I Found A 27” Apple iMac In A Bin! Does It Work?

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  • čas přidán 21. 03. 2019
  • I found this Apple 27" mid-2011 iMac being thrown out. Does it work? Let's find out :)
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  • @psivewri
    @psivewri  Před 5 lety +1569

    Yes, this did actually happen. No, it's not fake. For those of you that have been asking, it was found in a local Ewaste bin that is out the front of a store not far from where I live. It's accessible to anyone, at any time on any day of the week. I went there to dump some heavy old HI-FI amplifiers and when I saw the iMac just sitting in there, I had to grab it. The store where the Ewaste bin was located had been fine with me taking things before when I had asked. Just thought I'd clear that up. Have a nice day, new video on the way!
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    • @weedlebunz
      @weedlebunz Před 5 lety +29

      Psivewri dude that’s so cool! Congrats on your iMac! I have a 27 inch iMac too! Pretty great! Plus it’s ram is maxed out at 16 gb and it’s vram is too.

    • @olinewman
      @olinewman Před 5 lety +115

      Right now, somebody is making a video about your amplifiers!

    • @_financial_regret_
      @_financial_regret_ Před 5 lety +6

      Psivewri was that the wtc twin towers in minecraft?

    • @exquisitedark
      @exquisitedark Před 5 lety +4

      i goto ewaste bin too

    • @psivewri
      @psivewri  Před 5 lety +27

      It might look like it, but it's not ahaha. We had a competition to see who could build the tallest tower on my old Minecraft server.

  • @HughJeffreys
    @HughJeffreys Před 5 lety +563

    Beautiful video mate and congrats on the find, its amazing what people throw out.

  • @austinevans
    @austinevans Před 5 lety +129

    Rad video man

  • @gcz-zy9ix
    @gcz-zy9ix Před 4 lety +606

    "I had three terabytes of memory lying around."
    Edit 1 year later and I have 3 old imacs and 2 ps2s just lying around, all were actually left at local recycling center.

    • @NoCommentsVideo
      @NoCommentsVideo Před 4 lety +10

      Yeah, it was just 'lying around' AND it wasn't being used 😂

    • @Get_yotted
      @Get_yotted Před 4 lety +15

      I have a ton of 2TB drives lying around

    • @FascistTrex
      @FascistTrex Před 4 lety +2

      I have like 7 hdds and an ssd lyng around

    • @RickyPann
      @RickyPann Před 4 lety +2

      A 3 terrabyte drive is pretty common. I have 4 dead ones plenty of 2's.. not uncommon. Memory is a differnt story

    • @julianponsard1716
      @julianponsard1716 Před 4 lety +2

      @Steve Zubrowski can you give me one

  • @subscriberwithoutanyvide-rq5ym

    One man's trash is another man's treasure

  • @seanrobinsonjr4363
    @seanrobinsonjr4363 Před 5 lety +2747

    Mac users be like: HDD failed. Lets get a new Mac

    • @andrewstuart669
      @andrewstuart669 Před 5 lety +56

      True

    • @mkerimi
      @mkerimi Před 5 lety +12

      Sean Robinson JR hahaha

    • @LL-ck4ei
      @LL-ck4ei Před 5 lety +68

      Ignorance is a blessing

    • @nathanfagan9881
      @nathanfagan9881 Před 5 lety +41

      @@LL-ck4ei To Apple while they sell more machines.

    • @spd3ictpro
      @spd3ictpro Před 5 lety +68

      They don't even know what part failed. Went to apple store, they doesn't provide services for old mac, or the board need to be swap which cost them nearly as much as a new mac.

  • @hima-iv5mc
    @hima-iv5mc Před 5 lety +256

    I love how he just got straight to the powering on... like, no other CZcamsr does that.

    • @psivewri
      @psivewri  Před 5 lety +108

      I'm not trying to waste your time or make the video over 10 minutes just to get more ad revenue 👌

    • @muoiz6745
      @muoiz6745 Před 4 lety +10

      Psivewri nah man, you deserve the ad money

    • @mrbisshie
      @mrbisshie Před 4 lety

      At least no "magic smoke" lol

    • @FS--ew3se
      @FS--ew3se Před 3 lety +2

      @@psivewri wholesome

    • @user-jg1yn9lm2g
      @user-jg1yn9lm2g Před 3 lety +1

      @@FS--ew3se indeed

  • @JavaMon94
    @JavaMon94 Před 5 lety +181

    2.5" to 3.5" adapter? You mean double-sided tape?

    • @skip741x3
      @skip741x3 Před 4 lety +4

      yep when i threw an ssd in mine, thats how i did it, and the temp sensor was no issue at all

    • @RickyPann
      @RickyPann Před 4 lety

      data doubler and trash the Superdrive

    • @nothin1456
      @nothin1456 Před 4 lety +9

      Heh. I found the exact same imac in a bin as well! Had a broken LCD connector . Re soldered the connector . Bingo

    • @juliosunga3530
      @juliosunga3530 Před 4 lety +1

      Velcro tape is better

    • @pgtips73
      @pgtips73 Před 4 lety

      Ha ha my thoughts exactly!!

