I Used A 1999 iMac As My Only Computer For A Week
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- I'm going back to the 90s in the worst way possible.
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Apple should bring back their 1999 iMac colors and use them on their newer laptops.
They've been around long enough to go retro, it wouldn't be a bad idea especially for stuff that isn't meant to be professional grade.
Agreed! I honestly think that if they were to make a line of relatively cheap laptops geared towards kids and teens modeled after the ibooks from that time (which look just like the imac in this video but laptop-shaped) they'd be really popular!
@@karenweiner1857 that would be so cool. We have a Mac mini and for a lower end computer it does fine and its portable too
Yes!!!
That’s actually a pretty good idea
When he said, "travel back 20 years," I was like, "wait, so 1999 is not 10 years ago? thanks, I feel old..."
In 1999 I was- yeah, iam old.
21 years?
@@sussyamogusman2248 yes I wasn’t even born yet..
I always think that 1970 is 30 years ago. Lol
from 1996 : p
I was only 8 years old in 1999. At that time, most Chinese families did not have computers and my neighbor’s child bought one. So I ran to his house every day. It was a wonderful time~~~
@Language Lab Gimme five!
Good times..
I was 8 years old too, I remember using those apple computers.
How old are you now? 29?
@@yonathanasefaw9001 Exactly. I was born in 1991~
Does homeboy not own curtains?
Lol fr
The US is a bit behind on sun stopping technology.
@@tFighterPilot yeah we are
This computer takes me back to elementary school days where once a week we’d go to the computer room and get to play educational games for an hour
The Oregon Trail game
this made me feel a bit fortunate to be born in the era of windows vista and 7
I still use my windows 98 pc for retro games and diablo II :D
No one should feel thankful for Vista
@@KristieMacLean Vista started out in rough shape, but it grew into a really solid version of windows. LTT has a phenomenal video on Vista that goes on depth on the matter.
Dude said born in the era of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Try using an 8086 running only DOS and getting Windows 3.11 installed for the first time or using an Apple IIe and playing Kings Quest, Aztec or straight up Oregon Trail.
@@ne0hisda0ne that's why I said I feel fortunate
I swear that at this point this 1999 computer must be faster than the chromebooks that they give for remote learning smh...
😂😂😂 I feel that my daughter is using a chrome book from her school for virtual learning and I hate that thing! It’s awful.
@@LaceyTripp95 As a student myself, I agree! The school issued chrome books are so slow, but I've resorted to using my own. :)
Damn we weren’t even given laptops/chrome books they just assumed we had one of our own😂
@@ren6295 our school got a grant and they were given to us, but other than that our school is hecka cheap lmao
1999 was a good year
Used to use these in elementary school lmao
@Speaking Truth hahaha
Same :)
@Speaking Truth I was born in 96 haha j remember these in grade 2 elementary school 2001 2002 that's crazy bloody hell 😂😂😂😂 take care love from Toronto
Me too!!
I never got to use these in elementary but I do remember using the old white imacs from like 2006 in computer class in around 2016, they even had the old keyboard and mouse
Like, I feel like they are expecting this computer to do things it would have NEVER had to do. This computer was interacting with a totally different world, BEFORE video meetings and high-end editing at home. They were great for their time, and mine will always have a spot in my heart.
Exactly this. Modern sites and apps have a lot more bloat than computers at the time would've been expected to deal with.
The toilet pic made me uncomfy
in the future window blinds might already have been invented
the first 20 seconds of the video called me poor in 37 languages
Why the cheesy 80s music? It's a 99 Mac not an 89 Mac.
Not techno enough maybe
Only 90's kids remember the internet BEEEEE BOOOOp BOOOOOOO
And the screech of trying to use dial up internet.
I used AOL when I was a youngin and my dad restricted it to 2 hours a day and then I got banned from the internet for saying a bad word and I had to have my dad call to get it back
@@Vankotimanusvanij LOOOOOL that must've been awkward
@@hx.925 totes was
That starting sound is the soundtrack of my childhood 😂 I’m picturing walking into the elementary computer lab and fighting to sit at my favorite color computer hahah
And that color was??
I was 15 in 99. I remember the first time one of my friends had internet hook up in her house. It was dial up and literally , you could not use the computer and house phone at the same time. Lol
Correct... one or the other.. I had an apartment and that was before cell phones were widespread so people would have to ICQ or email me or, gasp, come to my house, if I was online.
