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Damn whoever was able to give all that away was heavily invested in the Apple ecosystem before we were calling it the Apple ecosystem

When you’re from the UK and you assume the title is referring to £100 rather than 100lbs 🤦‍♂️😂

If you have a fire wire 400 cable boot the iBook G4 holding down the “t” key. Then connect them together with the firewire cable. Now you can boot the G5 from the iBook’s hard drive.

You are definitely young because it was a wire for modem when you said “some cable, not sure where it goes”😂😁

Those G5's still look modern even by todays standards. The case design was excellent and it was pretty simple layout to work on. It definitely liked to get dusty, but it was pretty easy to clean. When all those fans ramped up to 100% though, it sounded like it was going to take off.

omg that's so cool! i love this era of apple design. i have the old mac pro just like that but with intel and still use it today.

This is such a fun video. I love looking back at old Apple products from the 2000's, because we get a look back at how modern Apple's designs were compared to the competition.

Almost 2 decades old and those Apple products are still beautiful by today's standards.

Great stuff! I have 2 of those 23" displays. I use one on my Work From Home iMac Rig as a secondary display. Can't wait to see the G5 restore video.

this video title does not sound as impressive as a british guy 😂

I had the 2 processor version of the G5, it was a beast for sure! I also had 2 of the 30" Cinema Displays that cost more than my car at the time.

Yes to an update vid on this! Thanks, Luke!

Wow, with cool vintage apple tech today you are walking right down my alley. Would love to see future videos on all the items you mentioned plus, add a G4 Cube and do a side by side comparison using the HD display connected to each system. As a part of my collection, own a 12 inch 1.5 GHz Powerbook G4 from around the same time period and with its silver keys, I never have to worry about any color fading.

8:01 yes, please do a follow up vid, it would be really interesting

Very cool, let’s see the restoration of that old machine.

3:55 I still have mine from 2004. It was my first music production machine. I use it now as a server and radiator for those chilly Arizona days. 🤔🤨🤦🏾‍♂️

Awesome video, definitely more vintage stuff on the channel is needed!

Long time viewer first time responder... my top three go to’s for tech info. What an awesome possum collection to get! I’m a user of legacy machines; files, video cards, software,… Oops I mean apps. I need access to files going back to iOS 9. Needless to say I have a very loaded room of Apple tech. And thumbs up 👍 no, 2 👍 up’s. to all the suggestions for videos you made, especially the one for the G5 streaming real time refurbishing. You’re quite the lucky lad to have that to you for. You may not The old enough to have files but me being an old timer have a great loss Not being able to Access them in the programs they were created and yeah… I’m looking at you freehand, pre-Macromedia. If’s be great to recover them. And if indeed an SSD drive would work, I certainly would like to learn that lesson. Anyways great video, awesome possum haul. Well except for the 30 pin lightning connector. Amazing how tech gets shrunk down. Sooner was just molecules… Wait isn’t that something to do with the new apple Silica. Microscopes?

I owned one of those G5 Power Macs with the Cinema Display as my main set up for quite a while. The connector you unboxed that you were unsure about was just a phone cord. People were still using dial-up internet back then. Though it was reaching the end of its lifespan. Also, I know you found a Tiger install disc, but so you're aware, that computer will run up through Leopard 10.5.8. Although, if you leave it at Tiger, it can also still run Mac OS 9 in the Classic Environment. Cool to see all of those again. I never had an iPod Nano. I always went for the iPod Classic. It was strange to see the G4 iBook, because I literally just cleaned up one of those to sell. Clearing out old tech. Selling a 12-inch G4 iBook and a 17-inch G5 iMac on eBay right now. No takers yet though. Looking forward to the follow-up videos. :-)

Hell yeah, I want a follow up video of clean up and runnig G5!

Yes to all suggested setup/upgrade videos. Thanks for the memory lane show.🙏🏻

I had a 1.6GHZ G5 and 20” Cinema Display plus an iBook G4. The G5 was the best computer I’ve ever owned. I wish it could have kept up with the times, as nothing Apple has today is as useable and well built as that thing was.

Always a pleasure seeing how the olde MAC products still function today. I have a few myself.

