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DAalseth said:

Just spitballing, but I'd love to see Apple release a limited edition Mac Mini in a classic case. M1 Mini guts, a built in 9 inch monitor, but all of the ports on the back so you could drive a couple of big monitors too. The extra space inside would be for slots. Drive slots, card slots, and such to make it a real powerhouse.  

But tis just a dream...

I built a "Macintosh SE X" several years ago. It uses the case of a Mac SE, with a monochrome 9" CRT VGA display mounted in place of the original. There's a Mac Mini G4 in the lower region running OS X Tiger, with a cutout in the front grille for a CD to slide in and out. A contemporary keyboard and mouse are attached using one of those ADB-USB adapters that were briefly popular when Apple switched. If I were more handy with DIY stuff, I could have mounted an ethernet jack and an accessible USB port in the back... but I'm not. I've looked for an LCD that could be mounted in places of the CRT, but everything in that size range is 16:9 because nobody understands what a sucky aspect ratio that is. It could also be done with a modern Mini, but then you'd lose the niftyness of the CD slot where the floppy used to be. Also, using a PPC Mini allowed me to install and run a copy of Photoshop 3.0 using Classic.