Here's why this 20 year old Mac looks like a new one
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- The PowerBook G4 Titanium is arguably the genesis of modern Apple design, featuring an array of modern aesthetics and features that don't look too far from what we're used to in 2022. This 21 year old laptop was a real game changer back in 2001, and today I'll go through some of the parallels to the modern world, both flaws and benefits!
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If you saw a TiBook in the wild without knowing what it is, how old would you think it is?
Please tell me how I can contact u one on one ?
Love the 2000s Apple product videos Luke!!!
Because of the disc drive, somewhere around 09-10.
Circa 2008~2010 there are a lot of Windows laptops with similar design to this, specially Dells and Sony Vaios.
Make a video using the Powerbook G4 in 480p!
I switched to G4 Titanium from my previous Power Book 3400c in 2002. I bought it used from my Canadian friend. Initially, it came with 9.2.1. MacOS, later I upgraded to Cheetah -> Puma -> Jaguar -> Panther, and finally Tiger (10.4). It was damn good looking and fast for that time. In 2009 the left hinge finally broke off, but I still have it, and it still runs. Was used primarily as a Final Cut editing station for my documentary and commercial works as it was easy to capture material via FireWire straight from DV/DVCAM. Great machine! Thanks, Luke!
I acquired two Titanium Powerbooks in quick succession late last year.
One of the TiBooks was in great condition but wouldn't turn on, and the seller was "stumped", but I ultimately replaced the PMU board, and it now turns on and runs like a charm. I installed 1 GB of RAM, a USB card, an Airport card and my Lombard G3's 128 GB Compact Flash card "SSD", and it functions perfectly as a powerful, portable Mac OS 9 machine.
The other TiBook is a top-of-the-range 1 GHz version with a 64 MB GPU and DVI-out, but the screen assembly is completely destroyed, with the screen hanging on my its cables. I don't think such severe damage is fixable, and when I run it through an external monitor, I get severe glitches, presumably due to the exposed cables.
Still, I'm glad to have gotten one good-quality TiBook out of this. :D
Which version for FCP where you using? and which model of the TiBook do you have?
The hinges were a huge design flaw that Apple never admitted. Mine broke three times before I gave up on fixing it.
Do you remember you had to pay for OS X upgrades? I got my PowerBook G4 about a year before 10.2 came out. I remember if you bought it new then, the store gave you a package with the upgrade discs for free, but existing owners had to pay for it. I somehow convinced the store to give me the upgrade discs for free!
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I know of this, but I have no direct experience with it, as I was a teenager when new Macs were still PowerPC.
However, a few years ago I received a free install DVD for Snow Leopard through the mail after speaking with Apple's customer service.
Is it just me or does the TiBook actually look pretty cool when when it is beat up? The second unit Luke shows has a very cool, almost cyberpunk vibe to it.
The TiBook was one of my absolute faves, and looking back I wish I’d hung on to it! But, as you say these weren’t cheap and power was ramping *fast* … at the time I was alternating buying new PC and Mac laptops every year so had to sell stuff off to afford the cycle!
I think the most modern part is the keyboard font. It's cooler than the current one. I really like it.
It's really retro!
Yes, this was a carry over from the Black and White G3 PowerBooks. And in my collection is the last model in this form factor the G3 pismo. Back in the day when, Apple loved to make elements or all of their computer system "see through" (smile...smile).
@@transitengineer Actually, even earlier than that. The font was first seen on the Apple Standard (desktop) Keyboard M0116 released in 1987, up until the Apple Pro Keyboard A1048 which came out in 2003, and on all laptop keyboards before the aluminum PowerBook G4 (Macintosh Portable included).
Univers Light Condensed Italic. There are key caps if you have a mechanical keyboard with that font, I had to buy some myself
@@NotSoCleverUsername The hero we need.
I’m extremely impressed by how thin the Bezels on the G4 are
My M1 13” Pro had bigger bezels
This is surely the most narrow MacBook bezels until the new M1 Pro 16”
Some Vaios had thinner bezels
Dude the PowerBook barely had tech in the screen
I still use my G4s today.. honestly wouldn't even consider using a viao or desktop/laptop from 2001 for anything other than nostalgia, but the G4s and even my PowerMac G3 are still powerhouses for using applications from the time.
