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The design is practically begging for someone to try swapping out the computer side. It's almost like a tower-and-screen setup.

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People have done it. The most recent Mac mini’s are so small that their guts can be crammed in the bottom if you replace the original board and power supply. Then put a brand new screen up at the top and run the wires through the arm and you get something really cool.

Isn't that basically what the article is?

It’s close. Unless I misunderstood something I thought the Mac mini was being kept out of the case and was actually somewhere else and then plugged into it with HDMI or something. I thought the old iMac was basically acting as a fancy monitor stand with built in display (later upgraded).

No, he's got it in there (2nd and 3rd images from the bottom). The power button peeps out through the RAM door.

Not really, the dock board doesn't require a screen replacement.

Edit: oops needed to read further on. You're right.

Ps:

> I'm not sure whether the DockLite or the 20-year old LCD screen is to blame for this, but there is noticeable color banding on the screen, especially with macOS window shadows.

Yeah that would be the LCD. In those days most LCDs were pretty crappy 6-bit TN panels.

yeah that’s how i understood the article.

or at least pretend to believe i understand it.

as with most newly introduced concepts

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