Testing a 1999 Apple Power Mac G4 AGP 400MHz 

I'm so excited that you're looking at more old Apple stuff. My mom bought this exact computer as our "family" computer. At the time I was very curious about computers and would take everything apart. She made it abundantly clear that this computer was worth more than my life and I could never see the inside of it. I have so many good memories playing the Sims with my sister on this computer. We both had families in the game, since she paid for it she got to use our actual last name, I was forced to come up with my own name. I scouted the room and saw the monitor was a Hitachi, so from that point forward I was Tim Hitachi. I am not remotely Asian but my young mind didn't really connect the dots anyway.

The first thing to do with this era Mac is change all the system sounds to “Quack.”

Clint, you should just go ahead and create a retro-gaming channel. Your voice, commentary, and knowledge of older games could get you pretty far.

Now THIS is my kind of blerb!!

Macinblerb is what i'm calling my Clamshell now.

"i love how easy this is to open up and do what you want." how times have changed...

I remember having one of these filled with Napster Music I downloaded back in 2000 lmao

Dear lord, that little circular indent on the side of the case just looks way too much like a condom for me to ever unsee it.

Every time you say "Yoot Tower," it makes me think of the scene from My Cousin Vinny.

There is something special about how the late 90's early 2000's Apple computers looked.

The folding out door was always my favorite design. I wish every tower had that.

The 450mhz version of this was my first proper desktop PC for UNI, leaving my poor little A500+ at home forever!

Clint, thanks for the flash back! My first job was at Connectix in the late 90's and one of the things I did there was help with the first release of Virtual PC. I had a minor role assembling the installer for the Windows guest extensions. Bjorn and Eric did most of the work... locked in their shared office for years listening to NPR while banging that thing out. I still recall a sign they had on their door "endian little hate I"... beautiful. They are definitely Mac guys.

My parents bought me one of these in 2000 on sale!!!! OMG it's so good to see her in full glory again. Treat her good LGR! :)

Those G4 era LCD screens still look amazing.

Virtual PC's Windows 98 - looong befire bootcamp :))) Nice blerb, brings back memories

I picked up one of these locally on Monday. A 500mhz version that's been upgraded to 1GB of memory. Only got it so it matches the 17" CRT Studio Display I picked up a few months ago in the same colour scheme. Yeah I'm down that sort of rabbit hole.

Max out the ram on it and if possible locate a geforce2 MX, and you'd have a pretty sweet early 2000s setup that would run Star Trek Elite Force and Quake 3 really well.

best case design EVER I still have one of these that I upgraded to a 1Ghz processor with a kit. I used it until I couldn't any more. Love that machine.

I'd love to see more old mac software videos in addition to the DOS/Windows ones.

There's a version of MacOS 9.2.2 from 2014 that has all the latest drivers and software built in, I'd recommend installing it if you want to start fresh.

I started my desktop publishing "career" on one of these, around 2000. Men those things were heavy! The blue ones you mention were G3s by the way.

I have one of these with a "Property Of Napster Inc." sticker on the front, which has got to be peak early-2000s.

These Mac videos are all instant clicks for me! Love these Sawtooth machines; can't wait for the first full-fat LGR featuring it! This made my morning :)

This was filmed like waking up as a roommate with Clint and walking in the other room to find him talking you through a new toy he got. I like the limited editing.

I have a newer style PPC G4 Mac in one of those steel-like, monster cases. It’s a beast of a machine and I love it! I have OS9 installed, and so far I have amassed a respectable collection of big box games. Anyway... excellent video as always, Clint. Keep it up!

What a nostalgia trip! We had that exact same config down to Virtual PC 3, as our family PC, and that one is in awesome shape too!

These were the best cases Apple ever made. I worked in a lab full of 'em in the 2000's. They were so easy to get into, no tools, no flashlight needed. Those handles are comfy as heck, you could easily pick up and carry a machine one handed. Plus, when they were new, the paint/plastic looked real nice. Me and the other lab aides wished they sold them separate.

This era of Mac is still kind of my favorite. I recently started collecting Mac stuff in earnest and picked up one of each of versions of PowerPC towers that they made. They are still remarkably attractive and functional machines even today

I had one of those when they were brand new haha. I remember having to wait for it to come in and being SO EXCITED when it finally did. Great machine

I remember my sister getting the g3 version of this mac and playing the hell out of marathon on that computer.

I just scooped up a couple G4 towers myself! One of which is the 2 1GHZ processors! It’s not only a space heater but it’s also a wind tunnel!

I want that computer aesthetic to come back so much!

Clint, longtime viewer and I just gotta say VirtualPC is the bomb! Your video reminded me of a recent DiWHY project where I got the Nintendo 64 SDK working on a 2002 eMac using VirtualPC 7. Love the videos man, keep it up.

Welcome to the PowerMac G4 Club LGR! :-D Got a G4 933 Quicksilver myself, dual booting between Classic OS 9 & OS X Tiger.

Cool machine. The plastics look like they're holding up well too, I saw a video about an iBook clamshell from this era recently and the translucent plastics were going all weird, turning green/yellow. I never really wanted a Mac of this era since I liked keeping up with upgrades, gaming etc. but can't deny they made some cool looking computers that have aged pretty well despite typifying an era of design that very often hasn't aged well.