If only those thin bezels weren't prone to cracking, threatening the entire display.
I love these videos featuring old hardware. I started using Macs a bit over 20 years ago, so I had a lot of this hardware when it was new. It's a nice trip down memory lane. Thank you!
I agree 100 percent. Please Luke, post more retro Apple desktop and laptop videos.
You knocked it out of the park with this video, I was there in 2001 following that keynote and the stoke was massive. The design was a big deal (and I’d just bought a Pismo PowerBook G3 about a month earlier) and I eventually sold my G3 and bought the second revision in late 2001 (550Mhz version).
I loved the Titanium PowerBook G4, it was glorious to use and the industrial design (as you say) still holds its own today. I still have mine, but it doesn’t look as good a condition as yours. Iused mine for years and years and it was only the battery failing that led me to get a MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo in 2007 and I never liked it as much as the G4. Mine never had any build issues, it was faultless. But the case wore very badly where the wrists rested on the chassis.
And yes to more Ti PowerBook G4 content, make that longer video, we want it. Also, a side by side with the latest 14” MacBook Pro would be excellent as when I got mine I was just so pleased to see it felt very similar in many ways to my old Ti from 20 years before!
I've got a final revision Titanium G4 with the 1GHz chip and in very good condition for its age. No chips in the white paint and everything functioning perfectly. Still use it pretty frequently for some writing projects and to play around with the classic environment. Great video as usual, Luke!
They really are beautiful in good shape!
I'd love a 1ghz TiBook....... I was lucky to find a 1ghx 17" Powerbook G4 in perfect shape ... except a bad battery.... I ended up making it into a dedicated OS9 machine (yea it's possible with the right modified installer) - with OS9 it's reeeeely fast for graphics and DTP apps.....
I had the 867MHz version of the same model year. Apple had resolved the peeling paint issue by then. The earlier generation TiBooks had the horrible paint chipping issue. Mine was 9 years old before I sold it, and it was also in mint condition. Got $350 for it on eBay. Not bad for a 9 year old PowerBook G4. Sometimes I wish I still had it.
I still own a 1ghz ti book and 1ghz 17” aluminum g4
Everyone's talking about how MacBooks look so good, but not about how Luke looks so good.
*PowerBooks
@@ArthurET Potato , Potato 😭
W rizz man
Let’s wait 20 years. 😊
Are you a gayman?
I loved my TiBook. After a few initial problems (the motherboard was replaced a couple of times) this was a great machine. I upgraded to a unibody MacBook only because OS support fell behind and I wasn’t able to run modern versions of the Adobe Creative Suite. Titanium might not have been the best material choice, but you are right to say the design is timeless.
I felt a bit short changed as people who bought Intel seemed to have a device that lasted a lot longer. I remember being really annoyed at the time
So pretty! That thing looks like a 2020 - modern and I’d never have guessed how old it is. And titanium!? Holy $h!t its nuts!
I used to have a TiBook. You forgot to mention that they got VERY hot on your lap. Their hard drives didn't last long, either. But I still loved mine.
I worked for Dell in the early 2000s, and I remember when they first started copying this design. Only instead of actually being made of metal, the systems were just made of silver-colored plastic rather than the old dark gray plastic.
Yup, saw this and immediately reminded me of a dell inspiron we used to have. same white accents too
@@adea7480 my friend gave me his windows 7 Inspiron and it reminded me of this PowerBook.
I've got a mint TiBook 867mhz which I restored with NOS display housing and lower case... it's a joy to use and those keyboards were better than anything before and most models after... running Sorbet Leopard I find myself opening it up more often than most in my collection. I was an Apple sales/service guy for CompUSA when the TiBooks were released and let me tell ya... the first two generations were problematic to say the least. By the final gen a1025 they'd solved most of the paint and hinge problems! Worth mentioning, the original G3 series WallStreet made in Ireland was a disaster as well. Not only the shortcomings of the device itself including lack of zoom video support, but overall quality control and even poor design such as an over-short ribbon cable for the displays on the 13.3 inch models. The second revision WallStreet PDQ, that was the real winner. Best machine they made (maybe ever)... So long as you don't mind an 8 pound chunk of lead in your backpack, but back then that's all we had lol... If you saw my PowerBook collection you would probably have me committed.
