Unboxing a SEALED 17 inch MacBook Pro 13 years later!
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2020
- In searching through eBay listings the other day I happened across this unopened 13 year old 17 inch MacBook Pro. In this retro unboxing we'll open up a new laptop from 2007... 13 years later!
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cannot believe u got unseal one instead scam
How did you get it? Im looking for the same thing!
can you do a video about the Powerbook G4 ?
Nice video bro ! I liked it ! By the way I am using the app ENDURANCE to bring back the energy saving mode to my MacBook Pro 13 inch 2020 intel 10th gen ! It prevents turbo boost which is amazing !
I regret giving away my LCII and Pismo G3 (cry cry)
When 2007 items are now considered collector's items. Man, I feel old.
ikr
Haha old man 😂😂😂
Ikr.
So I’m a collectors item
@@Scout-xw1uk thats what i was about to comment lol
I love that he’s treating it like discovering fossils
😂😂💯
Who still believing?😆
Best comment I have read all day 🤣👌
Exactly why I stopped watching @ 3:40. Surprised there were no chorus of angels sound effects.
@@60gregma wow so cool. no one cares.
"For the past couple of weeks, I've been weirdly obsessed with buying sealed, old Apple products."
Don't worry, Luke.
For the past couple of years, I've been weirdly obsessed with buying sealed, new Apple products.
Welp I’m to broke to buy new Apple products
I buy used 😂
@Andreas bruh I am so poor I can’t even buy an old iphone SE
@@smothlandinghub_ apple products are overpriced
You should go get a budget Samsung or something
@@pipeqez911 thanks for the free advice!
ayo nice name
I love how similar the new 14” and 16” m1 MacBook pros look to this laptop
I almost burst into tears when I saw the new 16 inch MacBook Pro since this pre-unibody 17 inch model was my first Mac. It cost me a whole year's salary.
@@quetzacoatlx you should've found a new job if you were only making $2000 per year!
@@quetzacoatlx gosh how pathetic, get a serious job or dont buy a Macbook at all, smh
@@m-stat9 Excuse me! Not everyone is from a rich Western country. If he was living in a developing country it's very normal for a Macbook to cost your entire salary. My cousin was an Apple enthusiast and would spend a fortune on that stuff
@@RandomAwesomeism Then Apple products are not the right thing for those people. Sad and simple as that.
High Schools be like: "We got new computers!"
At least it's better than a 2019 Macbook Pro
@@HBC101TVStudios sorry but no it aint
Sharughaan wow you just totally embarrassed me discussing something with another person that happened like weeks ago and you just totally came in here and stole the show and you showed us how well you can type OOO now gtfo
Sharughaan oh boohoo creep crying out loud and calling everyone an apple sheep, on a channel literally dedicated to apple, and go back into your man cave
@@SharuSRG r/wooooshwith4os
Fantastic. I used this 17" Mac to get me through my doctoral program. Good times. Thanks for the memories, Luke. It was fun.
@500Million IsTheAnswer Hi there. I'm a clinical psychologist and really enjoy the profession bunches. Student loans were less than fun, but that's all in the past now, thank goodness.
This comment is so pure
@Pay Me To Troll A rich one clearly
Henry rollins, I'm glad you branched out of punk metal and decided to be a doctor
That’s really cool! Congrats on making it through. :)
This was my father's first macbook and he got it for christmas, i still remember the intro when you first open it up and how amazed i was. He used it for a few years and gave it to me and i used till 2017 through college when it eventually died and i got a new one. Watching this definitely gave me a huuuuge nostalgia feeling
Interesting! Watching this makes me feel pre-historic. I still remember when my parents bought our first tv-set in 1959.
Damn. My dad remembers when they got their first TV in 1975.
if you were to get someone from those days and plop (place) them down. what year would it be and why
When you realize that this MacBook is older than fortnite gamers
yup😭 older than most
Fortnite bad look at meee
2007 kids are 12 or 13. Holy fuck I feel old and I'm only a 2002
bmil38 I’m a 2007 kid :)
@@mxlonfn you play fortnite I could already tell
Oh to be a rich college student living in the USA in the early 2000’s
I never understood why muggles found these things so interesting but here we are.
