RETRO TECH: MACINTOSH

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  • čas přidán 1. 12. 2019
  • Everyone knows the 1984 Macintosh computer was a game changer for the tech industry. But why was this particular computer so iconic? I learn how Steve Jobs and his team took on computer giants IBM, changing personal computing forever. Living legend Bill Nye the Science Guy joins me to play Asteroids on an original Macintosh. And fellow CZcams creator and Apple expert iJustine explains why the 1984 Macintosh was able to beat its competitors.
    0:00 The Macintosh
    1:10 Unboxing a Macintosh
    3:43 Talking Macintoshes
    6:46 iJustine
    12:35 Apple Vs IBM
    15:20 Dope Or Nope with Bill Nye
    20:48 Painting With The Macintosh
    24:26 Lasting Tech Legacy
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  • @toaster98
    @toaster98 Před 4 lety +5114

    Marques just out-hipstered the hipsters at the cafe😂

  • @TheWavyCake
    @TheWavyCake Před 4 lety +1564

    Bro Bill Nye is high as a kite in this lmao “LeT tHe ELeCtrOniCs DrAiN”

    • @fendushi
      @fendushi Před 4 lety +73

      He likes dope

    • @lilchinojunior
      @lilchinojunior Před 4 lety +29

      He has been snorting that good shit

    • @gothands450
      @gothands450 Před 4 lety +47

      When he said drain man , I’m like yea we have a stoner 💨 lol 😂

    • @teodorteisberg8344
      @teodorteisberg8344 Před 4 lety +22

      You can tell he knows how to trip
      Imagine getting some funny hats and dropping some strong tabs with this dude! I don't think I'd ever return to earth

    • @PaidwithAlquino
      @PaidwithAlquino Před 4 lety +11

      BILL NYE HIGH AS A KITE BOI! 😆

  • @cuz129
    @cuz129 Před 2 lety +229

    Me and another engineer designed and built an oil refinery on that machine. It was cutting edge. We had to write our own software and it worked perfectly. Its still in service today even though I'm long since retired. And we were about one thousand miles distant from each other. Nobody worked remote then, but we did. We were a couple of decades ahead of our time. Great memories, thanks Marques for this blast from the past.

    • @lord77339
      @lord77339 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Wow

    • @spungbopscarepans
      @spungbopscarepans Před 5 měsíci

      wowzaa ka-bowzaa

    • @NegativeReferral
      @NegativeReferral Před 3 měsíci

      Wow! As a petroleum child who both respects and has many criticisms of the oil industry, I'm impressed.

  • @basinstreetdesign5206
    @basinstreetdesign5206 Před 2 lety +72

    In 1984 I walked into a Toronto computer store and saw one of these for the first time and was blown away. I thought "THAT IS HOW COMPUTERS SHOULD WORK!" I immediately ordered one. It was one of the first Macs to be imported to Canada and I loved it for the next 10 years. No lists of arcane keyboard commands to memorize. No weird CTRL sequences. Graphical confirmation of what I wanted to do. It GAVE me my options at every turn. I didn't have to look anything up. The Operating Manual instantly became useless. All I had to do to learn to use any program was browse the menus and play with the functions.
    It was magic.🥰

  • @LoicReviews
    @LoicReviews Před 4 lety +8626

    This is probably the best CZcams Originals of 2019.

  • @koldolmen5837
    @koldolmen5837 Před 4 lety +6391

    Non premium users:
    Allow us to introduce ourselves

    • @rcktification
      @rcktification Před 4 lety +14

      lol

    • @noreason4387
      @noreason4387 Před 4 lety +65

      Whats premium bruh?😅😅

    • @bbdoook
      @bbdoook Před 4 lety +55

      Gaming FOR NO REASON - Just a subscription to remove ads from the app.

    • @TheBalkanSpy
      @TheBalkanSpy Před 4 lety +5

      Brobert lol

    • @chrisjfox8715
      @chrisjfox8715 Před 4 lety +60

      @@bbdoook and to allow the audio from a video to continue playing even when you turn the screen off

  • @markielinhart
    @markielinhart Před 2 lety +173

    It was the GUI interface that set Apple apart from everybody. I had one of these Mac Plus models in 1988 and I remember expanding the memory from 1MB to a massive 2.5MB‼️ Don’t talk about the costs lol…

    • @Slarti
      @Slarti Před 2 lety +13

      The interface they stole from Xerox?

    • @kabo123
      @kabo123 Před 2 lety +3

      The GUI user interface?

    • @markielinhart
      @markielinhart Před 2 lety +7

      @@kabo123 Graphical User Interface! The point and click mouse. It was revolutionary at the time and it meant the ability to use apps such as Pagemaker for design work. Its what set Macs apart from the PC world…✌🌻

    • @WhatALoadOfTosca
      @WhatALoadOfTosca Před 2 lety +7

      Set them apart ;) apart from their blatent theft lol

    • @markielinhart
      @markielinhart Před 2 lety +2

      @@WhatALoadOfTosca eyewatering $$ per Mb!

  • @ChrisGarris128
    @ChrisGarris128 Před rokem +34

    This takes me back. I was born in '86, we had Apple IIs in school. Several floppy disks with learning games. However... the GOAT of this time, The Oregon Trail. Awesome content.

    • @KortneeLeFay
      @KortneeLeFay Před rokem

      Dude same! ☺️

    • @Dumb_Killjoy
      @Dumb_Killjoy Před 8 měsíci

      Oregon Trail will always be the best. Had some version of it in elementary school. Also had Oregon Trail 3 at home on my dad’s huge Windows 95 desktop when I was 11.

  • @pablonunez548
    @pablonunez548 Před 4 lety +453

    He’s been using this Macintosh 40 years ago and this is his review

    • @punishedcrow
      @punishedcrow Před 4 lety +19

      Pablo Nuñez its because it takes a long time to load

  • @marcfield1234
    @marcfield1234 Před 4 lety +514

    "Hello, I am Macintosh. It sure is great to get out of that bag." The two greatest sentences ever spoken by machine or man. Thank you Steve Jobs.

