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thats not a "pykeyecell", it's " oh, my pkcell" 😂😂😂 (dankpods reference) edit: Guys TYSM for all of these likes! I didn't expect this to boom!

Such a great early millenium design. Still looks like the future to me.

Are we not going to applaud his music skills on the keyboard and promo video for the G4? That was incredible!

It’s kind of crazy how fast designs have evolved between the 2000s to the 2010s compared to 2010s to the 2020s. The form factor is iconic after all these years, even if Apple kind of made its own Mac Pro irrelevant in 2023

These powermacs look so much better in person. The reflection of mirrored surface and the shiny translucent plastic (in good condition) looks just amazing when you see it in person instead.

Rammstein!! 🤘🏻 from Germany 🇩🇪 to the World, greetings to all Metalheads!

My main Apple retro computer. Still use it from time to time. Upgraded it as much as possible. Have a new PSU in it, dual 1.25 GHZ G4's and several other expansions ( also a much stronger GPU ).

There's something so special about late 90s - early 2010s Apple products. Steve Jobs truly knew what a beautiful product was, inside and out. I have never owned an Apple computer in my life so I never got to experience the "old school" Apple lifestyle. I absolutely love the skeuomorphic design of OSX and I hope that one day, I'll be able to use it for myself, although I probably won't be able to do anything at all on nit!

That old Pro design is timeless.

A little bit of Rammstein will always make any computer video better!

You really nailed “early 2000s American advertiser” voice in that segment

I still prefer, in some ways, the QuickSilver model as they were slightly less noisy, and they looked a bit more minimalistic design-wise vs. the MDD. I have a few of these in various states of repair. One of my systems has a label on it that suggested that it was maxed out at purchase time - 2GB RAM, ti4200 4x120GB drives and a superdrive. Although none of the original drives, and only some of the original RAM was left, the Ti4200 was still present. The system you have is fortunately the FW400 model which still natively supports Mac OS 9, and is the last and one of the fastest ways to run the old OS.

I have two of these in my collection at home. Still hard to believe they're 20+ years old and look so modern.

My first Mac was a G4 MDD, a dual 1.25 GHz model. I bought it in 2006 and sold it in 2008 so I could upgrade to an '06 Mac Mini 1.83 GHz Core Duo. I loved that machine to bits. It came with an SCSI controller card, useful for my Yamaha A5000 sampler I owned back then. I added a USB 2.0 card, a second DVD burner (which had LightScribe) and expanded the RAM to 2GB it was a fine machine for the time. Btw, the small fan is cooling the optical drive cage.

I had four of these versions, the Dual 1.25 GHZ model and held onto them till 2011. I absolutely loved this model, and it was incredibly powerful and a stunning design. When I worked as a graphic designer, this is all we had in our studio at the time and it was amazing. I ended scoring a few and used them as an XBMC/Kodi Server, a Network Renderer, Fileshare Server, and then one for my home music studio as I had a lot of Firewire interfaces. My second favorite was the PowerMac G5 which was stunningly designed and so compatible with a lot of hardware out there. This is when I loved Apple; when they still innovated and lead with not only beautifully designed machines outside, but also inside.

I've got a Quicksilver 2002 @ 800MHz that still works well enough. In 2009 I ordered a Sonnet Allegro USB-2 PCI card that gave me multiple USB-2 ports. Recommended!

Great job cleaning that Powermac G4 up. I was also surprised updates to the OS could still be downloaded on it as well.

This G4 tower was my primary music production computer up until 2016 when I upgraded to a G5. Some of the music I produced on the G4 ended up on records that went gold!

SorbetLeopard runs much better on these machines than regular Leopard. Tiger and Panther are where it will shine, however. If you want any reasonable attempt at modern web browsing / KZfaq playback, SorbetLeopard is your best bet. I've been able to play video at 240p from KZfaq on a similar setup

Awesome video like always. Thanks for sharing.

Amazing talent true legend never forgot love older tech great review 😀❤

My dad still uses this computer! Barely but it’s his tax filing and printing workstation, has a ton of upgrades that have kept it running over the years. Probably hasn’t been cleaned once

i love your videos they make my day and its so inspiring!

It's definitely worth displaying in your collection 😊 I had the 1.25 dual running 2Gb of RAM. Stunning machine at the time (still is 😅). I used to call it 'my wife' and stroke it lovingly to my girlfriend's displeasure 😂😂. I married her in the end to stop her complaining 🤣🤣, and yes, we're still married. Thanks for the memories mate 👍

Great to see a Mirror Door getting some love. I really like the look of the Mirror Door and the G3 Blue and White. I have a dual 1.25GHz MDD that I got in a bunch of G4 PowerMacs. Since owning it I have put in a FW800 PCI card and USB 2.0 card and put new thermal paste on it. Eventually I'll replace the case fans with quieter ones.

