The Evolution of iMac (Apple's First iProduct) - Krazy Ken's Tech Talk

Apple's first iProduct, the iMac, helped shape Apple's future. Let's take a look at how it evolved through time.
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The Evolution of iMac (Apple's First iProduct) - Krazy Ken's Tech Talk
***Small correction at 12:58 - this Mid 2007 iMac was NOT the first iMac to have FireWire 800. The previous-gen 24-inch model actually featured FW400 and 800. However, the Mid 2007 iMac was the first iMac to make FW800 standard on all models. 👍
***Also, at 13:38, the more "slant-y" foot was actually introduced with the late 2008 iMac.
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[@ComputerClan]

Enjoy the new episode! 🔔Subscribe for more because with Apple's WWDC coming up… we've got some juicy stuff planned. Plus, always, more tech scam-busting is in the works, too! Have fun! : )

[@NotJohnTanner]

Nice new video keep up the work!

[@techextreme4327]

Great vid!

[@ComputerClan]

@@techextreme4327 thank you : )

[@techextreme4327]

@@ComputerClan np! 🔥 Also, could i plz have a shoutout in ur next vid? Anyways, keep up the great work

[@marcelwilgorski2137]

Hey, i found an speling error in subtitles at 8:26

[@m1dnight424]

I'm actually a windows person but I still love this content.

[@victorfigueroa9385]

yep im a pc guy but apples computers and operating systems have always caught an interest to me!

[@dpc4548]

Yea, I recently got the m1, hate it, but still love this channel. Good stuff.

[@themarioman23303]

Same

[@JackBealeGuitar]

Yeah, same, I like the fuss and faff of the DOS era really, Macs are too user friendly and boring, I'm not being funny, I really do mean it

[@dpc4548]

@@JackBealeGuitar I don't find them user friendly at all, that's part of my problem with them. You have to faff just to get the basics working... you know, I just realised that we're getting into a windows vs mac debate and this may be the first time this has happened on the internet. So, before this becomes too common, let's just leave it at "people and pcs are different". Sweet.

[@3Dsjk]

I’m waiting for someone to come out with a G4-inspired base and arm for the VESA-equipped version of the new M1 iMac.

[@reputationtaylorsversion]

Although I don't have it, that would be amazing!

[@compaqdeskpro5770]

Apple could call it the ProBase, it could have an optical drive, USB and ethernet ports, and an EGPU, it might actually be worth $999.

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

@@compaqdeskpro5770 except the EGPU wouldn't work at all

[@ghejnuni]

@@compaqdeskpro5770 Imo if they do it (which they probabbly won't) it would be a massive dongle

[@andrupka8749]

Even for the 2019 iMac, this would be amazing.

[@wassabi-g7p]

The one thing nobody can make better than Apple: a trackpad. The one thing Apple cannot make better than any other company: a mouse

[@cameronwebster6866]

Have they put the lightning port somewhere practical yet?

[@riponrip4574]

I like it a LOT better

[@rrp6405]

looks better, i actually dont mind it, seems natural. what would you suggest instead?

[@cameronwebster6866]

@@rrp6405 wasn't the lightning port on the magic mouse on the bottom, so you can't use it while charging?

[@MAYBEE90]

The Apple trackpad is seriously magic! I couldn’t function without it while using my computer. Their mouse on the other hand, just terrible.

[@kronos2611]

I remember watching the keynote live for the iMac G4, and hitting refresh over and over to buy it. My 800Mhz G4 iMac lasted me a number of years before I upgraded to a PowerMac G5 and wish I hadn't given it away as it was a truly classic design.

[@YoshMaster]

I’m sooooo happy that they finally came back to color iMacs!!

[@leagueofchristiananimators9153]

Ah, the original IMac. I absolutely love this computer, it was my first computer “ever”, as my elementary school was loaded with em. Still have reverence for it.

[@kenni417]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,

[@northwindkey]

@@kelsormjaquan Tbf, that wasn't the only reason Apple was and remains popular with schools. Apple generally is very, very cooperative with school districts worldwide, even making a custom Apple II in the U.K. specifically to fulfill educators' wishes.

