool if you managed to put a slot-loading DVD or Bluray drive in it. You could maybe take apart an external one and wire through USB

@odd_onni1259 Год назад

i have an idea for the power delivery! you could put the mac mini power supply into the wiis original power supply (like taking out the components of the wii power supply to where its just a gray box, then placing the mac mini one in there)

@stevejamieson1613 Год назад

I am such a huge fan of repurposing. Excellent job. Someone needs to print these out as a kit. On a side note I always wished Apple would make a Mac Mini see through case or make them available in a range of colours.

@stevenbeshures6962 8 месяцев назад

As a retro gaming collector, this video irritated me in the most infuriating fashion. What a waste of a completely good Nintendo I certainly hope that there was something wrong with it that could have not been fixed because what you did to its case is undoable there for a completely good Nintendo, wii was destroyed and not even for science either. Don’t care what you say like there isn’t enough Mac Minis out there. They’re still being produced today, but one thing that certainly isn’t being produced. Today are Nintendo Wii’s your more worried about keeping the antenna intact for the Mac mini when I’m on the other side of the screen, screaming who cares about that thing leave the damn wii alone 😢

@atulyatejapadival1965 19 дней назад

He didnt throw away wii's parts so that he can put it back together again

@gizarry Год назад

Cool project here are some improvment ideas: -second fan exhaust -reduce that power cable frankensteinery to one prober cable (even if its usbc, i mean the wii didnt have hdmi either) -would be really awesome if you could install a disc reader inside so could use the original slot -the same for the SD card reader on the Front - and the most important: you need that blue led when powering on :)

@Primalgoo Год назад

I absolutely LOVE this kind of content.

@wilcosec Год назад

Awesome project! Great job.

@rjjone2 Год назад

Sweet idea Luke! Well done!

@PikaveeT 8 месяцев назад

this is one of the coolest vids I've ever seen, I wanna do this for myself now

@PikaveeT 8 месяцев назад

a few thoughts i'm having: - what if you could use up a usb port on the mac to make the disc drive on the wii actually function using the usb-c to optical drive dongle - what if you routed the power button to actually use the wii's button - take another usb port up. turn the memory card slot off the front into front io using a usb hub.

@AD7Films Год назад

Awesome Luke, love it!

@Evie0133 Год назад

bruh this is absolutely legendary, love it :3

@mikedproducer Год назад

Great concept and video, Luke.

@FederalBeurauofInvestigations. Год назад

Had me smiling the whole time. I've been wanting to do this with my old steam machine but you know how it goes when your to do list gets back logged into near oblivion lol

@kirpodcast Год назад

Great job love the project!

@maltomeal3 Год назад

This is great. One of the most fun things you've done. Looks like your learning to solder and 3d print. I'm looking forward to more fun videos!

@maltomeal3 Год назад

I also just learned soldering so I could build a laptop motherboard into a custom box to convert it into a desktop backup server.

@ronaldbell7429 Год назад

Totally awesome. Well done.

@harmoneyes Год назад

Your passion projects always amaze me 💯

@justinmilum2638 Год назад

What a roller coaster. Loved it

@josephcadwell6773 Год назад

Now you are just showing off. Pulling out the dremel tool and re-engineering one product to meet new specs for your mod is just awesome.

@deadfiller Год назад

Great build! I had no idea you were local (ish) until I saw that speed test. Been addicted to your vids for a while & you’ve helped me out of more than one troubleshooting rabbit hole

@jamesbilsbrough3012 Год назад

I love this sooo much, what a great concept - I'd be tempted to do this myself, if I had the eyesight to do it!

@cbhome3525 Год назад

5:23 every electrician just cringed making the hot green and the ground black 🤣 but solid build. The silver and white aesthetic with the stand matches perfectly with the keyboard and mouse.

@emilsecker7881 Год назад

Nice vid! A pretty cool project

@VelcorHF 8 месяцев назад

Really cool project, I love it.