    • @t00lbox
      @t00lbox Před 4 lety +5

      It sure is great*

    • @marcfield1234
      @marcfield1234 Před 4 lety +2

      Thanks.

    • @MashabaZA
      @MashabaZA Před 4 lety +1

      Amen to that.

    • @monguzzle
      @monguzzle Před 3 lety +1

      Good thing nobody at the reveal knew that the base machine they’d be able to buy wasn’t capable of reproducing that demo!

    • @Video-Games-Are-Fun
      @Video-Games-Are-Fun Před 3 lety

      hello. i'm a bag and i am a mac. so bag, what have you got there?

  • @clawrence6190
    @clawrence6190 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I have a Macintosh Classic which I bought circa 1988, and it is still in working order. The Apple Stylewriter printer has long since turned up its toes and died, but the computer itself still works. I am able to use MacWrite on it, the train and puzzle games still work, as do my special Star Trek sounds that I loaded onto it way back then. I still have a huge affection for this little machine. It was awesome in its day.

  • @miguelrosas3252
    @miguelrosas3252 Před 2 lety +12

    Hey Marques, I’m taking the time to write a couple words to admire your work, the passion you have towards tech is incredible. I love where you have gotten in life with hard work and dedication. I watch every single video of yours & hope to someday meet you in person. Thanks for the great tech content.

  • @alfonsodetaboada1602
    @alfonsodetaboada1602 Před 4 lety +448

    Steve Jobs physically looks like a combination of Ashton Kutcher and Tom Cruise

  • @sausageman6621
    @sausageman6621 Před 3 lety +668

    Some dad somewhere: “why get a new one when it still works?”

    • @Tom2404
      @Tom2404 Před 3 lety +8

      The original Macs are collectors items now. Nobody is still using them now to do something productive.

    • @sausageman6621
      @sausageman6621 Před 3 lety +51

      @@Tom2404 it was a joke

    • @grqfes
      @grqfes Před 3 lety +8

      @@Tom2404 damn bro really? fr? just like that? on god?

    • @WellFedProductions
      @WellFedProductions Před 3 lety +1

      @@Tom2404
      You didn’t watch the video?

    • @rajat1960
      @rajat1960 Před 2 lety

      @MrDheer and there’s good reason for that.

  • @StefanSobkowiak
    @StefanSobkowiak Před 2 lety +19

    Wow that was a wayback video full of memories, most of which I experienced first hand. DOPE 10

  • @carafeeley
    @carafeeley Před 2 lety +8

    ‘I like I nice loud keyboard, It makes me feel like I’m doing something.’
    _Wiser words have never been spoken._

  • @hexiscursed
    @hexiscursed Před 3 lety +1634

    Can we talk about how marques’ own production quality is basically as good, if not better than the production quality of this show

    • @DJFiezta
      @DJFiezta Před 3 lety +42

      I’m pretty sure it’s him and his team on both shows

    • @EikEmil
      @EikEmil Před 3 lety +35

      @@DJFiezta The Retro Tech series is produced by Vox Media

    • @Gyppor
      @Gyppor Před 3 lety +55

      His production quality is way better. This feels too scripted and also awkward. Feels like watching TV. The bill Nye segment is solid cringe, time to go back to Marques-only videos!

    • @rameshcellcom5059
      @rameshcellcom5059 Před 3 lety +1

      Soo trueeee

    • @amitbenjam
      @amitbenjam Před 2 lety +3

      I promise i didn’t even notice the “CZcams Originals”, i thought this is marques’ video up until seeing this comment

  • @elijahstrauss643
    @elijahstrauss643 Před 4 lety +533

    I like how they asked "Is this a Mac?" With the apple logo on the front of the case...

    • @nunyabidniz2868
      @nunyabidniz2868 Před 4 lety +30

      The rainbow colors threw them off. They're only accustomed to the luminous white Apple logo...

    • @mtaufanrp26
      @mtaufanrp26 Před 4 lety +14

      People thought it's a bootleg because of the rainbow Apple lmao.

    • @elijahstrauss643
      @elijahstrauss643 Před 4 lety

      @@mtaufanrp26 honestly makes me wonder sometimes haha

    • @elijahstrauss643
      @elijahstrauss643 Před 4 lety

      @@nunyabidniz2868 they must be commoners hahaha

    • @iain8829
      @iain8829 Před 4 lety

      HEY TWATTY

  • @edgarkeisi
    @edgarkeisi Před 2 lety

    I have seen so many of your videos, and maybe is because of my age and the love I have for computers, I have to say that this is one of the best things that you have done.
    Stay on the good work and thank you.

  • @Kdmud
    @Kdmud Před 2 lety +1

    Oh my god! This video brings me right back to my Dad bringing home those early computer cards and folded reams of output paper to draw on and play with in the 60’s!!! Great video…thanks, got a tear in my eye remembering all my early Mac and PC days!

  • @NoBigDealMedia
    @NoBigDealMedia Před 4 lety +325

    “It wasn’t the good old days, it was the old days.” Lmaooo

    • @brianarbenz1329
      @brianarbenz1329 Před 4 lety +3

      Our memories of a past time may be good. And memory is current.

    • @Video-Games-Are-Fun
      @Video-Games-Are-Fun Před 3 lety +3

      life was simpler then. no internet or cellphones. you hung out with friends around your home. that was good if you ask me.

    • @beaujarvis9510
      @beaujarvis9510 Před 3 lety +2

      Video Games Are Fun i agree, but I don’t know if your name does lol

    • @Video-Games-Are-Fun
      @Video-Games-Are-Fun Před 3 lety +1

      @@beaujarvis9510 video games weren't around!! hehe!! but yes i would trade all tech except medical advances to live in a simpler time.

    • @beaujarvis9510
      @beaujarvis9510 Před 3 lety +1

      Video Games Are Fun I wonder what effects of screen addiction and exposure to radiation will have on humans in the future

  • @rosietorres
    @rosietorres Před 4 lety +311

    "1984 won't be like 1984" that gave me the chills.

    • @NomsitaMSHaritashya
      @NomsitaMSHaritashya Před 3 lety +2

      my entire body got chills

    • @harshitaseeja3290
      @harshitaseeja3290 Před 3 lety +6

      The whole 1984 Macintosh release was legendary, you can check it out on CZcams. Steve was really a great Showman.

