The TOUCHSCREEN MacBook... From 2011

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

I actually knew a kid with cerebral palsy (and autism but idk if that was the reason for his speech difficulties), and devices like these were a literal GODSEND to him.

[@repoversemedium]

Autism could most likely play a role in those speech difficulties. I’m also autistic and tend to occasionally stutter.

[@cameroncole06]

Interesting

[@meolsei]

@@repoversemedium Exact same case here. Autistic (not quite diagnosed but I show massive signs and do plan to get it checked) and lots of stuttering.

[@ScreamingAllTheTime]

I’m autistic, and so is one of my nieces. Neither of us have any stutters, but she cannot speak save for a few words like names and such, and I have episodes where I am also not particularly capable of speech. Usually when I’m stressed out, the part of me that handles talking just shuts down. It’s called non-verbal autism.

[@tpertux]

i'm autistic and somewhat have speech difficulties, so that's probably the reason.

[@Atsumari]

One of the kids I knew in high school had this strapped to his wheelchair; it was a epic little thing and made his life so much easier.

[@SnapshotOfASoul]

I knew a girl in high school who had a Linux-based laptop that did this, apparently previously she'd used something similar to this. Neat to see. She could talk, but not all the time and it helped her a ton.

[@m0onajauna]

​@notanetcher have you ever used it

[@molybd3num823]

@notanetcher nah

[@euca04]

@notanetchersounds like a you issue not a Linux issue

[@kaitlyn__L]

God, that's awesome. I'm so happy for her. I'm really glad more schools are becoming accepting of accessibility devices for part-time use. Because I didn't need it literally 100% of the time, I was refused any kind of accommodations for my autism. But this is getting on for quite a while ago now.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@notanetcher I’m replying to OP. Schools allowing computers for accessibility reasons is important. I’m sorry you had a bad time but I also don’t care that much. Besides, if it came with it it wouldn’t have those kinds of driver issues, would it? Regardless, I didn’t even get the impression that was an “issued” device. I assumed she aged-into just using her own computer - that’s quite common aged 10-16 once you can just type into TTS.

[@TommyCrosby]

I clicked thinking, "Why not refreshing my dream of getting an Axiotron modbook" and didn't expect a different niche conversion lol

[@PC4USE1]

Michael,you are the master of finding things that are both obscure and interesting. I also love the "but something went wrong " aspect of some of your videos. PCs are all about that.

[@Makinri]

"I, WANT, TO, SLEEP, ON, HAMBURGER,"

[@894MUSIC]

me too, buddy, me too.

[@mishterkirby]

same, don't we all?

[@BOplaid]

Yeah! Whenever you get hungry in the night, you can simply eat what you're sleeping on!

[@YBSTV_Official]

was so ready to hear that man 🤣

[@near5148]

Lol m

[@期間]

mjd, wanted to let you know that your videos are amazing. you literally help me fall asleep due to your calming voice. I wanted to tell you to keep up what you are doing and never give up. Love ya

[@p1xelized]

SO REAL

[@AllLavadude82]

Honestly, I did fall asleep. It was 1AM...

[@idonttevenknoww]

next video: installing windows xp on the touchscreen macbook Edit: HOW DID I KNOW WHATT

[@MAXIMILI]

Haiku OS ftw

[@TechHowden]

@@MAXIMILIJust what we needed

[@urlhnd]

the drivers wouldn't work

[@idonttevenknoww]

@@urlhnd then next video installing windows xp tablet edition on the touchscreen macbook 😊😊

[@repoversemedium]

@@urlhndOr would they?

[@BoKB5]

If I had a dollar for every time Michael bought a touch screen modded Mac in the last year or so,I would have two dollars. Which is not a lot,but it's strange that it happened twice.

[@RosieBee463]

I lost it at "mexican food" just being a whole basic food category

[@clairekholin6935]

Given that it supports Spanish, it makes a lot of sense!

