The boot problems you had are likely because the original Mac Mini used EFI, not UEFI. After you upgrade it to a Core2 Duo CPU, you can update the firmware to UEFI 2.x with a program that dosdude1 created -- his channel also has a how-to video. The update will also let the system access more than 2GB RAM. Great shoutout to rEFInd. I've been using it (and its predecessor rEFIt) on multiple Macs with multi-boot setups for forever!
@@HardwareHaven The original commenter isn't quite correct. These Macs use 32 bit EFI and they will always use EFI 1.x. Upgrading to the Mac Mini 2,1 firmware (using the program mentioned) allows for Mac OS X Lion support, but breaks compatibility with 32-bit CPUs. It is still (and will always be) using 32-bit EFI 1.x, but EFI GRUB is mostly EFI 1.x compatible (as long as you don't have an NVIDIA card).
i can vouch on the DosDude1 stuff, i got a 8,1 iMac and its running i think around a T5000 series C2D, 4gb DDR2 (cna take 6 total, apparently) and running MOJAVE on a Mac made when Windows 7 was basically just catching on. I had a crash course when a buddy had laid it on me with Elementary OS installed. i made a usb with Snow Leopard Retail on it and went from there. I would get a bit bigger SSD, the best compatible CPU, and then maybe even 2x2gb ddr2 sticks. that would do decent, and probably emulate more, as some emulators are strictly 64 bit.
Always amazes me to think that this was, at one point, the cutting edge of technology… and now today it struggles to even decode TH-cam 😂 As always, great stuff dude!
Hey, I've spent way too much time messing with those old 2006-2007 Mac! 1- As someone mentionned, the boot issue is probably due to the weird implementation of 32 bits EFI from Apple instead of UEFI or BIOS, Linux don't really know what to do wth that. I think Fedora is one of the few distribution that natively support that weird setup (mainly because early Windows tablets did the same thing) and Ubuntu / Debian can be patched, but yeah, replacing the Core Duo with a Core 2 Duo (I used a 7200 in my iMac 2006, it was stupidly cheap) helps a lot. 2- zSNES, as the name implies, is an SNES emulator, not NES. Higan is also mainly a SNES emulator, but it can run a few other systems, there's just no reason to do it because it's not particularly great for that. 3- RetroPie, Batocera, Lakka and all those distributions are simply frontend for RetroArch, which is available as a PPA on Debian, as a Flatpack and on Steam. The frontend is called Emulation Station and it hides a lot of the settings, but you can still see a few of them like emulators choice by using the Select button (by default) on the console of your choice, you can also make different configurations for each games. The emulators I usually recommand for low-end PCs are FCEUmm for NES, SNES9x for SNES, Gambatte for GB / GBC, gpsp for GBA, Genesis Plus GX for everything Sega and PCSX Reloaded for PS1. N64 is weird, the first I would try is ParaLLEl N64, but it has a lot of problems on some hardware, the GMA 950 probably won't work very well with it, so Mupen64Plus is probably the better choice. 4- That Mac should be able to run PS1 games with no problems, at least with PCSX in 1x resolution. N64 is probably gonna be a hit-and-miss, but that's the case with basically every machine, N64 emulation is just not very good.
Hey bro nice vid and congrats on the sponsorship, although your "opinions" in the sponsor segment seems manufactured. These VPN scripts you guys get are pretty scummy imo. Anyways, no drama, great vid.
Thanks! And to be clear, I wrote the script for that bit, and any references to my personal opinion are authentic. I started using the service before any sort of partnership was made. Because it is an ad and not a review, I do hit positive talking points that they expect to see, but my goal is to never sponsor companies unless they have a product I would recommend to friends or family. I sincerely apologize if anything did feel scummy, as that’s something I hope to avoid. Appreciate the honest opinion and kind words!
@@HardwareHaven i love how everything was true, and not saying "without a vpn you are in danger and everyone can see everything you do" or "a vpn protects against everything and gives you privacy". Just what a vpn really does, protect against man in the middle, change country, and sometimes block trackers
Crazy. I was just about to try and get a suitable retropie box that looks good in the living room AND i have an old mac mini in a box somewhere. Thanks a lot for the tip!