Yeah, the world was normal and people optimistic (if you disregard 9/11 and war in Iraq/Afghanistan lol).
but this laptop came out in 2007. not the early 2000s 🤨
@@donovan.smi08 I suppose it is late 2000's, but for me they start at 2008 lmao.
Imagine graduating from college in 2007/2008😭💀 (Great Recession...)
I remember when my middle school got the 2007 macbooks, when they were new. Seeing one, now, is so nostalgic.
11:42 still this opening music never gets old. I still feel like so moved.
"Old-style MagSafe."
Ah, the one thing I wish they'd kept.
Removable storage and ram?? More port selection?
What about the option to fix it or upgrade it yourself?
@@hellNo116 You are entirely correct, Sir. Let me rephrase my previous statement:
Ah, one of the six or seven things I wish they'd kept.
@@jackwestern8284 Absolutely, yes! I'd even be willing to accept shorter battery life if it gave me the option to replace the battery myself without having to unglue a bunch of randomly placed cells.
Just wiat till apple introduces the "ALL NEW" Magic MagSafe lmao, same as the old one just magic.
11:16 that was the perfect introduction video. Everything, the music, animations, it feels super 2007. It's amazing... you'll never get these today..
Yeah, that video is really amazing!! I've never seen this before
We didn't even get a startup chime for a few years.
@@LaskyLabs exactly. computers now are so boring and have no character!
Yeahhhh
@@farrelarrayyan2821 Yea unf
2007 was when I bought my first mac book: a white one and I remember feeling as excited when turning it on for the first time.
Luke is probably the kind of guy that smells so damn good and fresh all the time.
thats sound sus but ye i agree.
You gotta add a no homo to that my guy
Like who thinks of this when they see another man lol ?
He’s a good nugget, isn’t he?
Do not EVER delete this video. This is a time capsule, thank you for sharing it with us.
Why would he delete the video
Well actually since CZcams is around for longer, you can find original unboxing videos from 2008 of you’re interested
If you want a time capsule of this look up 2008 macbook unboxing from 2008...
Apple 2007: gives dongles for free
Apple 2020: rumoured to not include even a charger with iphone.
Nintendo 2015: doesn't include a charger in the box of the new 3ds
& Apple 2035 doesn't include charger nor Macbook there will be only booklet saying "designed by Apple in California" Cost: 8000€ for entry model. You can choose from 5 up to whole 10 pages! 10 pages of Apple awesomeness! Optionally you can order version that smells like if there was Macbook inside!
Apple 2025: ships you an empty box with stickers
@@MXCN_El1011 Gotta have the stickers. It's ALL about the stickers!!! :-D
The more significant change for me is that with the 2007 MacBooks you can actually replace the battery really easily....try doing that on a current MacBook Pro or air.....😒😞😩
I'm still using my 2007 2 2ghz refurb. It's on it's 3rd battery and I've maxed it out to 6gb RAM. I've recently serviced it by replacing both fans and cleaning out the interior from an absolutely amazing amount of dust - the heat exchanger was caked in gunk too. With new thermal paste it's working fine again and I reckon I'll be doing an SSD upgrade next.
Can you imagine opening a brand new MacBook back in 2008? Must've been so awesome.
i did and it was the best feeling in the world; and from where i'm from at the time ; no one knows anything about Apple and Unix operating systems ; all they know is the ipod and iphone was still at its infancy
2007: thin bezels
2017 MacBook Air: *THICC*
ItsNoobyShocks Plays I know the 2017 MacBook Air had thick bezels dummy
@ItsNoobyShocks Plays ball
I know I have a 2017 Air and the bezels are dummy thicc, also the screen sucks it isnt even retina
@@adorabasilwinterpock6035 i just bought the 2017 and it still is a beast except for the screen i agree
@@adorabasilwinterpock6035 lol atleast you have that i have a sony viao from 15 years ago thats also discontinued. help
Last time I was this early, Apple had just announced they were switching processors...to PowerPC
Damn PowerPC CPUs are older than me
@@alexmaldonado2804 they are also older that most of the demographic on CZcams.
