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Today, we’re taking the Mac Mini 1,1 originally shipped with a pathetic Intel Core Solo CPU and only 512MB of RAM—and pushing it to its absolute limits. This wasn’t an easy journey; between firmware flashes, hardware incompatibilities, and literally bleeding for the cause (watch out for those sharp casing edges!), we finally transformed this relic into a "Mac Mini 2,1" powerhouse. The Final Specs: CPU: Upgraded from Core Solo to Intel T7400 Dual Core RAM: Bumped from 512MB to 3GB Storage: Swapped the spinning rust for a High-Speed SSD OS: Successfully running Mac OSX 10.7 Lion A massive thank you to @OldPCGunk for sending this unit over and making this video possible! 🛠️ Resources Used CPU/EFI Flash Guide: https://gist.github.com/adur1990/adf36f947e6261e47ed7d0d36b62bdbe ❤️ Want to support the channel? If you enjoy the videos and want to help me keep making more, consider supporting on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DevWithZachary Every bit of support goes a long way, thank you! 📱 Follow Me Online: Discord: https://discord.gg/QdT9yCrKmV Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@devwithzachary Travel: https://www.youtube.com/@FlyWithZachary Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/devwithzachary TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@devwithzachary LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-mg-powell/ 🔗 All Links: https://links.zpweb.site/ ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:19 Mail Unboxing! 03:02 The Plan 04:04 Unboxing 07:00 First Boot 10:25 First Attempt at Installing Mac OSX 12:28 Installing SSD 14:58 Second Attempt at Installing Mac OSX 15:45 Installed! 16:56 Attempting to upgrade CPU to Intel T7300 19:00 Well that didnt work... 20:08 Mac OS X 10.6 installed 20:57 CPU Upgrade attempt two (Intel T7400) 22:37 Will it boot... 24:40 Flashing EFI Firmware to "Upgrade" to a mac mini 2,1 26:00 Upgrading to 3GB RAM 26:13 ITS ALIVE!! (Mac OSX 10.7) 27:45 Performance improvements (Benchmark results) 📌 Tags: #MacMini #RetroTech #Apple #TechUpgrade #IntelCoreSolo #MacRestoration #HardwareModding #VintageApple #SSDUpgrade #DevWithZachary
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