Upgrading mac min G4 proccessor to intel proccessor

hi
does anybody know of a way to upgrade the old mac minis to work with the new intel chips as i can't afford to get a new mac mini? please let me know
luke

In one word, no.
The architectures are not the same. You have to follow the same upgrade cycle Mac users have used for decades, and replace whole machine.
You can always try and sell your current one, people seem to pay crazy prices for old Macs.

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