Now I feel old. I was 6 years old *and one day* when the original Macintosh came out. I have to keep reminding myself that old Macs used Motorola 68K processors for *less* time than they ended up using either PowerPC or Intel ones. I never had one, though, and only ever used 68K Macs a couple of times at school - in the UK they were not as common as PCs in education. I did have a Commodore Amiga, which used the same CPU, but everything else about it was different. I recently bought a PowerBook G4 and I love it, though even with TenFourFox it is *no* use for browsing the web.
@@jeffreyjoshuarollin9554 thats cool, seeing a company change their processor 3 times, i wish i could have the same experience as you.
@@ireallydontknowifiamhonest I only watch CZcams for TV these days and I'm 50.
11:17 oh man this is so nostalgic, I couldn’t stop smiling :)
My first Mac was an Apple IIc in 1984! I was 9 at the time, and I was the one that set it all up! Mom Mom and Dad were floored. Cute fact: My Mom and Dad always worked so hard to give us the things they thought we needed or wanted, but couldn't always do so, because they weren't independently wealthy. But, at a parent-teacher conference, my teach told my folks that I had an affinity for computers and recommended that, if it were doable, they get me an Apple computer. They got the computer, monitor, printer...I know there was more, but they got the whole setup. And I was in love. I have never purchased a non-Apple computer in my life, and I doubt I will at this point. Thanks for the bit of nostalgia, Luke 👏👏👏
That os x introduction video is the most mid 2000's thing I've ever seen.
Was expecting your face to melt like in Indiana Jones when you opened the box
Hey Xavier
Nice name
Google it with "meme"
@@Nagendra_madival i just did this guy is hilarious I also found his twitter @pakalupapitow
Thanks for the laugh 😂😂😂
We Indians,
Wherever we go we can find you
(Xavier)
😀😂😂
Ah the days when apple used to give you more in the box. Nowadays it’s just the product itself and if you’re lucky, one charger cable
how amazing is that welcome scene,wish that comes back
11:17 - Man wish they did that with the new macs. Really really cool welcoming screen
Agreed! Only Steve Jobs would make that happen. Unfortunately.
The new iPhone is likely to not even come with a charger!!
That says a-lot about Apple.
Karam H. True dat
Agreed.
That welcoming screen gave me the chills. My very first macbook... Good times
that webcam quality looks as good as my 2017 MacBook camera
Edit: he just made the same joke
ok boomer
@@aug_david did you like your own comment?
4-MINUTE CRAFTS I liked my own comment
4-MINUTE CRAFTS so did you
@@user-xs9hy5dn5n i did
My first Apple laptop was the 12” PowerBook G4. Thank you 🙏 Luke for this amazing video. I always wanted the 17” and to see this old non-unibody unit unboxed for the first time…wow, such a special treat!
I had the 15 inch!
The first Mac I got to unbox was a IIci in 1989. It had a whopping 12 MB of RAM and 80 MB hard drive and set me off on the path of graphic design that I am still doing today. I’ve lost track of how many Macs I have opened over the years, but it is still a thrill 😁
Seeing an unboxing of a brand new, sealed MacBook of that age is just soooooooo satisfying.
But it was refurbished so technically not brand new🤷🏻♂️
C L18 0:50 It's not like I'm unaware of it being refurbished, and not brand new. The box even had giant Certified Reconditioned label on it the whole time. I even bought a lot of refurbished products over the years, so I would definitely know what refurbished means. You're clearly missing the point of my comment about my appreciation of opening an item in such pristine condition, which is basically the point of this video.
Ryan Indeed, seeing a computer of that age in that condition is very satisfying, know that most of them are in bad shape. Apple refurbished is essential get a new computer: your getting a new exterior body and new accessories, you might a battery with a few battery cycles. But overall a great computer.