Connect the iBook to the G5 with a firewire cable. Start the iBook in Target Disk Mode (hold down option-T while starting) then turn on the G5. It will boot, slowly, from the iBook HD. Yo'ull also be able to install the OS from those CDs in the iBook case.

Great content, really enjoy seeing that old stuff.

Just so you know, both the iBook and Power Mac can run Leopard. I would keep the iBook on Tiger though. It's probably a little too slow to run Leopard comfortably. Another thing about the Power Mac is that it needs to have the clear plastic piece installed. There's a sensor inside that will run the fans at 100% or even sometimes prevent the system from booting if the plastic isn't installed. Also, you're lucky that you don't have one of the water cooled models. Yep, Apple was crazy enough to sell a factory water cooled computer, but they were kinda unreliable. The coolant leaks out onto the power supply and shorts it out. Usually just the power supply will blow up, but it can always take out the motherboard and other components too. The case will also rust and corrode like a mofo if the cooling loop leaks and you don't catch it, like if you have one that leaked when in storage.

I literally LOLed when Luke picked up the very-strange-and-foreign PHONE CORD (used for the included Dial-up modem) and said "A connector of some sort, I'm not sure what this goes to." That's the thing that allowed At&T to make billions and billions of dollars doing things much, much worse than many of the complaints of companies today, Luke.

Very generous subscriber! I love how the G5, when taking it apart, is as much art as it is machine. That clear plastic piece just looks so cool. I have a G5, Pro 2,1, and Pro 3,1. Love them all. I'm jealous of that display, though! ;)

Yes on the 2008 live restoration. I have a 13" 2008 Unibody MacBook. Still working great after a SSD update. Would love to see the inside of the 15"

very cool video Luke, I like to see more about the vintage tech you got in the mail

I use the same display every day with my Mac Pro 3,1. There is a dvi HDMI converter from ADC. I love the tall screen with extra pixels. I have the original box too for the screen and you can believe it cost more in Canadian dollars! I paid $150 last year from the original owner.

That was a fun video Luke! Lots of great retro Apple gear.

I've got a PowerMac G5 similar to that. Not the last generation they made, the lowest-spec, dual-socket, air-cooled model. I think yours is the same generation. Been wanting to get it working again for a while, but it needs a lot of replacement parts unfortunately that aren't cheap/easy to get, and I haven't got any of the accessories :( I'm missing a hard drive, RAM, optical drive, video card and various sundry bits that hold or connect some of the aforementioned... basically almost anything that could have been easily removed was before it found it's way to me.

I want to see 2003 setup SOOOO MUCH!

You need to make a tour of all your apple products you have (vintage and new)! I’d love to watch that 😊

if you have a firewire 400 cable you can use the ibook to boot the PowerMac using firewire and holding "T" for target disk mode on the laptop and then holding "OPTION" on the PowerMac to choose the ibook's HD to boot from. It will be sorta slow ( ibook hd is 5400 rpm ) but it will work.

Love it! Get the G5 running! Demo Target Disk Mode and demo some editing on the BEST version of iMovie - HD, 6! Also, max out the ram on the G5, it’s dirt cheap! I have the DP 1.8 and the liquid cooled 2.7, which take 8GB.

Fantastic retro post. I got my 1.1 in the loft with a dead battery. Still works and run great

Love to see that iBook G4, my first Mac. You're not wrong about hard it is to replace the hard drive!

Super happy with your channel! Grow so fast!

wow. I had the dual processor version of this machine. the only problem was the case was damaged and missing fans. I rigged it up and it actually ran, but sadly have had to make the decision to scrap it out as trying to obtain a case has been all but impossible. seems they rarely survive shipping, good score man. The ibook g4 was another one, they were prone to issues with the GPU, so getting one that's still working is also somewhat rare. it actually took me getting two mainboards before I found one that worked.. but still a good machine when running.

I am late the the party, but I remember those airports for my high school TV production class!! We also had the iMac G3s for our editing stations. All the memories. :)

Can't wait for the 2003 setup video! I also got a 2003 G5, but that's now my hackintosh. :)

I can't wait to see what you will do for the G5 and I hope that G4 Ibook is fantastic!