@jeromederouette2922 Год назад

AMAZING! genius! you and Quinn created the best 2 mac minis ever ! the wii mac is just soooo good!

@paraleschmusic Год назад

This is next level Luke

@Technical_ndn Год назад

This has gotta be the best project I’ve ever seen on your channel

@WarriorsPhoto Год назад

Luke, this is why I used to watch your channel all the time. I hope you keep making these kinds of videos. Wait will you keep making these kinds of videos?

@MelvsAmores Год назад

That is so cool Luke! Now if I could just find that Wii in my storage... Somewhere

@arodOTG Год назад

Gotta hand it to you on this one man..great job!

@purplelord8531 8 месяцев назад

the mac mini mainboard sold by itself(possibly for even cheaper and with a usb c power board?) would quickly become the most popular hobby computer in the world, and then with side companies popping up would become the most popular computer in the world period. within the span of two years.

@claudineybarbieri Год назад

Just one word: amazing!

@dakzer55 Год назад

Good conversion. I think one of the reasons the custom small fan works is all that extra space inside the WII 😊. I prefer the unadulterated original macmini M1 as it has nostalgic properties going way back to the very 1st macminis 😊. Well done on a great build 👏👍

@Julio_Zambrano Год назад

Awesome project! Great idea! Kudos! 😃

@donovanleemurphy9349 Год назад

For a video that basically amounts to pulling a computer’s internals out of one box and putting them in another box, this was a lot of fun.

@mmasek Год назад

Amazing job!!

@jfk4229 Год назад

You got a bit lucky with that antenna. Cause they are tuned to a specific frequency. The connector matching is not a guarantee that it will work! For anyone looking for one: Find an antenna for 2.4Ghz with an U.FL connector.

@Jay_Walker 8 месяцев назад

Looks very cool!

@carlstanford7607 Год назад

Pure imagination. Love this video and great job

@captainchaoscow Год назад

Top notch content from the Luke Miani RU-vid Channel

@jayeshl Год назад

Bro you've nailed it! I always just be like it's a Luke video I have to grab some snacks and watch interesting things happen, maybe a follow up video on blue accent lights and power button coz i think you can use a 3rd printed button and some modded usb c lights to give them the og look! Even tho keep it up bro! Always love your videos! 🔥👑

@Anchorheart401 Год назад

How done huge company hasn't hired you away based on this channel is beyond me. Hands down one of the most creative and intelligent channels on the entire platform.

@DoRC Год назад

Just something to keep in mind in the future. It is possible for a radio to self-destruct if you run it without having an antenna connected. A lot of chips have protection built in but some don't.

@IvanMarjanovicLDN Год назад

Awesome job!

@stocki_esy625 Год назад

nice build, i have some experience with small formfactor PCs, there is 2 things i might change on your mod: 1: get rid of the buck converter, the original Wii PSU has enough power (as long as you don`t power an external monitor via USB-C or sth) and much cleaner power than those chinese converters 2: get a 40mm Noctua cooling fan or several of them. and use the silent cable. They have good airflow and basically silent you could also try to house the PSU internally so you do not have to carry the power brick

@jierenzheng7670 Год назад

I really love such projects as I find them kinda cool

@SM0003 Год назад

When you said the mac need more than 53w I knew your buck converter was the issue. Perhaps skip the buck all togheter. I run my m1 mini on V-mount power, 11-16.8v and the internal regulators have no issue (so far) with it. Been using it daily for 6 months. To clearify, I run my battery unregulated into the M1 PCB. I use my M1 mini for live streaming IRL content and with obs running the unit pulls 7.5w of power of AC running via a 12v3ah power adapter. When using battery my 100Wh v-mount lasts a day easy. I have so far not run into any throtteling because of power. I built mine in Snazzy labs 3d printed case and I did almost instantly run in to thermal issues though. I salved that by adding the stock fan externally blowing into the case. Works and has never given me any issues. Thanks!