If only it was actually new.
You should have slipped in a clip of the old “I’m a Mac, and I’m a PC” ad!
Priceless!
Newer subscriber to this channel here. This was such a joy to watch. I bought one of these 17” MBP brand new back in the day and used it as my daily driver for years. I also got goose bumps when the MacOS intro video started to play. Thank for the trip down memory lane Luke!
Crazy how they went back to utilize this design for the new 2021 model’s !
the best part of this vid was really just luke's kid-on-christmas joy
Yeah, so fake 🙄
I'd have been the same. Didn't seem fake. He was likely restraining himself, lol.
Yeah that's called over acting
Which seems fake. Lol bad acting....
It is what an unboxing is about : overreact.
Steve was the GOAT when it came to product design even today the laptop looks very modern.
Oh, man, I remember that welcome video! Been *YEARS* since I've seen that! Nostalgia, baby! ;-)
It only feels good to see such products! Who doesn't want a new iphone and a new MacBook after every release?
Beautiful MacBook Pro. Almost jump off my bed for that OS X intro!
I really wish they would bring an intro back.... it made getting a new machine an event
@@dukeseb That nostalgia feeling
@@Mrwhosethesus you can actually download the intro video..... I feel like someone needs to do that and update it
@@dukeseb I have all of them.
I got my first ever Mac in 2007, it was an iMac 24" and when that intro for OSx Leopard came on for the first time it just made that whole experience of owning a Mac and switching from windows that much more special. Now booting up a Mac for the first time is like booking up any other kind of computer, that special moment isn't there anymore. I wish they would do the intros again
This was very very fun to watch. I was smiling a lot seeing you get so excited about this
My first Mac was this 17 inch pre-unibody MacBook Pro, with a lower screen resolution (1680*1050). It cost me a whole year's salary. That's why I almost burst into tears when I saw the new 16 inch MacBook Pro.
The bezels on this laptop are thinner than recent high end laptops! Crayzy
Well the super old macs were missing so many functions
uh, no?
Um modern high end laptops have pretty slim bezels nowadays, even on all four sides. You mean some cheap laptops which is yeah, they still do.
We need to bring back the intro video from the Mac OS X. It gets you excited when you open your computer.
I remember this MacBook. My friend used to own one. He had a MacBook and an iPod and Sony PSP. A proper rich kid. I haven't seen him 10 years.
😂😂
Just came upon your channel. So glad I did, because I’ve never enjoyed an unboxing video more than this one. I had goosebumps just watching it. Not to mention the memories I have of older MacBooks. Thanks so much. Great job!
“its so amazing to see something old” me with a 2009 macbook : are you “f***ing serious 😂
IKR! My wife has a 2008 MacBook & I use a 2011 iMac. My backup is a dell mini 10 from 2010 with Lubuntu.
Well im using MacBook Pro 2012 with Bootcamp with windows 10
@@alvinthegamer9314 wish I had that.
@@fernfaith yes i can switch between Windows and macOS
Ahahahahah same here 🤣
“This is the same camera they ship on Macs these days”
2020 iMac: Hold my beer
My god the 2020 MacBook Air “hd camera “ literally SUCKS
The fact that they improved the camera slightly after 10+ years is nothing to brag about, it’s actually pretty embarrassing. They should’ve done it way sooner and now that they’ve done it they didn’t even do a good job.
In 2007 I was smoking weed and watching Zeitgeist documentaries. Now 13 years later I'm watching the Zeitgeist documentaries come to life.
New 2021 Macbook Pro have similar design. This is crazy. Modern specs in older classic body style design.
apple should return the music and vibe when you open your new mac. I love it
NRG we are on top of innovation, not just apple, every company is stuck with tecnology. Maybe graphene could be the next revolution. We will see.
Apparently they are on the big surr update
earliest I've ever been, hellooo and ty for the vids, binge watch a lot haha!