[@SMCwasTaken]

And they look Beautiful

[@QuantaSolace]

I still own the G3 and G4 that my family bought when I was a kid. The G4 is probably still my favorite iMac design-wise. It's just a shame OS X in the early years felt clunky until Tiger and Leopard.

[@l21n18]

Panther?

[@YayWalterSullivan]

To think we could’ve had MacMan, PodMan, PhoneMan, PadMan, CloudMan...

[@alterbr33d]

What would women think?

[@rohitghali]

@@alterbr33d Well, then it'd be MacPerson, PodPerson, PhonePerson, PadPerson, CloudPerson... 😂

[@christopheralthouse6378]

Don't forget The TunesMan Store...😅

[@buowerc]

And get sued into the ground by Sony

[@rylans_video_corner6044]

This was such a great episode!

[@ComputerClan]

Thank you : )

[@Memes-And-More]

Yes

[@BobPony]

If Apple went with the name "MacMan", sounds like Namco wouldn't be too happy with the name...

[@Rollify]

hey bob!

[@MrMegaManFan]

I’ve got Mac Man Fever. 🎶

[@subtractment]

The mac is baaaaaaack

[@prod.kanade]

maybe an episode about the PowerPC to Intel transition

[@alexis0a]

OH YES! I want so see that!

[@TheMetalMag]

first iMac DVSE my first computer and it helped me quite a lot! now the 27inch iMac has been my friend for years

[@ahmedp800]

Love the iMac line. Signed, Windows user.

[@Bogomil76]

„If there is a particular iMac you want me to cover?“ YES

[@CallMeChato]

Nicely done. Yep, the Oracle people were hot on the networked Mac.

[@ComputerClan]

And thanks for making your little video about the subject, too. ; )

[@oseidwomoh]

I don't like Apple. But I got to say, its interesting to see how 23 years later, the iMac still looks good.

[@pafawag5b6b5b]

same

[@oseidwomoh]

@Xienna I understand. No upgradeability sucks.

[@stevenjlovelace]

The original iMac is still my favorite design... except for that damn puck mouse. I bought a Microsoft mouse several months after getting my machine.

[@zekicay]

I don't like the magic mouse in the same way as the original puck one.

[@riponrip4574]

Why, it’s muck better, the Magic Mouse, or

[@HeitorMD]

ME TOO

[@scottjohnson5415]

LORD, I HATED that puck mouse. Worst ergonomic design ever!

[@cashnelson2306]

God, I have so much nostalgia for the G4/G5 era... that was my teenage years and those, both at home and at school and at my first IT job, were how i learned to computer with the big boys. Then I'd end up being a genius for a few years in college/shortly after and finally become disillusioned with the whole Apple thing, haven't been a Mac guy for a long time now, but I'll always have a place in my heart for them. Especially the G4-G5 and first Intel era. I have my parents' old iMac G4 running as a linux webserver now. Probably my favorite PC design of all time.

[@SMCwasTaken]

And they look beautiful

[@sangeloo]

This was an awesome episode! Great job!

[@ComputerClan]

Thank you : )

[@ravick6940]

I've never owned a single Apple product, but I do love a lot of their designs. Especially iBook G3 and iMac G4, they've got that fun summer vacation look to them.

[@theredjoker17]

I love how the iMac in the background was just sitting there while he's talking about the iMac's history

[@noahfleschman7259]

The iMac G5 with iSight was my first Mac I could call my own. Great machine. I loved front row and was sad to see it go

[@fluffycritter]

Back in the day, extremely high refresh rates were important for basic comfort; 60Hz refresh meant a 60Hz flicker, which caused headaches (especially when in a room with fluorescent lights which were also flickering at 60Hz). These days, refresh rate is only useful for framerate, which is nice but not so vital.

[@uru86]

It's really cool how well preserved the Mac's are!

