Fienix! That’s my project! Feel free to let me know if you run into any issues or have any questions. I’ve checked installing/running on an iMac G5 ALS but not an iSight.
@stamasd85002 ай бұрын
I have just tried Fienix on my Mac G5, and I cannot get it to install. I made a bug report in the support section of the website. Basically it boots from the DVD, installer runs apparently normally but stops because it can't detect the disk drive attached to the machine. It's a 120GB SATA SSD which previously worked in this machine.
@RowanHawkins2 ай бұрын
@@stamasd8500For small distros you should probably give them a few days to reply to your report before calling out a problem like this. Its a spare time project for most of them. Building a distro is a love project not a financial improvement project. The first thing you should do though is simplify the Mac. Get it down to just RAM and a hard drive and check and see if it installs before adding any type of peripherals.
@ActionRetro2 ай бұрын
Oh wow hello! I’m star struck! Will do for sure!
@simonbaldwin89662 ай бұрын
Is there a 32bit PPC version of Fienix with a live DVD image?
@2k_sevyumtАй бұрын
Fienix is very amazing and should be a well-known project. It looks amazing and works amazing!!!!!!
@dricci2 ай бұрын
The iSight version was very different than the first rev iMac G5s. The first iMac G5s were very easy to open, upgrade, and work on - the back just opened and lifted off giving access to everything . The iSight version was pretty different and not as friendly to open up. I worked Apple retail during this time and opened and set up a ton of the first rev iMac G5s. I always thought the iSight version was a downgrade, however I remember I was really impressed at the performance when I first got to side by side compare the iSight G5 to the first iSight Intel.
@MediocreTCG2 ай бұрын
I own the Intel version, and Mother of God is that thing hell to work on. I got it free with a dead HDD, and I decided to slap an old crappy 60gb Kingston ssd out of a Wyse thin client from a McDonald's. Held in with duct tape, of course. I regret ever taking it apart, and I definitely threw a few unnecessary screws in the trash along the way. But now it's running as fast as its poor little heart can go 😂 It's now my anime/iPod transfer box.
@Dlehnerswe2 ай бұрын
Same here. Worked as as service technician during that time aswell. It was a premonition of what were ahead ^^ Annoying AF to work on. And @actionretro, the flux on the power connector is probably from factory. Had multiple with the same "issue" on my bench during those years.
@masterkamen3712 ай бұрын
I purchased the very first Intel iMac (32 bit Core Duo, early 2006) back when they were a dime a dozen. I don't really like it. Beautiful design, sure, but the 32 bit CPU was a straight up scam, they were already obsolete by about 2010 or so and nothing runs well on them. Snow Leopard is the last version that runs on it, and I really mean that. There is an OS X 10.7 hack that it can run, but nothing really works because they moved nearly everything to 64 bit. The latest Windows can still run, but any Windows version newer than 8.1 is truly rubbish on old PCs. For comparison my 2008 iMac is happily running the latest macOS with full functionality. And yes, I don't want to touch the internals. The 2008 got an SSD upgrade and a bunch of RAM, but no way am I touching the plastic behemoth.
@PearComputingDevices2 ай бұрын
@@masterkamen371I think like the mini you could swap the cpu out with a core 2 duo model and magically have 64 bit support but even then lion crawls on such a machine without doing an SSD upgrade. Making the cpu upgrade honestly pointless unless *wink* oh and your limited on ram still even then but at least in windows you could see all of it with a 64 bit cpu. But I agree it was kind of a scam in that even the G5 was 64-bit but most software at the time was 32-bit and didn't take advantage of the hardware.
@JohnL21122 ай бұрын
Yeah, the original imac G5 was so much easier to fix. And thats good because god, those things failed so often due to the caps, either on the board or the power supply.