Mac then: let's put an easy to open door for people to upgrade our computers easily. Mac now: let's freaking solder ram to motherboard so no one is able to put something on it.

That shut down sound, or rather the sound of all the fans etc disappearing, is always a joy tbh.

Blurbs is such a fun channel format. Love these casual vids.

Hey Clint! Long time viewer first time commenter here! Its funny that you did this video because your channel inspired me to seek out a system for retro gaming back in July and I ended up picking up/restoring this very same model of PowerMac G4. It's a fantastic system and I really enjoy exploring the old PowerPC software library on it - especially since all old PPC software is abandonware at this point and freely hosted on sites like Macintosh Garden and Macintosh Repository. I've got mine dual booted with OS 9.2.2 and OS X Tiger, but I too really want to get Virtual PC working because the potential for an all in one retro Mac/PC would be amazing! Enjoy your new machine, sir! I look forward to seeing it in future videos! :)

That is one gorgeous monitor, I had one back in the day and I miss it.

NICE! I wanted one of these when they came out. We had a tiny Apple dealer here and they had one. Hidden in the back office. I never actually got it. But, ended up with a G5 a few years later. Fun video!

ahhh these old G4's bring back so many memories for me :) great vid dude

I actually have this entire set up, with the matching monitor to it. One of my favorite sets in my collection. It's a beauty! Love the games of the time too

Really excited to see more classic Mac videos!

This is my favorite case of all time. Loved those things. Haven't owned an Apple since a hand-me-down IIe. But I always wanted to cram a PC in that case.

This brings back memories. These are the machines that were in the video editing classes in my college years

2:29 I remember when Mac power supplies came with the power passthrough so you could turn your monitor off/on via your computer. I loved that design.

Oh man I used to have one exactly like that! I sort of miss it. I had upgraded the graphics and RAM, and it was always really impressive to me how easy to maintain it was (aside from swapping out the factory hard drive). It was nice having a system that could still run Classic but also ran really well in OS X 10.4.

man there's just something about LGR doing mac videos, i love it. please do more, everyone loves a good vintage mac once in a while!

Really enjoying all this extra LGR content lately. Clint, you spoil us!

My dad had one of these when I was a kid. I'd used loads of computers before, but this was the first one I fell in love with and wanted to really learn about. Plus, for the time, it was a surprisingly decent gaming machine.

That "yeeahs" at the 21-minute mark sounds like he's channelling Hoovie. How long until the vintage computer collection starts getting called "hoopties"? Me wants deliciously nerdy cross over.

The door is the best design decision they ever made. Just so goddamned cool.

Loving all of the blerbs lately.

My Mac G4 AGP is nicknamed 'Digital Audio' and is EMC no. 1810 and comes with a Rage 128 Pro as well. In fact, I saw your unboxing video and our serial numbers are not very far off, either. Happy gaming; this thing is sweet!

I loved how the inside of this computer was done!

I used one of those machines at a previous job in 2006-2007 that was used as part of a special "asset management" project for a large government entity. The one I used was purchased 2nd hand and had been pimped out with a CPU upgrade to 1.2 Ghz, 1 GB of RAM and an 80 GB HDD. The machine was setup to be able to dual boot between OS 8.6 and OS X and was used to make boot CDs that I had drive wiping, diagnostics and other software setup on. Depending on the CD used we could easily boot any G3-G5 Mac that had a working optical drive. The G4 AGP Power Mac was a fun machine to tinker around with back then!

Takes me back... i used to work with g4s and g3s when i worked for a newspaper doing ads in the early 2000s. Always liked them. Got hold of a g4 quicksilver 2002 a few years back. Apart from issues with youtube it holds up remarkably well for a 18 year old computer.

I just got one of these yesterday! Fun machines

I had one of these when I was a 10 year old back in 2010. Absolutely loved macs when I got my first MacBook a few months after.

Now these are cool. I used to have one of the MDD models with the dual processors that I picked up at a garage sale for $60 in the late 00s. It did dual boot for Mac OS 9 and OS X Tiger. I used iMovie and Garageband a ton on it for school projects so I didn't have to play the lottery with library PCs that were hard to reserve after school. Kind of regret getting rid of it back in college but I just don't have the room for another desktop PC setup even today.

I set up an entire lab of this computer probably the summer of 2000 for my college journalism program at the time. 12 of them, I think. I will forever have a soft spot for this model.

I had a Blue & White G3 like this and I LOVED that machine. Would buy a modern version of it in a heartbeat.

Enjoy. The G4 Macs were excellent machines. Great CPU, great design and overall nifty machines. Now you have me wanting one...

My dad used to have one of these, first mac I ever really owned and used properly. Loved it

Found your Blurbs Man and Subbed , liked and Shared , Great Look a a Computer we could not afford when it came out , I have a few in my collection and with full Ram these are great :) QC

This is my favourite computer car of all times... I always wanted to adapt an ATX board with modern components into one of these!

I got a Blue and White of this era 5 or so years ago. I was impressed by the layout inside and just the acessibility. Upgraded the ram and Processor. used OSX 10.4.