[@spritemon98]

14:28 holy shit that monitor is massive

[@Excalion88]

I never had one of these, but in 6th grade my school computer lab had a bunch of these brought in. Most of them were orange and teal. I liked them.

[@compaqdeskpro5770]

Was hoping to see more disassembly, would love a video on "Upgrading Every iMac". Despite looking like a G5 the first Intel iMac was brutal to take apart, every layer of plastic had to come apart to get to the hard drive, lots of tape, breakable clips, and cable gotchas. The G4 on the other hand was a pleasure, with a round motherboard, thermal grease on the chassis, 6 inch long aluminum screws, a gorgeous white fan. The last ones need a heatgun to get into, and are a $5 fee for the adhesive strips but are otherwise easy to deal with. I imagine nothing but the screen can be replaced on the new ones, if we are lucky.

[@nbrowser]

As an owner of a Graphite iMac DV SE...yes THAT little G3 powered iMac...I love this kinda history!

[@macaccofr]

Oh man, this is a very high quality content. Congrats from Argentina (and from a true Apple collector).

[@Computist40]

Oh mannnn those iMac G3s, the last time I saw those were grade school, we had the different color models in the school.. Sure they were slower than my Windows PC at home, but I thought they were awesome. If you got the one connected to the projector, you were the man.

[@nticompass]

I have a slot-loading iMac G3 and an iMac G4. I love these machines :-)

[@springycz837]

Even tho I'm not an Apple fan, I'm still hyped for this

[@ComputerClan]

Awesome.

[@aimwell8813]

I hate Apple, but even I agree that the new iMac is crazy thin. Now that I think about it, most Windows all in ones are of a similar thickness, and some of them have a dedicated Nvidia GPU instead of the iPhone crap that the M1 has. I’d love to see how that M1 runs fortnite, oh wait, Mac doesn’t have fortnite. Haha Apple sheep buy this glorified iPhone crap. Get a real computer

[@ShiggitayMediaProductions]

@@aimwell8813 no u

[@aimwell8813]

@@ShiggitayMediaProductions Nice try, but I got statistics. You wouldn’t want your computer to be a glorified smartphone right? Especially for gaming and creative work. You need a real Intel or AMD processor and real Nvidia or AMD graphics to do real computing.

[@ShiggitayMediaProductions]

@@aimwell8813 While I will agree that an Intel based system does very well with creative work and other stuff like gaming, most people don't buy Macs (M1 or Intel) with gaming as their primary focus. "Real computing" is subjective too. I don't know what stats you have but the M1 is no slouch when it comes to creative work (like photo and video editing) and overall everyday performance. I have an M1 Mac mini and it's a super powerful machine. Am I fanboying a little? Sure. It's my right to. I don't mind if my computer is a "glorified smartphone". The M1 in fact is more than that. Sure it's based on the A14 series of iPhone/iPad chips, but I'm sure your stats include this fact: THEY'VE BEEN TWEAKED FOR macOS! Lastly, I'm aware you were trying to troll me here, and believe what you want, but it didn't work. I'll also let others come out of the woodwork and school you on the M1 and Macs in general as well. Have a nice day.

[@Musicmaddnes]

I love those original imacs. We had them in elementary school. We had imacs and MacBook pros in highschool.

[@morsing]

Great video Ken. It is nice to see the history of things, some of us has used for ages. Thanks! Love it. Consider changing perspective from the computer to a workflow or process. Like working with videos, photos etc. What was the workflow on the first iMac compared to now, including distributing your end product. I started in 1989 with an IICX and a 21" black white monitor, DTP was new and changed everything in the graphics- and advertising industry, almost over night. From 1987 to 1991, while I was under education, we went from 20k$ systems (CR Tonic 360) to 5-7k$. A professional graphics workstation (now including video editing) is still around the same price level. Productivity from the Linotype workstation to the Mac was 4x in the first try. NOT including any graphics at all. The CR Tonic 360 had print capability, so the text output was on photographic paper, that had to be developed in the darkroom. Only text. To get the text and graphics out of the Mac in high quality, you needed something like a Postscript RIP Linotronic 300 / 2400 DPI. So sitting with a Mac working with Pagemaker, QuarkXPress , Freehand, Illustrator etc. was like taking a huge step into the future - in one giant go. There was a time before DTP and a time after, for sure. And the same happened to the photo- and video production industry. I actually bought a 2020 iMac 27 from a video production company. They are now working on Macbook Pros.