    • @jesko488
      @jesko488 Před 3 lety +3

      fOrTnItE

  • @fitch8363
    @fitch8363 Před 2 lety +4

    Thanks for that! Loved it. I remember when all three of the machines you and Justine were playing with came out. I started with an Apple II. My buddy started with a Trash 80 which is what we called the TRS 80. I moved up to a dual floppy 8088 IBM PC with an 8087 math coprocessor and an AST card that extended the RAM to 448K and later 640K which allowed me to have a 128K RAM drive. Holy cow that was fast!
    I remember when the 1984 Mac came out. I was a working engineering manager at Rockwell International (FWIW: I was out of the Army, done with my EE Degree in 1968 - my 80th birthday was yesterday). Punch cards, paper tape and the TI35 were a big deal. My wife was busy holding candy sales to finance a couple of Apple IIs for her middle school classroom. Our first home computer was the dual floppy IBM PC with a green screen character based monitor, later converted to graphics with an after market display card. They Apple Lisa, which you didn't mention, proceeded the Mac, but was insanely expensive.
    The first Macintosh was in innovative but absurd machine. Using the word processor that came with it you could write a 3 page document. That was it. There was no room in RAM for more pages! It had a ton of limitations that seem to be lost in the hype including how expensive it was for it's limited capability.
    I knew people who had Compact Luggables. Hauled them to and from work. They weren't very reliable and didn't take kindly to being lugged around, but they had about 10X the productive capability of the first Mac. When I was given the job of creating and installing a 1,000 user network in 1988, I could provide a computer to each engineer if I used IBM, only one for every two or there if I went with apple. It was a no-brainer to go for IBM. The network used DECNET as the ethernet protocol and a pair of VAX 8800s as the host and an VAX 8350 as the network interface. It was the TMIS system for the Rocketdyne Power System Contract for Space Station Freedom which became the International Space Station we have today.
    Using the VAX as the network host turned out to be a gifted move because it radically limited virus propagation. We could isolate an infection to one or two machines and get rid of it. It also allowed us to manage the SW installations on all the network connected machines from the host/server.
    The 1984 Mac was a huge harbinger of things to come, but it was almost useless as a productivity machine in a corporate environment. That's why it's market share was so abysmal. Jobs seemed to specialize in seeing how advanced and jazzy he could make a computer that was still useless. It peaked with the 1984 Mac. He got over that, sort of, but that legacy mentality was still evident in the transition from 2015 to 2016 MacBook pros.
    I'm all Mac now, but I cut my teeth with dual floppies writing Autoexec.bat files on EDLN.
    Sigh...

  • @Gmon750
    @Gmon750 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Absolutely amazing video. Very well done. I was one of those "kids" that started working on those early "personal" computers. My coding machine back then was an Atari 1200XL, then a TRS-80 in high school, then the Commodore Amiga. It was such an amazing time for technology which laid the groundwork for what we all take for granted today.

  • @mundojourney1104
    @mundojourney1104 Před 3 lety +358

    now imagine 50 more years from now talking about 2020's tech

    • @damusdeshi622
      @damusdeshi622 Před 3 lety +18

      That will turn this into Ancient tech 😂

    • @zeusincoming282
      @zeusincoming282 Před 3 lety +16

      I remember the original Macs and Apples,, they were big deals back in the day. When they were demoed, we were all like WOW,,,,, Same with old cell phones. And these ancient Machines were EXPENSIVE Back in the day! I remember at Radio Shack in the Late 80s,, Laptops with less than a 1 gig hard drive and about 16 mb of ram was priced at around $2800.00. The store only carried 3 at a time and the display was always under lock and key and a store associate had to assist you if you wanted to see one.

    • @murtaza6425
      @murtaza6425 Před 3 lety +5

      @@zeusincoming282 16mb of ram 2800? It must have been a weird time back then.

    • @Asiandramas99
      @Asiandramas99 Před 3 lety +5

      we have reached almost a saturation point. Not much left to improve.

    • @hijacked6663
      @hijacked6663 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Asiandramas99 there will always be someone that breaks the boundaries, that's just how the tech industry goes

  • @Draconicrose
    @Draconicrose Před 4 lety +394

    i can't believe there's a drawing tablet for this thing! That's definitely dope.

    • @gregd6022
      @gregd6022 Před 3 lety

      drawing tablets were around long before that one.

    • @MrWaalkman
      @MrWaalkman Před 3 lety

      @@gregd6022 Yup. I have one for my Commodore C64.

    • @baljeetbavde
      @baljeetbavde Před 3 lety

      Dope 100

    • @neskid26
      @neskid26 Před 3 lety

      I thought that was cool, I didn't realize one existed. I was relying on a mouse.

    • @dbranconnier1977
      @dbranconnier1977 Před rokem +1

      They even had drawing tablets for the Apple II.

  • @perfectionbox
    @perfectionbox Před 2 lety +24

    The sheer energy and optimism of the early microcomputer era was incredible. People knew they were in the middle of history being made. And the Mac was a profound example of what could be created when a company makes quality a top priority. The look, the GUI, the icons, the manuals, the packaging, the proportional spaced fonts, a screen with perfectly square pixels, the elegant PostScript imaging system in the LaserWriter, etc. At the time, people were stunned; computers before then (and even after) were ugly, difficult things. Apple dared to shout No, computers can be so much more: they can be fun, beautiful, friendly, inspiring, artistic. They can extend your mind in every direction and even in directions we haven't yet conceived.

    • @Gerardus1970
      @Gerardus1970 Před 2 lety

      Jesus wept... fanboi much? In 1985 there was a true multimedia capable computer on the market but it wasn't a Mac.

    • @perfectionbox
      @perfectionbox Před rokem

      @@Gerardus1970 That's the beauty of it, the Mac helped inspire other companies to be bold.

    • @perfectionbox
      @perfectionbox Před rokem

      @Lupi the Yorkie It wasn't about the capabilities as much as the shift in focus onto the user. Apple was also the first to embody the "for the rest of us" concept. As colorful as the Amiga was, Workbench was hideous, a perfect example of engineers thinking that users shared their lack of concern for aesthetics.

