The uses for Apple’s Mac mini continue with a mod to run on batteries inside a quite sleek vertical chassis that incorporates a display, touch controls, and an integrated Switch controller set.
That’s a Mac mini in a vertical case, with keyboard, touch screen and trackpad — image credit: Chris Cheng.
That’s a Mac mini in a vertical case, with keyboard, touch screen and trackpad — image credit: Chris Cheng.
Especially since its radical redesign back in 2024, the tiny Mac mini has been put to countless different uses, from server farms to portable Macs. Now Chris Cheng of Shring Solutions has taken to YouTube to show off his turning it into a cyberdeck.
Using an M4 Mac mini, he’s given it a 7-inch, 120Hz touchscreen plus a backlit keyboard with a trackpad. The whole device runs entirely on batteries and is claimed to give around six hours of non-stop video playback.