Also LOL @ 13:44 "This MacBook Pro"
My first Apple laptop was a used Black and White G3 PowerBook and, I still use it today. Just love the design with its"hot swapable" bays for my super-disk drive, floppy drive, Zip disk drive, extra battery (because, you could carry two batteries at the same time), and DVD drive. The only downside is that its first generation Airport card does not work with my home WiFi network so, I have to used a wired Ethernet connection (smile...smile).
@@transitengineer Awesome to hear! Use a vintage Airport ($20 on eBay) plugged into the ethernet on your home router. Use MAC address filtering to limit device access (regardless of poor WEP security on those oldies) and bam, you've got a pretty secure and reliable vintage AirPort setup. Get wireless again!
I worked for Comp USA in 1999 - 2000 I lusted after the Pismo and Titanium. Cool machines! I'm lucky enough to have owned both over the years.
WOW I was amazed when you popped that keyboard up I didn't know the TI book had that feature. I love this design I think it looks modern, the only thing I don't like is it kinda looks like two laptops stacked together when you close the lid
I love that Apple’s brought back much of this design and improved upon it in their 2021 MacBook Pros.
Yes definitely make a video with it, but watch out for high bit rate even with 480p. I reckon it couldn’t handle it.
Your enthusiasm is akin to vinyl record collectors talking about their albums. I had that 15" in 2003, it was given as a gift by Apple. My first Mac and have stayed with their products since as well.
My family has been an Apple family forever. My grandma used an Apple II in her classroom back when those were the hottest thing. She also happened to own one of these Ti PowerBooks, a fact which I discovered when I came across it a couple years ago. I had no idea it still worked since the screen hinges are both broken, but I plugged it in around a year ago and what do you know, it booted up just fine! It must have broken early in its life because the paint is still in excellent condition. After that one broke, she bought an aluminum PowerBook, which still works perfectly.
Absolutely, this laptop holds up well 21 years later. I also love the vents on the side. Makes it seem so sleek as well, like it has industrial gills.
Am I the only one who loves the idea of ports on the back? I would love to see this on a modern laptop.
Fantastic video, Luke! Thanks.
I remember the excitement when they where announced, the future had arrived. Such a thrill ♥️
The Titanium Apple laptops were surprisingly modern for their time, I wouldn't think my family's old core 2 duo beast that weight several pounds were similar age if I didn't know when the TiBooks were out 💀
Just piling on to say the Ti book design is at least 5 years older than any core 2 duo.
@@stevenedwardyoung doesn’t that make it that the TiBooks were even more modern that they looked like they were released in the late 2000s let alone an old laptop that looked nice
@@HighPeakMapping Oh absolutely. I feel like the Ti book design came through a time warp. As a functional machine, they had a lot of issues, every one I've ever owned has been broken in some way (destoryed hinges, dead logic board, craked chassis, etc..) but they're stunning even today. I keep my 1ghz Ti book on my desk next to my 16' M1 Max just because it's nice to look at!
Great video Luke! I have 2 of these bad boys, and they are one of my favourite Apple designs. Nice touch on having a early version of the Mac OSX to showcase. Keep up the retro videos, there’s lots of cool stuff to cover.
This was my first laptop for college! Used it through all of undergrad and part of my masters. It was a BEAST! The only reason why I upgraded we because of the change to Intel. Unfortunately the hinge was a bit crap, so I had to get that fixed a few times. Such a great laptop!
I got mine for college too, but switched to Windows when the Intel transition began. I felt it was difficult to justify spending so much on a laptop. Come 2021 and I switched back buying an M1 basemodel Macbook Air and I love it!
I had a Dell back in the day before I switched to Apple (somewhere around 2009). Probably something like a 2002. I don't remember the model. But they had a similar idea to the TIBook with the bays, except they were on the front. And it was awesome for the time. Most of the time, it would be configured to one DVD drive and one battery. But I had three batteries, which, at the time, using it at a college - it was a necessity. I could pop out the DVD drive, toss it in my bag, and throw in a second battery. When battery life was getting low and no charger was to be found, I could just replace one of those dying batteries with a fresh one. Then charge them all up that night for the next day.