Thanks for the video. I have the same model Mac mini and plan to run emulators on it, but the good playability on this “old” Mac should be no surprise at all. I started using SNES emulators, which ran perfectly, on my 1ghz AMD Duron laptop with 128MB of RAM. That thing was already old and slow before this Mac mini was even released.
Yeah, it seems like with the right emulator it doesn't take much to run NES/SNES. Also, it's funny that you tease me for calling this old. I have people also giving me flak for calling a mini PC with a Ryzen 9 6900hx new. I can't win on the internet haha
This just gave me the idea of trying to install a light weight linux distro on my wife's old 2011 MacBook Pro. She hardly uses it anymore and is no longer supported by Apple.
Using dosdudes legacy patcher it can bump the Mac up to the latest version of Mac OS I have a 2011 pro running Monterey if macOS is your flavour then go ahead you could also install windows 10 with boot camp an ssd is recommended for Monterey and/or windows
It was a bit surreal to hear how expensive you thought $15 was for a known-working MacMini with 2GB RAM and an AC adapter..... Should it have been $2.50 or something? =)
Nice video, i like to play around with old hardware also a lot. I feel this pc is so weak, that it should really end up with batocera or similar. Batocera is based on buildroot and should be most hardware effective. No idea how to get it work though. Did you try several images, e.g. there is an intel atom image also for low spec computers?!
I tried the version they have for old/low spec, but not the “atom” version. There came a point when I just tried to move on because the project was already taking a long time Appreciate the input!
Yeah, but it’s pretty common for those attacks to happen on public networks at coffee shops and such. Yes your data might still be going to the culprit, but it’s difficult to do anything with it if it’s encrypted.
I have a 2009 version of one of these. Getting linux running is a pain. I had Mint running at some point with the nvidia drivers, but I swapped the old 60gb SSD for a better256GB SSD, but haven't been able to run Mint again. Right now it's running Windows 7 which is... Kinda cool, actually. using a classic OS just for classic games? Can't complain! Just needed to get a legacy nvidia driver and the bizarre Realtek drivers, then it's fully game.
I have that same Mac mini. (I also had the G4 version) I never thought to retro game on this machine. RaspberryOS works well on those macs with no problems, (at least the live iso did). Nice video.
I don't know about this Mac mini, but my late 2009 iMac can boot to my USB thumb drive by holding ALT (or Option) when turning on my Mac... Also, did you tried any more lightweight distros like AntiX? Maybe it could work a little bit faster...
Yeah I held option to get to the boot manager, but it wouldn’t recognize anything other than the macOS drive. Seems to be a thing with the 2006-2007 I believe It could definitely be cool to go lighter weight, but xfce actually worked great, and I’m boring and just usually stick to Debian haha
I don’t know how to get lakka running on this Mac mini, but I did get it working on the 1st gen Apple TV. I’d imagine they are very similar. I used a tool called ATV-USBcreator
You do EXACTLY what I do. Get older computers and fix them up then ask "what can I use this for?" This content makes me think that I could film my tech escapades as well, maybe I'll start wnjoying content creation again because of it.
Fun perspective on using older Mac hardware. While I will out myself as an older Apple enthusiast, I freely admit there are many, many, many issues with Apple and their devices. That said, Linux/Retropie/Batocera are definitely the way to go for a more console-ish experience. If you’re willing to stay within the original OS, however, emulators contemporary to the device should run equally well. I have an old iBook (circa 2004, pre-Intel) running OS X 10.5 that uses a nifty little front end running a few different emus all the way up to N64 without issues (so basically a native OS X method for doing what Retropie/Batocera does automatgically). Pretty neat what even these older devices can do. If you want a lead on what the native software experience can do, let me know. I still have everything setup and happy to share notes.
@BrianJones-wk8cx - what is the "nifty little front end" you used for OS X 10.5? I just ordered 9 of these bad boys with appropriate upgrades and was hoping to preserve the OS X 10.5 interface (I have software for that version I'd like to use). I plan on upgrading all to the T7200, 4GB RAM, 500GB SSDs, new thermal paste, and a new CMOS battery. Excited about this project!
