Apple's FIRST Studio Display - A Love Letter & Repair - iiiDIY

[@iiidiy]

1) Yes, the keyboard is dirty - I will clean that when the G3 tower gets its restoration. I wear these black gloves for a reason :) 2) There's a typo in "thorough", which is slightly ironic, but I apologize for the inconvenience.

[@HSS712]

OMG, I have the same Matrix screen saver 😂😂

[@titianobsidian6549]

Wow, a stand that goes up and down with an included kick stand and cables that unplug! Mind blowing, just imagine if they could do such things today...

[@iiidiy]

It took them like 23 years to come up with something that's actually the spiritual successor to this first Studio Display... that was a long drought! :)

[@nathanbinns6345]

Gotta say I do still miss the chonky beige monitors that put your back out trying to lift them, though.

[@SteveChisnall]

i want to get one of these, preferably with both the desk-stand and the kickstand

[@Jaxermd]

That first Studio Display is so different from the design language of anything Apple ever made! Maybe a little like the eMate, but nothing mainstream, love it! Also the only LCD with the 6 color logo.

[@iiidiy]

Yes! The six-color logo on that dark futuristic plastic is just so cool! Clearly my favourite :)

[@mclever2589]

Excellent video. I had one chilling on my my workbench for 15+ years and never gave it a thought how iconic and rare it was! It’s now cleaned up and on display with other vintage Apple products at the dealership I work at.

[@iiidiy]

That's great to hear!

[@BigBadBench]

That was indeed the reason we wanted multiple monitors! Beautiful work as always!

[@iiidiy]

Thanks! :)

[@Verdant02]

This video is really well done!

[@iiidiy]

Thank you!

[@FunfakeElectronics]

Hi! Thank you for this wonderful video : it is short and well captured. The text you added give it life and the history you gave was very interesting. Thank you !

[@iiidiy]

Thank you for the kind words, much appreciated!

[@minims]

I too have a few of these Apple Studio Displays and a special affection for the exact same reasons as you do - it was one of the first Apple devices to have the new design direction. In addition, displays are essentially infinitely useful devices. As long as it works, you can still plug it into any modern computer and use it. In this case, besides retro-computing, it makes for a great auxiliary display, for example to use for chats, effects racks or other tool panels for Adobe suite or alike. Great production!

[@InitialiseDisk]

Those were the shortest six minutes of my life lol. Can’t wait for the G3 restoration!

[@iiidiy]

Hahaha, after the last several projects... I was like "Really? It's that simple?" when the screens worked... and then spent a silly amount of time on b-roll and editing. Just can't take an easy win ;)

[@transitengineer]

Thank you, for this excellent repair and highlight showing these three (3) 15-inch flat panel displays to match the colorful G3 Tower desktop computers. Back when these were new, I loved their design and look but, their price was way out of my budget. However, I did love the "Molar" Mac the All-in-One G3 desktop. Why? Because, it was the natural successor to my first Apple computer an All-in-One 5400 model and the "Molar" Mac even had a bulit-in Zip dive, plus three (3) open internal PCI expansion slots for things like adding a card with USB ports and a card with Fire-wire 400 ports (smile...smile).

[@iiidiy]

I've always had a soft spot for the Molar Mac. I don't think it's nearly as ugly as people say. It's very practical and surprisingly upgradable! I wish Apple had engineered a better solution for routing the video signal from upgraded graphics cards to the internal monitor... but that's nit-picking. I can't wait to restore the one that makes a guest appearance in this video!

[@transitengineer]

@@iiidiy Around the year 2007, I wanted to add to my collection a vintage Mac running only the classic OS 9, from the late 1990's, to represent my first Apple desktop and also, to run my old software titles. First, I stared looking at the 20th Anniversary Mac (TAM) but, their prices were still up in the clouds. My second option was the Molar Mac but, people with a working unit all wanted about twice what, I was willing to pay. So on Ebay, I picked-up an All-in-One 5500. When my All-in-One 5400 died before taking it to an electronic recycling center, I had removed its internal Apple video card system, internal Apple TV/FM radio card system with its matching black remote control, and G3 upgrade processor card which, are all compatible with the All-in-One 5500. Even today, this system is still operating very well (smile...smile).

[@growingup15]

Imagine that a repairable apple device :)

[@DGgraphicsNY]

I had two of these..i wish i had never sold them on eBay

[@Archived_Rem]

Yeah, glad im currently watching this before your channel completely fcking BLOWS UP. Fiiiire Work man.

[@iiidiy]

Hah, really appreciate it, thank you!

[@pheapkim978]

Crazy to think apple gave away free stand back then but charge 1k for wheels n a stand now

[@iiidiy]

Absolutely.... and for the current Studio Display, they charge an extra $400 just to have height adjustment...

[@BilisNegra]

This monitor is so iconic a panel replacement is justified. Imagine doing that with any other monitor (stupid/no economic sense/just buy a new monitor/etc).

[@iiidiy]

While I completely agree, I also specialize in stupid projects that make no economic sense, so... ;)

[@mac27collection]

I'm blue, da ba dee, da ba di...

[@billgates3699]

0:22 Spelling competency test fail

[@iiidiy]

🤦‍♂I proofread this SO MANY TIMES... and yet... haha (I wish Resolve had built-in proofing tools. I don't pre-write these scripts, I just do it in the timeline, and that would really help with these typos!)