Dude, there was ISDN, which gave you 2 phonelines, and a whopping upgrade from 56k to 64k! Unless you used both lines for 128k!..at double the minute billed rate..... But the trick was that this stopgap ISDN forced the telco to upgrade the local exchange to digital, which made dsl avaliable within a few months, as opposed to staying with tbe analog line, and waiting until they decided to, or decided NOT to, offer dsl by themselves.
I love how he seemed sad and defeated that he only had 4 notifications on Instagram after the whole week.
4:48 I don't feel bad for you.
Because..
You CAN cover the damn window.
🙄
Exactly, a simple make shift curtain from bed sheets and some durable string to hang it would’ve done the job.
Just wondering: why don't you have window blinds/shades/curtains in the room where you have your computers? That might have made the day where you had to wait for the sun to go down to be able to work on the iMac a lot more pleasant. Or you could have turned the desk to be facing away from the window.
I have since gotten blinds haha, it hasn't been a problem previously but as the sun's gotten lower in the sky I get more direct sunlight through this window
I always wanted to go to a school that had a bunch of colorful ass macs in the computer lab.
We had 2, Blue and Green and if you touch them your hands were CHOPPED!!!! lol the PC teachers were serious about the MACs...
We had each color to chose from and I was in a computer class of 30. On ur birthday you'd get to play games while the hole class did typing class. I miss ittttttttttttt.
@@karayates3646 That sounds awesome. Our teacher passed out maybe 3-5 tickets a day amongst all the students. One girl was teacher for the day for 20 tickets and it was very similar!
He has a wonderful smile
“Why am I paying for creative cloud?” Hurt me
Guy spends 8 hours installing OSX but still has not installed blinds... ?
Also a friend of mine in college had one of these and I was very envious of it. Made my Gateway PC look like an unattractive space-hog. I am disappointed he didn’t use the mouse and keyboard that go with it. I am NOT disappointed he said a big F U to Adobe for their CC nonsense.
This made me feel old
this man gives me strange vibes. I like him.
I mean, he came closer than any youtuber I know to showing his Jimmy on camera.
The end was anti climatic with those 4 insta notifications!
I guess we matter less for the digital world than it matters to us
You give me Bo Burnam & Charlieissocoollike vibes. The ukulele and the little skeleton video really sealed it for me. What an era!
I’m about to show my age, I thought that was an old tv that we still have in our classrooms
day 2 - wednesday..
day 3 - wednesday...
My husband and I had been dating for 3 years in 1999, and didn’t have a computer yet 🤣 we got one in 2002 I think! The first computer either of us ever had and I didn’t understand why we needed it or what the hell I needed internet even for 🤣
No one that didn’t work in a desk job needed them! We just bought them just because! Lol now we do need them since every thing is online.
The first big gift my husband ever bought me was a turquoise iMac 3G...I’m old.
I dont think it was that slow back in the days.. bc I remember my friend had this como and we would chat with strangers on AOL all the time, watch music videos, etc. We were like 10 and loved chatrooms😅😂🤭
The year of Netscape, graduating high school, entering junior college, and America Online Instant Messenger. Those were the days!
I love this kind of videos. Makes me appreciate the advances we have today.
Friend: Yo what pc you got?
Him: macbook
I remember these computers back when I was in first grade! We would all try to get to the computer that was our favorite color. Also anyone remember Zoombinis?
Pretty funny! I actually had the same exact green iMac back then, I miss the sound of it when it turns on! Once Facebook came along, it couldn't handle it and I had to say goodbye, but it was time. I know it sounds scary to do, but if you unbend a paperclip, you can push it along one of the sides of the disc drive and there is an internal button that will eject a stuck disc, as good tip, because it happened OFTEN. And as someone who has taken this computer apart completely, I can tell you that there isn't anything that should electrocute you by doing this. And as for the screen being too dark when it got too sunny, part of the shtick of the iMac was that it was one unit with handles and just one cord, so you can move this heavy ass computer anywhere ~~easliy~~ 😒 it's probably why I have back problems now, haha. At least you weren't stuck using the tiny keyboard and unhelpful yoyo style mouse, though it was cute.