@@JaredMBaumann great idea! Let me dig out the iBook, everything is still intact on that machine. If you don’t hear back from me by the end of the week, don’t be shy to ping me again here, my brain isn’t always fully functional, ha! You’re on my list, stay tuned!
did you try old versions of Batocera? V5.25 works on old netbooks and I'd think it would boot on this. And in case you missed it, there is a 32 bit cpu version in case you had used the 64
Heads up, you can upgrade that thing from a Core 2 Duo t2400 to a t5600, managed to squeeze out 30fps on Minecraft 1.8.9 with a few performance mods and Debian 12. It’s well worth the upgrade if you make another follow up.
Thanks for this. I had one of these, donated it, but still have some 2012 era Minis. :-D If you ever do one of these again, one suggestion would be to run GeekBench on your upgrades, just so we can relate our systems. Did anything more advanced than NES work out? cheers.
Can you do a start to finish Batocera install on your Mac including ROMS and Bios’s? What keyboard did you use when you had to use the F1 key to locate games? Thank you.
For the batocera issue I'm not sure of the culprit, but the problem seems to be that it can't mount the runtime directories, like /proc (used by the kernel for process control afaik) and /dev (interface for kernel drivers in userspace, usually controlled by udev). It might be an issue with program compatibility because I know that Apple likes to make running intel code on an Intel cpu unbearable, but don't quote me on that.
Not sure if this will help, but when I turn on my 2015 MacBook Pro while holding left alt, it goes into a menu where I can choose my boot drive. I have used Ubuntu and Batocera without issues.
Linux, in my opinion, is something still a normal thing for this setup. For a normal expectation of mine, a 32 bit version of windows 10 to "bench" the graphics and power capability of this T2400 CPU, and a 64bit version later for the better Core 2 SKU you can find
@@HardwareHaven Don't get me wrong i don't want to criticize you, i'm just asking becase i use same board for old games and emulation and i know how well it can run those unlike this hasle with mac who can barely run nes emulation. All in all it's nice to see people like to tinker with old hardware like myself.
what other emulators did you try? and up to what generation does it handle ok? n64 and ps1? I wonder if steam OS would run on it. but I bet you could get some good in home streaming going with a client like Moonlight (if your gaming server uses nvidia) or steamlink
I use ventoy and installed mint, it works great but i want either batocera or lakka, and idea how to get those to install? Mine is a 2008 a1283 with 4g and 2.25ghz so it would be a great gaming console. Has anyone figured this out since the video? I have mint running in mine and it runs good but emulating is hard 2to configure
Hey hey hey sir I have 2 pc's laying around but I don't know what to do with them I can't make them home server bcoz they are less powerful and my router is not working from a decade 😂 any suggestions?
I just found great deal with that Mac Mini. But If it can't run Netflix and TH-cam that is hardly a device i want. Also I don't think it could run Snes games well. Soo I will skip on that.
I love the idea of giving Apple (or any other anti-consumer tech company for that matter) the finger and buying one of their devices second hand and installing Linux on it. Not like they care but I like the idea anyway.
I think this video puts the MacMini in an unfair bad daylight. The G4 Mini's and the first gen Intels are solely for museum purposes, and absolutely STINK for anything else. If you get a 2009 2,26Ghz Core2Duo with 9400M, everything is different. It runs 10.14, snappy 1080p playback, 3-4 times the performance, silent, low energy use, better ports. And MacMini's DON'T have Apple Tax. A 2009 is like 25€. That is a crate of beers. Bag of hand roasted peanuts. That sort of money. Since Apple moved to ARM with the Mini's, the Intel ones have junk status, so go grab them!
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The boot problems you had are likely because the original Mac Mini used EFI, not UEFI.
After you upgrade it to a Core2 Duo CPU, you can update the firmware to UEFI 2.x with a program that dosdude1 created -- his channel also has a how-to video. The update will also let the system access more than 2GB RAM.
Great shoutout to rEFInd. I've been using it (and its predecessor rEFIt) on multiple Macs with multi-boot setups for forever!
That’s amazing info! Thanks!