  • @CloroxBleachOfficial
    @CloroxBleachOfficial Před 4 lety +141

    i think they wanted to get rid of the audio cd.

  • @bassamsiraj2175
    @bassamsiraj2175 Před 5 lety +1648

    You live in a very rich neighborhood

    • @Purzify
      @Purzify Před 5 lety +80

      One word.
      *bogans*

    • @winstonwithay1980
      @winstonwithay1980 Před 5 lety +20

      @@Purzify I don't think bogans can afford an iMac

    • @javierigartua
      @javierigartua Před 5 lety +5

      I fill my apartment with GoodWill`s parking lot things. for free!!!

    • @tammi8808
      @tammi8808 Před 5 lety +7

      No.. The most people don't know that the glass and screen can easily be deattached. The next problem is that Mac OS usually needs a disc to install or a Mac to download Mac OS and make a bootable thumb drive. *I don't talk about hackintosh distros

    • @TwoDollarGararge
      @TwoDollarGararge Před 4 lety +1

      ​@@winstonwithay1980 stolen I live 1 hour away from NYC $1600 macbook "show up" in the ghetto so

  • @drakebeber9579
    @drakebeber9579 Před 5 lety +62

    On eBay I found a 2011 21.5 inch iMac for sale, only $170. It said the Mac randomly crashed. When it arrived I assumed the hard drive was at fault, but come to find out, the upgraded 16GB of RAM was bad. It took out the upgrade, leaving the original 4GB in the Mac. Never spend a dime on it and I have never had an issue with it since. These are great Macs for the price!

  • @asmit420
    @asmit420 Před 4 lety +52

    The best thing I ever found in a dump is Eucalyptus Oil.

  • @mustafamalik4211
    @mustafamalik4211 Před 4 lety +33

    Next video: I found this BMW near a river! Does it work?

  • @davesaudio6327
    @davesaudio6327 Před 5 lety +494

    I found a mac pro in my kitchen.. Oh wait its my trashbin.

    • @dieselgeezer18
      @dieselgeezer18 Před 4 lety +2

      xD ._.

    • @placeholderplaceholder6056
      @placeholderplaceholder6056 Před 4 lety +13

      Why do people like you just trash on apple? If you dislike the computers then that's your opinion, no one else needs to hear your mindless rambling.

    • @ExpertGamerYT
      @ExpertGamerYT Před 4 lety +4

      Louden Abbott we hate apple because they are money hungry and making it for us harder

    • @placeholderplaceholder6056
      @placeholderplaceholder6056 Před 4 lety +5

      Ohh man. That's not what I'm saying. First of all, you fucked up your sentence, second of all, what I'm saying is that you aren't providing a solution to the problem which makes you part of a different problem. That problem? Mindless blabbering doesn't help someone fix a problem it just makes you look petty and stupid. Provide a solution or get out of the argument because you are not helping anyone.

    • @Fazen107
      @Fazen107 Před 4 lety +4

      Louden Abbott Stop being a complete fucked sook who can’t stand other people’s opinion. Mind your fucking idiotic opinion to yourself. They belong to yourself, not others. Plus it was just a joke, not ask why everyone trashed on Apple, and disagree on an actually reason why. Fuck off, LOUDEN ABBOTT.

  • @thattapornchaiwongkiat3600
    @thattapornchaiwongkiat3600 Před 5 lety +551

    The best thing I ever found in a dump is a broken iPhone 4.

    • @nics9840
      @nics9840 Před 5 lety +19

      moo thattaporn, ehh it was probably mine. I tried selling it on eBay first but no one wanted it haha

    • @RageTurtle_Rage
      @RageTurtle_Rage Před 5 lety +9

      moo thattaporn the best thing I found was a 58” Samsung 4K TV that was less than a year old (manufactured in October 2017)

    • @nikedude3660
      @nikedude3660 Před 5 lety +6

      i had once found a perfect iphone in the middle of the park one day but unfortunately it had gotten stolen

    • @2S2F1
      @2S2F1 Před 5 lety +8

      mineTurtle dmg yeah bullshit

    • @Ducxy
      @Ducxy Před 5 lety +4

      Best thing I have found is a 43" Vizio Smart TV. 1080P. It was an old model though and was outside some rich peoples house in the trash

  • @markarca6360
    @markarca6360 Před 5 lety +21

    It's okay to use a 3 TB HDD, since Apple Macs use EFI (support for storage greater than 2 TB). Be sure to use GPT for the partitioning scheme.

  • @sonygoup
    @sonygoup Před 4 lety +124

    I once found a used condom in a bin. Most valuable thing

    • @pascalcanterbury9187
      @pascalcanterbury9187 Před 4 lety +12

      Did you open it?

    • @BallonEEE.
      @BallonEEE. Před 4 lety +3

      I once found a condom in my school, except there was like condoms everywhere around the school, its like an Easter egg hunt for used condoms, think one was in a drain.

    • @fitchyyboi
      @fitchyyboi Před 4 lety +3

      Reusable!