I have an original 2008 ready for a follow along restoration. Interested in any battery recommendations as the orginal one swelled up and I had to take it out

12:05 I have that exact airport express dock! used it for my old Powermac G4 i used to have

God that Powermac still looks so futuristic and cool, it's unbelievable. Actually the most modern and good looking tower I've ever seen.

I remember seeing the powermac G5 when it was introduced on a trade show back in 2003. It was on a pedestal in the middle of the booth , with just a. Huge empty space around it. It was impressive to see. This was a big reason I recently bought a Mac Pro 5,1

Awesome. Just like a retro Christmas Day unboxing.

I own this exact system except mine runs at 2 Ghz. ADC= Apple Display Connector. The ADC looks like a regular DVI but it carries power for the display from the tower. I still use this system for my graphic design hobby.

I was watching this whole video thinking it just needs an old G4 iBook. I actually have one that has like one crack it and all the packaging that I haven't managed to make myself get rid of. But it won't turn on anymore. I also have that Airport Extreme.

I was starting off a career in 3D animation in 2003. I had learned Alias Maya (before it was bought by Autodesk) and was running it well on a dual Xeon PC. An illustration firm was wanting to hire me to get into 3D animation. While I was being hired, I was asked about what setup they should get. I stated that Maya for the PC was well established: that it had recently been ported to Mac, but getting a PC setup like my workstation and PC version of Maya would be more stable. Turned out their IT person thought he knew better than me and ordered the Power G5 and Maya for Mac. First day trying it, I was really frustrated. Turned out raytrace rendering on it was dreadfully slow (assume some of it was poor porting and limitations of G5 by then). I got so frustrated I started bringing in my own PC workstation to work! Just a story about how software optmization is really important.

I have a G5 sitting unused for about 10 years and a Cinema Display. I still use the display for my MacBook Pro when I work out of my farm shed.

Yes please, I would enjoy seeing you do a video of your Power G5 tower running on the HD Cinema display.

hey Luke I must say, I like the wider angle camera for this one. Changes it up a bit😁

Perfect video to watch on a Sunday afternoon!

I got a similar set up with two 233 PPC G5 processors 2 GB ram and two 250 Gig HDs with the same monitor that you got. I paid about $US50. It came with OSX Leopard and Ilife. I still use it to run all my legacy PPC software. It is still usable in 2020! I can't believe these things cost so much when they first came out. If you use it MAKE SURE YOU INSTALL THE PLASTIC SHIELD before you turn it on.

Hi Luke, nice little haul! I too have the late 2008 Macbook! Its my pride and joy and yes I too upgraded mine from 2GB Ram to 4GB and swapped out the failing mechanical 160GB hdd to 500GB Fusion drive! It is still my daily driver, however I did once try to upgrade OS X El Capitan to Catalina with DosDudes software but it didn't last very long before it crashed, and I haven't tried to upgrade it again since. I used an old reboot of ElCapitan and although it is a little limiting I survive just great with it. However now that you have one, I would love to see what you do with upgrading with yours! Please please do the Macbook first! Love your videos!

The really bad thing about the DVI connector is that there is no way to use the monitor with newer Macs & no one ever came out with an adaptor. I have a 17 inch Cinema display and it will only work with a DVI Mac or Mac Mini or Macbook.

my vintage emac g4 is still working. Got it from my old youth group centre. A week after a left the place. seems to work fine after a clean since there was a bit of water paint on the back. Hahah. old tech not to bad

I had a smaller version of that display was gorgeous outside and screen quality.

I think we’ve finally gotten to the root of Luke’s Apple obsession @ 9:05 😄

I’d love to see a video with those sweet 2003 apple products 👌🏽

Pretty impressive they kept those massive apple boxes. I am still trying to find a spot for my studio display box

I have one of those iBooks. It was the first computer I bought with my own money around 2002-03.

Ooooo this video looks interesting! Can’t wait to watch it!

I had that Cinema Display and loved it!

Hi Luke, when renovating the G5 please use an SSD, the drive needs to be SATA1 compatible so an old OCZ Vertex SSD or equivalent should work well. The performance difference on these G5s when using an SSD and maxing out the RAM can be quite remarkable 🙂

you should use the G5 as one of the background macs for your set. after you get it booted.