    • @HonkeyKong54
      @HonkeyKong54 Před rokem

      @@perfectionbox no they didn't. Steve Jobs stole the icon idea from a different company that never ended up releasing. Everything was stolen.

    • @perfectionbox
      @perfectionbox Před rokem

      @@HonkeyKong54 The Xerox Alto GUI was also pretty ugly. Jobs hired designers specifically to make icons etc. more pleasing.

  • @msdenise1234567
    @msdenise1234567 Před 2 lety +1

    What an amazing vid! On a monthly basis I'm randomly grateful that I've experienced it all. I remember the horrible sound of calling into the internet, playing Pinball when it was down, I've experienced most of my pre school without a flip phone and most of high school without a smartphone. My mum did DTP work on that Macintosh. Currently saving up for my first iMac, bc my 8,5y/o MacBook isn't so fond of my editing work anymore.

  • @Lightning_Dragon_
    @Lightning_Dragon_ Před 3 lety +1379

    I died when he literally took the entire macintosh into a coffee shop. JESUS CHRIST, this guy is a legend and this is the reason that I subscribed to this channel.

    • @HomeTipsAndTricks
      @HomeTipsAndTricks Před 3 lety +8

      The first 'laughed to tears' moment! Hilarious.

    • @ChrisKitella
      @ChrisKitella Před 3 lety +3

      Agreed. Well played Marcus, well played.

    • @rameshcellcom5059
      @rameshcellcom5059 Před 3 lety +2

      Yep

    • @philjones45
      @philjones45 Před 3 lety +9

      He's a legend because he carried a computer into a coffee shop?? Man, you have a low expectation of a legend.

    • @aquagamer1212
      @aquagamer1212 Před 3 lety +4

      @@philjones45 No he’s a legend because he carried a Mac 1 into a coffee shop....

  • @thecontentprism
    @thecontentprism Před 4 lety +2773

    It's funny that they gave Apple stickers back in the 80's

  • @spiicyliime22
    @spiicyliime22 Před rokem +3

    Oh wow! The font was the same, the Apple logo packaging was the same and they included stickers. That is so cool! I love how they carried that over since the OG! My Dad definitely had one of these in the basement (his office). I was only allowed to play with the paint app on the slightly newer ones when I was little. Love that you did a retro series!!!

  • @rjlacaillade2519
    @rjlacaillade2519 Před 2 lety +2

    What a throwback! Makes me feel old though. This Macintosh was part of my childhood .windows 3.1 introduced me to the world of DOS. The evolution of technology in general is fascinating and easily taken for granted.

  • @ranbirbhatia1585
    @ranbirbhatia1585 Před 3 lety +360

    20 years later
    RETRO TECH: iMac Pro

    • @thequestionmarkanimator757
      @thequestionmarkanimator757 Před 3 lety +7

      "People back then had to USE their FINGERS to give an INPUT. CRAZY RIGHT??"

    • @Harlow.
      @Harlow. Před 3 lety +2

      "Retro tech: iPhone 12 pro

    • @ayazbagc8006
      @ayazbagc8006 Před 3 lety +1

      Macintosh 1 36 years later

    • @Denisoiu-ts4ck
      @Denisoiu-ts4ck Před 3 lety

      Ok this is actually pretty original comment right there

    • @Vienic2
      @Vienic2 Před 3 lety

      RETRO TECH: Macbook Pro

  • @katumispencer
    @katumispencer Před 4 lety +338

    I was working in a computer store in San Diego when this came out. I remember watching young kids walking up to the demo unit (it had a monochrome, paper white display) and after seeing that they could use the mouse to draw pictures, parents had to drag the kids out of the store. Two things crossed my mind, this is going to be huge (first GUI for the masses I think), and, businesses aren't going to want something that looks like a toy in their office environment. I really like your Retro Tech segment but, man, I'm feelin' old👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳

    • @denniscastello504
      @denniscastello504 Před 4 lety +12

      I'm old too. The first place I worked after college had a bunch of PCs and one Mac but everyone wanted to use the Mac. I distinctly remember a woman walking into the computer room to access our database, then turning around and leaving because the Mac was busy. She completely ignored the four other PCs that were available.

    • @katumispencer
      @katumispencer Před 4 lety +5

      @@edwardbataitis6809 That gui on the Lisa was I think actually originally developed by Xerox and Jobs bought it. I remember training to repair the Lisa in addition to the Mac when the store I worked at sent me to what was called then "Apple Level 1" training.

    • @katumispencer
      @katumispencer Před 4 lety +3

      @Hitogokochi Thanks, I'll give it a read. I did get to see a version of Xerox's commercial implementation of their GUI on a dedicated word processor I was trained to repair that they sold to the US Navy in the early 80's. Pretty cool machine, had a paper white, WYSIWYG monitor, dual floppy drives, I think you could play pong on it as well😁

    • @nnnnnn496
      @nnnnnn496 Před 4 lety

      Why would a piece of tech that would take a huge workload off be bad for business environment? Cus it looks like a toy? You need to give a better reason.

    • @katumispencer
      @katumispencer Před 4 lety +3

      @@nnnnnn496 No need to give a reason. I'm not sure how old you are but that was the attitude regarding Apple computers back then and I think MS/Windows computers still dominate the business world although I think larger companies are giving their employees a choice.

  • @djvelocity
    @djvelocity Před 2 lety +6

    *@Marques: this is hands-down the most interesting video you have ever made!* PLEASE MAKE MORE CONTENT LIKE THIS! 😳🤩🙌🔥

  • @AbuPaul
    @AbuPaul Před 8 měsíci +2

    It all started at the XEROX research center (aka Xerox PARC - Palo Alto Research Center). They invented stuff like the mouse and the graphic user interface but didn't know what to do with it, and that's where both kids, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates came in and made use of it. Thank you, Marques, for another wonderful video. You sure brought back memories.

  • @Thomasjcolbert82
    @Thomasjcolbert82 Před 4 lety +492

    Seeing you sit in the coffee shop with that is interesting.

