I see your points that an all-in-one solution would certainly be excellent.
I don't have the skills required to create such a device, either — recapping systems already stretches my electronic skills (and takes me a ridiculously long time as well).
But even if someone generous doesn't come...
I've had a lot of the same ideas.
I'm not as concerned about the safety of my homemade PowerBook battery replacements, but it's just a lot of work and I don't think that in the long run that the effort + time + tools + materials really pays off vs. the usage.
I would rather spend my time...
Is building this version of Mini vMac the same as the "original?" I've got a pretty good workflow to build Mini vMac as needed for various projects including RPi's and an Orange Pi 5. Are the flags and everything else the same?
Agreed, that looks good. It might even looks better than the original, I think the black and translucent look better than the beige. (I know, sacrilege.)
Thanks for the tutorial and drive images. I did this in 2020 and had a difficult time finding all the info and software needed to do it. I eventually succeeded, but this tutorial would have made it much easier.
For Tiger and Leopard I would suggest MacMAME and the correct MAME ROMset for the version of MacMAME you are using.
In this case, search for MAME 0.103u2 ROMset and Samples. You might also try searching for MacMAME ROMs, there might be something out there.