[@_..-.._..-.._]

Segregation 😢

[@underscoreprint]

My PC bluescreened right when he said "And speaking of USB.." Watching Michael MJD but Everything Goes Wrong... (i'm sorry)

[@JoBot__]

This is so perfect.

[@vitamins-and-iron]

this is so awesome. i wouldn’t mind seeing more interesting accessibility devices if you can find any!

[@DarthCrust66]

MJD's life has become "what can I try and get the mac version of Halo running on today"

[@neobscura]

The touchscreen absolutely not working is a question of relative vs absolute tracking. Game expect +x or +y pixels caught every x ms to move the view, the touchscreen inputs the coordinates of the click and at very high pace, so the game reacts WILDLY as the values changes are nuts to it.

[@svpracer98]

Wow, the laptop this is based on is a throwback. The C2D unibodies were very popular in education and eventually became a special order only device at the end of it's lifecycle. Obviously given the first gen iPad being released very shortly after these MacBooks, it's no surprise the company switched completely over to tablets.

[@kite781]

Yup, I remember working on them until we switched them to the aluminium air's

[@WaveSmash]

At least on Windows, mouse controls sorta act like a joystick in a lot of games. They center your mouse then hide it, and the small movements sorta act like pushing a joystick. Tapping the side of the screen is kinda like pushing a joystick further than its max amount, making you spin around rapidly lol

[@toranine09]

agreed - you get the same behaviour with a graphics tablet in any FPS game (at one point i was stuck using my wacom PTS small for CSGO... not a fun experience)

[@nakshgameing3809]

😊​@@toranine09

[@vetrixfx9264]

I think the datefix script is to force set the time sometime post 2005 (probably so certain certificates can work?), as Macs set their time to 1/1/1970 when the clock gets reset (due to failing battery or whatever)

[@894MUSIC]

Cool, is there any reason why they get set to that specific date? Is it some kind of special easter egg thing? I’ve always wanted to know lol

[@vetrixfx9264]

@@894MUSIC yeah it's because Mac OS X is based on Unix, and Unix time is designed to use an 32bit signed integer to store the passed time since 1/1/1970 in seconds. You can see in the script, that it runs the command "date ..." with a crazy looking number, which basically is "set the date to x seconds since 1/1/1970 0:00:00"

[@toranine09]

@@894MUSIC - its unlikely to be an easter egg or a timebomb. it's likely just some known-good date. my best guess is that the earliest version of this particular iteration of the software likely began development in (or was slated for release in) 2005, meaning they could be sure that setting the date to 2005 wouldn't cause any issues (i agree with vetrix that its likely a certificate thing more than anything else)

[@894MUSIC]

@@toranine09 cool 👍🏻👍🏻

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@vetrixfx9264 thankfully we're on 64-bit Unix time now, but I don't think Mac OS X 10.5 had been updated to use it yet

[@BilisNegra]

19:15 You may be able to plug the screen on either USB port, but the sticker on the connector is useful to plug it in the right orientation quickly!

[@nukedoom]

This is amazing tech even today for people with severe disabilities. Even though it is old tech, it is clear that is a well designed tech

[@reduchimaki]

their company logo is literally the '🗣' emoji 💀🙏

[@JoshuaShaoMutao]

hello apple meat rider

[@heroninja1125]

@@JoshuaShaoMutao bros literally a bot

[@DailyDoseOfShrooms]

$5,000+ dollars for a piece of software is absolutely insane... an absolute middle finger to anybody who needs this software but doesnt have insurance. i hope there are places on the internet people can go to download this for free.

[@toranine09]

unfortunately there aren't really. the AAC industry is incredibly predatory. there's a couple free AAC libraries (images only, from what i've encountered), but these are all volunteer based and not exactly a drop-in replacement.

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

muhrica

[@NopWorks]

I love that they go ham with all the Lingraphica branding stickers. They even slap their logo over the charger and even on old model based on PowerBook 180. "Guys, this is Lingraphica AllTalk. It's definitely not a MacBook. See? No Apple logo anywhere."