@thedungeondelver2 ай бұрын
So my mother in law, bless her heart, ran out and bought one of those at the Apple store. I was taking some college courses at the time and able to get a discount so I went with her. The whole time there and the whole time back to her house she went _on and on_ about how _lucky_ she was to get that damn G5 i-Sight "Because after this the Apple is just becoming another PC" (she is not tech savvy and I could spend days talking about it).
@TheKeystoner2 ай бұрын
Hard to swallow the fact that these are retro machines now-a-days.... Love your channel bro, repping the PA boys!
@iamdigitalman22 ай бұрын
Perfect professional SSD mounting. 10/10
@SenileOtaku2 ай бұрын
Nah. The proper professional SSD mounting system is Velcro.
@iamdigitalman22 ай бұрын
@@SenileOtaku Well look at Mr. money bags over here with his Fancy Velcro 🤣
@georgemaragos23782 ай бұрын
@@iamdigitalman2 i used 4 band aids
@Tailslol2 ай бұрын
Did you put back the HDD temp sensor? Fan tend to go crazy when you remove them.
@masterkamen3712 ай бұрын
@@TailslolTbh it's probably good to have, these things run hotttttt. My 2008 iMac idles at like 80° in the latest macOS.
@ronkemperful2 ай бұрын
I bought an ugly pre-eyesight G5 in November 2004. Almost immediately the computer suffered from the capacitor plague and under warranty my motherboard was replaced. Still have it.
@morecrappysketches2 ай бұрын
The iSight iMac G5s were sold for three months or so, not two. Oct 12 2005 - Jan 10 2006. Still a short lifespan, but they're not excruciatingly rare. These were largely post-capacitor plague. The first gen iMac G5s got clobbered with them. I worked as an Apple tech at the time and replaced so many boards and PSUs (I still have one of the little allen screwdrivers they put in every PSU replacement box). However, the second gen ALS models had far fewer problems. You'll still occasionally find bulging/leaking caps in these, but not at early G5 capacitor plague levels. Also, I'm the guy that got the 4GB stick working and sent that info to Everymac. From what I can tell, your 4GB sticks are all too high density. It's like putting a 512MB stick of PC133 into a beige G3. I don't think it's the brand necessarily, but more that you need16 chips per side, though there could be other factors. And the RAM you showed on eBay is registered ECC, which is not likely to work. Unregistered ECC has a much better chance if you can't find standard desktop RAM at that capacity.
@cathrynm2 ай бұрын
PowerPC Mac is the heart of this channel, really. And PCBWay is a completely wholesome sponsor for vintage computing.
@guardianbob2 ай бұрын
i can't believe how clean that thing was on the inside. it looks like new!
@anumeon2 ай бұрын
You know what they say... E-waste not, E-want not..
@xenotiic83562 ай бұрын
Synthwave music during the teardown felt uncanny for this channel lol
@Cannatonic4202 ай бұрын
I love these macs. This was my first "Modern Desktop", I grew up with Win95 machines on dial up in the early 2000s, we ended up getting an iBook G3, but we still had dial up so it wasn't very useful. I remember when my rural childhood neighborhood got rid of dial up and converted to broadband internet around 2006, and my dad decided to come home with one of these so my sister and I could share it and stay off his laptop. My 65yr old neighbor was an architect and a diehard Macintosh fanboy. He knew I loved PC games, and taught me about Boot Camp and Linux so I could play windows games, and I was always surprised at how well these macs could handle Windows games like CS Source, CoD4, and STALKER under Wine or on a WinXP dual boot.
@spelledfunny2 ай бұрын
The towel of shame should be the Towel of Hope. And you should sell it as merch.
@DanielRodriguez-ff5cs2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs2 ай бұрын
Sean I have the same model Running sorbet Leopard on a SSD yes that G5 is very picky on certain types of SSD’s I will have to find a 4 Gig stick for mine love the G5 iSight iMac
@mingzhezhang29922 ай бұрын
I have a G5 iMac with iSight. Didn't even realize it was something rare...
