iBook G4 Clamshell Mod (ft. Hrutkay Mods and dosdude1) - Krazy Ken's Tech Misadventures
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2019
- This iBook G3 Clamshell has a PowerPC G4 shoved inside it! Thanks to the magic of Hrutkay Mods and dosdude1, this creation is a reality. Now, it’s time for Krazy Ken to get his hands on it.
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Thanks to Hrutkay Mods and dosdude1 for making this awesome mod! Check out their videos (link in description). You'll get a look at the mod's development in those vids! And as always, subscribe and click the *Bell* so new episodes can be sent right to your device.
hey i have vintage apple workgroup servers I bet you havent seen those I even have the very first one from 1993 with the original work group server software to.
I also have some apple instore demo cds for these to
Thanks for having us Ken 😁
video is up
Now put a G5 in it
when dosdude gets involved you know it's gonna get lit
there's plenty of iBook G4 Clamshells in Area 51
Recently we got a report of a iBook G12! it runs a I9 Extreme
They're also hidin' the PowerBook G5s, the Intel versions of Mac OS X up to 10.3, and the expandable, affordable desktop between a Mac mini and a Mac Pro
Along with the Macintosh 128k with hard drive and colour screen.
@@djdjukic between a mac kini and a mac pro? The Pippin!
Windows 9 is sealed tight in area 51 where everyone will find it.
”Only one on the planet”
Well I sure do live in Mars then
Hi man
MacArtz hello
Yeah I told him it wasn’t the only one out there but it’s the only one with my cooling system in it 😜
Hrutkay Mods yeah... the cooling system on mine is pretty terrible lol
@@HrutkayMods Would you be willing to do the mod for me if I paid you?
A few years back they were selling a few of these modded G4 clamshell iBooks on eBay. They were a few hundred dollars, ran 10.5, 500mhz and had the disclaimer that they'd randomly lock up at times. Wonder who ended up with those machines. Almost pulled the trigger but couldn't justify the price.
Piipperi800 in the comment section here owns one. You see, the thing with those was, some rich American kid had a boat load of Clamshells, and sent out a few to a British guy who G4'd them, so they would split profits on those. Rest assured, the upgrade was done correctly, but the rich kid that eventually sold the Clamshells did the cooling on them... He hacksawed a laptop cooler, straight through the heatpipes, and slapped it on. It didn't cool the system adequately, so it would frequently lock up.
The reason why they would freeze up is because they were using the G3 cooling system my cooling system prevents freezing up because they never overheat 👍
So this is still using the original motherboard and 800x600 display?
This is a work of art
Yes
Yep but we want to try putting an XGA screen in one day (GPU restrictions currently)... I have a FW model with XGA in the clamshell playlist
and it’s cute as hell
So that's why it's not silent!
It's has a G4 inside!
This one reminds me I need to fix my own blueberry iBook.
The keyboard has a row of keys not working and I think it's the plug on the motherboard that has a problem.
Nice laptop, very funny looking, used to play a lot of edutainment games on it
They're really wierd arent they?
So glad I found your channel, really enjoying the videos!
Thank you. We have more coming every week!
Clamshell was by far the coolest computers they ever made. It still looks crazy cool!
there are early builds of 10.6 that can run on a G4, which makes it possible to run on this ibook
The sarcasm/ editing/ production on point man 👏🏼😂 your soo funny
A very, VERY neat little system! I personally wouldn't run Leopard on it, I'm much more of a purist, but heck it's a 500mhz G4 shoved in a G3 so WHY NOT GO ALL OUT :D It's super nice it will still native boot OS9 (ya never know with some hacks what could get broken) and yeah, I really like this thing, fan included, lol. You certainly had fun with it, and it shows in the vid my friend!
Ah, maybe one day I'll have a Clamshell. Sure, it won't be a G4 but it will be fine for what it is and what I want to use it for.
That being said, I feel my G3 PDQ calling my name in the distance, begging me to give the Oregon Trail another go. Maybe I should toss on Filemaker as well so I can FIRE ZE MISSILES... I mean, MAKE ZE FILES! XD
Tiger ftw?
Greatest intro so far. I tip my hat to you, Kenjamin.
"The maids are just gonna have a feild day."
Hang on a minute...
I get equally hyped up on bookstores, computer stores, coffee and cats! Great combo! Retail Therapy Heaven!
Seen the original video a few weeks ago and yea pretty nice mod, for those wondering they used the G4 from the Ti Books (first gen) as it is pretty straight forward other than the multiplier and maybe needing a resistor for the voltage. The cooler needs improvement but for first effort it worked, one can the same mod to imac G3s without much effort.
17:03 ...I mean, even if you had some sort of video acceleration, you are still at some 4MBs in vRAM, so the finder will probably still struggle to redraw like it is and all the other apps with their own stuff.