It’s so adorable. Thank you for putting yourself through this I’ve always wondered what the experience of using these was actually like. I was a little baby back then
now, let's wait for another 20 years for future generation struggle using our computer
I remember when our school got these in elementary. We were overjoyed hahahha
2:35 wOaH TheRe Buddy-
good thing it didn't load 😂
@@DakotaDeady hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahaa that was funny
ikr lol
@@DakotaDeady if it did load then we know what apple's priorities are 😳
this dude hella bold
This video shifted from "Using a 1999 iMac for a week" to "Living like it's 1999 for a week".
This video deserves more views! He is a delight. And his smile reminds me of sheldon cooper. Haha
I remember being 9 when these macs came out. I remember really wanting one but they were so expensive.
I was born in 2000 but I saw this kind at a garage sale and had it from 8-14 I loved it so much😂
I'm surprised this video doesn't have more views, it's so well made
I wanted these in every colour! But since I couldn't, I made sure that my Sims owned each and every one of these in their homes!
Elementary school memories those Damn computers would freeze to much
yep that was 90's tech for you.
I remember when we had a Gateway and would go on AOL chatrooms 😂
Those were the coolest computers ever lol Nothing has compared in coolness since 💯
I loved the laptop versions!
I miss when our hole computer room was filled with these in different colors 💞
I remember when these came out. I had a pc desktop that had a turbo button that changed it from 40mhz to 80mhz.
Why would anybody want to be slower? What was the drawback to being fast?
When i read the title and clicked i got confused. I initially thought it must be a video from my Linus subscription
This is the first computer I ever encountered in my young impressed life at 8 years old in 2000. Lol. The ones in nyc public school barely ever worked and were so slow, although maybe that was the internet too. They were so cute though
I find it hilarious how the old school newspaper was more informative and fun than the Apple computer. I knew a teacher who had this computer at her house back in the day. Just like you, she struggled with it because her school computers ran on Windows and Microsoft Office. She was never able to get work done at home due to the incompatibility. Kind of worthless to have.
My dad still has one of these in storage. It still works and was my desktop from 1999-2003. Middle school, when they dropped, they started having computer classes in 2000 and they bought 30 of these! I’m having flashbacks to my youth 😳
I would so pay for the green iMac your dad has in storage if it’s this exact model. I want one to use as a media hub.
@@ktbubster nope 😂 he won’t give up any of the macs he packed into storage going back to 1995. Reason? Tax files, personal documents, and records on hard drives he can’t pull from because it’s TOO expensive to get the parts to fix. Obsolete parts too. Also the iMac? The Disc drive broke, like broke-broke. A disc is still inside it due to me as a teen on accident 🙈
And plus, don’t get excited, these systems run slow in load time. Takes 10-15 mins to wait for the screen to start up before the login comes up. Then you gotta log into your computer. Then another 10 minutes of wait time for the desktop to load.
So nearly 30 mins later it’s ready to go. This is why teachers back then asked you to ALWAYS shut down the systems properly cause ignoring that screws with the load time when you start it back up.
That was a fancy computer at the end of my college years...I always wanted one
good video!! a long time ago i had a big litigation deal with apple and i won see apple imac dispute i even ignored steve when he called :)
I remember our imac lab caught fire in highschool
This was my dream PC and even though I own a Macbook right now, I'd still want to own an iMac G3 :)
My elementary school computer lab had these!
that sequence was absolutely not cut in that version of iMovie
Hey man, I use a vintage apple Macintosh preforms as my daily computer, it does everything just fine! Even connects to the internet but have to get everybody off the the landline first lol
trust me i have been there done that, iMac is a monster to me, everything is light speed compare to the Powermac 7100 running System 7.6 back in the days when i was newbie designer! G3 iMac is the best! Someone out there is still using Macintosh Quadra with SyQuest44Mb, absoultly love this iMac beast! Photoshop with adjustable layer is running in speed unheard of…
hey wait.. it is 2022 now?
THAT IS ONE OLD COMPUTER!
My IMac had dielup plug and a ethernet connection and they both work just fine. MY machine connects right to the internet if you plug in the ethernet cable to your internet modem.
Who else remembers Compaq and IBM computers, and floppy disks?
I'm 34, I learned computers on those in primary school! (I'm in Aus)
Yes, before Compaq was run to the ground. They had great desktops.
IBM got out when computers started selling on price.
