The Anti-MacBook Made by Apple! - PowerBook G3

Today we are taking a look at the ANTI-MacBook, the Macintosh PowerBook G3! This is specifically the "Lombard" model.
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[@matthdu43]

Grindr on the 6 😂

[@alexq.8696]

Lmfaooo that busted phone with Grindr on it. Anyways, it would be nice if Apple would make something neat like this again.

[@Soundwaiv]

NAHHHH

[@JessicaFEREM]

That charger has an aftermarket headphone jack. The official charger would have a shield around it like an RCA jack.

[@QUANTUMJOKER]

I had a Lombard of my own. It died late last year (2022), but it was and still is my favourite of all the computers I've owned. I upgraded my Lombard with a 400 MHz CPU daughtercard (replacing the original 333 MHz card), 512 MB of RAM, a 128 GB Compact Flash card for a hard-drive, a USB 2.0 card, new thermal paste and - the upgrade I'm most proud of - a slot-loading optical drive from an iMac G5. Some of these upgrades are now in my Pismo PowerBook G3, which has a 500 MHz CPU, 1 GB of RAM and a 120 GB mSATA SSD. I'm thrilled to finally have a working Pismo, and despite it coming only a year after the Lombard, it feels much more capable: generally snappier, double the RAM, in-built FireWire 400, AirPort and Tiger booting.

[@tonypinko]

This was a fun video, thank you mate. My current M1 MBP is the only Mac I've ever owned, it's cool to see what came before

[@HikikomoriDev]

It's not brown. It was called Bronze and it was the design language of the Lombard and Pismo PowerBooks that shared the same translucent keyboard with other iBook G3 machines but clear coloured, the early PowerBook G4 also had that keyboard industrial design but in translucent carbon.

[@annagramgaming8934]

I had the 400 MHz Pismo. Loved that machine. It was pretty similar to this.

[@magesnz]

It was better because of the FireWire 400 ports

[@annagramgaming8934]

@@magesnz It's been a while since I've had it, but that's a nice feature. I didn't use it, though. Shame. I still really liked it.

[@terrawest9500]

I just found your channel and really enjoy your retro hardware videos.

[@janusu]

I've got a few Pismos, two if which I upgraded with G4 processors. I still think these are the most beautiful laptops Apple has designed. And yes, the keyboards have always had that translucent bronze color. Yours hasn't yellowed with age. Or if it has, it wouldn't be noticeable. It looks like someone did some repair work on your power supply. That's not how the original power jacks looked. But yes, they were just audio jacks. I love how modular and serviceable these Powerbook G3's were! I've got a ZIP drive and floppy drive that can be swapped for that CD-ROM drive. And that curvy shape was different from anything else on the market. Really nice machines.

[@BigDrahma]

I loved my Lombard, used it for eight good years as my daily driver, and wrote my first three albums on it. Even with a student discount that thing cost an arm and a leg though. But as my friend told me: “you can watch DVDs in the woods!”

[@Itsraminstech]

I love this video! It’s so good!

[@YouWillBe322]

And, let us not forget that back then a battery life for a laptop that lasted 6-8 hours was a big WOW. Most MS laptops last roughly 2 hours and you have the choice between SONY VAIO and TOSHIBA. Two large bricks that overheated most of the time and shut off, or died because of viruses. I bought mine in 2001 and still have it in perfect condition. I remember how people around with PCs were saying things and unbeliever the truth about the PowerBook G3 I have had. Like I could set the password to my voice and unlock and lock the machine by simply saying a word in MacOS 8.6, or control the browser by my voice. It was amazing honestly having it, I could download a remote and control a TV with the built-in infrared device. I could burn DVDs when the rest was not even dreaming about it having one super-drive. The sound quality was above imaginable, and today people use the PISMOs to play or make music. I was playing DIABLO II with its 8 MB ATI GPU when my PC lover friends needed a 128MB GPU and still struggling with performance.

[@joshschiller6828]

I’m surprised that you have as little subscribers as you do id at least expect 100k

[@awesomeguysuncle]

is this cashies dankpods 😂 (the video was very good mate i enjoyed it)

[@underscoredotpng]

my kitten was actually watching this w me and he straight up FELL A EEP

[@tigersusyt]

I can sniff out the dankpods

[@EirikrTinkerTries]

How well does the PowerPC G3 work with OpenBSD and FreeBSD? Is there any AmigaOS inspired OS that will install, similar to MorphOS?! What else will install… ArchLinuxPower? Adelie Linux?

[@rg8152]

7:10 Not Grindr 🤣

[@retrodude6215]

I own a wallstreet model of this laptop. What’s the difference?

[@frokfrdk]

I think specs and the looks of it (rainbow logo vs white logo)

[@retrodude6215]

@@frokfrdk I found more differences: Old World ROM, No USB, and no AirPort

[@jhamPlays]

That thing is a beaut. 2000s apple was really it's own thing and deff played it's part in it being seen as the 'cooler' type of computer that ended up selling a quajillion iphones

[@ibrdik]

Non-centered upside-down Apple logo hurts my eyes.

[@HikikomoriDev]

Too-bad.

[@amonster8mymother]

❤

[@georgwalt7978]

The cubase part was painful to watch. Hold my beer

[@frokfrdk]

I'm a Logic user I do not know how to cu the base

[@user-ol3no3go3e]

Carrie Bradshaw have this mac

[@Commander_HW]

I BEG YOU to clean you macbook pro! The dust on it is triggering me! I want to find out where you live so i can sneak in at night with my little brush and can of compressed air and some alcohol wipes to clean your macbook pro for you!

[@jeremybaker6283]

Ugh. I try to not be an Uber asshole because his videos are generally interesting, but the constant palms up hand movements drive me absolutely bonkers.