For the early to mid 2000's... it was amazing.
Now I have a laptop that I don't even have to think about a charger for hours and hours on end, but I still want to compulsively plug it in because of PTSD of having *maybe* two or three hours of battery life on the most conservative of settings from almost two decades ago.
That drop down door is cool.
Yes it is, I have this also on my year 2000 G3 Black and White powerbook (smile...smile).
@@transitengineer the oldest MacBook I still have is my late 2015 MacBook Air. I also have an M1 MacBook Air.
Wow, the transitions between the conserved model and the really used one is so impressive. Video edit 10/10
When these were current, we were just starting to become interested in Apple computers (PCs really started sucking at this time). I had just purchased an iBook G3 Snow, and my wife wanted one of these Powerbooks. We probably would have gotten one, but right when she was about to pull the trigger, the 12" Powerbook was released, and she snagged one of those instead (we still have it!)
I had a G3 Pismo 400 MHz and a G4 Titanium 400 MHz and I loved them both. Yes, that G4 you have there is CHERRY sweet! and could pass for a modern laptop.
I had one of these in graduate school. It was SOOO much better than the previous Dell plastic crap I had prior. It served me well for years until I dropped it onto concrete one late night working in lab when I was crazy exhausted. Tears were shed. Then I got one of the first Intel (15”) MBPs.
Bus speed and video were both addressed with the 3rd revision, and they did make improvements to the paint bonding process and the hinges, so those all got better by 2002 (although never perfect). I used a DVI model 667mhz through college and into solo life. I didn't replace it until upgrading to a late 2007 MBP. The only reason I did so was because the G4 was becoming software-obsolete going into grad school. Otherwise I would have been able to use it another year or so. It's still running now with an 867mhz logic board, SSD, and Sorbet Leopard OSX. These have been developing a bad rap with some younger Mac UA-cam personalities, but I thought at the time it was one of the best all-round Macs they had ever made and I would defend that now. I still think this was the perfect size, too. Even going from the 15.2" Powerbook to the 15.4" MBP, the latter felt big to me. Now my 16" might as well be Vern Troyer's 17-incher from the commercial with he and Yao Ming. I wish they would develop something that felt a little more like this to use again.
I lusted after one of these back in the day. I was studying foundation art and design at college back then, imac G3s and G3 towers were ubiquitous.
My first PowerBook was the "Lombard G3." Black is Beautiful ! The keyboard was the best, the dark curves real sexy and you could change the battery on one side and you could change the optical drive on the right side to a faster burner drive.
Then I got the PowerBook G4 Titanium, keyboard not as good, great big screen, a different sexy though.
Weak hinges, and one of mine broke and of course the white outer rim paint bubbled up and looked very bad.
And I miss the 'Bong' at the boot up. :-(
Awesome video, as always, Luke! This laptop certainly was ahead of its time and it's no wonder that Apple has retained some design elements from this for so many years.
Late 2001 OS X was new, Powerbook G4 and iPod. My first Mac $2295, bought the iPod 5 gig $399 at the same time. The iPod came with a CD with iTunes 1. something on it. After many upgrades, those oldies still fire up. Amazing.
You found a nice clean one there. Very nice. I have one just to use OS9 when I am feeling nostalgic. Mine is the last gen one. It was having display issues one time so I opened up the back and just pulled out what I thought was the display plug to the board and resested it. Working great now. I have OS9 and leopard running on it.
When I first laid eyes on a TiBook the design reminded me of modern airliners, the trim with matching bevel, the engineered hinges, the recessed lock, the drilled out speaker grilles, that level of detailing is now the norm. Back then most laptops looked like they recycled the dashboard out of an RV. I love the utilitarian and superfunctional aspect of the design. Definitely that superbright, large screen was something we hadn't seen before on a laptop. It was probably my favorite laptop ever, it was such a leap in design and capability. And heat generation.
This was my very first Apple laptop back in the day, my 2nd love after the 128K Macintosh. I remortgaged my house to get this, but worth every penny. YES, I think it looks even sexier than most modern laptops today. And that BEZEL....NOTHING comes close even by modern standards!
This was my first ever Mac :D Used to edit skateboard videos on it in 2010.
Still the best design of any mac portable in my opinion - thought admittedly it had many flaws.