I’ll definitely look into that when the core 2 comes in
Don't forget upgrading to a newer CPU with 64 bit like the T7200
@@HardwareHaven The original commenter isn't quite correct. These Macs use 32 bit EFI and they will always use EFI 1.x. Upgrading to the Mac Mini 2,1 firmware (using the program mentioned) allows for Mac OS X Lion support, but breaks compatibility with 32-bit CPUs. It is still (and will always be) using 32-bit EFI 1.x, but EFI GRUB is mostly EFI 1.x compatible (as long as you don't have an NVIDIA card).
i can vouch on the DosDude1 stuff, i got a 8,1 iMac and its running i think around a T5000 series C2D, 4gb DDR2 (cna take 6 total, apparently) and running MOJAVE on a Mac made when Windows 7 was basically just catching on. I had a crash course when a buddy had laid it on me with Elementary OS installed. i made a usb with Snow Leopard Retail on it and went from there. I would get a bit bigger SSD, the best compatible CPU, and then maybe even 2x2gb ddr2 sticks. that would do decent, and probably emulate more, as some emulators are strictly 64 bit.
Always amazes me to think that this was, at one point, the cutting edge of technology… and now today it struggles to even decode TH-cam 😂
As always, great stuff dude!
Haha true
Thanks Mango!
Hey, I've spent way too much time messing with those old 2006-2007 Mac!
1- As someone mentionned, the boot issue is probably due to the weird implementation of 32 bits EFI from Apple instead of UEFI or BIOS, Linux don't really know what to do wth that. I think Fedora is one of the few distribution that natively support that weird setup (mainly because early Windows tablets did the same thing) and Ubuntu / Debian can be patched, but yeah, replacing the Core Duo with a Core 2 Duo (I used a 7200 in my iMac 2006, it was stupidly cheap) helps a lot.
2- zSNES, as the name implies, is an SNES emulator, not NES. Higan is also mainly a SNES emulator, but it can run a few other systems, there's just no reason to do it because it's not particularly great for that.
3- RetroPie, Batocera, Lakka and all those distributions are simply frontend for RetroArch, which is available as a PPA on Debian, as a Flatpack and on Steam. The frontend is called Emulation Station and it hides a lot of the settings, but you can still see a few of them like emulators choice by using the Select button (by default) on the console of your choice, you can also make different configurations for each games. The emulators I usually recommand for low-end PCs are FCEUmm for NES, SNES9x for SNES, Gambatte for GB / GBC, gpsp for GBA, Genesis Plus GX for everything Sega and PCSX Reloaded for PS1. N64 is weird, the first I would try is ParaLLEl N64, but it has a lot of problems on some hardware, the GMA 950 probably won't work very well with it, so Mupen64Plus is probably the better choice.
4- That Mac should be able to run PS1 games with no problems, at least with PCSX in 1x resolution. N64 is probably gonna be a hit-and-miss, but that's the case with basically every machine, N64 emulation is just not very good.
This was amazing! I’ll definitely be looking into this once I get the core 2 duo in. Thank you!
Hey bro nice vid and congrats on the sponsorship, although your "opinions" in the sponsor segment seems manufactured. These VPN scripts you guys get are pretty scummy imo. Anyways, no drama, great vid.
Thanks! And to be clear, I wrote the script for that bit, and any references to my personal opinion are authentic. I started using the service before any sort of partnership was made. Because it is an ad and not a review, I do hit positive talking points that they expect to see, but my goal is to never sponsor companies unless they have a product I would recommend to friends or family. I sincerely apologize if anything did feel scummy, as that’s something I hope to avoid. Appreciate the honest opinion and kind words!
@@HardwareHaven i love how everything was true, and not saying "without a vpn you are in danger and everyone can see everything you do" or "a vpn protects against everything and gives you privacy". Just what a vpn really does, protect against man in the middle, change country, and sometimes block trackers
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@@HardwareHaven I'd suggest watching th-cam.com/video/WVDQEoe6ZWY/w-d-xo.html
This is really freaking cool tbh, and congrats on the sponsorship
Crazy. I was just about to try and get a suitable retropie box that looks good in the living room AND i have an old mac mini in a box somewhere. Thanks a lot for the tip!
2:54 aw yup a core 2 duo machine usually comes with 512 GIGAbytes of ram
Hahahahaha whoops
And they downgraded it to only have 2GB.
You’re smashing it brother. This is a great vid.
Thanks brother!
Thanks for the video. I have the same model Mac mini and plan to run emulators on it, but the good playability on this “old” Mac should be no surprise at all. I started using SNES emulators, which ran perfectly, on my 1ghz AMD Duron laptop with 128MB of RAM. That thing was already old and slow before this Mac mini was even released.