I recently disassembled two older blue and white G4s, and it’s interesting to see how different the internal side panels look. These later models have lot more perforations, I’m guessing because these heated up a lot more. As a matter of fact, and IIRC, this particular model was nicknamed the “wind tunnel G4” because of the insane fan noise it made.

His talking style often leads me to believe he just isn't capable of having emotions until he adds silly little bits like the G4 promo vid at the end lol I loved it

Amazing! I took the same model from trash 2years ago and started a project similar to mvv blog one! Great machine! Excellent design, very cool!

Because these suck power like crazy, my dad would often shut the MMD G4 down after being done with it. So very regularly I'd hear the boot chime, and in a small apartment, especially as a kid, it was a real jump scare. It was, and will always be, so unexpectedly loud.

finnaly a new one! 8:13 for the foam Noctua add this like 1 years ago just check the size it's look like 60x60 fan so the foam you need is around 70-80 range

Love this MDD G4 pros! You’ve got the final of the 3 versions of this machine, and the very last apple that can natively run OS9! The first 2 versions had many fewer air holes at the back, as well as different front designs.

Super timing of the video, just been given one free! Super retro mac! 👌 🍏 Great content as always. 👍

I've got a couple of these still. A last gen dual 1.42GHz and a dual 1.25. The power supplies are flaky, but they're really cool. My 1.42 still gets simi-regular use as my DVD ripping rig. Mac The Ripper is still free for PowerPC machines and 4x 400GB internal HDDs make for plenty of space. Obviously newer and faster dual Superdrives make ripping a piece of cake.

This is really great. These were amazing machines back in the day.

I don't know why, but it struck me as EXTRAORDINARILY funny when you put the speakers on both sides of the computer rather than both sides of the monitor. My sweet summer child.

I'm in love with this thing!

Excellent vid! I love my MDD (upgraded to dual 1.25) , and honestly the best use case for me is running the early 2000s games my kids grew up with. 4X4 Evolution, Civilization, SimCity 4, Bugdom, CroMag Rally, Wingnuts are still tons of fun for the family during the holidays. Also, these games are pretty tame culturally and a great alternative for kids.

I bought this computer my freshman year in college and the bookstore computer employees were so excited to see one show up that they helped me carry it to my dorm. It was an amazing (but loud) computer.

That was awesome The video you made within this video made the video worth it!! It was awesome

Nice video very informative I still have one of these MACs and use it to scan film with my Nikon cool scan still works like a charm!

the yearbook class in my school had these machines, i was so jealous at how futuristic they looked

I started using Final Cut Pro on a Quicksilver G4, I can still remember the buzz of installing OSX for the first time. Great vid!

Good video. I bought the exact same Mac as you and a Apple display that used DVI video for $150. A computer shop convinced him to recycle it and he was going to bring it to them. I am glad that I was able to save it.

Nice machine! I’ve got a single core re-release MDD that was sold alongside the new G5. Such a great design.

This is so Satisfying

Had one of those. They REALLY pumped out a huge amount of heat. No comparison to recent Macs that run very cool.

I built these and set several of the build’s factory standards for apple’s Sacramento California, Cork Ireland, and Singapore factories where these were made. This model was called P57 internally and was the subject of several lawsuits involving coworkers. It was many firsts for apple, and I remember everyone putting their fingers in the holes on the bottom asking if they were fan vents or ports, no, they were nothing lol.

I loved this mac so much

Thanks for the video. I still have the Power Mac G3 and screen in working order.

dude this video you produced with the power mac is seriously nostalgic

i got same one still works perfect

I like how clear it is.

I owned several of these and they were great at the time

Beautiful job, by the way. Looks brand new now.

Glad too see you got this one running too! It was really temperamental when I had it too lol

The Runscape music in the outro was a wonderful touch!

Thank you so much 😊

AHHH reminds me of my blue G4 PowerPC tower......still sitting under my desk and refuse to get rid of ! One of the LAST AFFORDABLE UPGRADABLE Mac's ever made ! Anything on it could be upgraded and was !! Emphasis on AFFORDABLE !!! And had the matching blue monitor which Apple fixed at one point even though it was out of warranty. So cool looking !! Miss all those games I use to play !

I really need to get my hands on one of these, I have a crt 21' studio monitor and its settings can only be adjusted with one of these old macs

Great video!

love the more playful style :D especially the reflection shot lol

I love that camera I need one NOW

Rammstein was completely unexpected, lol. Awesome!

The drawbridge-PowerMac G3/G4 case design was an absolute classic - very aesthetically pleasing but also so simple,and easy to access and upgrade. Another era. I owned and used various versions between 2000 until about 2016 when I sold my last ProTools rig that still ran like a dream. Was just a shame that the G5’s thermals were never going to work in that neat, compact case. I remember getting my Dual G5/2GHz in 2003 and being shocked at the size of the tower. Mind you, for AU$7000 at the time, at least you were getting a ‘lot’ of computer 😂

Used to have an older version of the powermac g4 and that thing was a space heater

omg the footage of the camera looks hist like the 90´s. so nice whatßs still possible keep it up

love to see it when this guy post

I had almost this exact setup from 2002-2007, except it was the QuickSilver Mac, not the mirror door one. Same monitor, which still fires up after all these years. It was super futuristic 20 years ago..