My 400mhz TiBook from 2002 still works like it just came out of the box running OS9.5. It will still do things like run Office etc but I retired it about 5 years ago - still love the thing to death! It's a great form factor and the current Macbook Pro is closer to a TiBook in terms of size than anything that has been made since Apple stopped building it.
That is great to hear. I feel the same way about my year 2000 Black and White G3 PowerBook Pismo for all the reasons Luke stated in this video and many more. While, it shipped with OS 9, I keep mine on OS X 10.4 Tiger. Also if, I take it to work to watch a DVD at lunch our guest WiFi network still supports the first generation Airport card (smile...smile).
Worked in a music/tech shop back then. Saw them fitted with a PCMCIA card that attached to a 12(?)-Slot PCI 19-Inch enclosure which was loaded fully with Digidesign (now Avid) TDM cards for music production. They were flying of the shelves. And a fully propped one could set you back easily 50+ grad. Crazy times.
Geez… how to make me feel old! I had one of these running mainly Logic & Ableton back in the day, when the M1’s came out last year I thought how similar some of the design cues were, classic!
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The rim makes it look cheap. But it still looked way more premium than anything at the time
I have been piecing an original 400mhz G4 Ti (non-booting) back together, it was missing most of the screws and the disc drive is non functional. I ended up having to replace the logic board but the hinges were replaced at some point in its life so they're super strong. The backlight is still very good and it included the yo-yo power adapter. The paint on the top case isn't too bad but it does have cracks that will need gluing. Most importantly, it now functions.
I owned one of these for a few years as a high schooler in 2008ish. Was a nice upgrade from the iBook I had previously. Ended up selling it and getting a first gen intel mac mini.
I love the sound the HD in this era of machines made. Takes me right back!
I have a 2000 Dell Inspiron 4100 and a 2007 MacBook Pro 15 on one of my tables in the basement. The Dell is conventional for the 1990s but it is still pretty clean. The old model you showed has a classic design. It's actually quite hard to make a design that turns out to be classic. I bought a 2010 iMac 27 yesterday for $100. I arrived at their house and it wouldn't boot so I attached an external bootable High Sierra and it booted off that. i7, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD. I took it, brought it home and the fans were pretty loud. I did some diagnostics and the HDD sensor was bad so I just installed a fan control program and this old iMac is now part of my rotation. I ordered 16 GB of RAM which should arrive next week but High Sierra is frugal for RAM. So I got a QHD 27 inch display, great speakers and a very usable computer for $100. I'm not going to use it for video editing but rather for watching Luke Miani videos while I do Yoga and weight-lifting in my home gym. And the remote control works with it too. I love old Macs and making them usable again.
The design is shockingly modern. It could easily pass of as an early 2010's laptop. Crazy
Ok I’m just watching this video again as I have two coming from different ebay sellers. Both less than $50 and both include batteries. I’ll need to get power supplies. One I’d 1st gen (500 mhz) and one is an ‘02 800 mhz. So excited! Your enthusiasm for these is contagious! I have a dozen or so MacBooks and pros from 2006 to 2015. But I’ve been intrigued by the titanium ones. Thanks for these great videos Luke!
the bezels were just insanely small for the time
The TiBook definitely feels like inspiration for the current MacBook Pro, even the blacked out keyboard deck feels like an homage to this keyboard design.
I owned one, and is still one of my fave apple laptops of all time. I am trying to find one in the U.K. that isn’t beat up (very difficult) and is a later DVI model
Yes, definitely make a video using that MacBook
I remember that laptop very well. It was my first MacBook ever and it was also the way I learned final cut pro. Thanks for making this video brought back a lot of fun memories
I remember using the desktop G4 in Blue in college. We were being taught FCP 4.0 and Photoshop 5.0...it was a great time and the laptop were only in the professors room. I was just amazed at how fast it booted and worked, it was really revolutionary!
Yes, make a video in 480p on that titanium MacBook! That would be fun to see, and I’d really enjoy hearing what you had to say about the process.
Followed a CL advert years ago to get the 17 inch version for $75 because it was broken. And I guessed right it was a power problem. But the catch was I had to disassemble it and get the hard drive out for the seller. First one I had ever worked on and it was a challenge with his whole family watching me work. It was not designed for the consumer to take apart. The screen on that machine was absolutely amazing and it served me well for many years before it finally gave out. Such an amazing display for the era. Thanks for the reminder.