[@gshaunsweeney]

I wonder if the touch screen would still work if you upgraded the mac os. it's more than likely a 2010 macbook so it should go to 10.13 high sierra. i'd try it on a different hard drive though either internal or external both would work that way you wouldn't lose the apps already on there

[@BrandonKFloyd]

Next idea: touch screen N64 Edit: thanks for 300 likes

[@decidedlydead]

YESSSS

[@that_one_developer]

YES PLEASEEEE

[@TDRR_Gamez]

That's a job for James Lambert

[@TheKevinGDX]

YESSSS!!!

[@Ro_Devvz]

mac os on n64

[@windowsnt63official]

I've never seen a computer packaged in a backpack before.

[@wctcasc]

5 hours ago?

[@DryPaperHammerBro]

​@@wctcascEarly access for patrons

[@originzz]

Microsoft would never

[@Rayjacker]

@@wctcasc YT members get early access to vids

[@wctcasc]

@@Rayjacker ...

[@TommyCrosby]

3:25 "the devices cost of $7,500 is covered by insurance" Oh, that explains why they decided to use a MacBook and mod it with custom hardware just to stick a full screen app for specific usage instead of buying an of the shelf touch screen Windows laptop...

[@parkman29]

Yeah it seems a bit scummy

[@svpracer98]

I thought the same thing as soon as I heard "insurance" But to be fair, in the era of this hardware, Macs were WAY ahead of Windows as far as being user friendly, stable and remotely supported.

[@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer]

@@svpracer98 But they have basically replaced the entire frontend.

[@BlakeHelms]

Not saying that scummy stuff wasn’t going on but considering the types of mods, they probably chose Apple laptops as it was perhaps more about having a stable, reliable hardware platform to build upon. One vendor providing both the underlying hardware and software. With PCs they would need to depend on their chosen PC maker to make a particular piece of hardware fairly unchanged for long period of time and not be broken by changes made by Microsoft. Apple laptops tend to have generations where the chassis remains the same but the internals are updated. That is not as common in the PC world, especially in the time period. The classic Thinkpads were probably the closest to this.

[@TommyCrosby]

@BlakeHelms except that modification on the MacBook break any warranties and Apple won't help you in any way with the hardware, software, and the custom drivers. Don't forget that MacBooks don't come with Service Manuals and Replacement Parts numbers to order. Basically, the end user is now 100% reliant on the company that sold them the device. This is not a good spot. I would like to be as a specialty product seller because I now have to deal with all hardware support and be the middleman. Otherwise, you could take off-the-shelf laptops, make a battery of tests, and certify only a few models that you fully tested. Not only is it more economical and efficient, but you get a device that was built for the use you want, so you don't need that coat hanger stand and just put the device's screen closer without a "scary" keyboard for the users who use only the touchscreen. (Trust me, using a touchscreen as the only input device on a normal laptop is pure pain as you need to hold your hands forward on top of a surface you don't want to rest on)

[@ZeroWind2014]

Apple: we will never add touchscreen to macbooks! Lingraphica: "Fine, i'll do it myself"

[@3ZLQ]

didn't know that a mac can be modded to have a touch screen

[@originzz]

MacBooks used to be great before consumers started buying thinner devices and kept feeding that trash heap

[@LatrixVerboon]

There was an iMac that was modded to be a touchscreen way back 2001 so this was not entirely new.

[@techcube7291]

@@LatrixVerboon don't forget the iMac G3 touchscreen mod from 1999

[@kaitlyn__L]

A few companies sold an IR grid frame that you could slot over basically any CRT. One of my schools had one, but upgrading to XP broke the drivers. Which actually really sucked for the 2 or 3 kids who didn't have the manual dexterity for a mouse... instead of fixing the driver or replacing the touch-unit, they hired a TA to do the mouse for them...