    • @ozigamez6677
      @ozigamez6677 Před 4 lety +1

      That’s just disgusting

    • @OldMX
      @OldMX Před 3 lety +5

      a quick wash and its good to go

  • @cee128d
    @cee128d Před 5 lety +398

    Louis Rossman would be proud.

    • @vitotheo
      @vitotheo Před 5 lety +16

      He annoys me.

    • @JustA.Person
      @JustA.Person Před 5 lety +6

      @@vitotheo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @ixionn563
      @ixionn563 Před 5 lety +26

      @@vitotheo Louis is a god.

    • @MJ-uk6lu
      @MJ-uk6lu Před 5 lety +3

      @@ixionn563 Nope, he just loves to be whiny and annoying

    • @kobibenlevi5523
      @kobibenlevi5523 Před 5 lety +10

      @@ixionn563 Louis is a god

  • @seanmccoll2947
    @seanmccoll2947 Před 5 lety +712

    I found a Lamborghini in a trash can! Let’s see if it works!
    *Gets 10 million views*

  • @mihaiplaysgame
    @mihaiplaysgame Před 3 lety +4

    This is the video that started me on the channel.

  • @rajdeepbhattacharrya1752
    @rajdeepbhattacharrya1752 Před 4 lety +34

    All I ever stumbled upon was a 512 MB micro SD card last year :)

    • @nandulalkrishna923
      @nandulalkrishna923 Před 3 lety +7

      If we went on dumpster diving in india , we'll only get stale food n pan-parag wrappers

    • @user-jg1yn9lm2g
      @user-jg1yn9lm2g Před 3 lety

      @@nandulalkrishna923 true 😣

  • @zaraf
    @zaraf Před 5 lety +206

    How well does it game
    *plays Minecraft *

    • @leafchill8821
      @leafchill8821 Před 5 lety +25

      Syed Faraz Kashif he is true gamer

    • @quanticflowers4264
      @quanticflowers4264 Před 5 lety +29

      Actually, I heard Minecraft is a good way to test these things because the requirements are pretty high.

    • @milesharrison4487
      @milesharrison4487 Před 5 lety +9

      minecraft is only for the most epic gamers

    • @ryez5708
      @ryez5708 Před 5 lety +7

      I mean what else he should try? Trashnite ?

    • @alphadelta-bo4rk
      @alphadelta-bo4rk Před 4 lety

      Minecraft is a really good software to benchmark your computer..

  • @xray718
    @xray718 Před 5 lety +78

    It's amazing how apple has still not redesigned this imac in 2019. The 2019 basic verison still comes with a 5400 rpm HDD.

    • @SandsOfArrakis
      @SandsOfArrakis Před 5 lety +4

      Which is ridiculous. My 2014 Mini also came with a 1 tb 5400 rpm hard drive. And it's so much slower compared to the SSD that I've attached to it through one of the USB 3.0 ports.
      But Apple being Apple. If a Mac does come with an SSD. It's 99% of the time a 128 gb model. Which is too small for modern day computing. Thankfully decided to invest a bit more and get a MacBook Air with a 256 gb one.

    • @TheRealFobican
      @TheRealFobican Před 5 lety +1

      This one had a 7200 rpm HDD inside it. Also that would mean you can technically build it into a new one by putting new hardware to make a sleeper.

    • @kiyoshimatsutsuyu1931
      @kiyoshimatsutsuyu1931 Před 4 lety

      I've seen businesses buy 2019 iMacs and wonder WHY they are so slow ... Uh, no SSD = pain.

    • @PackardKotch
      @PackardKotch Před 3 lety

      They always had 7200rpm hard drives until mid 2012 (taper edge and fusion drive introduction), meaning that every 2012 or newer hdd iMac felt slow and unusable. Legit, my 2011 is faster than a 2017 because the hdd is about 2x as fast.

    • @miloslimenguyen2572
      @miloslimenguyen2572 Před 3 lety

      @@PackardKotch well the 7200rpm hard drive is not as zappy fast as any ssd on the market but at least it didn't get you painfully slow reading speed like 4k-5k rpm ones

  • @TabsT-vy5jy
    @TabsT-vy5jy Před 5 lety +16

    Bin = someone's office that he broke into.

  • @lukemiani
    @lukemiani Před 5 lety +90

    This is giving me iMacenstein PTSD haha... Hopefully you have better luck than I did

  • @scheggehut
    @scheggehut Před 4 lety +8

    I‘ve heard from someone, who pulled 25 iMac 27“ out of the trash and made about 30k by sellig them

  • @chrizzz
    @chrizzz Před 4 lety +4

    This channel makes me regret throwing out my 2007 iMac back in 2012. I remember when it died, I just pulled out apart and took the hard drive out. I wonder if it actually could have been saved with a little effort.

  • @TechnoGeek209
    @TechnoGeek209 Před 5 lety +168

    On what planet do people throw Imacs in dumpsters?

    • @atonomical8489
      @atonomical8489 Před 5 lety +25

      We call it Earth. I'm afraid to say we're a pretty crappy species.

    • @dmitryklevchuk6436
      @dmitryklevchuk6436 Před 5 lety +14

      The planet is called USA. Google it.