Make a video in 480p using FCP3? Yes! Absolutely! Even if it's just a 30-second clip. Do it!
TiBook was my very own first Mac. The only bad thing about it was where the lid hatch was - Titanium is actually quick “soft” and my lid developed a wing shape over time.
The TiBook was between my laptop replacement cycles. Went from a PowerBook Duo 210 (9-inch screen, trackball, 25 Mhz processor) to a G3/400 Lombard in 1999. Skipped over the first G4 and got one of the first available 12-inch aluminums. Of all my first laptops, I miss the Lombard the most. It had everything I needed - and it was organically stylish. Others at our newspaper that year had clunky-boxed IBMs and a Sony Vaio, but mine was just sooooo thin at 1.7 inches and lightweight at 6 pounds.
I owned several TiBooks in the day, and a couple Pismo G3 ones before them. Loved, loved the TiBook. So sleek, so professional. I liked the feel of the power button which was more jewel like than anything since. The backlit translucent keyboard. The clean design with ports behind the metal door on back. That screen. The size was just right.
12:20 can't find time? Hmm we would love to see the first ever Luke Miani documentary 🤩
I just love these super thorough throwback videos. You must have an epic Apple HW museum. 🙂
That b-roll is absolutely stunning. Great job Luke!
The display alone is years ahead of it's time. The colours and detail on the icons made it seem like the future. I know we've gone back to simple designs over time but the 3D looking icons for everything really showed off what new displays could look like.
Luke is actually the same age as the G3 powerbook from 1998 and was 3 years old when this titanium came out ,very strange
A really great feature was the magnetically activated hook in the lid, as the lid comes down, a magnet in the lower body pulls out a little hook that keeps the lid down till released.
I have like 7 of these. What a machine
It's a weird teenage metamorphosis between the 90's era Mac aesthetic and the modern aluminum look. It's a laptop shaped cocoon.
You bought three! Geez, you must have paid a premium, because they go for quite a lot on Ebay and yours is in very good condition. I have two, one I left in my childhood home running in 10.1 and 400 MHz model (had to swap out the optical drive) running Jaguar. I like playing with it for nostalgia and learning about the earlier releases of OS X. I could never afford something like that back in 2001, was just too astronomically expensive. But I loved seeing them in ads, tv shows and magazines like Macworld. I brought mine to the Apple store when the new M1 MacBook Pro's launched last fall. Just striking how much of the lineage they share and a big part of that is the software.
You should edit a video on it! That would be awesome.
I also want you to revisit unibody MacBooks in the future to find out if they are still a viable option in 2022, like you mentioned in the 2014 MBP video (that one was awesome btw)
Great Video! I started using Apple around 94 with the Performa 630 .. but the Ti PowerBook was my first Apple laptop. Mine was the 2002 (2nd version) like yours. I absolutely loved mine. Unfortunately in 2005 the video card fried. So I sold it for parts. I ended up getting the Aluminum 17” G4 PowerBook.
Paradoxical to this video, I actually really like the G3 Powerbook design. The PC laptops you showed look like nasty plastic things. The G3 looks organic in a natural way, like a curved rock on the seashore, smoothed out by countless years of erosion by the sea..
I love that Apple went back to the Titanium G4 design for the M series MacBooks.
Not gonna lie, That screen does look great for year 2000 and not half bad now. Love the metal.. this thing was solid but in 2000 I had like four towers I was constant pulling from and upgrading I was a kid I never even got to touch one of these lol. My friends dad had one and the screen was pretty amazing tbh
I had a Powerbook G4 and one of the first G4 MacMini's. There was not so much difference in speed as I can recall. Changing RAM in that Tibook is awesome. Changing RAM or a HDD in the old MacMini was quite a task!
I had one of the later models of these. I sold it to a friend around mid 2004 and got a 12" aluminum powerbook G4. The Ti-book definitely scratched pretty easily. The aluminum powerbook on the other hand was easy to dent.