[@BalitechMedia]

I've never seen a notebook like this in my country. But I like this

[@_..-.._..-.._]

9:00 *_GREEEEN BEEEAAANS!_* Okay, jeez, coming right up 😮

[@KristianWontroba]

As an SLP that works with AAC devices sometimes, I find this very fascinating. 😊

[@WolfireGaming]

I attended an online school in high school that used GatherPlace, and seeing the GP4 icon on the customer support program gave me flashbacks.

[@vetrixfx9264]

"I. WANT. GREEN BEANS." ‼️‼️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔉🔉🔉

[@KasperskyFan2111]

I actually remember hearing that years ago back when TikTok was called musically it used to be somewhat of an online meme

[@Nick-xt2dx]

I remember in elementary school around 2010-2013, there was a boy with Down Syndrome who used an Ipad with very similar software to communicate.

[@reduchimaki]

their company logo is literally the 🗣 emoji

[@j.w.techchannel]

Another touchscreen Mac... awesome!

[@Davide0033]

ah yes "sleep on it bed"

[@vetrixfx9264]

ah shoot i thought it was hamburger ... :/

[@D.G24]

My grandma had one! She had a stroke, and was left with huge speech impairments, she has recently gotten a tablet through them.

[@nicktender]

We need a touchscreen gatorade bottle next lol

[@Versanitybutreal]

2:00 🗣 logo

[@AnthonyChopra]

the user interface reminds me of some of those flash cards used to tech children or adults with learning disibility a few young ones back in 2006 had special cards that would have a pic of a glass of water and an action i never my self had this as my special needs is light. but i did use some flash cards to learn what frute was and tbh even as an adult now i do get confused what is a frute as in whats the name of a certin frute so i do use some special apps to help me as an adult and heck im sure some main stream adults need help in some way sometimes thanks for shearing MJD ps my first Mac was a iMac2010 runnin MacOs10.6.5 that had text to speech and that helped me learn to read abit more better whenn i was 16

[@kaitlyn__L]

That was a good iMac, and a good OS version. And yeah, totally abled adults still tend to use apps nowadays (or ask a stranger if there's no sign) when dealing with "exotic" fruit, flowers, trees, and stuff like that. Even with the best memory in the world, the brain just doesn't retain some stuff unless you use it daily.

[@teh_supar_hackr]

The most important phrase, "Dur, G!" I wanna see someone make the program rap like an extremely primitive sequencer

[@FlyboyHelosim]

I recently bought an older Dell laptop and interestingly the touchscreen doesn't require drivers. It just works, in any OS I've tried on it, live or installed.

[@afan64]

It's probably emulating a PS/2 mouse (just a regular mouse)

[@Danland777]

next idea: minecraft betas from notch mjd, wanted to let you know that your videos are amazing. you literally help me fall asleep due to your calming voice. I wanted to tell you to keep up what you are doing and never give up. Love ya

[@Monsuco]

Halo came out in 2001 and came to macOS in 2003. A 2011 Macbook being able to run it well shouldn't be a surprise.

[@alexandranicholas6310]

I came here from an XDA article talking about how you got XP running on this thing. I was so confused because "Apple doesn't make touchscreen laptops" is something I've always been told.

[@Miratried]

hello members!!!!! welcome to new mjd content!!!!!!!!!

[@PhoebeShmitdt]

Hai!! 🙌🙌🎉🎉

[@decidedlydead]

Hi

[@Emayeah]

damn 21 hours ago, too bad i'm poor to get a membership (for context i joined in the 28th second of the video being up)

[@decidedlydead]

⁠@@EmayeahI joined the 2nd second

[@Thewaterspirit57]

The character in Halo spinning around when the touch screen is used, reminds me of this really low spec wireless mouse sometimes freaked out when used too quickly 😂

[@Slay1337pl]

But why would they get an expensive macbook without a touchscreen only to create a tumor of a mod on it's screen instead of taking one of the then-existing touchscreen laptops?