    • @daddygaga1659
      @daddygaga1659 Před 5 lety +11

      @@dmitryklevchuk6436 No he is Australian

    • @blakryptonite1
      @blakryptonite1 Před 5 lety +4

      None. It's BS CZcamsrs come up with to clickbait these days

    • @blakryptonite1
      @blakryptonite1 Před 5 lety +9

      @kat It's complete and utter bullshit that this guy found the iMac from a dumpster. CZcamsrs write ANYTHING to get views. If you can't see through his lie, you're a sheep. And this is coming from an Apple fanboy.

  • @janm9774
    @janm9774 Před 5 lety +12

    A few month ago i found iMac 21.5" from Late 2009, C2D 3.06 GHz, 1TB of HDD storage, 4gb ddr3.
    only hdd and screen were broken, but it wasn't big problem.
    Now, i am writing this comment on this iMac, i've only replaced hdd to 2.5" 500gb (i am going to put in 250ssd) and pretty glitter purple glass for it :)
    im just happy.

    • @evaluna122
      @evaluna122 Před 5 lety

      Wariatkowo is it fast for gaming

    • @janm9774
      @janm9774 Před 5 lety +1

      Hugppyz in minecraft i have up to 30 fos, half life 2 and gta sa works perfectly

  • @chiviald8356
    @chiviald8356 Před 3 lety +3

    4:15 I thought you were going to stab the screen with a screwdriver

  • @christinebaker8754
    @christinebaker8754 Před 4 lety +2

    You're a very lucky man! And how exciting that this gorgeous machine works. I have a 2019 27" 5K retina beast and I LOVE IT so I know exactly how you feel.

  • @DanishSpeakerChannel
    @DanishSpeakerChannel Před 5 lety +183

    they threw money out in the dumpster!! AND if it really didnt work, they should have recycled it!! Apple even gives you money for that!!

    • @benzjiman6931
      @benzjiman6931 Před 5 lety +4

      Or for parts!!

    • @DanishSpeakerChannel
      @DanishSpeakerChannel Před 5 lety +29

      @@benzjiman6931 yeah, but think like a normal family that doesnt know ANYTHING about computers, only to use them and turn them on...

    • @benzjiman6931
      @benzjiman6931 Před 5 lety +1

      Yeah, my family is like that.

    • @7b0ne
      @7b0ne Před 5 lety +7

      such people give a shit about recycling, how dumb must some be to toss a working machine aways, just because the hard drive fails..?! where the damn logic?? its like buying a new car everytime the gas goes empty...

    • @scharkalvin
      @scharkalvin Před 5 lety +3

      It was in an Ewaste bin. Ewaste usually does get recycled.

  • @Runkosx3
    @Runkosx3 Před 5 lety +10

    Also found one with missing HDD, camera and a broken screen. It now works perfectly

  • @philipcaparas
    @philipcaparas Před 5 lety +7

    It just happen to me too 6 days ago. I got an iMac 21.5” (mid 2010) that’s going to recycling. Only have to do is put a new hard drive. And install the Mac OS High Sierra.

  • @tommaxwell4966
    @tommaxwell4966 Před 5 lety +1

    I have a similar story. My town has an email group for local communications and events etc. I wrote to the town and asked if anyone had any junk computers they no longer that I could save from the trash. I got many replies with all sorts ranging from 70s ancient machines, 90s Apple power books and a few modern but broken windows laptops. The best find was someone with an “old iMac”. They left it at the end of their drive for me to collect. Turned out to be a 27” iMac of the same generation featured here in your video. I couldn’t believe it. It had almost the exact same issue as yours, except reformatting the drive fixed it for me. I still use the iMac as my daily desktop. What a find! Thanks for the video.

  • @bitchasstroll4443
    @bitchasstroll4443 Před 5 lety +6

    Oh man lucky you. I bought one for 100$ at a local store with same specs, changed the drive to ssd and i still use it today. Great for movies, photoshop and gaming. Those imacs are the best imacs ever made. Love your videos man! Good luck in finding more good stuff!

    • @prvt385
      @prvt385 Před 5 lety

      bitchass troll shit are you joking? Gaming on a mac? What do you play? GTA Vice City? (no im not a apple hater i also own a 2012 imac

    • @megalifts
      @megalifts Před 2 lety

      @@prvt385 *laughs in 2013 cheap office laptop*

  • @tannerparker9049
    @tannerparker9049 Před 5 lety +3

    SICK MAN!!!! its nice to see a badass mac like that up & running like new.

  • @Major_Mason
    @Major_Mason Před 5 lety +4

    I love the Elantra, my 2011 model year has 111,111 miles on it and still going strong 😊

  • @julioanderson5680
    @julioanderson5680 Před 3 lety +1

    Amazing video-love the camerawork, your detailed knowledge/explanation, and overall story. I just got home from finding one myself and am trying to figure out how to wipe the drive clean.

  • @marianistefanoj
    @marianistefanoj Před 5 lety +5

    For more bins like this in this world 😝, awesome video sir. Greetings from Brazil

  • @snoozyA113
    @snoozyA113 Před 5 lety +14

    I hope the person who ever threw this out sees this eventually 😂

  • @DarkKnight2845
    @DarkKnight2845 Před 4 lety +20

    0:08 That was some pro editing!

