This Case Turns Your Mac Mini Into a Power Mac G4 Cube

The Energy Mac G4 Dice is considered one of Apple’s most iconic pc designs, even when it wasn’t really a superb pc. Now, a crew in Australia is bringing that appear and feel to Apple’s newest M4 Mac Mini.

The ‘M4 Cubed’ is an adjunct for the newest Mac Mini, at the moment being crowdfunded on Kickstarter by Juicy Crumb Systems. It locations the M4 Mac Mini in a translucent plastic dice, with the pc raised above the floor. There are holes within the again for air consumption and cable administration, and to succeed in the facility button—Apple moved that to the underside of the pc with the discharge of the M4 mannequin.

The venture’s description explains, “The M4 CUBED is a complimentary accent that transforms your M4 Mac mini right into a retro callback to the design aesthetic of the brand new millennium, the nice previous days when computer systems have been an announcement of energy, refinement and luxurious. Merely slide your Mac mini into place, and it settles seamlessly into the clear obelisk, suspending Apple’s iconic aluminium design as if it have been floating.”

The design is predicated on the Power Mac G4 Cube, a particular version of the Energy Mac G4 tower desktop that Apple launched in 2000. Its cubic dimensions of seven.7 x 7.7 x 9.8 inches (20 x 20 x 25 centimeters) made the G4 Dice a compact workstation with a novel design, nevertheless it wasn’t a a business success. The design was divisive, it was dearer than a normal Energy Mac with comparable inside {hardware}, and beauty points (like cracks within the casing) affected some items.

Regardless of its lack of actual success, the G4 Dice’s standing as a short-lived experimental pc has saved it within the minds of retro computing lovers in every single place, together with the M4 Cubed crew. The case was even pictured next to an original G4 Cube on the current Classic Laptop Competition Midwest occasion.

The crew mentioned, “All that continues to be is producing our first pattern batch to confirm the moulds are good. As soon as confirmed, we’ll finalize the packaging. Designed to maintain every dice protected in transit, and transfer ahead with full manufacturing. This Kickstarter will assist us gauge demand and decide what number of items to provide, which in flip will information the ultimate retail pricing when the M4 CUBED launches in early 2026.”

As with all Kickstarter venture or different crowdfunded effort, this isn’t an actual product but, and there’s all the time the prospect that one thing may stop backers from receiving something. The crew cited U.S. tariff regulations as one ongoing downside, and the M4 Cubed is priced with these excessive tariffs in thoughts. The venture additionally mentioned, “Our crew has beforehand labored with the market chief in substitute housings, MacEffects to check, beta and distribute their merchandise, understanding the distinctive challenges of what seems to be a easy piece of plastic.”

In the event you’re , you’ll be able to back the project on Kickstarter. The primary 100 orders are priced at AU$134 (about $90 USD), with items after that priced at AU$149 (about $100 USD). As of the time of writing, it has earned $7,370 of its $35,303 purpose, and it’ll solely be funded if the purpose is reached by October twenty eighth.

Supply: Kickstarter through LowEndMac