I have an ibook g4 and it was rebuilt by apple in 2006 for some kind of battery issue so everything on it is new. I also have vintage apple workgroup servers

Not sure if anyone has said this yet about the Cinema Display but you need a special power brick for using it with another device. I actually use that monitor with my laptop and was so thankful to have found someone selling the monitor with the special power brick (it also handles the USB passthrough as well) for $10. It honestly is a great monitor and proudly sits on my desk.

How do you get free apple products like this? I would love to have an MacBook Pro Imac or Mac mini that I could repair and keep

1997 imac here... probably still works. 4GB hard drive, drawer-loading CD drive definitely doesn't work. now I'm trying to think if I have time this weekend to try it out.

Luke, deffinitly do the follow up video!

still have my G5 cheese grater , last version before it went to intel. I keep it as its got a full FCP studio and adobe suite, its in perfect condition.

Bring them back. I want to sit that beautiful Cinema Display in action!

Wow that’s super cool. I’ve always loved vintage apple products.

The iBook G4 Install disc wont do much for you for the G5. The discs only work with the machines that they shipped with. Also, Leopard is a much more useable OS that was the last officially supported operating system for the PPC architecture. I definitely suggest getting a copy of that instead.

Yes to all the follow up videos

I can watch these videos all day long

I still have around a 2ghz iMac G5 and a dual-core 2.3ghz PowerMac G5, along with a ''overclocked'' 1.5ghz Mac Mini G4

the wire is to connect the modem to a landline. The other G5 to Mac Pro difference is the Mac Pro had 2 DVD bays where the G5 had only 1. The easiest way to tell really.

Luke you’re the best apple KZfaq eva !!!

G4's also had the ADC on the video cards. Apple made a ADC to DVI box that powers the ADC monitor and changes the connector to just regular DVI. I have one. Is that a 22" or 23" lcd ?

I’m just waiting for the day that Luke does a review on an Apple II and talks about how’s it’s held up in the modern day! 😂

So cool to watch, thank you Luke :)

That will be the same video we’ll see in 16years from now for the Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR. Looking forward to that

I've got all of them and older ones which I still use for specific tasks! I had no idea how much they are worth nowadays.

Hey Luke Ive watched your videos for a while now and have done many upgrades on my own devices so thank you. That being said I’ve created a drinking game out of your videos. Watch three videos of you doing like an upgrade or something, and then take a shot every time you say”ah geez”

I was convinced there would be an early mac mini in there. You should retrobright those keys for sure!

You need to get the aluminum apple Cinema Display, it can out 2004 and it matches the g5 so well, I have one and i really like it

I was watching the bonus content on a James Bond bly ray the other day and they showed the films being remastered using hundreds of these G5 Mac Pros. They said they were so good they ordered hundreds more. I bet a Mac Studio could outperform 100 G5s now.

I have a Power Mac G5 here with a matching Apple Cinema HD Display running OS 10.6 and boy does it take me back to the glory days of the early 2000’s...

Yes you need to get that thing running

The best one of the bunch is the iBook G4 if it can run Panther. It can run iTunes 4.6 and have reliable unlimited shares of music files across your network so long as the other computers don't use iTunes 7.7 and up. iTunes 7.7 broke the sharing capabilities in exchange for remote control from ios devices. The music playing macs can be any that are made prior to early 2008 and running Leopard, Tiger, or Panther.

4:43 that’s tumbleweed 😆

I am working in China around 2000 - 2001 before 911 incident. For the job nature, I was once visited the manufacturing plant of "Foxconn" in Shenzhen. There were around that period assembling iMac for Apple(as well Nokia phone), so I am pretty sure the "Cinema HD Monitor" & "Power G5" were assembled at their plant.

Didn't Apple sell an adapter for those ACD monitors to provide power and convert to DVI? I think I found one in an office at my college. It took me awhile to figure out what it was. I love the look of those old displays. Fun video

Hey luke you can still swap the macbook pro motherboard from the 2008 with one from mid 2012 so that you can put catalina on it then it is still reasonable