That Keybote video of Steve Jobs was cut for some reason and I cant seem to find the complete version on youtube. I recall that the "sex" Steve Jobs was talking about were Sony's Vaio notebooks that were amazingly sleek designs for its time. I remember he candidly admitted it during this keynote and in his slides.
now they are making the iPhone 15 Pros from Titanium
Of course they did the easy to change RAM under the keyboard thing again! I had a TiBook 667 and an iBook G4 12" 800 and an iBook G4 1,25, and they both had this feature
That G4 was the very first Mac i got and was an awesome device that looked as nice and attractive as current models. Loved it
I had just started my architecture degree when these came out. Whilst one or two students (literally one or two) had one, the rest of us were dribbling over them. I had occasionally used an employer’s PowerBook G3 (OS 9) which did feel really luxurious and a quality product, especially next to a white plastic PC desktop. I bought a 12” 1Ghz G4 PowerBook (Jaguar) when it came out, it felt really special to be part of the Apple buzz / community. Yes, do edit and publish video on your G4 Ti… they were used for real work back then!
It looks 10 years ahead of it's time!
You should make a video, show casing every apple laptop you own, stating the evolution of apple laptop.
This Powerbook received some inspiration from the Sony Vaio design that was getting popular, I remember hearing some people calling it the Powerbook Vaio. It was a beautiful computer, and yes it is amazing that it took 20 years to get those thin bezels back.
I always remember that mac laptops had wider aspect ratio screens than laptop pcs back in the day, although taller aspect ratios would be a welcome comeback.
First laptops with wifi as well, imagine a laptop before wireless networking 💩💩
I saw this laptop in an early 00s show recently and immediately thought how damn modern it looked
Another machine that's timeless are the penryn MacBook Pros from 2006-2008! Absolutely gorgeous machines.
The spinning beach ball, as you called it, is actually a spinning optical disc. As the OS X graphics were simplified it lost detail and people started calling it a pin wheel and then a beach ball as OS X evolved.
I still run G4s today. Not as a daily driver, more for era-specific applications but they're awesome for that. These machines are the hey-day of the "new" apple and they're still great today. try one!
I owned both the 1999 PowerBook G3 (with the gold keyboard...cost $3K!) and the first Titanium PowerBook G4. These machines were “the shizz” in their day for sure! I was doing a lot of video editing from MiniDV to Final Cut Pro. V. 1.2! I was amazed I could do that work all from a laptop!
100% agree with you on this one Luke, I got one of the last ones in about 2004, and absolutely loved it. I used it to run Final Scratch, the earliest DVS system and it worked beautifully. Unfortunately as they were so expensive I had to lease the machine, which meant when the lease was up I had to return it to the lease company as the payout figure was ridiculous. Definitely the start of sexiness in the Apple laptops!
I have an early 2006 black plastic MacBook, and it also holds up pretty well design wise. It’s super heavy and thick, with much larger bezels than this, but it’s overall a neat design that’s not too disimilar to MacBooks made today. I love how well apple products age, it makes me actually want to hold onto my 16 year old laptop because it doesn’t look like a piece of outdated junk.
I noticed that when you close up the screen, the pixels are not divided into sub-pixels. All the laptops and screens I have had until a few years ago have red, green and blue sub-pixels, but newer ones have managed to merge the red green and blue into a single pixel.
I used to own one of those. Loved it. It was awesome, sometimes - just randomly - it would electrocute me without me doing anything at all. I would be typing school presentations and, out of the blue, I would have my parents rush into my rooms because they'd heard me scream in pain. You know the feeling you get when you live with a cat who's a little unpredictable and you never know if they will attack you or not?(just me? ok) yeah... that. SCARY. Loved it, but scary.
I loved my G4! Sucked it was on Mac OS 9 out of the box. Granted X was a shell of an OS when it launched and no programs supported it by still, it felt old a year later.
I also loved the accessable internals under the keyboard. Just needed two fingernails to pop it off. So easy!
i think the one flaw with the G4's design that isn't an issue today is how it has those individual buttons for clicking rather than having it all in the trackpad. I think the one benefit of this is that you can right click without having to use two fingers to click
I never owned one, BUT I did own a Wall Street G3/233 just like the one you showed in this video and I loved it! I replaced it with an iBook, skipping the TiBook G4 altogether, and latter the Intel Al MacBook Pro.