@ericbauer45592 ай бұрын
Nice, I have one in my collection too, I think I have mine at 2.5gb of ram. Also heard that these late ones did not suffer from cap issues like the non iSight versions.
@amdintelxsniperx2 ай бұрын
if you can find a 4gb ddr2 stick it will accept 4.5 gb since we know the 512mb is soldered
@babyl482 ай бұрын
I have one of these sitting on the floor beside me (bought it new in late 2005) ... looking forward to your Fienix video to see if I have a reason to spark it back up!
@_..-.._..-.._2 ай бұрын
8:56 I hate how most ram sticks aren’t labeled! Not even each nand chip can have its capacity. I have to google part numbers and hope it comes up.
@slats662 ай бұрын
I still use one of these for music. Old pro logic and garage band have some very cool synth pads that never made into later versions of the software. Plus it’s cool to dust off Doom 3 or Quake 4 for a retro gaming experience. :)
@stinghouseproductions85022 ай бұрын
Nice to hear. I was thinking of picking up an old one just for music.
@tkd42 ай бұрын
This was my fav mac. I bought it like a week before the core duo went on sale. I didnt regret it. Wish i still had it to run linux on
@hyun-shik73272 ай бұрын
There’s one thing that old iMacs do very well: they make great semi-portable dvd players.
@robsquared22 ай бұрын
That's right folks, we're making a chip fab and installing a G6.
@dherrendoerfer2 ай бұрын
I remember working on that, there was so much hope that this would keep PowerPC and the 970 alive for longer, the type J was around the corner, Cell B.E. was looking good. But POWER4 was at it's end.
@onigvd772 ай бұрын
wow thanks Sean, it’s a very different beast to the first few iMac G5s!
@rigues2 ай бұрын
A friend once bought this iMac during a trip to the US. A few days later, while he was flying back to Brazil, Jobs announced the Intel migration. I joke it was the quickest obsolescence ever! 😅
@AgentAsteriski2 ай бұрын
You're a dangerous man, dropping this on the one day a week when the charity shop that always has a few old iMacs in stock is open.
@slembcke2 ай бұрын
Neat! My dad used to have one of those for work. I think it's still in their basement... I vaguely remember it had discoloration issues from the heat.
@granitepenguin2 ай бұрын
I got one of the early ones (my very first Mac) in 2005. After several repairs because of the power supply issue, Apple just gave me a new 2008 iMac to make me stop coming in every 6 months. It was nice when Apple still took care of their customers. I still have that 2008 iMac
@freetobe32 ай бұрын
I remember when the Intel NUC came on the market and people started doing conversions to these machines, especially the much easier to work on and more commonly blown up non iSight revisions. I so wanted to do it.
@grimmpickins25592 ай бұрын
This is my holy grail of unfound PPC goodness - I've come close, I've ended up with Intel Ones, or finding lesser models... But this one, this PARTICULAR one, has been my holy grail. Even my wife knows what this is, and why I want it... I think I've mentioned before (not that I expect anyone to remember) that one of my passions with PPC gaming is roleplaying stuff - both tabletop and cRPG oriented. This is the pinnacle, other than a temperamental G5 tower, for running old school Baldur's Gate, modded. I believe my dual 1.33 MDD died because of that game, simply couldn't push those pixels (yeah, I made it run 1600p with a flashed FireGLx3 - sheer, unadulterated, and completely stupid power) - I haven't fully diagnosed that mid-game death, but... The 2gb mod for night-time graphics... Yeah... Um... This can also fare better than any other g4 in a little bit of software called Dundjinni - the earliest ttRPG battlemap making software. It was very ambitious for a Java program, and the author passed away in 2008, well into the Intel era - but, I suspect, that the Java versions in PPC gave it a fighting chance. And since I like to do my D&D prep on vintage machines. Nonetheless, I am very jealous, Sean, and if you want to sell this away at some point, I'm awaiting that message ;)
@BrianMaddox2 ай бұрын
ZOMG I loved the “G5 MacBook” image. Was just a bit thicker than my old Dell E1705 😂
@RETROMachines2 ай бұрын
I love mac videos like this. That's because I didn't have any mac...