    • @Wanted797
      @Wanted797 Před 3 lety +1

      Opening the boot or the number plate.... both are actually pretty easy.

  • @hartleymartin
    @hartleymartin Před 4 lety +3

    Over the past couple of years I've had several Macs from this era which were "not working" and it turns out the only real problem was that the HDD had gone bad. Good clean-out, SSD and RAM upgrades and they're perfectly usable.

  • @joeyhillers9460
    @joeyhillers9460 Před 5 lety +28

    A Mac like this in America is still $400

  • @Unclenose
    @Unclenose Před 5 lety +11

    Some lense cleaner combined with a DAMN cloth

  • @diegocieni7006
    @diegocieni7006 Před 4 lety +1

    Love your videos, man. I'm learning a lot with you. Cheers from Brazil!

  • @leonjones7120
    @leonjones7120 Před 3 lety

    I like your relaxed delivery on your vids!

  • @Royaletrio
    @Royaletrio Před 5 lety +14

    Feels lonely to watch high quality video under 100k views

  • @synthh3850
    @synthh3850 Před 4 lety +40

    Oh. My. God. This was my iMac! I used this for so many years before I decided to throw it due to it being incredibly slow because my parents had downloaded so much bloatware and the ram was always running at 100% I decided to throw it and I knew I should have taken the HDD. This is insane. I even remember putting that sticker on it in 2015

    • @prakharvermaT1nO
      @prakharvermaT1nO Před 4 lety +2

      Yo for real? Tho why did you through it in the dumpster instead of e-waste cuz then nobody wud take it lol

    • @benriley1378
      @benriley1378 Před 4 lety +1

      Synthh you could’ve just replaced the hard drive and all the viruses would have been gone....

    • @_hanz73
      @_hanz73 Před 4 lety +5

      hmmm why you didn't just sell it tho....?

    • @nothin1456
      @nothin1456 Před 4 lety +1

      Ben Riley this type of imac is only worth maybe 100-300 dollars now . Replacing the hard drive can cost someone 100-300 .. so . I dont know if the cost is worth the repair

    • @ozigamez6677
      @ozigamez6677 Před 4 lety +1

      Coincidence? I THINK NOT!!!

  • @danielelias9785
    @danielelias9785 Před 4 lety +1

    I 'm using the same model of mac as my main computer. Totally valid today for many uses.

  • @adiposerex5150
    @adiposerex5150 Před 3 lety +1

    This is so cool. I would have loved to find one of these.

  • @AristotelisMitsiou
    @AristotelisMitsiou Před 5 lety +35

    The closest I've found to a 27" iMac in a bin is the box it came with.

  • @PartyHatRB
    @PartyHatRB Před 5 lety +101

    Why would theythrow that out ??

    • @ArtisticallyEligible
      @ArtisticallyEligible Před 5 lety +46

      because they are apple users

    • @sundust1372
      @sundust1372 Před 5 lety +3

      Techtonik XD lol

    • @crashbandicoot4everr
      @crashbandicoot4everr Před 5 lety +6

      @@ArtisticallyEligible And have no clue about computers..

    • @sneedsneed460
      @sneedsneed460 Před 5 lety +27

      Probably wealthy and selling an iMac for $400 isn't worth it to them. Also greedy and don't believe in donating

    • @glennmoore5880
      @glennmoore5880 Před 5 lety +3

      @@sneedsneed460 that's exactly it. I have gotten here in our recycle center a 24" iMac (aluminium model, core 2 duo) a 21.5 inch unibody core2 duo model, another 24" alloy body model, my first 2006 Mac Pro, and the 27" one I am using now identical to the one in the video. I have also purchased used my 2009 Mac Pro for mere pittance simply because it needed a video card.

  • @theodorebaleanu
    @theodorebaleanu Před 4 lety

    Wow so lucky today. Discovered your channel yesterday and live it.

  • @destruktor250
    @destruktor250 Před 3 lety +2

    You live in Australian Beverly Hills or what, show me who throw up an imac into trash bins!

  • @valezz8465
    @valezz8465 Před 4 lety +6

    I still use my iMac 27" from 2011!! It works perfectly :-)

  • @RageTurtle_Rage
    @RageTurtle_Rage Před 5 lety +153

    Congratulations! You won $400
    From the trash :]

    • @silasmcgee3647
      @silasmcgee3647 Před 5 lety +10

      Normal Person I am by no means a fan of these Apple computers but I’m happy this one got a second chance of life it just needed a hard drive replacement

    • @RageTurtle_Rage
      @RageTurtle_Rage Před 5 lety +3

      @@parkerwilliams617 unless its a useless dell that overheats with a heatsink and a fan at full speed
      or just complete useless

    • @silasmcgee3647
      @silasmcgee3647 Před 5 lety +1

      @@RageTurtle_Rage not all Dells are like that though but there are some shity ones definitely although there's definitely never a perfect Optiplex or dimension especially the dimension I had but it was 17 years old but the only time that particular computer ever got hot was when it was summer

    • @silasmcgee3647
      @silasmcgee3647 Před 5 lety

      @@parkerwilliams617 no computer from any brand unless it's eMachines or Packard Bell deserves to be thrown out

    • @silasmcgee3647
      @silasmcgee3647 Před 5 lety

      @@RageTurtle_Rage also all computers can overheat it's a matter of how bad the thermal paste has deteriorated all of my computer's with the exception of my IBM and Dell laptop tend to run at a decent temperature

  • @RandyWaage
    @RandyWaage Před 4 lety

    Wow, what a score! Congrats!