[@redstone0234]

they only made this software for MacOS (and didn't wanted to use windows?) and porting to windows will cost more and the standard macbook were starting at 999$

[@TwinShadow_Fox]

Going to preface this that what I'm about to say is nothing but conspiracy theory, just mostly based on what I hear about how the medical insurance industry is sometimes. I'm willing to bet part of the reason why a MacBook was used (aside from how Apple supports the software at least), is that it gives the company an excuse to buy not only an expensive product for the time, but also to modify it and jack up the price another 1000%, so that they can then make the claim to insurance companies that if they only support this product, they can get a huge "discount" from them for doing so. Kinda the reason why a box of bandaids is only a few bucks, but go to the hospital and a single bandaid will run you $80 right there. In the end, it's usually the consumer that hurts in the end when it comes to this stuff. I'm not doubting how useful this kind of tech is or anything. Just the predatory nature of the health insurance industry is just... well pretty scummy really.

[@toranine09]

@@TwinShadow_Fox - you're 100% correct. AAC tech is an incredibly predatory industry. they'll use any excuse they can just to bump the price up. even more modern AAC solutions - apps that you run on your phone or tablet - are inexplicably expensive, despite being incredibly clunky to use.

[@Slay1337pl]

@@redstone0234 Did you see the software? That's something a single somewhat skilled dev could port in a week. Besides. To skip windows licenses, they could've used something FOSS

[@Slay1337pl]

@@TwinShadow_Fox I also thought of that, but then again. They could've done the exact same thing but save on R&D costs for the touch screen thingy.

[@TheOutGuy2012]

do A vid about Nextube Wii, it revives the whole KZbin channel for the Wii!

[@RoleplayVerse9]

MJD, how much would you say are all these rare tech? from 100$ to 10,000$. (or more) im quite interested to see if i can get one of these.

[@unfetteredadvertisement]

this software is pretty similar to software that i use in k12 education called touchchat HD, that runs on an iPad though.

[@CubeAtlantic]

That touchscreen is boosting-up good nostalgia even doe i didn't have a MacBook.

[@jonathanthegoober]

it looks nice and apple should do this in the modern day!

[@lostguy362]

They won't cuz it would eat the iPad sales

[@jonathanthegoober]

well that does make sense

[@brian_voll]

I hackintosh’d a Surface Pro 3 back in the day. I believe it also used Touch Base drivers for multitouch support. I even went all in and got a hub and a new Mac compatible wifi and and Bluetooth adapters. Halo 1 was one of the only games I played back then, it had these wonky touch screen controls both in OS X and Windows on the Surface Pro 3.

[@imark7777777]

I think but I can't confirm in my memory that Office trial was included on the system from Apple?

[@ryanzmuda3167]

We need this touch screen solution for new Mac’s.

[@ARandomKid-v4m]

14:56 Imagine sleeping on a hamburger

[@actuallyaridan]

try updating macOS to the latest version available and see if it still works!

[@SennLens]

Apple itself doesn't have a touch screen laptop while Windows laptop does have a touch screen on some models, even Microsoft owned hybrid laptop-tablet.

[@z9cubing574]

Now that i think about it ,apple has actually made more touchscreen macs than i ever expected them to do.

[@Nikkel144]

it wasnt apple though

[@z9cubing574]

@@Nikkel144 Its a MacBook... Another one is the touchscreen iMac G3. From Michael...

[@PaulFisher]

Both of these are third parties modifying the hardware, either with or without support of Apple.

[@dreamofmaizie]

​@@z9cubing574I think they mean that apple didn't make it touchscreen

[@Nikkel144]

@@z9cubing574 bro i can sell ps3s with embedded ps move, does that mean ps3 had it?

[@Ultranova537MC]

Love the vid man keep up the good work

[@aspec1]

that touch screen *technically(?)* usable in halo if you lower down the sensitivity in game

[@Ametisti]

I find it slightly amusing they used an RX8 for 'Going out'

[@bapt_andthebasses]

My grandpa just got his vocal chords removed and you're doing that video...wow

[@stpworld]

There is a touch screen ibook g4 to made by gemini with similar software for os 9 I have one.