@danaeckel55232 ай бұрын
I have the non-Isight version. Taking apart way easy, the back just pops off. However I am limited to 2GB ram. My SSD is equipped with Sorbet and Debian. Past couple years I notice software has outgrown it and getting sluggish.
@nickwest13372 ай бұрын
I got one of these from a recycling centre a couple of months ago, and I had no idea that it was at all rare. Neat!
@squibblespawpaw7124Ай бұрын
The 20" G5 iMac was my first Mac after being years of windows and PC's (the iPod almost swayed me but I went Zune....so bad so very very bad) until succumbing to the capacitor plague. This computer proved to me that things did just work and hourly restarts were not normal.
@andresbravo20032 ай бұрын
The G5 era would be the last before Intel, I would say that apple did a great job producing it.
@minty_Joe2 ай бұрын
I used to do Apple Authorized Repair work on these iMac G5s. The power supplies and logic boards were a common failure on them. Originally, Apple just swapped out the power supplies when they failed. Same with the logic boards, but for those you would hang on to the drives, PSU and the rest while swapping out the logic board and its mounting frame. The frame also included the speaker assemblies, too. But later on, Apple decided to just send us the logic board replacements instead. They figured it saved cost on shipping. When that change took place, the bench techs had to spend more time tearing apart smaller assemblies to move them out of the way for doing a simple logic board swap. Tedious work indeed.
@drewzero1Ай бұрын
I had to replace two caps in my ALS G5 before it would boot. That computer was a dream to open and work on compared to any iMac before or since.
@waydegutman73392 ай бұрын
Good video. Always liked the look of the G5 iMac, thought they were nice.
@cubeskywalker49532 ай бұрын
Absolutely love this channel!
@user-misho7122 ай бұрын
Can you restore and max out an apple III , commodore pet/cbm and a pravetz (bulgaria computers) computer?
@8oh8_r1ot2 ай бұрын
I had one of the early gen iMac G5's back in the day, it popped right open from the back and was pretty easy to work on. Ended up having to replace all of the leaky boi capacitors and it ran like a champ for years. Wonder if it still lives on today, I always thought this was a really clean design that still looks fairly modern!
@glonch2 ай бұрын
I had to use the OWC Thermal Sensor to quiet down the fans in my mid-2010 iMac... worked great.
@munnsie1002 ай бұрын
My primary school in Sydney had a whole fleet of these machines in our computer labs. I can recall them being almost constantly broken, with the few eMacs and iMac G3s working flawlessly. In 2008, they were replaced by Lenovo PCs.
@alexandergross71322 ай бұрын
i got one around 3 years ago in its original packing with everything included, even the (still unused) remote control. it runs with the 4 gb stick and an owc ssd upgrade kit. tiger is still great for retro gaming, the original starcraft runs really smooth. i went for a dual boot with the 64 bit version of adelie linux and even got the reverse engineered version of diablo compiled on it. a great machine even today if your into retro gaming, and yes, back then mac os games actually existed and most of them are abandonware, so easy to get, in case you dont have the original games from back then.
@EposVox2 ай бұрын
I need to upgrade ram and SSD in my Intel iMac with that same chassis. Good timing
@notanimposter2 ай бұрын
I loved my first-gen iMac G5 right up until the capacitors started blowing up. Which was… not very long, sadly. I’d have loved to have this version with the camera. I was always jealous of my friends with their iSight cameras, and only a little jealous of how cool their CPUs were. I’ve never had a computer overheat more often than that thing did! It sure was snappy, though, especially on Linux. And it only took me like 100 hours to get the GNU version of flash player working on PowerPC.