  • @FirstTimeRC
    @FirstTimeRC Před 5 lety +1

    I absolutely appreciated the Mitsubishi diamante on that beautiful panel thank you~

  • @82FGDT
    @82FGDT Před 5 lety +13

    any chance a gpu will be put in? it was the last year you could do so on imacs. tho the 27" needs a heatsink mod to fit regular non apple mxm cards from other devices

    • @glennmoore5880
      @glennmoore5880 Před 5 lety +1

      yes you can change the GPU to select one but you lose boot screens with most and its painful if that is the case and you need it for any reason.

    • @82FGDT
      @82FGDT Před 5 lety

      @@glennmoore5880 and you also loose brightness control but that can be controlled with other software. Also if you use an Nvidia 900 or 10 series mxm card web drivers need to be installed.
      I have no life so I researched the possibilities cuz I have a 2011 21.5" i7 iMac

    • @glennmoore5880
      @glennmoore5880 Před 5 lety +1

      @@82FGDT yes and further to all of that because you have the 21.5 you have more restrictions regards size of heatsinks and power draw.

    • @82FGDT
      @82FGDT Před 5 lety

      @@glennmoore5880 yep. some people even replace the power supplies with beefier 2010 ones. but the 765m seems like a good fit. Actually it just barely fits with the hard drive but will still work from what I've seen

  • @lostmic
    @lostmic Před 4 lety +7

    Dude that's my mac I want it back! I'm just kidding lol

  • @morphshag
    @morphshag Před 5 lety +1

    I still use a 2010 i7 27” iMac and its been a bloody fantastic machine. It’s my photo editing rig. All I have done is upgrade the RAM.

  • @ahmedtwahir
    @ahmedtwahir Před 5 lety

    That's pretty cool...I've had similar luck on online sites but your finding beats them all!

  • @dapyzzz4209
    @dapyzzz4209 Před 5 lety +44

    The dislike is the original owner who didn't know that it worked

    • @RageTurtle_Rage
      @RageTurtle_Rage Před 5 lety +5

      Ninja Kasper 106 and the other dislikes are trolls, jealous people, or noobs that think the dislike button is a better like button

    • @RTXTi-qu5tv
      @RTXTi-qu5tv Před 5 lety +1

      @@RageTurtle_Rage no the people who disliked their phones was flipped so they though it was a like

    • @Scwarzkop
      @Scwarzkop Před 3 lety

      plot twist (real this time): the owner actually liked it and made a comment

  • @qwertiee
    @qwertiee Před 5 lety +43

    I found an iMac 7,1 in the bin on its original OS.

    • @mojave5661
      @mojave5661 Před 5 lety +7

      7,1? Isn't that a Mid 2007 iMac? Also, make a backup of the OS if you can, because Mac OS X Tiger for intel is almost impossible to find.

    • @RageTurtle_Rage
      @RageTurtle_Rage Před 5 lety +2

      korsmix isn’t that the update?

    • @RageTurtle_Rage
      @RageTurtle_Rage Před 5 lety +2

      underscoretb so f u c k i n g true

    • @qwertiee
      @qwertiee Před 5 lety

      @@mojave5661 Whoops. Too late

    • @qwertiee
      @qwertiee Před 5 lety

      Lol. I'm about to throw that thing out. It has just been sitting there

  • @davileos3040
    @davileos3040 Před 4 lety

    I really love your Mac restoration videos!!!!!

  • @subhrojyotibose2848
    @subhrojyotibose2848 Před 5 lety

    You are doing a good job. I like your presentation and delivery mostly. 👍

  • @typingcat
    @typingcat Před 4 lety +4

    This is what I worried about when I heard of iMac with unreplaceable hard disk. Apple need be less greedy and make the HDD replaceable!

  • @psivewri
    @psivewri  Před 5 lety +46

    Hope you enjoy this weeks video 😊 Thought I'd mix things up and not have it be about a laptop.
    ► Follow me on Twitter and Instagram for updates and information :)
    Twitter 🐦 twitter.com/NathanPSI
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    • @harryspapadopoulos8818
      @harryspapadopoulos8818 Před 5 lety

      Lucky you

    • @girlsdrinkfeck
      @girlsdrinkfeck Před 5 lety

      to get the glass clean ,use oven cleaner, the stuff in a bottle u use for the inside of the oven and for the glass oven door,remove the glass when doing it as itll strip all paint

    • @glennmoore5880
      @glennmoore5880 Před 5 lety

      I got mine (exactly the same) in the trash too, infact all of my Apple machines other than my 2016 MacBook Pro have come from our local recycle center. My iMac had the typical video card failure issues which I sent to Greece and had fixed there. Been perfect ever since and I love this machine with an SSD upgrade it still a great everyday internet surfer, and as you mentioned the display is brilliant. BTW because its a 2011 you also have thunderbolt 2. Probably the most important/versatile ports and you didn't mention them at all :-)

    • @rustgamingzone5696
      @rustgamingzone5696 Před 5 lety

      Give me this thing if you don't use it..

