Using Apple's G4 Cube!
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Recently I bought an Apple Power Mac G4 Cube off of eBay, complete with cinema display, speakers, mouse and keyboard. Let's see if it survived shipping and what it's capable of in 2019. Enjoy :) #Apple #G4 #Cube
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The G4 Cubes Specifications:
PowerPC G4 7400 450MHz CPU
640MB PC100 Ram (Originally 64MB)
160GB 7,200RPM Seagate IDE HDD (Originally 20GB)
ATI Rage 128 Pro 16MB Graphics
5X DVD-ROM
Music Used:
"Jellyfish in Space"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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I definitely enjoyed this video
Psivewri I Think if you tried Tenfourfox for your model g4 cpu in your g4 cube web browsing should be smoother.
Sweet! Can’t wait for more videos.
Apple was very close to releasing a Super Cube. I heard that from a person who worked in RAM compatibility testing at Micron in Idaho. The engineering samples they'd been sent had one RAM slot that for some reason didn't work. How they'd test involved taking a computer apart and mounting the mainboard to a fixture so it'd be easier to swap RAM. They'd done that with the original Cubes and the engineering samples of the Super Cube. But after being sent production samples of the Super Cube, the word came to not bother with testing because Apple had decided to not put it into production. So somewhere in a Micron warehouse in Mountain Home, Idaho, there may still be some Super Cubes on a shelf, next to a box full of dismantled Cubes and Engineering Sample Super Cubes.
They never bothered to reassemble anything they'd tested, and unless a manufacturer requested (and paid for) return or certified destruction, the systems tested went into a warehouse.
Psivewri you could put tenfourfox on this and maybe make UA-cam work. Or put lubuntu 16 ppc
No headphone jack? It was clearly ahead of it's time LOL
Bruno That's actually pretty funny lol
Bruno if only people would know what was coming
This comment is funny 😂😂😂
I think every Device without an Headphone jack is behind of its time because in every Single Device is enough Space to put an Headphone jack inside maybe in the near Future it wont be possible but Today it is...
Bruno
Hahahahahahahahahahaha
You’re so funny.
My local computer repair shop turned one of these into a tissue box.
Do they have it for sale lol
Now that's creative 😁💪
Oh my gosh that's amazing.
Jose Villegas Romero Daniel Unfortunately no
R.I.P
Too bad that your monitor stand is broken, but hey! You can buy a new one for only $999
And a mac for 4000$
R35 GAMING :P but wait there’s more! You can get a display for just $5000
@@eputra25 4k
Bruh lmao I laughed so frikkin hard milk came out of my ears
Willian Bueno maybe you could switch it out for a normal iMac for $15,000 if you want the best of it
Why do I love old PowerPC systems so much? This content is fantastic.
I prefer to only have 68,000 transistors in myyyyyyy CPUs. #justkidding
RockWell Aim Hehe. This made me chuckle. 👍 👍
It’s a mac not pc. pfsh
Gaming Embassy I love all computers with PowerPC architecture. My first PowerPC computers were Power Macintoshes from the 90s, and later in the early 2000s I got a G3 and G4. I currently don’t have any PCs or non-Apple computers with PowerPC chips, but I’d really like to buy a new Raptor Talos 2, which uses modern POWER9 PowerPC chips.
Same here. I really like the whole G3/G4/G5 era of Apple
Who else thought the cube was like super tiny
Yeah
Well for a pc then yeah its pretty damn small 😂
There was also I think a "mini cube" from what I remember.
*DROPS CUBE ON BED IN SLOW MOTION INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY SAYING THE NAME*
@@naxzed_it I get this reference
Fun fact you could add a fan into these towards the bottom and put G4’s up to 1.8ghz and the GPU can be upgraded as it has a standard AGP slot, but the card has to be small enough to fit, limiting options. The ram also goes up to 2gb. With those upgrades, these old guys could out perform the G4 mac minis.
Cultural Memeism I vote for a video doing these upgrades.
Heres the closest thing to what I said: m.ua-cam.com/video/LlCteFa6VVc/v-deo.html
@@aegonthedragon7303 never gonna give you up either see you after a click the link
When a 19 year old computer has better fps than your 8 year old one
DynamiteModz are you GAMING on a nokia flip phone LMAO
Vidszy yeah
DynamiteModz hehe i’m on my gamecube
yeah a 15 year old ibook ran minecraft better than my computer
the fuck sorta PC you using 😂
Who didn’t know this existed
Best name ever your picture makes this comment 10 times better
We used these when I was in elementary school. We thought it was absolutely insane.