@jwmengАй бұрын
Part of the reason these are so rare is that they have an internal kill switch that has typically been pulled remotely by now, especially if you've tried to keep it current with a Linux distro. I know this because I had one, and gave it to my mother as an home computer when I went off to college. Not just the iSight version, but the version immediately preceding it also (a variant which I owned much later in my life, in Canada.)
@ChuckFinley-m5e2 ай бұрын
Absolutely beautiful and it should be running Mac OS 9
@kubektunesАй бұрын
My very first Mac :') Got the 17" version second hand back in 2009. I used it as my primary machine until late 2012 and even after that as a DVD player (RIP Front Row). NGL, I regret selling it a little bit, great machine.
@fsfs5552 ай бұрын
Looks like your logic board uses Rubycon caps and they're pretty good (of course cold solder joints are still a problem). It's usually the Nichicon caps and the off-brand caps that have issues. I have one of these iSight G5s too and it's dead due to the power supply caps. It didn't power up before or after I recapped it, so I shelved it until I get a replacement PSU ordered. I also have an ALS iMac G5 and it's dead due to a MLB cap that's exploded. It's an odd value (1500uf at 6.3v or something) in a tight spot so I didn't have a suitable one on hand.
@hhgttm2 ай бұрын
I had this model! I was so nervous that Intel Macs were coming and might have teething issues, that I got in quick and bagged the iMac G5 as soon as they added the iSight. It was a great machine, though I think mine developed issues with the DVD drive and may have died of hard disk failure. Of course the transition to intel actually went smoothly!
@iO-Sci2 ай бұрын
I remember the iMac G5 iSight it was serene and unique when I was a kid when I was live in Vancouver
@seanys2 ай бұрын
I would have loved one of these but I did manage to get the 17” variant a few years back for a hefty AUD30. With keyboard and mouse!
@mikenewbold16992 ай бұрын
i had the intel version of this used it up until 2019. when i replaced it with a 24 inch alluminimum model which i still use till this day for youtube recording music etc
@aliabdallah1022 ай бұрын
A what?
@mikenewbold16992 ай бұрын
@@aliabdallah102 abdul i'm sorry it's not a video about casio terrorist watches
@SoulcatcherLucario2 ай бұрын
@mikenewbold1699 entirely uncalled for my guy
@motelchanel2 ай бұрын
3:16 "That's a healthy chime" and isn't that a fact because the start up chime on my iMac G3 I replaced the motherboard on sounds deep-fried when I boot up 🤣
@lokz96322 ай бұрын
I have iSight G5 17" iMac. You can run modern MorphOS on it. Only thing with MorphOS is that you have to manually control fan speed.
@fridaycaliforniaa236Ай бұрын
As a combat mole breeder for 76 years right now, I confirm that SSD mounting is 100 % legit 🧐✍👍👍
@hippyraverocker2 ай бұрын
Certain macs of that era have a thermal sensor built into the HDD. if you change to SSD there is a dongle that can go inline with the SSD to fix that issue. Otherwise the fans default to full blast.
@NamesGolden2 ай бұрын
I'm so glad the A55 drives are still being produced. I have a few piles of jank out in the world with those drives for the lulz.
@denisprint2 ай бұрын
The video i was waiting for.
@Felecc2 ай бұрын
7:02 oh no, the return of A55 drive
@LazerSparkle2 ай бұрын
OMG I had no idea this was a rare machine! I remember buying a broken isight model cheaply like a decade ago to repair it, it was really good for playing older games only available on ppc :)
@arandomthoughttoday2 ай бұрын
I had so many power supply replaces to these G5 iMacs back in the day.
@xnonsuchx2 ай бұрын
I got one of these iMacs in good working condition on eBay several years ago for only $16. And it was local, so no shipping!
@rickkarrer83702 ай бұрын
I had this same model for a bit, it was great. Also, it was on the market for about 5 months, not 2 months. Apple released the intel iMacs about 2 months after this, but it was still sold for a few more month, in case you specifically needed a PPC computer.