  • @danholli123
    @danholli123 Před 3 lety +1

    I've had one of these for years and it's currently up to Catalina with 2 hdds (odd died) and I've loved it

  • @samvashishta918
    @samvashishta918 Před 4 lety

    Your videos are so satisfying. Nice job

  • @JAY-ph3vc
    @JAY-ph3vc Před 5 lety +3

    funny how you're always finding things

  • @isaiahheitzman
    @isaiahheitzman Před 4 lety +49

    3:35
    You know, every one has a 3 terabyte harddrive laying around.

    • @Scwarzkop
      @Scwarzkop Před 3 lety

      i don't, i have only a 1tb

    • @isaiahheitzman
      @isaiahheitzman Před 3 lety

      @@Scwarzkop dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sarcasm

    • @Scwarzkop
      @Scwarzkop Před 3 lety

      @@isaiahheitzman i know it's a joke and/or sarcasm, i'm just saying the truth

    • @isaiahheitzman
      @isaiahheitzman Před 3 lety

      @@Scwarzkop www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unneeded

    • @Scwarzkop
      @Scwarzkop Před 3 lety

      @@isaiahheitzman why are you spamming dictionary links..... i know all these words.

  • @alienrefugee51
    @alienrefugee51 Před 3 lety +2

    You can always put an SSD in the optical bay and not have to worry about the HDD temp sensor. You don't even need a carrier for the optical bay, you can just use some double-sided tape to secure the SSD to the back of the machine. It will be faster and you'll have the HDD for a Time Machine backup, or media drive.

  • @encinobalboa
    @encinobalboa Před 3 lety

    Wow, great save. I just picked up the same model and CPU at a junk shop. Mine had a few upgrades including a Hitachi enterprise grade hard drive and 8GB Crucial memory. I added 8GB more for 16 total. Very happy with the performance. Next step is to replace Yosemite with High Sierra.

  • @bradleysnow2139
    @bradleysnow2139 Před 4 lety +3

    Your so lucky to get these prices and free stuff I haven’t ever had an apple computer haha 😭

    • @FS--ew3se
      @FS--ew3se Před 3 lety

      Me neither however u can always use a vm or hackintosh

  • @GamingZoneGz7
    @GamingZoneGz7 Před 5 lety +8

    Seems like people in your area have multiple kidneys 🤣🤣🤣

    • @glennmoore5880
      @glennmoore5880 Před 5 lety +2

      Maybe they can grow them back :-)

    • @GamingZoneGz7
      @GamingZoneGz7 Před 5 lety +2

      @@glennmoore5880 🤣🤣🤣

    • @SandsOfArrakis
      @SandsOfArrakis Před 5 lety +1

      Kidney Cloning Facility nearby no doubt. But to be honest. I'm just a regular Joe working shifts at a factory and I have an Apple iPhone, Mac Mini and MacBook Air. So it's doable without selling your organs off.

  • @gammaboost
    @gammaboost Před 3 lety +1

    In fact, I have a 2011 iMac 21.5" and once I needed to completely reinstall MacOS as it was running Ubuntu.
    I loaded up network recovery, and using Disk utility I cleared the hard disk. The installer was for OS X Lion, but it never got past the downloading phase. After retrying it a couple times, eventually it would just get stuck loading network recovery entirely.
    I then booted a Ubuntu live USB and used GParted to reformat the drive (I think I did it with HFS+) and reloaded into Network Recovery, and this time it wanted to install High Sierra.
    I reformatted (again, but instead through Disk Utility) and got the install running, and it was then able to complete the install and I had the system running MacOS High Sierra.
    This may in fact be something you should've tried on the Mac and it could've gotten the hard drive working again, and I hope this would be helpful in the future.

  • @carlosl3636
    @carlosl3636 Před 4 lety

    Awesome videos you the men...Thanks, great videos and very professional.

  • @Dearestme123
    @Dearestme123 Před 5 lety +3

    That's the same model of iMac that I use

  • @vitotheo
    @vitotheo Před 5 lety +5

    Too bad there isn't a boot up sound anymore :(

  • @markg.1159
    @markg.1159 Před 5 lety

    I have an iMac of similar vintage that I did a hard disk replacement on. Using a solid state disk does make a big difference in perceived performance. I removed the mounting bracket entirely and attached the disk to the case with sticky foam strips. The temperature sensor is an issue. (Otherwise, the fans rev up to max, thinking the drive must be on fire.) I use Macs Fan Control on macOS and a different software solution for Linux, but I think if I were doing it again I'd have bought and installed the hardware sensor.

