The Fancy, yet Fragile PowerBook G4 Titanium

Today we are checking out this fancy, but very flawed laptop. It's the laptop that forced Apple to switch to Aluminium, this is the PowerBook G4 Titanium released in 2000!
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[@JessicaFEREM]

I don't know about you, but the look of black painted metal where it's been worn away look sick. I would absolutely love to see that more on devices.

[@frokfrdk]

Yeah that Surface RT got a battlescarred look to it

[@NicVandEmZ]

@@frokfrdk can you modify it to use m chip processor

[@maxmed7505]

@@NicVandEmZ You can't, they are different architectures and motherboards.

[@Kyrtapy]

@@maxmed7505 Maybe if you put the internals of m1 into the case of it and do some heavy modifications to the case you could.

[@maxmed7505]

@@Kyrtapy That idea sounds more realistic and also better.

[@Errcyco]

The G4 Ti was hugely important. Apples first try with titanium.. which was crazy at the time. They had to go into the release dark.. not knowing if it was gonna blow up in their face (it did) and that takes guts. And I know two people who bought them, full price, and both ended up having hinge breaks. Both still say it was the most exciting computer they ever bought. They were brittle.. if you kept them in a climate controlled area on a desk, they’d still break. It wasn’t bad matierials or build.. it was a first try with a super alloy. I think it took balls. Also.. does anyone remember how Dell 100% copied this exact look but made with shitty plastic? All while making fun of apple lol.

[@gwenlop9512]

Which Dell laptop was that?

[@Izzystarlight_]

Great video, just found it in my KZbin recommendations, no clue how it found such a great channel but im glad

[@144wychwood]

The TiBooks as I called them had many design flaws but was one of my favourite Mac laptops. Serviced couple dozen of them as Mac technician back in early 2000s. Installing replacement display and logic board was a nightmare. Compared to Powerbook G3 which it replaced I thought the design was great when it first launched. All in all, wish i held on the 1GHz version I had as keepsake.

[@terrencegillon]

I've got a last-model 1GHz TiBook in very good condition. Definitely a fun relic to still have. Unfortunately the PRAM battery and replacement batteries are near impossible to come by, unlike the later Aluminum PowerBooks.

[@ameliazane6743]

Dankpods 2.0 love it

[@TheRandomMelon]

Awesome video once again mr. frokfrdk! Enjoyed the SimTower representation in this video

[@bramvandenbroeck5060]

My mom knows somebody at apple design, everybody thought apple wasn't going to do something special with the 20th birthday of this design, the powerbook g4 titanium! I have one, and i have the M1 Pro MacBook Pro and yeah, they look alike, you can see the roots. This machine was a design disaster, but i heard that the g4 would come back, sort of, and he was right! And because of this, i really wanted a M1 pro! Nice vid man!

[@idontknowwhattoputhere.]

underrated channel in my opinion also you should make a video of that surface rt in a future video

[@frokfrdk]

I definitely plan on it considering it is the 10 year anniversary pf the Surface RT

[@vb7200]

you are clearly a man ripe with Aussie charm. we will watch your career with great interest.

[@klamath135]

It was fun watching you play SimTower XD

[@uzernaim1648]

6:54 did not expect to hear that song

[@phillippereira6468]

As an Aussie, hearing an Aussie saying aluminum and not aluminium.... It sounds.. Wrong

[@JessicaFEREM]

if they just made the white part plastic the wifi would be much better but they overengineered it

[@theformerkaiser9391]

I will not stand for the Apple Garamond slander

[@mintybudgie]

nice apple pencil skin also i think steve jobs would have been a good science teacher

[@frokfrdk]

Jobs would've been better teaching business and art

[@thecarpy]

I had one for 6 years, not a scratch.

[@xjiebushek3007]

I like the g3's design a lot better, maybe because I'm tired of new laptops that look the same

[@JYKDutchYT]

Are you selling this iBook ? Just wondering.

[@James-ii7lx]

Yep, I own one and I feel like it’s gonna fall apart every time I use it

[@legeaux1]

Good vid

[@RealRedcodi]

Good comment

[@madison7129]

i love the apex twin remix

[@frokfrdk]

go follow on4word

[@jpedrothejo]

PowerButNotResistantBook G4 Titanium

[@Pleyer7575lol]

4:00 just like modern laptops

[@skysurfer6870]

You should install lab ssd and a linux distro

[@frokfrdk]

The previous owner actually chucked an SSD in there already

[@skysurfer6870]

@@frokfrdk I was able to watch KZbin quite smoothly after upgrading the ram and Mac Os X but I never installed Linux on this particular machine.

[@frokfrdk]

If I were to run Linux I would probably do it on my 17" PowerBook G4 as the battery of it works and it's got better specs (and larger screen)

[@EirikrTinkerTries]

MorphOS and BSD and DEBIAN ON ALL THE MACS?!

[@ArthropodSpidey]

Hates PowerBook G4 font, but has no issues with a huge gash on his iPad screen. ok

[@frokfrdk]

My screen protector is cracked, not my actual screen

[@dash3364]

I actually have a really nice example of one \

[@Pleyer7575lol]

2:07 WTF

[@oskardominczak4328]

THAT BATTERY IS FROM POLAND

[@billgates3699]

This was far less annoying than this does not compute and the fake laughing of Mac84. Thank you.

[@Canman11233]

15:27

[@megatronskneecap]

It's really a shame as this is such a gorgeous design - Awful laptop, though.

[@user-kv5br1gb7d]

iPhone 15 1:43

[@mirrorcatz]

1:15 hideous font... How dare you!! Apple Garamond is a classic and above all elegant font, it's part of Apple's history as a company. hideous your voice

[@haramaschabrasir8662]

If you say "titanium" you should also say "aluminium". You don't say "helum" or "uranum" as well.