Yeah, it seems like with the right emulator it doesn't take much to run NES/SNES. Also, it's funny that you tease me for calling this old. I have people also giving me flak for calling a mini PC with a Ryzen 9 6900hx new. I can't win on the internet haha
bro you make such cool videos you deserve more subs
Great video man!
This just gave me the idea of trying to install a light weight linux distro on my wife's old 2011 MacBook Pro. She hardly uses it anymore and is no longer supported by Apple.
Using dosdudes legacy patcher it can bump the Mac up to the latest version of Mac OS I have a 2011 pro running Monterey if macOS is your flavour then go ahead you could also install windows 10 with boot camp an ssd is recommended for Monterey and/or windows
Great video! I first got into computers through emulation, now I can’t go back!
This has been helpful. Thanks for sharing.
It was a bit surreal to hear how expensive you thought $15 was for a known-working MacMini with 2GB RAM and an AC adapter..... Should it have been $2.50 or something? =)
Nice video, i like to play around with old hardware also a lot. I feel this pc is so weak, that it should really end up with batocera or similar. Batocera is based on buildroot and should be most hardware effective. No idea how to get it work though. Did you try several images, e.g. there is an intel atom image also for low spec computers?!
I tried the version they have for old/low spec, but not the “atom” version. There came a point when I just tried to move on because the project was already taking a long time
Appreciate the input!
@@HardwareHaven love emulation and your channel man👍
Thanks!
VPNs only encrypt data from the user to VPNs server. So after the VPN server man in the middle attacks are possible.
Yeah, but it’s pretty common for those attacks to happen on public networks at coffee shops and such. Yes your data might still be going to the culprit, but it’s difficult to do anything with it if it’s encrypted.
I have a 2009 version of one of these. Getting linux running is a pain. I had Mint running at some point with the nvidia drivers, but I swapped the old 60gb SSD for a better256GB SSD, but haven't been able to run Mint again. Right now it's running Windows 7 which is... Kinda cool, actually. using a classic OS just for classic games? Can't complain!
Just needed to get a legacy nvidia driver and the bizarre Realtek drivers, then it's fully game.
Definitely cool
I have been gaming on Linux Kubuntu (20.04 LTS) for a couple years now and it has been working great!
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I have that same Mac mini. (I also had the G4 version) I never thought to retro game on this machine. RaspberryOS works well on those macs with no problems, (at least the live iso did). Nice video.
I don't know about this Mac mini, but my late 2009 iMac can boot to my USB thumb drive by holding ALT (or Option) when turning on my Mac...
Also, did you tried any more lightweight distros like AntiX? Maybe it could work a little bit faster...
Yeah I held option to get to the boot manager, but it wouldn’t recognize anything other than the macOS drive. Seems to be a thing with the 2006-2007 I believe
It could definitely be cool to go lighter weight, but xfce actually worked great, and I’m boring and just usually stick to Debian haha
@@HardwareHaven Huh. Maybe the UEFI version of my Mac is newer and that's why it works in there...
I believe that’s the case
Can you try some server stuff? Maybe using it as a simple pfsense box
Great idea
I feel like that could be tricky with only one gigabit port
What about a thin client or a pi-hole then?
The power consumption wasn’t quite as bad as I expected, so I might come back to something like that!
@@HardwareHaven It isn't that hard, you just need a managed switch that supports vlans, but it can still be a tad annoying getting it to work right.
Great vid!
I don’t know how to get lakka running on this Mac mini, but I did get it working on the 1st gen Apple TV. I’d imagine they are very similar. I used a tool called ATV-USBcreator
Oh that’s awesome!
Great SNES Emulation on that machine. I have one.
Oh nice!
You do EXACTLY what I do. Get older computers and fix them up then ask "what can I use this for?" This content makes me think that I could film my tech escapades as well, maybe I'll start wnjoying content creation again because of it.
Fun perspective on using older Mac hardware. While I will out myself as an older Apple enthusiast, I freely admit there are many, many, many issues with Apple and their devices. That said, Linux/Retropie/Batocera are definitely the way to go for a more console-ish experience. If you’re willing to stay within the original OS, however, emulators contemporary to the device should run equally well. I have an old iBook (circa 2004, pre-Intel) running OS X 10.5 that uses a nifty little front end running a few different emus all the way up to N64 without issues (so basically a native OS X method for doing what Retropie/Batocera does automatgically). Pretty neat what even these older devices can do. If you want a lead on what the native software experience can do, let me know. I still have everything setup and happy to share notes.