True. 4 MB won’t go very far.
Ok CZcams I finally watched this video, you happy?
CZcams may never be happy, but I am. Feel free to binge our 100+ episodes. ; )
Now put the mb from the 1.5ghz G4 in it and try editing video lol
It’ll melt
Aye my boy Collin be doing some crazy stuff. I personally know Dosdude1 and he is a genius.
Nice dos dude again.
The speakers on the G4 were great!
Nice Mod! This looks nice.
4 MB VRAM, and you even wonder why things don't go that smooth graphics-wise?
VRAM doesn't affect framerate
@@TorutheRedFox the best lie I have heard in 2019
VRAM only affects graphics fidelity
the only reason why low RAM slows things down is because apps try to conserve RAM when it's reaching the limit, especially Windows itself, as it starts to use the page file more and more, which is slower than using physical RAM
@@TorutheRedFoxlow vram means the GPU have to constantly flush vram to make space. This means more GPU cycles are "wasted" with low vram.
My favorite detail is he made an account for you. So freaking cute
The Seller who sold me the G5 helped me get it up and running, through email advice, thanks!
You have the best voice and personality!
Thank you : )
I wanted to do this mod when I was younger. This was my first laptop made out of parts. The top was orange and the bottom was the blue. The G4 was a mod I saw on Mac forms but too complicated for me
Back when the iBook clamshells were new the rainbow colors were G3s. The gray or silver iBook clamshells were G4s. I had a gray iBook clamshell G4.
I've still been using highest spec G4 ibook in 2013 as my daily notebook for school and such, it worker pretty well though I had to use an external youtube app as youtube in browser would be way too slow.
I'm a simple man, I see dosdude1, I click the video. :)
I can't wait for the nerds to figure out how to put M1 chips into retro Mac enclosures
An M1 mobo is an M1 mobo whether it came from a MacBook Air or a Mac mini. the hard part is going to be accommodating the ports so they line up with the case and not tripping one of the security chips
I had my speakers at a high volume for the intro
I always wanted an orange one.
Anyone remember interlaced gif’s? When the website first loads, it brings in low res versions of the site graphics, then they slowly fade in and sharpen.
When I saw Elle Woods buy the Tangerine clamshell model, yes! Individuality and product placement rules! "Legally Blonde" Great taste, Elle!
what is that software you use newer mac os on older? DOS eA ?
Where is the link to the actual hardware mods?
Can’t find something that doesn’t start with it already together.
Please watch more of dosdude’s video. The link is in the description. All of those videos in that playlist are from the modders.
They probably could've kept stock cooling if they dropped the clock on that 500MHz 7410 to 366~400MHz or so. It would still be quite an upgrade over stock, just slightly less impressive (but quite a bit cleaner).
The display and upper case shielding don't matter too much, they're mostly there for RF shielding. The display shielding especially tends to pick up these black marks over time and the only ways to get rid of them are to clean and repaint the shielding or remove it entirely (which is what I do). The upper case shielding is thin and doesn't really contact anything in a way that would affect cooling much so you're not going to notice that it's missing. The lower case shielding, however, is essential for cooling, especially of the GPU and a couple other support chips, and removing it is a really bad idea (of course they kept it in here but I've seen other mods that remove it).
it would be awesome if apple bring this back with modern specs..
ProtectedForceFieldCondomUnit :)...my LOL of the day!!!
Ooooo a powered iBook G4? Not so powerful as today's computers, but nice job
19:25 ccc safety net means hdd cloned
Have a mint condition ibook g4 from 2005 its the 1.2ghz model. Battery still holds full charge.
I wanted one of those sooo bad
That has the processing power of the first iphone. Pretty crazy huh?
I wish someone made a modern version of this using modern specs and without sactificing a g3, maybe a redesign of the case without any logos, I'd buy
@hue, well, a guy can dream : )
Woah, I want one
im not updating to catalina
even if i could
Oh, man… stay tuned for Thursday's new episode. It's full of Catalina catastrophes… but for a different reason ; )
Amazing :)
Thank you : )
The heatsink had to be taken out because heat needed to be disipated
me using completly modded macbook pro mid-2012 with an intel core i7 6700, 32gb ram (upgraded chipsets) and more powerfull speakers/subwoofer. its amazing. running catalina and everything. 2tb ssd, and a 6tb laptop hdd in place of the dvd rom drive,
I have a really cool rare NorthBook Micron Prototype, but now I use the Micron 5600AV and my ASUS PC
Title: iBook G4 Clamshell
Computer Clan: *iBook G3 clamshell*
How do i contact DOSdude? I would like to ask about DOS emulators...
5:28 Raab Himself’s brethren, Greg..