    • @trinity6880
      @trinity6880 Před 4 lety +3

      Hmm, it needs electricity and in coffee shop isnt socket for public

    • @Thomasjcolbert82
      @Thomasjcolbert82 Před 4 lety +3

      Trinity I would have not known that. They don’t have outlets for computers at all?

    • @alienalchemist
      @alienalchemist Před 4 lety +18

      Everyone's gangsta until someone pull-up their original Macintosh.

    • @prymoria
      @prymoria Před 4 lety +1

      arw

    • @RandomCorvid
      @RandomCorvid Před 4 lety +3

      if I was in that coffee shop I would be thinking "who is this hipster mofo coming in here with some retro ass computer?"

  • @SpektrixGamingEdits
    @SpektrixGamingEdits Před 3 lety +168

    1984 : Making Movies About The Future
    2019 : Making Movies About The past

    • @star-ks3bs
      @star-ks3bs Před 3 lety +11

      that means we’re in the future

    • @leladay6248
      @leladay6248 Před 3 lety +2

      When the lady said the floppy disks would be cute coasters, Marques looked at the camera like Jim Halpert😂

    • @richardc03
      @richardc03 Před 3 lety

      They did that back then to

  • @SamDeeksRelovedGuitars
    @SamDeeksRelovedGuitars Před 2 lety +1

    I entered the world of work as the room-sized IBM system 38 (with its huge tape spools) was dying out and I first used the IBM PC in about 1984-5. I would load it onto a train, travel hundreds of miles to a work location, set up and operate it there for months before bringing back to the office. After that I had one of those exact Compaq portables you showed with the luggage handle. Next came the late 80s colour IBMs (I forget their names). Next stop for me was writing college papers on the original Mac you showed here...and I was from that point onwards a Mac convert. What I actually came here to recall is something only someone who lived through those times will remember: removing the ultra-weighty ball from that mac mouse to scrape the 'mouse cheese' from the little rollers inside in order to make the mouse work properly again. Great video - thanks for the memory jog!

  • @markharrold6876
    @markharrold6876 Před 2 lety +6

    I remember my first Mac experience. I went to a computer store, not long after IBM shipped the PC Jr. I went there specifically to try out the Mac. The store was about 40' by 40' (10m by 10m). The one Mac they had was in a dark corner about four feet from the door to the bathroom. I asked for help three times, from three different people. After waiting for twenty minutes nobody was even looking at me. I started alone. After 20 minutes (still alone) without any manuals or instruction I knew how three programs worked and was in love with the Mac. I couldn't recommend the buying experience, but I've always recommended the Mac as a first choice.

  • @Legolic
    @Legolic Před 3 lety +2440

    The fact that Justine is 10 years older than marques is astonishing

    • @samstuff8554
      @samstuff8554 Před 3 lety +237

      Damn they literally both look 20

    • @tomboy1692
      @tomboy1692 Před 3 lety +124

      Bro, I didn’t know that. I thought she was 27 or 30😢😢.

    • @varunvc532
      @varunvc532 Před 3 lety +17

      tf!?

    • @arielfeasts
      @arielfeasts Před 3 lety +96

      she really doesn't age. looks incredible.

    • @varunvc532
      @varunvc532 Před 3 lety +10

      @@arielfeasts seems so... yea :D

  • @eliaswilson7911
    @eliaswilson7911 Před 4 lety +1074

    Millennials: *looks at Macintosh* “ is that an Apple?!?!?”
    8 bit guy: hold my commodore

    • @41tinman41
      @41tinman41 Před 4 lety +10

      Kinda wish he reviews the Commodore, esp with Sierra Games

    • @Mr_Moktoosai
      @Mr_Moktoosai Před 3 lety +7

      I really expected to see 8-bit guy in this film.

    • @isaac4283
      @isaac4283 Před 3 lety +11

      Gen z actually
      average millennial is over 30 yrs old

    • @CrazyTechReviews
      @CrazyTechReviews Před 3 lety

      @@Mr_Moktoosai yeah I'm surprized he wasn't on this

    • @brendalballentine9422
      @brendalballentine9422 Před 3 lety +2

      it literally has an apple logo on it
      ....

  • @ujwallimbu9657
    @ujwallimbu9657 Před 7 měsíci

    This is a great video .. from start to end ❤

  • @danielwoods7325
    @danielwoods7325 Před 8 měsíci

    Great video. Love how much of a good time Bill Nye is having, too 😁

  • @joezhou7397
    @joezhou7397 Před 4 lety +250

    1984: matte brown all the things
    2019: matte black all the things

    • @ksb2112
      @ksb2112 Před 4 lety +12

      Yeah, but it wasn't matte brown. It was beige. Beige box was actually a meme.

    • @SWLinPHX
      @SWLinPHX Před 4 lety

      ksb2112: beige or taupe

    • @fhdream
      @fhdream Před 4 lety +6

      1999: silver everything

    • @loadingno828
      @loadingno828 Před 4 lety

      what about iphone xs

  • @stridell6616
    @stridell6616 Před 3 lety +393

    Dude, you got a fistbump from Bill Nye the science guy. You officially made it, you can rest in peace now.

    • @TheOnlyGamingDML
      @TheOnlyGamingDML Před 2 lety +6

      that sounds like a threat

    • @stridell6616
      @stridell6616 Před 2 lety +2

      @@TheOnlyGamingDML may be

    • @MatrixDiscovery
      @MatrixDiscovery Před 2 lety +2

      Bill Nye is an Actor and a Freemason.

    • @johnmaurer3097
      @johnmaurer3097 Před 2 lety +1

      @@MatrixDiscovery hes an old tv hack with an attitude problem. Nothing to be admired

    • @henriqueeendr
      @henriqueeendr Před 2 lety +1

      @@johnmaurer3097 Shut up, don't disrespect the science guy. That's all I have to say

  • @pitchayamadary9751
    @pitchayamadary9751 Před 9 měsíci

    Excellent story! My very first computer was the SE30 in 1990. No more floppy disc to boot up any longer. I used it for my college paper, report write up at home, and while in my college's classroom was teaching Word Perfect and Auto CAD in DOS version. It was quite the contrasting experience.