@BrianJones-wk8cx - what is the "nifty little front end" you used for OS X 10.5?
I just ordered 9 of these bad boys with appropriate upgrades and was hoping to preserve the OS X 10.5 interface (I have software for that version I'd like to use).
I plan on upgrading all to the T7200, 4GB RAM, 500GB SSDs, new thermal paste, and a new CMOS battery. Excited about this project!
@@JaredMBaumann great idea! Let me dig out the iBook, everything is still intact on that machine. If you don’t hear back from me by the end of the week, don’t be shy to ping me again here, my brain isn’t always fully functional, ha! You’re on my list, stay tuned!
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i just got 4 mac mini’s from 2014 for free. they were going to recycling. although newer, i had to connect to the correct usb to get batocera to work.
Oh wow, that’s a great find
did you try old versions of Batocera? V5.25 works on old netbooks and I'd think it would boot on this. And in case you missed it, there is a 32 bit cpu version in case you had used the 64
I tried the version meant for older PCs. I didn’t try a ton of versions just because the project was already taking a pretty long time
Heads up, you can upgrade that thing from a Core 2 Duo t2400 to a t5600, managed to squeeze out 30fps on Minecraft 1.8.9 with a few performance mods and Debian 12. It’s well worth the upgrade if you make another follow up.
Thanks for this. I had one of these, donated it, but still have some 2012 era Minis. :-D If you ever do one of these again, one suggestion would be to run GeekBench on your upgrades, just so we can relate our systems. Did anything more advanced than NES work out? cheers.
2:59 love your videos but just wanted to say I think you meant 512 megabytes of memory. You accidentally said gigabytes.
Yep haha
512 gig in an ancient Mac.
It was ahead of its time haha
Mini on the hdd seems fitting.
Hi dude, Batocera should work flawlessly on that, you can have installed on your harddrive using different PC, and put back the harddrive in that Mac
Yeah that’s what I tried (SSD not HDD)
Interesting and will test son 😊
What is the music ID @ 10:26 please ? Thanks 😊
You should have repasted the gpu too mine was very dry
Can you do a start to finish Batocera install on your Mac including ROMS and Bios’s? What keyboard did you use when you had to use the F1 key to locate games? Thank you.
nice video👍, can you make nas with this mac mini?
For the batocera issue I'm not sure of the culprit, but the problem seems to be that it can't mount the runtime directories, like /proc (used by the kernel for process control afaik) and /dev (interface for kernel drivers in userspace, usually controlled by udev). It might be an issue with program compatibility because I know that Apple likes to make running intel code on an Intel cpu unbearable, but don't quote me on that.
Or maybe it just can't mount the root filesystem, Im no squashfs expert so idk
512 gb of ram?!?!? Wow, must have been one heck of a downgrade if someone tinkered it down to a measly 2 gb
Any chance you could make a copy of your hard drive available to download to help save a few steps? Thanks !
Not sure if this will help, but when I turn on my 2015 MacBook Pro while holding left alt, it goes into a menu where I can choose my boot drive. I have used Ubuntu and Batocera without issues.
Nice video, you deserve like and a subscribe. I want you good luck with your channel.
hello haven i want to ask if you can do a nas on core-i5 3rd gen ang 4 gigs ddr3
Definitely
You can do that on basically anything, the problem is power, anything over about 40W or 50W is a tad excessive for something intended to run 24/7.
2:56 512 gigabytes?
running a similar CPU in my thinkpad! although it is a faster 64bit version, runs well with linux though!
Linux, in my opinion, is something still a normal thing for this setup. For a normal expectation of mine, a 32 bit version of windows 10 to "bench" the graphics and power capability of this T2400 CPU, and a 64bit version later for the better Core 2 SKU you can find
2:57 mb not gb lol
Haha yeah 😂
@@HardwareHaven hey btw I made my own Minecraft server a few months ago thanks to your help, so thank you man!
That’s awesome!