Best name ever me
2:00 Linus intensifies
I worked at Apple when the Cube was released. I still have mine somewhere in the garage I think. It sold out at launch and for the first 2 weeks the sales were very strong...Then it happened. It was published about the screws in the top being over torqued and cracking the top plastic (This was not the case, it was from the fill process in with the acrylic). Needless to say the WSJ did an article about it and it was deemed a "flaw" by the media. At this point we tried to fix the process but it wasn't doable. You could return your cube or get money back. It was canceled only after 3-6 months (I can't remember when we got the memo).
Crazy times.
This is true.
I had worked at Apple from '79 to '85, and was working at Sun Microsystems when the Cube came out. We were using some Macs in the documentation department where I was, and we got a couple Cubes to add to the early Macs we were also using. The "cracking" problem was clearly an issue with injection molding fill lines, but the press never really got it right. Interesting machine; one ended up coming home with me when we replaced them, and my wife used it for several more years before the iMac she's still using replaced it.
"Methylated Spirits"? Is that Aussie for Isopropyl Alcohol?
Methylated spirits is stronger and should be sparingly used. Isopropyl is a mild cleaning solvent, which would have been more suitable.
Probably
Us aussies just clean everything with metho
@@rdj1672 including our guts!
Methylated means "alcohol denatured with methanol", which is easily found in the US as denatured alcohol, not to be confused with isopropyl alcohol.
No headphone jack... you needed adapters even years ago
Back when they came with stands... for free
That was my main computer for a few years back in the day. I almost upgraded the CPU with a sonnet upgrade later on. I think I was going to go for a 700mhz G4.
5:58 this video is fake you used redstone to power the Mac
Mr poe I didn't know you where into this stuff
James Burfoot r/woosh
@James Burfoot You are dumb, you don't know that this was a fucking joke!
Love the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 music playing in the background
1:22
That's what she said
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
You should be able to connect a 24 inch Studio Display on it.
Back when this came out, every computer store selling Macs had one for display and there have been many case mods for it.
I've got a 500MHz G4 Cube I bought new in 2000. It's been sitting mostly idle since about 2006, and I thought the hard drive and CD/DVD drive were going bad. I've owned dozens of different models of Macs since 1984, but it's the one I can't bear to part with, just because it's such a classic. I just recently got it working again, planning to put an SSD in it and max out the RAM. Perfect machine for running pre-OS X software (though I put Tiger on it, too). Speakers and everything are still in good shape.
You should have way more subscribers! Your videos are absolutely incredible!
i really agree with you there
nah they’re just okay. style over substance and relatively plain
Me: “hey man I’m not feeling that well”
Psivewri: “Methylated Spirits!!!!”
It came with an Age of Empires 2! What a treasure!
Man I love your videos so much. They are so relaxing and I love how much effort and care you put into them. Now to just find myself some methalated spirits and eucalyptus oil in Canada and I'm set.
surprised he hasn’t hit a million subs yet
I will be saving up for one of these. There is a video that shows you how to restore the rubber on the speakers and also convert the speaker connectors to usb with soldering.
I‘ve always been a fan of this computer, but I think my favorite is the iMac G4
You should be famous for what you do cause it is cool to see you fix old computers
this guys voice is just ASMR and its so nice
For deep scratches on PLASTICS ONLY on apple projects, I recommend using Brasso- it gives it a like new finish!
Love the way it opens up. Very futuristic.
love the rubik's cube on the desk
Great job! Please restore more computers and laptops!
Really way ahead of time
Adjusting for inflation from 2000. The cost would be 7,991.3 AUS Dollars... Yeah that sounds like Apple.
A year before the introduction of Intel Macs, just after Apple announced they'd be coming, Mac Cubes were being sold for about $279US. I used my cube as my main machine for 2+ years until the Macbook Pro prices fell like a rock. Incidentally, my work machine caught on fire (Macbook Pro 1,1) shortly after I left! The new patron of the machine sent me pictures.
I have a G4 Cube aquarium with no fish in it yet. Its a big reason why I want a Mac Cube to go with it.
