RETRO TECH: MACINTOSH 

Marques just out-hipstered the hipsters at the cafe😂

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

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.

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.🥰

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

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.

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…

This is probably the best RU-vid Originals of 2019.

"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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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!!!

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

damn bro this new TDS soundtrack is a banger

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!

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

“This is definitely a computer “ Astute observations, sir

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.

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.

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

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

I wrote my first college term papers on a Macintosh.

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.

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

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

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

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!

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👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳

20 years later RETRO TECH: iMac Pro

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

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.

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.

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

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"

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Love it when Bill Nye is “Doping up”

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

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.

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

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

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

The fact that I visited Apple in SF in April 1985 with a group from my University to see… lo and behold, their production facility and their logistics set up is still for me like, wish I would have understood what I saw, where I was… (and bought some stocks 🤠)

The animator guy was so wholesome

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

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

Something about my 52 year old self cries listening to these guys talk about the technology that not only did I grow up with but felt was amazingly ground breaking. It is like listening to them bust on the first gen iPhone (which they never used in its day).

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!

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.

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.

Steve Jobs really does look like Ashton Kutcher

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

I feel like a mention of the apple iigs would have been interesting, along with other 68k machines that mopped the floor with the Mac in terms of creative industries, such as the Amiga and video, or the ST and music. Or that Jobs left after the Mac 512k.

Fascinating! Really enjoyed the production…

“I feel like I’m in a hospital.” True

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

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

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

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!)

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

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.

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.

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

The RU-vid original series has a lower camera quality than Marques's own content

"This is so dope" -Bill Nye

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.

It's weird to see that computer in high resolution

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

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

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.

Kilobytes? “Yes! Tss, kids today.”

“Definitely a computer” definitely not a scripted line 😂

I remember being super excited in '92 at 9 years old to go to computer class for the first time. Here I am today 39 years old and still amazed at new tech. I'm now an IT professional. It's fun 😅

I remember getting of the early Macs of these out of the box, plugging in in and using it for 10 minutes before I realised I had not plugged the keyboard in! This was a great machine, it could do pretty much anything from graphic design to controlling MIDI synths.

Shout out to those who played Oregon Trail on Macs in school.

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

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

I’ve never heard of this youtuber until this video showed up in my recommended.

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