@@HardwareHaven yeah it is, I had some problems at first but I figured them out on my own, have a great day/night bro
Haven't you upgraded the CPU yet? I am waiting for the next video…
No... while trying to remove the heatsink to upgrade it, I'm pretty sure I damaged the motherboard...
Should i get one also for nitendo emulation?I can get one used 2009 model full with the box for 30bucks or 3500rsd.
I have found that Sparky Linux gives a new lease of life to 32 bit computers.
ReFind boot loader, install this to os and then reset nv ram, restart and choose linux distro.
Why do you don't use that board with e350 apu for emulation it's perfect for that instead of that mac?
A: the e350 is currently running the backend for fivedollarpsu.com
B: Just because I use one thing doesn't mean I wouldn't use the other thing
@@HardwareHaven Don't get me wrong i don't want to criticize you, i'm just asking becase i use same board for old games and emulation and i know how well it can run those unlike this hasle with mac who can barely run nes emulation. All in all it's nice to see people like to tinker with old hardware like myself.
@@Dagoth666Ur Sorry didn't mean to sound annoyed. Using the e350 for an emulator was actually a plan until I turned it into an API haha
$15, not bad. They go for around $50 on ebay
Yeah, that's a good price for any fully functional PC...
what other emulators did you try? and up to what generation does it handle ok? n64 and ps1?
I wonder if steam OS would run on it.
but I bet you could get some good in home streaming going with a client like Moonlight (if your gaming server uses nvidia) or steamlink
Honestly once I got it working with NES I just started editing. I had already dumped a lot of time into it and wanted to move on haha
Hmm, with this PGA socket I wondering how high you can go up with mobile Core 2 CPUs,
Dont spam on my comment
I use ventoy and installed mint, it works great but i want either batocera or lakka, and idea how to get those to install? Mine is a 2008 a1283 with 4g and 2.25ghz so it would be a great gaming console. Has anyone figured this out since the video? I have mint running in mine and it runs good but emulating is hard 2to configure
Hey, I'm sure someone already told you this, but zsnes is actually a super nintendo emulator
Great video anyway
Yeah… I don’t know why I thought it was both. I blame sleep deprivation haha
Thanks
zsnes is for running "snes" (super nintendo) games. Not "NES".
I swear I saw somewhere that it was capable of both, granted I might’ve just been sleep deprived 😅 seems you’re correct
Nice bro. I about to make a 150$ "gaming" pc.
specs?
Hey hey hey sir I have 2 pc's laying around but I don't know what to do with them I can't make them home server bcoz they are less powerful and my router is not working from a decade 😂 any suggestions?
8:10
"Modern Web browser"
Uses firefox version that's 25 versions out of date
Nice video
I am playing on G4-cube with full speed :)
I just found great deal with that Mac Mini. But If it can't run Netflix and TH-cam that is hardly a device i want. Also I don't think it could run Snes games well. Soo I will skip on that.
I have just bought a Mac mini 2010.
Installed Ubuntu & Batocera and can easily run Netflix and TH-cam along with SNES N64 PSP etc no probs 🤘
I love the idea of giving Apple (or any other anti-consumer tech company for that matter) the finger and buying one of their devices second hand and installing Linux on it. Not like they care but I like the idea anyway.
512 GB of DDR2?
WoW 🙂
You Said Half GB Or RAM Not 512GB!
I make sweet MacMini & iMac BATOCERA Systems
Absolutely, they work fantastic 🤘
I think this video puts the MacMini in an unfair bad daylight. The G4 Mini's and the first gen Intels are solely for museum purposes, and absolutely STINK for anything else.
If you get a 2009 2,26Ghz Core2Duo with 9400M, everything is different. It runs 10.14, snappy 1080p playback, 3-4 times the performance, silent, low energy use, better ports.
And MacMini's DON'T have Apple Tax. A 2009 is like 25€. That is a crate of beers. Bag of hand roasted peanuts. That sort of money. Since Apple moved to ARM with the Mini's, the Intel ones have junk status, so go grab them!
I came here for bench mark consoles FAIL 😅 for me
Interesting
What a weird druaga1 video
ZSNES is a SNES emulator lol
Cooll
FIRSTTT
Pov: you're not
My phone did emulation better than this
Oh for sure, but there are other factors like cost, I/O, and compatibility that probably need to be considered