  • @kylabatemanarsenault9589
    @kylabatemanarsenault9589 Před 2 lety +1

    I had the Mac classic 2 in university 1990. Was so high tech. All my friends at typewriters and I was printing out papers and playing original Tetris in black and white. Beautiful machine.

  • @ToxicSkull0
    @ToxicSkull0 Před 4 lety +579

    “This is definitely a computer “
    Astute observations, sir

    • @luiaves
      @luiaves Před 4 lety

      Loooooool

    • @lakshmir7616
      @lakshmir7616 Před 4 lety +2

      I don't like doing things I don't like

    • @olie424
      @olie424 Před 4 lety +1

      *sees old Apple logo*
      i gUeSs tHiS aN ApPLe cOmPuTeR

  • @Sashimi404
    @Sashimi404 Před 4 lety +812

    Bill is what Linus would be like when he get older.

    • @Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un
      @Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un Před 4 lety +25

      I am younger and find Linus to be overrated and cringe

    • @brokeguy5607
      @brokeguy5607 Před 4 lety +58

      @@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un But he's ridiculously good at what he does.

    • @vipulpetkar
      @vipulpetkar Před 4 lety +5

      @@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un live long

    • @shailendratewari6532
      @shailendratewari6532 Před 4 lety +2

      Thats actually very true

    • @thedexterbros
      @thedexterbros Před 3 lety +5

      When you say "would," you imply Linus will either never age or just die before he has a chance to 🤷‍♂️🤣

  • @osks
    @osks Před 2 lety

    Fascinating! Really enjoyed the production…

  • @AlisterRobbie
    @AlisterRobbie Před rokem

    oh rad. you interviewed Ken. He's awesome. grateful to have worked with him here in Australia. Such a lovely guy.

  • @archangelsed
    @archangelsed Před 3 lety +97

    Imagine writing an essay in a coffee shop and some dude brings a whole ass vintage computer next to you

    • @RWL2012
      @RWL2012 Před 3 lety +5

      not quite the same but have you watched the video of the guy who takes his Macintosh into an Apple store...?

  • @missblessed100
    @missblessed100 Před 3 lety +355

    I’m a 70’s baby, And I use this Macintosh Computer in the 5th grade.... feeling old and proud right now lol 😂

  • @NikkoKnight703
    @NikkoKnight703 Před rokem

    Marques you are amazing! thanks for bringing such dope tech content to the world. It's amazing to see how far Apple has come.

  • @scrambler350
    @scrambler350 Před rokem

    I vaguely remember some really 🔥games for the Mac II's we had in school back in the day - would LOVE to have a day to play around with one of these again.

  • @sidersproductions941
    @sidersproductions941 Před 4 lety +95

    I love that the music matches the theme of this series.

    • @prschorn
      @prschorn Před 4 lety +2

      It creates the right vibe to it, making the video feel so nostalgic even though I didn't live that era.

  • @brianarbenz1329
    @brianarbenz1329 Před 4 lety +16

    The Macintosh was special to me! I wrote the final drafts of fiction novels on my Mac, edited stories for 12 years on it for the monthly progressive newspaper I produced (before switching to Internet access systems). The Mac was a friend. I will never forget it!

  • @Mike93527
    @Mike93527 Před 2 lety

    Love how you started the vid standing in the background lol 😂 perfect

  • @philq01
    @philq01 Před 22 dny +1

    Wow! Did this bring back memories! I started my journey in 1970 on an IBM 360 model 20 - it had 16K memory you first wrote your program out on paper then that was converted by hand into punch cards and then feed into the computer. The first computer language I learnt was RPG I then COBOL and then assembler. When I first saw the Macintosh I was impressed and I would have become an Apple developer but in order to develop for the Mac at that time you had to buy a $10,000 dollar Apple Lisa. The first Apple I owned was the iMAC which I liked but was really too involved with Windows computers as most of my computer jobs involved main frame or unix computers/
    Currently, I own a Mac Mini M2 with plans to upgrade to the Apple Book Pro M4 when it comes out.

  • @TechOutAdam
    @TechOutAdam Před 4 lety +379

    1984: What’s a computer?
    2019: What’s a computer?

  • @JPacerox1
    @JPacerox1 Před 4 lety +473

    Steve Jobs really does look like Ashton Kutcher

    • @AshishKumar-zi9gy
      @AshishKumar-zi9gy Před 4 lety +60

      😂😂 isn’t that has to be this way “Ashton kutcher look like Steve jobs”

    • @Caleo996
      @Caleo996 Před 4 lety +1

      I came here to say the same thing

    • @axelox8026
      @axelox8026 Před 4 lety +16

      @@AshishKumar-zi9gy did you have a stroke while typing holyyy

    • @spicey4522
      @spicey4522 Před 4 lety +4

      @@axelox8026 he's not a native english speaker

    • @nicolastremblay8955
      @nicolastremblay8955 Před 4 lety

      Ashish Kumar 🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽

  • @user-zq5hz8yt5o
    @user-zq5hz8yt5o Před 2 lety

    It's a well made video! I appreciate for making it😄

  • @mugglescakesniffer3943
    @mugglescakesniffer3943 Před rokem +15

    I wrote my first college term papers on a Macintosh.

  • @bornagain5199
    @bornagain5199 Před 3 lety +1234

    You know computers have come a long way when grandpa has to show you how to use it lol

    • @malikw222
      @malikw222 Před 3 lety +30

      grandpa bill nye

    • @DanielDissanayake
      @DanielDissanayake Před 3 lety +29

      @@malikw222 *papi bill nye😩

    • @Rhakjellg
      @Rhakjellg Před 3 lety +37

      @@DanielDissanayake reason 2837 on why i dont use Twitter:

    • @DanielDissanayake
      @DanielDissanayake Před 3 lety +2

      @@Rhakjellg 😂😂

    • @cacogenicist
      @cacogenicist Před 2 lety +14

      Grandpas and Grandmas invented computers, and the Internet, and the Web.