I actually turned this particular model into a lightup drink dispenser. Gutted the inside, installed a pull-style metal tap through the speaker hole in the front, wired white LEDs into the corners of all 4 handles, mounted a motorized air pump inside, ran a inlet tube from the pump to a custom 3D-printed cap which forces air into the drink container, and another tube that runs from the container towards the front to the tap spout. And finally, an electric sensor hidden in the handle that when pulled, activates the motor. Motor forces air into bottle, which forces liquid out the bottle and through the tap spout. Also a master switch in the back that turns on power and LEDs. Unfortunately it works much better with non-carbonated drinks (soda and beer comes out sort of flat).

3:23 me trying to turn my MacBook on at night without waking anyone up

This makes me very nostalgic... still have my Quicksilver that I bought in August 2001 and it still boots...

I think you put the perfect amount of thermal paste better than Tronics fix 😂 good video. there’s no form of like retro bright that you can do on that. What does that only work on computers that have paint on it? Hey that look like a cool little commercial I like the part where you stuck your tongue out in the mirror 😂 also I gave it that old 90s look

Love to see a new vid

Nostalgia! I bought one of these new back in the day. Single 1.25ghz processor, I don't remember the rest. Paid US $1500 for it. I ended up lugging it to work and using it there, it was fun confusing everyone (Macs were still SO rare in offices back then). I sold it a few years later for I think $1200 or so, when Macs still had really good resale value.

love the videos

Just downloaded Opera GX thanks to this video, and so far I love it. I think it might finally make me convert from Chrome.

You’re lucky your loud fan spin problem was RAM related. That issue is usually power supply or CPU card related but could honestly be nearly anything and is almost impossible to debug. Mine’s issue was probably the CPU card, but I am planning on converting it to a sleeper PC.

Rammstein's "Feuer frei" is a killer tune.

It's amazing how teams from so many years ago can age so well. They gave me a computer a week ago, an imac from mid-2007, it did not turn on and it was just cleaning it, I would like to update the cpu to do more tests but it is difficult to find them for sale.

This is on my wishlist for my collection

Great vid for me, as I just acquired a QuickSilver (similar, but with notable diffs). PS Always a good idea to shrink-wrap any computers you plan to store in a shed!

I have one, replaced all the fans with new quiet ones, replaced HDD with SSD and maxed out the ram. Mine is the Dual1Ghz model, with 10.4 and MacPorts is pretty usable today

20 Years Ago, Power Mac G4 is Dream Machine for me.

I had one of these in 2005, a single 1.0ghz with 512mb ram. Ran 10.3 beautifully. Was my main computer until the Core2Duo Macbook came out.

honestly, im always entertained watching you restore old tech, but where do you keep you're colelctions? do a vid on it, hahaha

Wonderful video as always! And great music and video on that old Mac! Do you ever get snow in Adelaide during the winter?

I remember lusting after one of these when they were current. I could never justify the price given how much "work" I was going to be doing with it. In the end, once my workload matured, I skipped right over this and got the G5. What an utter nightmare that machine proved to be. That was when I left Macs for my DAW, thankfully PC DAWs had also matured.

Love that RuneScape tune at the end

Thats literally the best commercial i have ever seen. Buy Buy Buy!!!!

these videos are oddly satisfying

I hope to find a MDD while thrifting. I have found and upgraded a Sawtooth, GbE and even G5 quad while thrifting for ultra cheap. Lovely machines

I used to have one of these given to me by a neighbor, it was a top-spec dual-1.42ghz FW800 G4 that was a very cool system (while it worked). Sadly the PRAM battery died and leaked all over the board and I didn’t have the means to fix it so I had to scrap it and recycle it. I still have the G4 processor card and it’s a highlight of my little parts collection I have

Surprised that these things are even still around. And much more repair friendly than the latest M2 powered iMac's!

My guy rocking that Steeldive like a boss. I found an even better, more accurate homage to the original Willard, the Rdunae R2X. Outstanding manufacturing, same bezel action as your average Grand Seiko diver, all for $170. Great video as always!

We had one of these in our office and it ran very hot and the cooling fans were so noisy that we couldn't stand to use it for more than a few minutes at a time. It was a great space heater.

Psivewri, bro be on apple's marketing team, I love that mock ad you did. 😂

I bought this last year with the 23" display, still planning to run a PC from it one day.

I had that model with the same LCD display back in the dat. Can't believe it's over twenty tears ago! I had Halo too, but also the Harman Kardon audio. It was good regarding expansion - I had it stuffed with Maxtor HHDs. The downside was the fans - it was insanely noisy. Me in the future is loving my quiet and cool M1 Max laptop.

I still have my Quicksilver. It's so painfully slow with Leopard... But Tiger runs so smooth on this machine.