@georgeh68562 ай бұрын
I am intrigued by the circle Apple cut in the motherboard for one of the fans to go through. Why did they do that? Do other computers, like from Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc., ever have a circle cut in the motherboard like that? Also, I don't think ejecting the CD is supposed to shoot the CD across the room like that. I think it is supposed to stay half in the drive and just stick out.
@GojiraX2 ай бұрын
Lenovo does that as well as half-circles and three-quarter circles in their laptops. The reason Apple did it probably is linked to the blower fan and where the air is being pulled from and where they want it to go to. Years ago, Mike Chen from Silent PC Review had a series on how guiding airflow could make a PC quieter while also improve performance. I think LTT, Jays2cents and Gamers Nexus have done similar experimentation and got similar results.
@lmanders22 ай бұрын
Very nice iMac!
@oldtechnobodycaresabout2 ай бұрын
I have had one of these for many years and never thought it was particularly unusual compared to the other G5 imacs I guess it is so I might get it out again and tinker around
@alanharkleroad43762 ай бұрын
I have one of these, but it's an earlier version. The back comes off to access the internals. I would like a project, so maybe a Linux distro is in-store in the near future.
@ultra0000_2 ай бұрын
the iSight models did not suffer from the capacitor plague, only the earlier models did. EDIT: i forgot to mention, when running a linux distro you might come across graphical glitches due to a bug in mesa with the gpu it has, so watch out for that.
@Chi3f812 ай бұрын
Played around a little bit with similar G5 imac. Fienix worked fine, but had issue with blue tint on youtube that I just couldn't solve :( . Otherwise Fienix worked relatively smooth. Now I went back to Tiger and second partition is Sorbet 10.5.9. For daily use Sorbet is fantastic. Looking forward for videos of you testing this machine with some linux distros.
@xredhead7135x2 ай бұрын
No new thermal paste for those toasty G5's?
@techmatt972 ай бұрын
Big fan of the channel I enjoy the way you mounted that SSD , I had an Intel variant for a while of the imac isight I think mine was a core 2 I always enjoy watching your builds you do a good job and what you keep up the good work
@lazyboyghrol2 ай бұрын
Professional mounting 👍
@lgme3782 ай бұрын
I was part of the show floor in Paris in 2004 when this iMac was presented to the world, I was showing ipods. It was a great time, a friend and I came from an Apple User Club.
@michvod2 ай бұрын
It looks barely used... therefore no wonder the capacitors are 100% fine. They used to fail after few years of use. Also the iSight model had least of the cap issued compared to earlier G5 iMacs. That flux residue around the connector looks factory. These boards were really thick and sometimes the large connectors didn't get properly soldered - which is why they redid them by hand. This reminds me of my reccaping job on my G5 iMac that I did in 2009 or 2010. I destroyed 3 or 4 soldering iron tips and had to use hairdryer to heat up the board as it was just too much for my 60W soldering iron. If I were to recap one thesedays, I would go and get a heated pad
@jamesdecross10352 ай бұрын
I did a lot of Garageband on an iMac G5. A great time!
@WelcomeToMarkintosh2 ай бұрын
lol-LOVED the G5 PowerBook pic!
@Tailslol2 ай бұрын
Did you put back the HDD temp sensor? Fan tend to go crazy when you remove them.
@KevKevAllenАй бұрын
I had one of these! I used it until the power unit started flaking and it would only turn on when it felt like it and the wind was blowing in the right direction.
@Kyle-xv5kv2 ай бұрын
I had one of those as a teenager, I used to spend hours on MSN talking to friends on it, was a good reliable machine, sadly I had to sell it to fund a laptop for college.
@scottharris72222 ай бұрын
Can we have an update on rawscsi video mode? I understand it is working and it is understandably slow but it would be cool to get colour out of my SE/30s. Love your channel.
@ShinGoukiSan2 ай бұрын
Love the sound of the song in the teardown. Very 80s.