Wow you’re editing is amazing!, I love the camera angle! The parts where are you talk to the audience! Beautiful I’m inspired to edit my videos this way! 😍❤️
So wanna hear a funny there is a fan mount on the G4 Cube there are 4 stand off's on the bottom plate of the G4 Cube these stand off's where designed for a fan as a just in case the machine got to hot and cracked the case. apple already knew of this failure 100%
You should’ve used TenFourFox instead of Camino. It supports more things
TenFourFox requires more RAM but he has it. Camino was a great web browser but no workey on the modern web. I have it on my Cube and it runs pretty well. Much slower than Camino tho'.
Apple discontinued it after about a year saying it only sold a third of what was expected. Still 41,000 people bought one and people continue to love and mod them today.
There's a Mac World article on this.
The Cube at 10. Why Apple's Eye Catching desktop flopped.
I still want one and will have it, though many being sold either are listed as untested, broken or do not work.
I don't know if one could repair the Cube case today.
Repairing the inside is possible.
This could be considered the Father of the Mac Mini.
I wish Apple would consider making a 20 year anniversary model with modern graphics, cpu, memory etc and modern connectors and a mini cam.
Mac Studio is the 20 year anniversary lol..
PowerPC is entertaining because of how outdated they are. Great vid! :D
Yeah, I have a powermac g4 and can’t get any web browsers even the supported ones to work via usb or disc, or find any software anywhere, but i still love it
mac from 2007 playing a game from the 90s without any issues
runs great (surprised picachu)
The Cube is from 2001 not 2007.
Michal Zušťák *2000
The cube came out in 2000 it was 20 years old earlier this year
Dude keep making them! All the wAy from Cali...
Damn your UA-cam channel is so underrated
G4 cube looks like arctic air, 🤣🤣🤣
Nice purchase; I ve always wished to get a Cube, its a beautiful piece of hardware. It looks great!!!
I have just repaired the Apple Pro Speakers I bought for my Quicksilver G4 a while ago. They came in the same conditions, with desintegrated and sticky rubber surrounds . Well, after some research I cleaned the expoiled rubber and put the unexpensive rubber surrounds I bought from Aliexpress and some Tacky glue. Like new! I keep the link if you want to buy them. I paid like $3 for a pair and they fit nicely. I took the link from another UA-cam comment, btw!
That hair though👌
Ah
I love these type of apple machines
Reminds me of my childhood
We only had Apple computers in our house (my parents still use apple)
But I Recently switched to Windows because apple is doing so much stupid stuff lately
good choice
*WhAt* *AbOuT* Linux
I turned the bottom into an aquarium.
that is a beautiful piece of machine
It’s like the stand
I did not even knew this existed until now.
Beautiful computer, gorgeous Display.
Nobody
Not even Nathan
1:23 Apple 🍎: “That’s what she said” 😏
The way he pulled the internals out is so much similar to the way new mac pro case opens
iMac in 2000: I well Introduce The Best Cube!
GameCube in 2000: Am I joking to You?
1:23 d a m n t h a t s w h a t s h e s a i d.
methylated spirits? Why don’t you just say “alcohol”? It’s short and easier to pronounce. Lol 😂
Because methylated spirits isnt jusy alcohol "ethonol" it has methonol put in it which can kill you. It also has a bitterant and a dye to try its hardest to stop you from drinking it
that knife is sick
I traded an iBook for one of those less than a year after they came out. It was pretty neat.
Broooo your videos are so cool please please pleaaseee continue
Very cool looking mac
Omy this channel is soooo underrated. keep creating awesome content. subbed
Why does he kinda look like mr beast?
lol
Nice. I have two cubes; bought one for 50€ about ten years ago (the seller called it an iMac, lol) and got the second one for free.
I acquired a G4 Cube in January, and I've upgraded it quite extensively.
I actually installed TWO SSDs: an mSATA SSD running Mac OS 9.2, and a 2.5-inch SATA SSD running Tiger in place of the optical drive. The Cube's optical drive died a while ago, and since I had several IDE-to-SATA adapters left over from earlier projects, I decided to turn my Cube into a dual-SSD machine!
I bought a great Formac Firewire external optical drive. It's only a CD-ROM drive, but due to the Firewire connection, inserted discs load almost instantly on the desktop.
I also installed a GeForce 2 MX graphics card with 32 MBs of V-RAM, and a fan (powered with a Molex double-adapter) to cool the new card more effectively.