Ok
South-Pokey good one.
This was wonderful to watch. I really enjoyed the unveiling and reveal - I was like kid watching a kid having so much fun. My first Mac was the SeX 68030 , and it changed my life. Probably couldn't have completed graduate school without this beautiful Mac machine. Apple continues to be my foundation for all things computing. Anyway, keep up the great work, love your station, and I enjoy all your CZcamss.
What?
What?
I bought one of those in 2007, it was a blast to watch the unwrapping and booting up again. Thanks
When the bezels on the MacBook Pro are more thinner then the ones on my 2015 12 inch MacBook
11:19 pause at that frame
Revelation time!
This was my first Mac laptop! I bought mine in late 2007, it was a 17" pre-unibody. I remember opening it up and its beautiful. I still have it, though its a little beat up and the batter is dead but I still use it on occasion for music production. So cool you could get your hands on this
The elimination of that intro video is the worst decision apple made. It made you feel so special.
I miss leopard :( actually snow leopard was my favorite :(
Tiger will always be the Disney Princess of operating systems for me. Never had an OS as stable as the Tiger install on my old QuickSilver G4.
I still have that QuickSilver G4, and it still runs (Leopard) like a champ.
Snow leopard was so clutch
Tiger was the bomb. it was fast , responsive super stable and that spotlight tho.. 🙌🏻
@@javieroargubi Seriously! Before Tiger, my OSX experience was all from the painful experience of trying to use 10.2.8 on a Blue and White G3: an experience that had turned me into an OSX hater who planned to dwell in OS9 until the bitter end. 10.4 showed me that OSX was actually an amazing platform, especially with how well it ran on my already aged G3 hardware.
Derision667 OSX tiger showed the world full featured OS can be run with low spec computer with blazing fast performance. imagine tiger with SSD, man..
Watching unboxing old sealed products are cool
I find it amazing that this Mac has thinner bezels and better screen than many Windows laptops nowadays.
When the laptop first booted up and the little welcome video started playing I got chills. Takes me back to when my family got our first Mac (2007 intel imac 20”) I was so excited and now nearing my 30’s I’ve never owned a windows machine of my own and it was solely because of that machine. My parents still have it and use it to this day.
This generation of MacBook still has the best keyboard feel imo.
im using a MacBook Pro :o
@@ehaheh I don't have money for macbook :(
@@samuelzuffa4298 buy one used. There’s loads in good condition out there.
@I HATE BRICK HILL it's not, why the windows 10 is almost 7 years old? Why the copying of the text is working only sometimes? Why it is so hard to use?
@I HATE BRICK HILL and? Nobody's playing steam games on Macs, and the Windows 7 was better than 10, even prettier.
To anyone wondering, the startup song is "Honeycut - Exodus Honey"
Man I relate so much to you right now, I have a closet stash of every Apple product I’ve ever owned/have been able to acquire for family members and I’m just waiting for the day when I just feel the urge to actually boot them up again
I love that little jab at the camera quality 13:02 Apple really has shown little to no love to Macbook cameras until maybe 2021 and even then it's only 1080p
"its smells new" me: A N T H R A X
Anthrax vaccine :)
Ahhhh 😭😭😭 this is why I love the early 2000’s that freaking intro video 😢
That welcome intro OMG that hit me hard, I remember I had a MacBook at 11, that I begged my parents for! It was one of the greatest decisions they made. I learned how to type so fast and I learned how to develop, code, hack etc.
The nostalgia this gives me is REAL.
When i was in secondary school in 2012, I studied Music and we used to have these 2008 Mac’s for GarageBand and Logic in class. They still had the same macs up until I graduated, haha. It’s cool seeing them brand new !
Man... I used to own one of these magnificent creatures, really a beautiful design and i loved the big screen!!! Held me up until 2017... I still miss it sometimes.
My first MacBook was back in 2007, It was the white polycarbonate. I was 17 at the time and my mom purchased it for me from Best Buy for a Christmas present. I used and loved it for 5 years and sold it to a friend. Last week I purchased the same model that looks just like it. Working on getting it cleaned and running again.