Good to know I’m not the only one who has trouble connecting to wifi on a clamshell
8:30 it do be spinning tho ngl
I miss my G3. The CD rom drive died so I got rid of it. I loved playing games on it.
i didn't know i wanted one of these but now though...? i want one so bad
Right? ; )
Some case mod advises how to put a modern Intel into this?
The CRT model! Blue!
11:34 "I am not used to older computers holding a charge." I bought an iBook G3 14" for €35 (I live in France) with a apparently dead hard drive. It would show a Mac OS X boot screen but it would not go any further than the loading cursor. I replaced the original IDE HDD with a CF card adapted to IDE and installed Mac OS X 10.3 Panther on it from images that I downloaded from the internet. The best part was that the battery still worked with 186 cycles on it. It was the original Apple battery. Oh, and unlike you, Ken, I got an Apple charger. Not the original charger that would have come with an iBook G3 14", but an iBook G4 charger. It works perfectly with this machine.
The 16GB CF card I put in the iBook works so well that it boots up faster than my modern computer running Ubuntu 18.04, but only because my modern PC is using a mechanical HDD.
It's an 800MHz model with 256MB of RAM by the way.
Yes, and my startup disk (name "iBook SSD") does show up very fast in the boot picker, but the watch stays forever in comparison before turning into a mouse cursor. Probably because the CF card is slower than a true SSD.
Where can we download that background. It's awesome
Check out our wallpaper gallery : ) thecomputerclan.com/wallpapers.html
can you link your wallpapers?
"What's old in PhotoShop!"
Is there a dead pixel on that laptop's screen?
Just subbed, love your content bro. But the intro music ehhh
I’m gonna make a PowerMac G6
There appears to be a damage mark in the middle of the screen
The color scheme is being re-done in the iMac, orange would rule for me! All I need to do is to win the lottery. An iMac M1 for me! Light, but powerful. I used DOS, the Delete with * was a dangerous trip. You had to be very careful.
Orange!
Good news. The iMac M1 orange is out. However orange requires an 8 core gpu. There’s no orange for the 7 core gpu model
what happens when the filter is red?
Oh this is going to be epic.
But can it run crysis?
Now put an intel chip inside so its only 1 transition away.
That piece on the middle of the screen, tho.
What piece?
The piece of foam on the screen.
ive wanted to take an old apple ibook and stuff a modern laptop in it for a while now. imagine having an old 17 inch pro and stuffing a modern laptop with a decent gpu in it
The greatest challenge would be getting all of the new laptop bits to fit inside an old iBook. But if I were to build it. I would just use the iBook outside shell as a veneer. Design and 3D print new parts to hold everything inside a clamshell. I can imagine a MacBook Air logic board could inside an iBook
Bruh they used to have a shit ton of these in my elementary school.
I have the yoyo charger from an original Powerbook G4 but its missing the other part of it for it to actually become useful lmao :/
Next: iBook M2 Clamshell
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I would love a modded G3 that has Raspberry Pi or other ARM-based internals. ANybody know of a way to make it happen?
“ I don’t have any windows down here!” Especially not on that MacBook……
Powerbook G4 ti. Still able to run macos 9.
I swear it was a G3, OS 9.22! Wow!
Appleworks 6 was a pleasure!
For a $1.00, from a friend, tag sale, what a deal! And transportation to boot, a decade ago! Same said friend gave me a g3 running Tiger(I love that OS), Laptop.
trey using vediio.com to see if you can play any videos. it supports classilla.
*Opens about box*
Power mac G- WHAT THE SHIT?!?!?!?
I mean, there is a PPC 700 series processor on Mars at least
Mod a m11x in to ibook case
This computer has cracks all over it
I want one....
This weird “G”4 clamshell but not iBook g3 it’s running Mac OS 10.5 Leopard 500 MHz PowerPC g4
There is this crap going on ebay about people claiming to have a 'rare ibook' they just change the shell of the ibook and sell it for 1000+ dollars, and it makes me mad when I try to look at a ibook g3.
why are you 10 stories under ground
Aaaa i love u Ken,i watch all your videos,where do u chat most i want to talk with u and mesaage if u can i have soo much questions
Thank you. I appreciate it. The best way to keep in touch with me directly is through my Discord server-which is available to patrons: Patreon.com/KrazyKen
Are you actually 10 stories under ground
Dosdude1 is upgrading my iMac g3 slot load G3 400MHZ to a G4 550MHZ will have a video up this weekend with the new board watch my channel for the complete story
That sounds fun. Let me know when it’s up.
You Got it Ken
I’m looking forward to seeing the results of that because Collin and I were going to do my blueberry slotload last year but we never had time to do it
@@HrutkayMods Thank you i got the board back from Collin today going to put it in Tomorrow video will go up Saturday night
Video is up
Err... Who disliked this !?!
I don't know : c
Photoshop? Not here. My daily driver is an iPad Pro !
Im a guard and I was awake
"DOS"sier?! :-)
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