The only component I haven't touched is the processor. I actually own a 1.2 Ghz G4 upgrade card, but it's unsupported for the Cube, and while other Cube owners I know have unsupported processor cards in their Cubes, I don't want to risk breaking my Cube's brain. I already had some hairy moments of failed booting while upgrading the Cube's hard-drive situation.
Since my main computer is a 2008 Mac Pro, Firewire 400 is far more convenient for transferring new files onto my Cube than through the Cube's slow USB 1.1 ports.
My Cube runs really well, and I use it for retro gaming and music (as the USB speakers sound amazing).
The Cube runs Mac OS 9 and earlier games flawlessly, and handles 3D games fairly well. RealMyst is pushing the Cube a bit, but RealMyst has never run well on any of my Macs (even my Mac Pro with a 1GB HD 5870 graphics card). Max Payne gets a bit juddery during gun-fights, but is still very playable.
My favourite computers are my 2008 Mac Pro, my Cube and my Lombard G3 Powerbook.
I love my Cube and had a great time upgrading it, and I'm glad you're so pleased with your own Cube. :)
Someone was selling one of these on Facebook near me with the monitor for £40
Probably in really bad condition
Nah it was working fine but the stand for the screen was broken the same as it is here so that’s why they had it cheap
Better spray some electrical contact cleaner on keyboard to see whether the faulty keys work
If the W and S key didn’t work how did you play games for two hours on it 🤔
For the purposes of testing I plugged a different keyboard in
Eskeetit Bois I bet there’s corrosion on the button contacts
beautiful machine
Cool videos dude:)
Man that thing is amazing
His voice sounds like some computer generated teacher’s voice
Just love your videos💕
I have totally restored to look like new a 500Mhz version ;) with the demo tool at start :D
Ur mic is the best sounding I've ever heard on UA-cam or anywhere😂👌
I used that before my mom had one!
Fellow owner of a g4 cube and it's my favorite of all apples machines, also the first I used as a child
Their coolest failure was the iPod HiFI!
Really interesting video ! Cheers!
This Apple G4 Cube reminds me of GameCube.
This is magic I was thinking about the G4 cube yesterday lol lmao
Just saying a good chunk of this video was him fixing the bracket
Apple should remake the Mac Mini to look like this. It's thermals and even port selection would improve.
Satisfying Cleaning
Idk why i thought this was gonna be an apple version of a game cube
This thing was very popular with my college professors. Meanwhile every broke college student was blown away at the price of the thing.
Golly $175US was about what I paid for mine when the Intel machines came out! I used it for three years until the Intel machines got cheep cheep cheep!
It was a great computer- did a lot of circuit interfacing and design with mine.
It was a kind of nice nod to us NeXT-heads when it came out btw. At the time the NeXT Users Group, which met at Apple Campus monthly was kind of winding down and we were all commenting on what it was like to have tools that had previously been available to a very elite, industrious group, who all pretty much made >$100k per year to a more generic audience that were basically coming from all different levels of income+education levels.
Amazing how much effort you put in these videos. Mad refurbish-skills, too. It really is fascinating how many of the apple designs hold up for years or even decades to come. Cheers from Germany!
Basically homeless: playing ranked on 20 years g4 apple computer
I definitely understand that you put a lot of work into your videos. Thank you, Nathan. And finally I know that you are from the Isle of Aussie. (:
ah yes
The old days when the monitors stand wasn’t $1000
Apple should make a modern Cube ☺️
Someone teach this guy how to use a karambit
Hahaha
Someone teach you some manners
nice video man it´s a great machine.
No Eucalyptus OIL:( JK NIce vid
One of my favorite youtubers! Glad he actually replies on Twitter, unlike other youtubers!
dude you should download chrome i have a 2006 mac pro and i couldn't play youtube and after installing it, i am watching your vid on this computer perfectly.
Hi,
Maybe try the TenFourFox browser. I'ts a good choice for webbrowsing on old Macs and it supports UA-cam. The're versions for the G3, G4 and G5 as well.
*they’re
@@oliverjackson5416 Oh, sorry, i'm from Germany :-)
@@oliverjackson5416 There are*
Don't try to correct him if you are also going to spell it wrong 😉
W and S keys dont work
Minecraft overplay
I also have one at home I also have the IMac form the picture