Great video! Hope to see more like this!
“Idk if this will even do well on CZcams”
*Ends up being is #2 most popular video on his channel*
“They crunch when you type” I know exactly what he’s talking about.😂
I'm a sucker for time capsules like this. I really enjoyed the video! Thank you for sharing your experience with this. This really makes me miss the old days sometimes. I used to get really excited handling computers like these. There was something magical about them. That old OS X intro really brought me back too. I just love that. Side note: $420, blaze it.
Got so excited as you!!! That start up when you opened it though... nostalgic!!!!
The Classic Welcome Screen got me Excited and remembered my First Black Plastic Macbook back in 2009.
THIS WAS SUCH A TREAT GETTING TO SEE THIS AND WATCHING YOUR REACTIONS!! THANK YOU!!
You look like young Sheldon growing up to be Macbook lover over pc!
the original Aluminium MacBook Pro design in my opinion is the most beautiful design of all time. No MacBook Pro design nowadays can be compared to the original.
Also the song in the intro of OS X Snow Leopard and Leopard, I love it
I can feel his excitement and as an apple geek I KNOW WHYY yall need to STOP saying he is over reacting because if i saw this i would literally start SCREAMING with excitement lol
That was my first laptop... got me through filmschool. I always kept it in a case, it's still really clean and it still works. The thing is a workhorse! I loved that thing
Nice
14:22 When macs where in there prime
About a month ago I bought a new, unopened polycarbonate white MacBook from 2009. Opening something that had been preserved so perfectly was amazing, but I'm really amazed at how, after upgrading the SSD, replacing the battery, and maxing out its memory to 8GB, it's comparable in day-to-day performance to many modern laptops, and the build quality and trackpad are amazing. And the initial startup video of Snow Leopard was really such a reminder of the old days of Apple when there seemed to be more quirky fun-ness to them.
More than 10 years later and it still looks gorgeous in your desk!
11:50 the most satisfying transition...missing my 2008 MacBook right now
I'm a fairly new Mac enthusiast and when I saw your reaction after powering on that system I could almost feel it just like you. There's something gratifying about opening Mac products for the first time, I get it.
Brings me back to my first time unboxing one over a decade ago. My first mac was the powerbook specced out from 2005/2006.. it was the last one they made before going intel in 2007 - and i love it, best laptop i've ever had.
Just a acquired a 2006 17" today. Not quite new but in supreme condition! Keeping it as is and loving the nostalgia
I love your videos and this one was special for me, too. I remember opening the box of my 2007 mbp 17”, it was my first Mac laptop. I still have it and the box and remote... this computer has saved me when the graphics card died on my iMac. It’s slow and I’ve actually been wanting to ask about what updates I could do to it. I’ve gone though many batteries...I upped the ram and a larger 720 hard drive that’s pretty full but, I’ve been thinking the only thing I could do is replace it with an SSD. I investigated that ssd port on the side but I’m not sure if I’m finding the right product for that. Any opinion is welcome.
You can use a patcher to run Mojave on these I believe, your best bet for upgrading is definitely an SSD
Luke Miani thank you! Either I do that or a 16” MacBook Pro, it just bothers me that I can’t upgrade later...
ah yes, this takes me way back......... to May when I unboxed my 16 inch MacBook Pro
I love the fact that this has a better display than my 2017 macbook air with a 1440 x 900 display....
Still looks great to this day, and that welcome video gave me chills
The 17" was such a dream for 13 year old me, although we did end up getting the '07 aluminium iMac which was nice too
That's stunning! I remember lusting over these MacBook Pros when I was younger.
Me too, but with the 15 inch models. I did eventually get a 2012 MBP 15 later on, though, before I eventually sold it off.
This bring back old memories! I got into Mac when watching MacBook unboxing back in 07!
@11:18 see me jamming out to the old school welcome music..ahhh, memories!!! really enjoyed this video😁