Love the design on those.

*Dons old man sweater, sits in easy chair, and grabs a Werther's Original* I was in high school in the early 2000s when our newspaper class received a grant to purchase these and a few clamshell ibooks. It was like working in the future. I'm not sure which became outdated first: these or newspapers. Thanks for the video!

I had this same exact G4 in college. It had OSX 10.4, I believe. It was a solid machine! I really wish Apple would continue making mid-sized towers today.

Doing self-service maintenance on a mac Old Apple: "Yah, cool bro." Modern Apple: "Wait, that's illegal!"

Oh nice. I have the g4 imac from the same era. I'm not a Mac fan but the ease of use on those g4 cases is an education. I had a friend insist I come out to her new work place to fit a zip drive for them as they couldn't work out how to open the case. "We've removed all the screws but it won't open". I tried to tell her over the phone but she insisted I go and perform the task, which they would happily pay me for. Her jaw dropped when I opened the case and she walked out the room lol.

"...here is some printed words." I always like some printed words. Thanks, Clint! Seriously, your videos both here and on the main channel are always so edutianing.

Virtual PC brings back such memories. I had it on my first gen iBook.

Cool old mac. I just got an old powerbook g3 one of the first models. And it still works. Some really cool old technology.

My step-dad was very tech savvy and had alot of money back in the day. We had like 4 of these connected in a lan and to the internet in our house. Soo many memories of playing 4 player deathmatches in Starcraft, Marathon, Quake 1 & 2, Shadow Warrior, Unreal Tournament etc with my brothers. Loved the Myth series too. Years before that I would watch my big brother play Warlords, Blood Bath, Myst and Ambrosia games on an older mac.

thanks for introducing me to this game, looks like something right down my alley, managerial games, gotta laugh at my gaming tastes sometimes, but these types of games are so relaxing xDDD

Had one of these in the early 2Ks. If you look past the Apple plastics, its just a normal computer inside. You can upgrade the cd to a burner, and whats really nice is that you can upgrade to a dual cpu setup just by changing the card. No os reinstall required. There were first dual cpu support and 3rd party chips.

This Mac with the included super-rare-for-the-time flat-ish screen was my high school journalism workstation. We only had one of these and yearbook and the paper split duties. It’s where I cut my teeth editing digital photos on a pro work station, and I’ve later gone on to be a successful motorsport photographer. It’s strange looking back how influential this kind of Mac was for me. 🤔

I grew up with one of these!! Fantastic beasts

I love this era of Apple. I've got a PowerBook G3 Pismo and a G4 Titanium sitting on a shelf, but I don't have any desktops from the Era.

I love that case! Apple had a good run on design in those years

I used one of these all the way up until 2009 with a Sonnet CPU upgrade. One of the best computers I've ever owned.

Man I love those classic Power Macs. Would love to use that case to house a modern ITX build.

Happy new years!

The G4/400AGP Sawtooth was the first new Mac I ever had at work. Same ZIP100 config with 256Mb RAM running a pair of 21” CRTs (so much desk space required). Absolutely kicked arse. After 2 years of Photoshop and Illustrator crashing NT4 based systems it’d run both all day without issue. For all the criticism of MacOS9 being utterly unmodern when you got your Extensions sorted it was rock solid and system installs could be rebuilt within 20 mins. And the case design is arguably the best ever. Years later I bought my own and set up it up as a ‘retro’ ProTools machine. Again, utterly stable.

Maxing out these machines with RAM, wifi and Bluetooth is an amazing thing. They really futureproofed these things.

my mind is blown by how much attention to detail the case has. The fact the mother board on a tray lays flat is actuallybeautiful compared to working in some cases today

I remember running Virtual PC on our Macs at school around 1999 - 2001. We did it just so we could play LAN video games during lunch. Our Computer teacher was pretty awesome for letting us muck around with things.

This is giving me flashbacks to my art department job at the PennySaver

I feel as if this is good enough to be on the main channel :)

It’s a “Sawtooth.” I have one with a 1.2 GHz upgrade as well as a Grappler+ SCSI/Serial AGP card. Excellent package. Paired with a USB floppy drive, it acts as a go-between from my modern MacBook to my SE/30.

I used this as my main productivity machine until 2006. Such a beast

one of the best things is waking up to a new lgr video. greetings from greece

AH yes had these in our high school in early 2000's. Love the Memories. In our computer room with 30 of these our computer teacher was wondering what 30 power macs sounded like powering up. All the students pressed the power button at the same time.. classical sound i wont forget!

Man this takes me back to high school and being excited that one of the computer labs had these and the colorful monitors..and then being sad that they ran like molasses ^^; But dang they looked so cool

The issues you're having with Full Tilt in this video (with the game not "starting") are exactly the problems I've had with it on my G3 blue-and-white. For some reason, the game just drops down into slow-motion while it's waiting for the ball to come in - once the ball appears (which can take up to a minute!) speed goes back to normal, but in between balls, it'll just slow down again. I can only assume, like you said, this is related to Mac OS 9. I'm running 9.2.2, for what it's worth.

I like how these look