[@Daniel28021991]

It's really cool that they came back with colors

[@bradyvelvet9432]

You have a great voice for presentations! Awesome video!

[@GuillermoPaulman]

I remember when the first iMac was released. It was revolutionary, it felt like the future had come. I always wanted to have one, but I was 14 and my family was quite poor, so we've never had it. One day when I live in a slightly bigger apartment, I'll get one just for the retro fun :)

[@kenbmiller]

Great video! I've owned a few iMacs, but my favorite was definitely my G3 Graphite DV, which was sadly destroyed when the water hose for our washer sprung a leak and sprayed water all over our basement when we were out of the house. It was full of water when we finally rescued it, and it broke my heart to recycle it.

[@JeanSamyr]

The G3 indigo is so beautiful. I was born in 2000, so I didn't have the opportunity to use and have a G3 and G4, I love these designs, the best that apple made. My first Mac was a iMac 2010, so I entered on Mac world (my first PC was a Positivo with Win Vista) on the same design for more than 10 years era. And the M1 refresh is fresh air to the line.

[@BoyoOfficial]

I think the iMac G5 would be a great talking point and I’m a bit biased, because when I lived in Massachusetts they were very prevalent in intermediate and high schools.

[@Maniac536]

I appreciate these history videos

[@drkinetics384]

i remember in elementary school we had the 2009 imac (i think, def the same design) and i was blown away by how cool it looked, i dont have an imac today but i recently just got my first MacOS device, a 2020 intel Air

[@charlieminaj2]

i have a iMac (20-inch, Early 2008 running El Capitan and it works perfectly in 2021 watching this video on it actually, it also has wifi and can connect to personal hotspot

[@awsomewe360]

The iMac G4 has always been my favorite designed iMac.

[@andrew_sar]

More iMac G3 videos please. Ive been oddly completely obsessed with them since 2005.

[@kagameen]

5:20 oh man that was really good

[@Mikeforealz]

EXCELLENT video. I'm excited to see where Apple goes with this new design language.

[@ComputerClan]

Thank you : )

[@tr90210]

The iMac G4 was my return to Apple after being forced to buy a Compaq PC in the late 90s for budget reasons. I still have the G4 and a laptop with the handle. I know once I donate them I'll regret it. This was a great episode 👏🙌👌

[@DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs]

Very Nice Ken Well Done I Told Mike I Saw Is Pro-to Type Featured In You Video

[@DustyTheDog]

man, I grew up with iMac G3 in my school. I can remember learning to type on these things with those orange rubber keyboard covers. The round, single-button mouse was always strange to me. I never liked it. Ah, good times, good times. The early 2000's were certainly a time to look back in retrospect and see what people were trying. There are all kinds of pieces of tech from my early childhood that I miss.

[@KDCloudy]

I’m late to the party but this was an EXCELLENT video. So much better than other generic history rundowns. Also the Dolby Atmos has been a thing on MacBooks since 2018, but this is the first time for an iMac. 😅

[@jsebrech]

That MacMan picture at 1:42, that's some serious dedication to the youtube craft. I wonder how long that took to make for showing up for all of one second. Anyway, excellent video!

[@ComputerClan]

Thank you : )

[@mutestingray]

The 07 iMac was my first new Apple Mac; I still have it and it still runs. I always thought the black plastic back looked really spiffy.

[@ghostcrusher5169]

Great video love to see the apple history I also see 8 bit guy love his to and Hugh I joined Computer clan membership for seeing All of this nice work keep it up

[@ComputerClan]

Thanks for joining! : )

[@ghostcrusher5169]

@@ComputerClan thank you for teaching us and no probs

[@willierevilla4217]

Great video that brings Great memories. Thanks Ken!

