20th Anniversary Macintosh (Rare $7,500 Mac) - Krazy Ken's Tech Talk

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The 20th Anniversary Macintosh (aka Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh, or TAM) is one of the rarest and most expensive Macintosh computers Apple ever sold. It has an intriguing history, and unique design, so let's dive in…

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Krazy Ken's Tech Talk - 20th Anniversary Macintosh (Rare $7,500 Mac)

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[ComputerClan]

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[themacintoshnerd]

"They surprised Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs"

That does not sound like a good idea...

[Helladamnleet]

You have to remember that back when a 27 inch TV was the biggest TV most homes had a 13 inch TV wasn't an uncommon size for a kid to have. I used to watch TV all the time on a 13 inch TV growing up, and watching on the 25 inch in the living room was a TREAT.


I recently watched something with my daughter on a 32 inch TV in a hotel room and I swear to god it hurt my eyes to look at such a tiny screen from 15 feet away.

[thatocelot]

This makes me want to see a 50th Anniversary Mac in five years.

[Cyber_Horse_Studios]

How Ken was able to get ahold of one of these blows my mind. He has enterally earned my respect for owning one of these absolutely beautiful machines.

[crtcomputer]

This Mac is so special that it needs a special startup sound, so Apple.

[swc]

I remember reading about Jobs saying something like "The TAM was everything wrong with Apple" but I dunno, it seems like the kind of computer he would like, fits in line with the original Mac vision. An appliance for the home. Cute, blends in, gets out of the way, nice.

[NoobixCube]

That botched TAM introduction is probably responsible for the style and tone of all of Apple’s future keynotes. Jobs probably tore everyone involved a new asshole and made DAMN sure future keynotes would run flawlessly.

[GammaCruxis]

In the 90s, computers were boxes for the most part, and even Macs were boxes for the most part...

2021: “Yep, still boxes....”

[neekster]

Ah, yes. The Anker Soundcore Liberty Air Two Pro. That was six words for the name of a pair of earbuds.

[blkcubb]

I worked at Apple for 13 years, and back in the early 00's the TAM was still being supported because of how "special" it was. They could only be serviced by being sent in to Apple's corporate service dept for repair and they came in often. They were a b*tch to repair because the parts became rare. One particular customer moaned about it all the time, but despite being offered a Brand new iMac that would smoke the stock TAM he refused because it was so "special". That thing spent more time in repair than with him. Honestly that what mainly made me particularly interested to watch this video, but outside of the owning by "The Demo Gods", I found it curious that no other mention was made about the notorious issues the TAM became known for.

[joearnold]

I’ve been a PC guy my whole life (gaming was just easier), so it’s wicked cool to see all this crazy apple stuff I never knew existed back then.

[marcelwilgorski]

I was just wondering when the episode would be about this. Because I remembered that he bought this Macintosh at the same market as the NeXT cube.

[albertoamatucci]

That Dwight Schrute laugh at 6:00 :D Very funny. Excellent video

[meowmochimeow]

I can’t believe Alfred was brought up in this video. I’ve been a friend and longtime viewer of Alfred for well over 10 years! Absolutely amazing! I was in his Ustream when he unboxed the TAM! It’s sad that the TAM died faster than my friend’s marriage. It was an FF-Class failure! It was whatevah! All Alfred jokes aside I loved this video! Great work!

[NOTLeavingLV]

2:30 Daniel Day Lewis was fantastic in "There Will Be Blood!"

[SlyHikari]

The startup sound is legendary.

I wish they made a reissue.

[sriramsundar]

Imagine if Apple did this today. An Apple Silicon iMac G4 like computer with a touchscreen display that runs macOS alongside iPad apps.

[calden]

I bought one, still in the box, from an Apple Shop that was going out of business. I bought it, along with a Sonnet G3 500Mhz upgrade card, for $1200. They didn’t even know they had it until I dug it out of their storage basement. I still own it, though I used to use it as a stereo as it’s sound was fantastic, though after I bought a used Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 3200, along with a pair of BeoLab 8000 speakers that I still use today thanks to Bluetooth, it quickly gained dust and now resides on a shelf in my office, next to my PowerBook 100 and transparent 2400c, also with a G3 upgrade card.

[tayloralmond]

I purchased a TAM off eBay back around 2011. Mine has the infamous "buzzing" issue because the base unit is acting up. I ended up opening up the base unit and disabling the amplifier and I use external speakers that are hidden so it seems like it's still working properly. Mine also came with the 400MHz Sonnet G3 upgrade card. I've tried putting Mac OS X on it, but haven't had any luck. I put a flash to IDE adapter in and put in a 2GB flash card. I'm dual booting Mac OS 7 and 9 on it. It's a really neat piece of history, but it's certainly not the most reliable (or sturdy, the plastic on the base unit is chipping off) computer ever made.