Using Apple's Pro Desktop... From 21 Years Ago!

Today we're cleaning up and using Apple's Pro desktop computer from 2002, the Power Mac G4 MDD (Mirrored Drive Doors). This macintosh was given to me for free, but does it work? Let's find out :) #retro #apple #mac

► Follow me on Social Media

► Send me stuff here!
Nathan Sivewright
Parcel Collect 10045 46100
Shop 4 254 Curtis Road
Munno Para SA 5115

Power Macintosh G4 MDD Specifications:
1.0GHz Dual G4 7455 Processors
1.75GB 333MHz DDR Ram
Radeon 9000 Pro 64MB Graphics
160GB Hard Disk

[SWOhioSpeedtesting]

Are we not going to applaud his music skills on the keyboard and promo video for the G4? That was incredible!

[otter-pro]

These powermacs look so much better in person. The reflection of mirrored surface and the shiny translucent plastic (in good condition) looks just amazing when you see it in person instead.

[robotomo]

There's something so special about late 90s - early 2010s Apple products. Steve Jobs truly knew what a beautiful product was, inside and out. I have never owned an Apple computer in my life so I never got to experience the "old school" Apple lifestyle. I absolutely love the skeuomorphic design of OSX and I hope that one day, I'll be able to use it for myself, although I probably won't be able to do anything at all on nit!

[nickwort]

You really nailed “early 2000s American advertiser” voice in that segment

[Kaneosaurus]

Such a great early millenium design. Still looks like the future to me.

[AttilaSVK]

My first Mac was a G4 MDD, a dual 1.25 GHz model. I bought it in 2006 and sold it in 2008 so I could upgrade to an '06 Mac Mini 1.83 GHz Core Duo. I loved that machine to bits. It came with an SCSI controller card, useful for my Yamaha A5000 sampler I owned back then. I added a USB 2.0 card, a second DVD burner (which had LightScribe) and expanded the RAM to 2GB it was a fine machine for the time.
Btw, the small fan is cooling the optical drive cage.

[theshadowman]

My main Apple retro computer. Still use it from time to time. Upgraded it as much as possible. Have a new PSU in it, dual 1.25 GHZ G4's and several other expansions ( also a much stronger GPU ).

[watercannonscollaboration]

It’s kind of crazy how fast designs have evolved between the 2000s to the 2010s compared to 2010s to the 2020s. The form factor is iconic after all these years, even if Apple kind of made its own Mac Pro irrelevant in 2023

[dj_grumble]

This G4 tower was my primary music production computer up until 2016 when I upgraded to a G5. Some of the music I produced on the G4 ended up on records that went gold!

[fridgeman]

I have two of these in my collection at home. Still hard to believe they're 20+ years old and look so modern.

[evilZardoz]

I still prefer, in some ways, the QuickSilver model as they were slightly less noisy, and they looked a bit more minimalistic design-wise vs. the MDD. I have a few of these in various states of repair. One of my systems has a label on it that suggested that it was maxed out at purchase time - 2GB RAM, ti4200 4x120GB drives and a superdrive. Although none of the original drives, and only some of the original RAM was left, the Ti4200 was still present.

The system you have is fortunately the FW400 model which still natively supports Mac OS 9, and is the last and one of the fastest ways to run the old OS.

[the_iancu]

thats not a "pykeyecell", it's " oh, my pkcell" 😂😂😂 (dankpods reference)

edit: Guys TYSM for all of these likes! I didn't expect this to boom!

[pasqualedimariano]

Rammstein's "Feuer frei" is a killer tune.

[AdamZugone]

His talking style often leads me to believe he just isn't capable of having emotions until he adds silly little bits like the G4 promo vid at the end lol I loved it

[LDrumsOhio]

I had four of these versions, the Dual 1.25 GHZ model and held onto them till 2011. I absolutely loved this model, and it was incredibly powerful and a stunning design. When I worked as a graphic designer, this is all we had in our studio at the time and it was amazing. I ended scoring a few and used them as an XBMC/Kodi Server, a Network Renderer, Fileshare Server, and then one for my home music studio as I had a lot of Firewire interfaces. My second favorite was the PowerMac G5 which was stunningly designed and so compatible with a lot of hardware out there. This is when I loved Apple; when they still innovated and lead with not only beautifully designed machines outside, but also inside.

[Ropeng]

Rammstein!! 🤘🏻
from Germany 🇩🇪 to the World, greetings to all Metalheads!

[york]

I bought this computer my freshman year in college and the bookstore computer employees were so excited to see one show up that they helped me carry it to my dorm. It was an amazing (but loud) computer.

[DummiBoiii]

Man you guys have no idea how much I miss, miss, MISS THIS ERA!!!!😭😩🙏 such a nice, fun design fr😔

[saugusandsausages]

Great job cleaning that Powermac G4 up. I was also surprised updates to the OS could still be downloaded on it as well.

[MK_.]

A little bit of Rammstein will always make any computer video better!