[@KotTheSillyOne]

You should make a video covering the 2007 imac!

[@xplodingmojo2087]

I never really was an iMac or MacBook person, but iMacs always remind me of the computer room at my cousin’s old house where we used to play Minecraft on 2 or 3 Macs with another cousin...

[@mcrazza]

12:43 Still rocking my Early 2008 24" iMac as my daily driver. Mine's in much better condition than yours though! Not much of the original machine remains. Over the years I've maxed out the CPU, RAM, put in an SSD and replaced the logic board and LCD. I've replaced the video card a few times too because the NVIDIA 8800 GS had a high failure rate, so I ended up downgrading to the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO and haven't had problems since *touch wood*. It's a great machine and holds up reasonable well enough. That said, it's definitely time to upgrade!

[@l21n18]

I think the big thing that was cool about the g4 design was the range of motion for the monitor, they should have kept that aspect of it

[@G4ZDTechTV]

Shoutout to all the times "G4" gets mentioned

[@northwindkey]

Man, I miss Apple's colorful eras (Admittedly, I'm missing something I wasn't alive for but my point stands). Apple ever since the mid 2000s or so has been so obsessed with the grey, sleek look for everything. And yeah that was cool for a while, but man, I love the way a lot of old school Apple stuff looked. Like the Clamshell iBooks. That's just cool.

[@spacecheesewizard9067]

I never saw the G4 in person so I would love to learn more about it. I started with I think a G3 or G2 and just moved back from PC to the new 24 inch iMac. I absolutely love it.

[@JCole78]

I’ve got a Strawberry G3 with the 333mhz PPC, I was able to upgrade it to 512mb of RAM. I love using it for my vintage software library that hasn’t been able to run on anything since OS9 and Windows 2000. For modern day uses I’ve got a 2017 5k iMac, and a 16” MacBook Pro.

[@Badhead1970]

I sill absolutely love the G4 imac. Still looks amazing and contemporary today.

[@domxem5551]

Thank you Ken

[@oscarmay6079]

Watching this on my trusty Macman 2012

[@13StJimmy]

I love the translucent colors of the g3 but omg the G4 is so cool

[@nicholashoi3155]

8:57 nice edit right there Ken

[@ComputerClan]

That was totally on accident, haha.

[@utilisateurkirin6410]

Amazing video, as always! ☺️☺️

[@SomeNot]

1:44 maybe that was a bad name but you gotta agree that “TelePod” sounds way cooler than “iPhone”

[@UXXV]

Loving the podcast bud

[@ComputerClan]

Thank you. Much appreciated. : )

[@vihaansingha8340]

Yo KENNNNN , what’s up bro . How’s everything goin. Love your videos always !!! Keep em coming. 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

Would've been cool to see maybe two more version of the G4 style imac, like an intel variant aswell

[@aliterconcept]

Great review. Thanks !

[@diecastbros]

I would love to see more videos from the iMac G5 especially the 2004 model because I have a 2004 Apple iMac G5 capacitors that are bulging

[@Ed_Stuckey]

5:02 _Netscape_ Ahh, the good ole days... 🙃

[@jabbawok944]

I loved how the first G5 iMac was so aesthetic inside. It's so Apple to pay attention to something most people will never see.

[@ComputerClan]

Exactly. It reminds me of the story where Steve Jobs was painting fences in his youth. Jobs asked his father why the back of the fence had to look as good as the front. "No one will ever know." "But you will know," his dad said.

[@lachlanlau]

Thanks for the title correction

[@achilleaustin4477]

Hey mate I own a graphite iMac G3 if you’re interested in it, doesn’t turn on after being in storage but I think it’s just the cmos battery.

[@pedrofelck]

Awesome video! The production is top notch and I loved the colabs. For me, the original iMac will always be the most iconic one, however, I do like the height ajustable stand in the G4 one.