  • @IPULCOLUMBIA
    @IPULCOLUMBIA Před 5 lety

    Very nice find!!! So how did it do with FCPX??

  • @cadeniguess6333
    @cadeniguess6333 Před 5 lety +3

    I found to high end PCs being thrown out by a bank and they still worked

    • @adwaitagnome
      @adwaitagnome Před 5 lety

      specs?

    • @cadeniguess6333
      @cadeniguess6333 Před 5 lety +1

      Devin Hepburn i5 750 gig hdd 4gigs of ram and intel integrated graphics and a copy of windows 7 pro

    • @adwaitagnome
      @adwaitagnome Před 5 lety

      @@cadeniguess6333 That's pretty nice. I found a similar PC in our ewaste (i5 750, Stock cooler, Asus motherboard, 4GB dual channel RAM, 640GB WD Black, Radeon HD 5450 512MB, Unknown case, FSP 400W, Windows 7 Pro licence)

    • @cadeniguess6333
      @cadeniguess6333 Před 5 lety

      Devin Hepburn not bad

  • @champhan720
    @champhan720 Před 5 lety +7

    You posted this on my birthday

  • @FBHSswimmer2006
    @FBHSswimmer2006 Před 3 lety

    Congrats on the find. Kind of ironic that the new 2021 iMacs went back to a chassis similar to this one.

  • @dugenpippenger4811
    @dugenpippenger4811 Před 4 lety

    You found my iMac, I got it from a local school, it was used for running a Lazer cutter, the chip is actually from some bumping into it with sheet metal. I'm glad you got it running I just never got around to fixing it and gave it to my cousin. He must have chucked it

  • @jerryx2000
    @jerryx2000 Před 4 lety +18

    Imagine it was Epsteins Mac and this fella gets caught.

    • @Reggaeshark.
      @Reggaeshark. Před 4 lety +3

      lol good thing he formatted it to begin with.

  • @majassutova179
    @majassutova179 Před 5 lety +4

    Just dump this in my local dumpster
    Thank you

  • @BOBXFILES2374a
    @BOBXFILES2374a Před 4 lety

    Good for you! Good luck with your "new" iMac!

  • @BadSector
    @BadSector Před 4 lety

    I got one of these out of the bin also, it was damaged by the owner pulling the hard disk. I repaired the connectors and fixed the display, the video card was not working , I baked it @ 400 degrees for 10 minutes , put a SSD in it and did the recover option. all working and I am using it for Music production. cool video.

  • @archlinuxrussian
    @archlinuxrussian Před 5 lety +9

    I'd love to find this computer and put Linux on it :( seems like a great balance of power and beauty! Plus, it's easy to take apart :)

    • @SandsOfArrakis
      @SandsOfArrakis Před 5 lety +1

      And you can install the latest Linux distro on it. Pretty sure since it's a 2011 model MacOS Mojave won't run on it..

    • @JustChiminin
      @JustChiminin Před 4 lety

      With a 3 TB drive you could partition it for a dual boot, Have the best of both worlds.

  • @PhysiologyShark
    @PhysiologyShark Před 4 lety +3

    Me before finding it : Should I sell this? 🤔
    Me after finding it : *Installs latest Windows 10*

  • @slashtiger1
    @slashtiger1 Před 2 lety

    What an awesome find! And all it needed was a new HDD! Amazing!

  • @GalenlevyPhoto
    @GalenlevyPhoto Před 4 lety

    Nice find! I found 3 PS2 consoles in the trash. They all still boot up but disc drives don’t really work. Also long time ago found a old Mac classic laying outside. I left it indoor to dry out for a few days and test to see if it works. It works just fine no problems.

  • @phrog.4809
    @phrog.4809 Před 5 lety +5

    plz do giveaway i have no pc...
    or laptop

    • @stantorren4400
      @stantorren4400 Před 5 lety

      Just work asshole or steal your parent’s credit card

  • @Brjoszka
    @Brjoszka Před 5 lety +3

    Clickbait and fake at its finest

  • @iDreamStudiosTube
    @iDreamStudiosTube Před 4 lety

    This was such an education for me.....bought my 21" mid-2010 iMac brand new and it still works well today in 2019.
    It takes forever to boot up now though, even with 12gb ram.
    I'm thinking that the hard drive is slowly failing.
    It's a 3.0ghz Core i3 and I would love to drop an SSD in there.
    I'm just not sure if I can deal with the stress of upgrading....you make it look so easy!
    Any additional advice would be great man!
    Keep bringing that awesomeness!

    • @FS--ew3se
      @FS--ew3se Před 2 lety +1

      I believe the screen is held by magnets its pretty ez to install ssd

  • @virusboy07
    @virusboy07 Před 5 lety +1

    I’ve said it before and I will say it again. You deserve waay more subs. Your production quality is fantastic👌🏻

  • @j.lietka9406
    @j.lietka9406 Před 8 měsíci

    I found an iMac A1312 27" in a dumpster yesterday! I did a quick test - no keyboard/ mouse. Heard the start - up chime, apple loading up screen... Then two alternating symbols. Not sure what they mean, but think it might still work! Thank you 🤓 what is the latest iOS that can be installed?