A Pentium III even at 600MHz is much more usable with Linux. You can run many of the latest apps, you just need to wait longer than usual. And yes, you can load every website or watch RUclips. It's surprisingly usable. I have a Pentium III Coppermine 600MHz, 484MB RAM, and a 3DFX Voodoo 3. The oldest computer where I've accessed full Google meet is a Pentium 4 era PC, so 2000 and up.
THE COLORFUL WHEEL OF DEATH IS THE WORST!
Still think the g3 is a really nice looking computer. If they made a modernized version of it that wasn't god awfully expensive, I would consider buying one.
Does Apple do anything anymore that isn't outrageously expensive?
Ever heard of curtains or window shades?
I have the same lime color one it originally was an indigo but I converted it
this video shows how unnecessary all the constant Zoom checkups from management are, and how most remote workers get by just fine without joining 10 different micro-meetings throughout the day
This dude has infinite charm
I think the G3 would have been more usable if the internet did not evolve past it. In the 90s, there was AIM, IRQ for instant messages and IRC for slack style chat rooms. AOL was the primary source of news and media, and myspace from 2003 worked fine.
I wish I can have a version of this that works very good in 2021 😔
i think mac should bring out a limited edition imac that is the same shape size and colour as the 1999 imacs but with all modern internals that woould be so cool
I had the blue one and the matching blueberry macbook 🤣🤣 I sold the laptop for 300 bucks, kinda wish I kept it.
Had that exact computer for years but in blue growing up until it was given to a family friends young daughter for awhile. I can’t believe have many years of use it’s gotten.
Think you could have done a lot more. Missed opportunity. Attached printers. There is quite a bit of productivity software available.
OH NO IT'S FROZEN!
The part where he aggressively moves the keypad aside, that would be me. 😂😂
I just wanna say Hi . I will sleep now
I'm 68 and never buy newspapers either, but I get my news from TV. That's where I watch movies, too. Don't you have a TV? Or is that passe?
Lol I was starting college then. My first job had one of those macs. It was so exciting.
I almost bought one of those. It wasn't until 2009 that I bought my FIRST laptop. Found out I'd need to break down & finally get one in order to look for a new job. I'd been employed since 1986 with the same company....and had avoided them. Still haven't gotten a cell phone.
6:35 god.. that was such a creepy weird part to add to the video
That start up boooooonnnnggggg...
Just missing ask Jeeves
2:34 is nobody gonna talk about how he wanted to try the website with *"bad stuff"* ?
A fun idea would be to code a browser that's specifically made for old computers and it would force HTML 1 versions of websites.
Aw the classic school computer! I can feel the static
Me meanwhile straight chlling on MacOS 11 Big Sur lol
Man buys a 1999 computer and then his life goes back to 1999
I remember when I wanted this computer SO BADLY, especially cuz of the cool colors haha.
Ha! I am old enough that I had one of these when it was new and majorly cutting edge tech. We used dialup and used them to put out a newspaper weekly. They crashed a lot even when new. We used Photoshop daily on it. I had an aqua one. We also had Apple computers before iMacs and they were even worse. To really test it, you needed to use dialup and a Zip drive for storage. 😊 ICQ or AIM and IRC were our chat clients. I was only 26 in 1999 when this was made.
Next time, try it with the TenFourFox browser! It's a Mozilla fork that was only just recently discontinued this year, so it's nearly up to date with updates and security fixes. As long as you're running OS X 10.4 Tiger, there is a G3 version for your stunning lime iMac.
TenFourFox will not be fast. At all. However, you can access most modern sites with it, and I've managed to load audio-only RUclips videos with still pictures. Don't expect video calls and meets to work, though. Nothing will make that work on a G3 iMac.
It might make a challenge retry a bit more bearable, using a browser that's far more modern than a looooong-unsupported Safari.
Americans: The sun blocks me
Europe: Google this: persianas
What did you expect from a 1999 yrs Mac!! But glad you’ve reconnected from what was “lost” ... Reading book, play a “DVD” and play an instrument....
2021: The colours are back
Couldn't you install Opera or Firefox?
No! I found a browser that did work but it was so slow as to basically be unusable for almost anything
@@DakotaDeady TenFourFox should work on there, assuming you used OS X 10.4.11.
@@smheath that's what I used. But It was so slow that I only used it when I absolutely NEEDED to
@@DakotaDeady OK that makes sense. I have TenTourFox on my iBook G4 from 2005, but I never really tried it for general web browsing, just for downloading software from Macintosh Garden.