[@BowsettesFury]

Never seen these with Mac pretty cool device

[@IJUSTFIXIT]

I have a MacBook Pro 2011 era and I like the pro better not the 2024 models I mean 2011-2019 pro models are pretty good.

[@kenny943]

Loved this video man....keep it up :)

[@DropDetec]

Why do yours run so smoothly. Ive installed linux one, left mac on another and mine can barely open a terminal.

[@chmyri]

Accessibility devices before the iPad are wild

[@Lachlant1984]

The icons shown on the desktop when you exited the assistive communication software were gigantic, is that screen running at its native resolution?

[@connerwilliams668]

I wish every MacBook had a touch screen

[@dsn_youtube]

What does that have to do with OG MacBooks, though?!

[@b.deonchris]

I had to double-check the title just to see whether I'm trippin.

[@leandromacedooliveira8912]

I don't know why, but i dreamed with something and in the middle this product appeared, but instead of this model it was adapted on a Black MacBook, well, isn't the first time that i dream about tech things but is the first time that i say about this.

[@ZacKellyYT]

I never would've imagined using a macbook from it's screen.

[@awsomewe360]

Please make a clean audio for some of those voice lines. That "Hamburger" at 15:08 goes hard.

[@urlhnd]

not gonna lie, that desktop environment is pretty cursed

[@Ethanplaysroblox1902-tu8be]

WERE IS THE LIVEING ROOM

[@colawin]

Try to update to macOS 14 and see what will happen

[@fleedar]

macOS 14 doesn't support hardware from before 2018, so nothing will happen aside from an error message.

[@remuskwekzhikai1716]

i jsut missed the touchscreen -2012 macbook air

[@near5148]

New video to make my day

[@DonAle_97]

What iPads with M1-2-3 Processors should have: A FULL MACOS DESKTOP DISTRIBUTION.

[@CDATechngames]

Hey michael, i have a quick question.. if you remember that video where you installed a copy of windows 10 on a surface rt, is it possible to install that copy of windows 10 on an android tablet? I am just curious to know...

[@afan64]

Not Michael, but the short answer is most likely no. Windows 10 is x86 based but there isn't a single x86 based Android tablet. There are probably some but it would be advertised. In some rare cases, you might be able to install ARM onto it. May.

[@neilduncan2274]

Duck hunt gun for Halo on the Macbook?

[@Reyuriko]

What a device

[@KaptainKharisma]

Now put macOS 14 on it

[@894MUSIC]

Nah, I think he should travel into the future and install macOS 15 on it. Michael can do anything lol

[@Isthakidale]

Mjd’s idea: I should refresh this touchscreen but to a MacBook

[@RetroGamerOG_]

Looks like something that was in my computer lab

[@christianr.5868]

Geez, they should just make a tablet with macOS, we got people literally building these things out of a desire for the machine

[@jperih]

Script: if the year is less than 2005, set the date to sometime in 2006… the ship date, maybe?

[@NapsterBaaaad]

SLEEP ON HAMBURGER

[@wctcasc]

Elo wasn’t the only one for touchscreen Macs......

[@JuanxDlol]

I would kill to have one of these relics 😭😭😭😭😭

[@lightninggt743]

its funny how back in the day in 2011 touchscreen was actually very good

[@TommyCrosby]

No, resistive touchscreen is an awful type of touchscreen. I had a multitouch capacitive touchscreen on my 2010 HP TouchSmart TM2 (granted, it was a two finger multitouch released the same year of the original iPad bit still..)

[@Lola-mh9zu]

Since when you can add comments during a Livestream?

[@toastedstuff]

playing this video while using RTC's process stub to corrupt chrome, use that as a video idea! corrupt google chrome using RTC

[@toastedstuff]

Basically download process stub, put the pkg in rtc, then select the chrome process and hook it

[@Makinri]

I was using RTC on KZbin once and I somehow managed to bend the scrollbar.

[@davealexis129]

next idea: Hackintosh The Touchscreen Macbook

[@JonathanSteadman2003]

Next video idea, install gentoo on an old mac book. :)