@Geardos12 ай бұрын
Friend of mine has one, it still works 19 years later
@tkd42 ай бұрын
@@Geardos1 you just scared the shit out of me. It feels like yesterday I bought that iMac. Not 18 years ago.
@jayfalzarano80462 ай бұрын
Hey bro, I, too, have one of these machines! And It still runs great....
@darkstar_4482 ай бұрын
I had the 1.9GHz iMac G5 iSight and it was great. Unfortunately it succumbed to vertical lines on the LCD display just outside the warranty period and was not economical to have Apple fix it. I had ended up junking it but did keep the little iSight module board for some reason. When Covid hit and everyone was working from home and doing Zoom/Teams catchups, I never had a laptop/PC with a camera. What I managed to do was resurrect the iSight PCB module by attaching a USB plug (the cable from the iSight even has USB colouring) and installed some old Windows Bootcamp drivers for it. I was quite surprised to see it work once again--Windows detected it and showed it as "Apple Built-in iSight". ps I liked the cut at 3:57 with the back cover--those two clips/latches are a real bugger! Should've checked the comments in the ifixit guide as I swear magnets are the key ;) Thanks for the nostalgia trip
@foxmachine82712 ай бұрын
How similar are these to the first Intel G5s? I've got one in the closet that belonged to my late grandfather. Wondering if it's safe from the caps problem, and if it would be a similar process to installing the SSD
@danielrhodes75942 ай бұрын
Great video, but to stick with shenanigans you should turn this into a laptop! I liked that render photo of a G5 laptop.
@arthuralford2 ай бұрын
Remember when you could open up an iMac without fearing destroying the screen? Peppridge Farm remembers
@delscoville2 ай бұрын
Yeah, the 17" iMac G5 I had didn't have the bezel camera. I didn't even see that until I got an Intel iMac. I was extremely dissappointed with what a mess the Intel iMac was to upgrade. The G5 I had, was a work of art. Not to mention, even though the G5 ran hot, the acrylic was more resistant to that heat, because the Intel iMac I had, the acrylic warped in such a way, that optical discs started to get scraped when inserted/ejected. That machine was RMA repaired three times because of optical drive issues, the last one, Apple decided to swap it with a new aluminum model.
@delscoville2 ай бұрын
I guess they started to put them together like crap before the Intel models. My iMac G5, the back came off and everything was readily available. In Fact, back them, Apple had this crazy idea that they would be user servicable.
@SwissRuediger2 ай бұрын
I love your channel. Thanks so much! On the other hand, all the linux stuff is not mine, but, thats fine:-) take care
@maxfieldstarling74962 ай бұрын
Looking at this setup of the internals, makes you wonder how close they could have been to putting a g5 in a PowerBook
@Dr.Dawson2 ай бұрын
The old yellow tortex to the rescue.
@ken1w2 ай бұрын
The earlier G5 iMac (without iSight camera) were thicker along edges, chunky-looking, less sleek. I like THIS look, and Apple carried same (or very similar) external appearance over to the first Intel iMacs. I still have a white 17-inch Core2Duo iMac. It doesn’t start up, I think because its PRAM battery died. I should open it up and replace PRAM battery, see if it still works. It can be MY Linux Mac 😉
@_..-.._..-.._2 ай бұрын
It’s sad to think about how many usable machines were ruined by bad capacitors. 😢 It’s sad to think of what people throw out.
@csumme72 ай бұрын
Had to squeeze my eyes every time i heard a crack, creak, or snap of that 20 year old plastic clips and connections.
@michaelwright29862 ай бұрын
I should love a t-shirt with the message "I run Linux on e-waste" (or some variant thereof, probably starting with "actually". I've just discovered that the MacBook Air of 2012-3 is even better than a Thinkpad for my use.
@davidb6362 ай бұрын
I would love to see someone creating a newer POWER CPU in such a G5 device... something like POWER8. How cool would that be? It would be really easy to use current Linux distributions