  • @derekfester6084
    @derekfester6084 Před 4 lety +438

    The animator guy was so wholesome

  • @loughkb
    @loughkb Před 2 lety

    Nice idea for your opener. It was neat seeing the current generation's reaction.
    Although, made me feel old. I graduated high school in 1984 and serviced mac's as part of my job a couple of years later.

  • @sethdhanson
    @sethdhanson Před 8 měsíci

    I was born in 1984 and I’m a huge Steve Jobs fan. This is my favorite Marques video by far. Thanks!

  • @skylimitr3270
    @skylimitr3270 Před 3 lety +207

    Nobody:
    Bill Nye in the hood: DOPE!!
    also him: ADORBS!!

    • @FusionC6
      @FusionC6 Před 3 lety +1

      When was he in the hood? LOL

    • @treetopjones737
      @treetopjones737 Před 3 lety

      @@FusionC6 You have no idea that just means neighborhood?

  • @quarksarranged
    @quarksarranged Před 4 lety +244

    MKBHD:
    "So I've been using the 1984 Mac for a little over 35 years now."

  • @retro8bitguy
    @retro8bitguy Před 3 měsíci +1

    I grew up in the Apple II era and in my 9th grade year saw the first Macintosh in a store and *knew* this was the future of computers and I so desperately wanted one (parents had other ideas). Fast forward to 2014 and I finally bought one for my collection off eBay. The nostalgia is just palpable. I still love turning it on and playing around. Even my elementary school aged kids at the time loved playing with it.

  • @PearlCityBeats
    @PearlCityBeats Před rokem +1

    I'm the same age as iJustine and we had the 1984 Apple II in our "computer classroom" at my elementary school. It's where I learned to type. And also spend many hours playing Oregon Trail!

  • @tobiasreimerchristensen3119
    @tobiasreimerchristensen3119 Před 4 lety +355

    Love it when Bill Nye is “Doping up”

  • @mang_0nim81
    @mang_0nim81 Před 4 lety +268

    The CZcams original series has a lower camera quality than Marques's own content

    • @xaviermartinez4872
      @xaviermartinez4872 Před 4 lety +7

      @free mindset the red probably costs more then they are paying him for the series

  • @jeffyp2483
    @jeffyp2483 Před rokem

    this is a great video!
    the first time i read his name or saw b. nye was at the end of episode science lesson on the back to the future animated series.

  • @Jerhevon
    @Jerhevon Před 2 lety

    Oh my. For it's age, that machine is in beautiful shape. Kudos!

  • @enthusiasticgamer88
    @enthusiasticgamer88 Před 3 lety +466

    It must be a trip to have Bill Nye the Science Guy as your freaking guest on your giant CZcams channel. Dude was a legend in Canada.

    • @pigeonette1
      @pigeonette1 Před 2 lety +6

      Bro same here in the us

    • @deadboy3646
      @deadboy3646 Před 2 lety +12

      The more I grow, the more I’ve learned that our generations grew up really similar in both the U.S and Canada. Makes sense why we’ve never been at war and never will surely. We’re just the same just one more cold and tundra, and the other more warm and desert

    • @pigeonette1
      @pigeonette1 Před 2 lety +5

      @@deadboy3646 yeah… I mean not all Canada is tundra and not all us is desert but yeah

    • @deadboy3646
      @deadboy3646 Před 2 lety +1

      @@pigeonette1 Yes. That’s exactly why I said “more” meaning mostly

    • @pigeonette1
      @pigeonette1 Před 2 lety

      @@deadboy3646 mhm

  • @andrewgavin1490
    @andrewgavin1490 Před 3 lety +126

    I lived through all this, as my first computer was an Apple II and I had one of these 84 macs at launch. I’m not sure which was first but Take One for the Apple II was a surprisingly capable animation and drawing program. You could do elaborate multi scene “movies” and even program elements. When I founded Naughty Dog (Crash Bandicoot, the Last of Us etc) with my biz partner in the 80s we used Take One for the graphics and animation on some of our first games. Eventually as a paint program it was replaced by Deluxe Paint and then Photoshop (which I’ve been using for almost 30 years!)

    • @AwesomeBrony
      @AwesomeBrony Před 3 lety +2

      Andrew Gavin that is so cool! :D

    • @invalid5777
      @invalid5777 Před 3 lety +1

      I wish I was you, I wouldve loved coding on old tech, before c and mostly assembly

    • @softlofi6666
      @softlofi6666 Před 3 lety

      Wow incredible story

    • @perimiter
      @perimiter Před 3 lety

      it saddens me that your company is always PS exclusive. i'l probably never get to play these games.

    • @andrewgavin1490
      @andrewgavin1490 Před 3 lety +1

      Naughty Dog is owned by Sony, so of course it’s PS exclusive. MSFT owns lots of developers too (in fact they bought a ton today). Just how the console game is played so to speak.

  • @dyadyaadik6927
    @dyadyaadik6927 Před 2 lety

    This is the best video about first mac and about apple also i just wanna say u thanks!keep pushing!

  • @MacAdvisor
    @MacAdvisor Před 2 lety

    Sitting on my bookshelf is my original 128k Macintosh I purchased with my then roommate Michael Martin from Macy's on Market Street in San Francisco back in March of 1984. It still runs and I have the original MacOS 1.0 System disk (most used v1.1). What the hose didn't mention was the case had the signatures of the original Mac team, including that of Jobs, molded into the plastic. Mike and used it for years, upgrading to a MacSE when it came out. I have so many happy memories of all we did with that little computer. It was a joy. Mike passed away in late 1987, not long after we acquired the SE, so I always picture us working on the original.

  • @furn2313
    @furn2313 Před 3 lety +99

    "It's making noises"
    -Marques, 2019.

  • @rogithkumar3508
    @rogithkumar3508 Před 4 lety +138

    It's weird to see that computer in high resolution

  • @M4W07
    @M4W07 Před 5 měsíci

    16:42 I actually really really liked the loading time lol, it's dope too! The way it was going slowly plotting. Satisfying to watch.

  • @aqua-mina
    @aqua-mina Před rokem +1

    The section with Bill Nye was *chef’s kiss* 😘 fun to watch!