[@NightDevilMacGeneral]

Some additions of someone who bought the first gen iMac (and still owns it) back in 1998. - I had (and still have) two expansion cards for the Mezzazine Slot: * one TV capture card which made it possible to watch TV on your Mac * a 3Dfx Voodoo 2 with 8MB VRAM produced by GameWizard The Voodoo was just awesome. It allowed me to play Unreal Tournament on 800x600 and Quake III Arena at 640x480 - both was unthinkable of with the original ATI Rage 128 Pro with 6 MB VRAM. PS: the first two iMac iterations (Revision A and B) maxed out at 384 MB RAM (128 +256), which was still awesome at the time. I don’t know where you got the 768 MB from, that was probably possible with the 400MHz + iMacs…

[@erin19030]

That little blue green imac was a bear to service

[@kbhasi]

(5:08) IIRC, in some countries, Apple even partnered with ISPs, at least for the later G3 iMac (and iBook) models that shipped with Mac OS 9 and X. In the US, Apple partnered with EarthLink, and in the UK, they partnered with Demon.

[@linux_doggo]

What was that animation at 17:05? That looked really good

[@georgevp]

Had the DV Graphite back in the day. If I only found you back in 2010 could have given you the iMac 😭!

[@cloudrippertech]

He deserves 1 million subs no 🧢

[@stpworld]

Ive got some power mac g4 retail demo cds there kinda neat. I have one for the imac4 and then one for the g4 quick silver with dvd recorder.

[@ShiggitayMediaProductions]

I'm sure someone mentioned this (and sure enough someone has as I scrolled through) in the 300+ comments on this video so far, but has anyone else noticed that at 10:14 the iMac G5 is apparently running "Impossible Cat" aka the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Developer beta for PowerPC? After 10.5 the only official versions of Mac OS X were Intel only (with Rosetta available for running PPC apps), as per the transition that was then in progress, or being planned. That's cool to see. Ken how's that iMac G5 run with 10.6 beta and 2GB RAM? Mac OS X loves RAM haha.

[@sealy009]

im a mostly PC guy but this episode was really interseting to me! despite the fact that im into old macintosh systems and ect

[@jonstechchannel]

was the iMac G5 the only Power PC system to ever have a camera? I don't remember the G4 PowerBooks having a camera

[@Frosty_69]

I still don't know how this guy doesn't have a million subscribers

[@CRT_lover]

Please make a video about G3 DV Imac

[@alyahyai]

Watched the whole review, I’m inspired 👍🏻 thanks 🙏🏻

[@ayena-real]

I have been using Windows for 13 years now but I still admire Apple's designs.

[@josephcoite9512]

Hello Ken .I have a question .Ill be old enough to start collecting a family trust fund soon ill be moving to ma new apartment and ill be upgrading my computer equipment .I do not own any apple products at the moment what do you recommend for home use for internet and some gaming .?

[@olsmokey]

I think over the years I've owned and used every model Mac ever made plus a later model Lisa, except the G4 iMac. Still got the venerable Quadra 840AV, a couple of G3 iMacs, a bunch of LC series, G3 tower and more. I'll have to clean them and fire them up again just for old times sake. Even got an installer floppy for System 1.

[@Nyges]

How is that Aluminum iMac in the back running Big Sur?

[@JamesR624]

I do like how well the "i for internet" has held up to this day. It was still the focus point for Apple's "internet Phone", a smartphone that can actually do internet well in 2007 unlike the "WAP internet" of most smartphones of the time. It was still the focus point for Apple's "internet Pad", a portable tablet that can actually do internet well in 2010, unlike most bulky Windows tablets of the time.

[@brodiejames-gay4836]

I think there are two videos you should make one about how the Cinema Display with metal chassis from 2005 5 still looked and is as thin as some modern displays and 2 talk about the move from thunderbolt 2 to thunderbolt 3 in the 2017 iMac and how it changed externally connected devices and displays

[@insainllama]

My college still has some of those original aluminum cinema displays in their film editing bays.

[@brodiejames-gay4836]

@@insainllama the thing is aluminum cinema displays look really good and modern except for the ports and connections