  • @quincycui7078
    @quincycui7078 Před 4 lety +104

    “I feel like I’m in a hospital.”
    True

  • @darkwoodmovies
    @darkwoodmovies Před 3 lety +136

    Almost 40 years, I'm watching this on a Macintosh. Good job, Steve.

    • @LogsMaggot
      @LogsMaggot Před 3 lety +13

      On a 12 Pro Max here, whose screen is probably almost as big as the original Macintosh

    • @CreatorPolar
      @CreatorPolar Před 2 lety +16

      Apple then: I can make a pc that can be used by someone 40 years later to surf the net
      Apple now: Omg I 1 year old pls replace me or I be broken and sad

    • @loki.8435
      @loki.8435 Před rokem

      @Not Convinced Imagine buying a space heater

    • @summeraahmad5758
      @summeraahmad5758 Před rokem

      @@loki.8435 I buyed the space heater

    • @Rountree1985
      @Rountree1985 Před rokem

      @@CreatorPolar he’s not watching it on an OG Macintosh you dolt

  • @ichbintupinikim
    @ichbintupinikim Před 2 lety

    Awesome!!! Thanks for this. From Brazil.

  • @ITGaleri
    @ITGaleri Před rokem +2

    Hi Marques, remember @pinot from your video at 22:00?
    "He recently suffered a blood clot in his brain and is currently in a coma and on life support"

  • @thebombvault
    @thebombvault Před 4 lety +219

    To be honest, kinda disappointed that the 8 bit guy wasn't featured.

    • @muhyusman
      @muhyusman Před 4 lety +3

      His name is Pinot

    • @KaletheQuick
      @KaletheQuick Před 4 lety +8

      Yeah. I feel he passed over the whole retro computing tuber community.

    • @outdoorcoaching
      @outdoorcoaching Před 4 lety +4

      Actually, the 8bit guy himsélf seems to pass on many opportunities offered to him, quite often!!!

    • @CadetKosmov
      @CadetKosmov Před 4 lety +4

      He's probably not "cool enough" for these, they're trying to appeal to the mainstream

    • @powerfulaura5166
      @powerfulaura5166 Před 4 lety +6

      What did you expect? This content is absolute normie trash.

  • @kasvinimuniandy4178
    @kasvinimuniandy4178 Před 3 lety +54

    This is the best CZcams video I have watched. History. Documentary. The platform and how a tech CZcamsr is doing this while collaborating with actual Apple employers, historians, experts, enthusiasts, educators and artists..
    This video is art. What an homage to Apple.
    By the way, Bill Nye was soooo adorbs!!!! And Mr. Pinot was AMAZING!!
    Huge shout-out to the direction and editing. Great work.

    • @nicopacheco8237
      @nicopacheco8237 Před 3 lety +1

      Just imagine Apple if Steve Jobs was still with us. ❤️

  • @crizblu6615
    @crizblu6615 Před rokem +3

    damn bro this new TDS soundtrack is a banger

  • @abhisheksoni8603
    @abhisheksoni8603 Před rokem

    what a good quality video broo really inspiring.

  • @RamLaska
    @RamLaska Před 3 lety +49

    3:00 You have no idea the emotion I feel just by hearing the sound of that floppy disk drive.
    It instantly transports me to a much happier and simpler time.
    3:24 Actually, MOST (or at least roughly half) of the system was in ROM, because the RAM was so paltry (128k). But it still wasn’t complete without the system disk.
    18:12 Before using the paper clip, it’s better to just shut it off, hold down the mouse button, and start it up again. That will force an ejection to happen. Only use the paper clip if it cannot physically eject at all.
    Most macs came with a little plastic “programmer’s switch” in the box, which provided a reset and interrupt button. The reset button did the obvious thing and just soft-booted the device, and the interrupt button brought up a debugger screen.
    21:50 At 11 years old in 1984, sitting in front of MacPaint for the first time: “This changes EVERYTHING.”
    I want to find that alternate universe where Apple never existed so I can bring that worlds bestselling phone and computer and show everyone how clunky they are.
    They’re not nearly as awesome as they used to be, and truth be told, I’m not enthused by ANY of their products anymore.
    But they did their job. They DID put a dent in our universe, and they deserve their spot in history.

  • @daggerone7436
    @daggerone7436 Před 4 lety +318

    Kilobytes?
    “Yes! Tss, kids today.”

    • @nektovolkoff1838
      @nektovolkoff1838 Před 4 lety

      94156705

    • @fontijn796
      @fontijn796 Před 4 lety +2

      Ok boomer

    • @retrynot12
      @retrynot12 Před 4 lety

      2147483648

    • @chandlerh2103
      @chandlerh2103 Před 4 lety +1

      Its things like this that discredit MKBHD a lot. As someone who makes videos for the tech community, he should know this.

    • @belland_dog8235
      @belland_dog8235 Před 3 lety

      @@chandlerh2103 As someone who makes content for the modern tech community, he doesn't usually come across such a small amount (I would hope)

  • @dylonmartinez7946
    @dylonmartinez7946 Před 2 lety

    Very good video, I learned so much and it’s crazy how far we have came in 35 years

  • @user-if1zv7vx3p
    @user-if1zv7vx3p Před rokem

    I've been waiting the retro version

  • @BK-im4fo
    @BK-im4fo Před 4 lety +123

    His blood pressure is dropping
    Marques: He'll be fine

    • @kendrickdagoat4sho
      @kendrickdagoat4sho Před 3 lety +1

      i knew that there would be a guy doing this

    • @fabricelorenceau4020
      @fabricelorenceau4020 Před 3 lety +2

      I played that game definitely. killed many people. Definitely. a big learning curve. Dope tech.

  • @kasten2005
    @kasten2005 Před 3 lety +728

    No one: has YT Premium
    CZcams: Here it is, watch it for free

  • @jamesdecross1035
    @jamesdecross1035 Před 2 lety

    An excellent film. Wish I learnt more when I was younger. Thanks for giving us the history.

  • @MicahBBurke
    @MicahBBurke Před rokem

    Gawd you guys make me feel old. My first pc was a 512k Mac (1985)