Using Apple's G4 Cube! 

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No headphone jack? It was clearly ahead of it's time LOL

Too bad that your monitor stand is broken, but hey! You can buy a new one for only $999

Who else thought the cube was like super tiny

When a 19 year old computer has better fps than your 8 year old one

My local computer repair shop turned one of these into a tissue box.

Who didn’t know this existed

Fun fact you could add a fan into these towards the bottom and put G4’s up to 1.8ghz and the GPU can be upgraded as it has a standard AGP slot, but the card has to be small enough to fit, limiting options. The ram also goes up to 2gb. With those upgrades, these old guys could out perform the G4 mac minis.

Why do I love old PowerPC systems so much? This content is fantastic.

2:00 Linus intensifies

I worked at Apple when the Cube was released. I still have mine somewhere in the garage I think. It sold out at launch and for the first 2 weeks the sales were very strong...Then it happened. It was published about the screws in the top being over torqued and cracking the top plastic (This was not the case, it was from the fill process in with the acrylic). Needless to say the WSJ did an article about it and it was deemed a "flaw" by the media. At this point we tried to fix the process but it wasn't doable. You could return your cube or get money back. It was canceled only after 3-6 months (I can't remember when we got the memo). Crazy times.

"Methylated Spirits"? Is that Aussie for Isopropyl Alcohol?

No headphone jack... you needed adapters even years ago

Back when they came with stands... for free

5:58 this video is fake you used redstone to power the Mac

1:22 That's what she said

Adjusting for inflation from 2000. The cost would be 7,991.3 AUS Dollars... Yeah that sounds like Apple.

Me: “hey man I’m not feeling that well” Psivewri: “Methylated Spirits!!!!”

Man I love your videos so much. They are so relaxing and I love how much effort and care you put into them. Now to just find myself some methalated spirits and eucalyptus oil in Canada and I'm set.

I‘ve always been a fan of this computer, but I think my favorite is the iMac G4

That was my main computer for a few years back in the day. I almost upgraded the CPU with a sonnet upgrade later on. I think I was going to go for a 700mhz G4.

1:23 d a m n t h a t s w h a t s h e s a i d.

It came with an Age of Empires 2! What a treasure!

Damn your RU-vid channel is so underrated

You should’ve used TenFourFox instead of Camino. It supports more things

Wow you’re editing is amazing!, I love the camera angle! The parts where are you talk to the audience! Beautiful I’m inspired to edit my videos this way! 😍❤️

Ah I love these type of apple machines Reminds me of my childhood We only had Apple computers in our house (my parents still use apple) But I Recently switched to Windows because apple is doing so much stupid stuff lately

iMac in 2000: I well Introduce The Best Cube! GameCube in 2000: Am I joking to You?

So wanna hear a funny there is a fan mount on the G4 Cube there are 4 stand off's on the bottom plate of the G4 Cube these stand off's where designed for a fan as a just in case the machine got to hot and cracked the case. apple already knew of this failure 100%

W and S keys dont work Minecraft overplay

G4 cube looks like arctic air, 🤣🤣🤣

PowerPC is entertaining because of how outdated they are. Great vid! :D

Why does he kinda look like mr beast?

Dude keep making them! All the wAy from Cali...

mac from 2007 playing a game from the 90s without any issues runs great (surprised picachu)

You should be able to connect a 24 inch Studio Display on it. Back when this came out, every computer store selling Macs had one for display and there have been many case mods for it.

You should have way more subscribers! Your videos are absolutely incredible!

methylated spirits? Why don’t you just say “alcohol”? It’s short and easier to pronounce. Lol 😂

I turned the bottom into an aquarium.

I did not even knew this existed until now.

For deep scratches on PLASTICS ONLY on apple projects, I recommend using Brasso- it gives it a like new finish!

This Apple G4 Cube reminds me of GameCube.

I acquired a G4 Cube in January, and I've upgraded it quite extensively. I actually installed TWO SSDs: an mSATA SSD running Mac OS 9.2, and a 2.5-inch SATA SSD running Tiger in place of the optical drive. The Cube's optical drive died a while ago, and since I had several IDE-to-SATA adapters left over from earlier projects, I decided to turn my Cube into a dual-SSD machine! I bought a great Formac Firewire external optical drive. It's only a CD-ROM drive, but due to the Firewire connection, inserted discs load almost instantly on the desktop. I also installed a GeForce 2 MX graphics card with 32 MBs of V-RAM, and a fan (powered with a Molex double-adapter) to cool the new card more effectively. The only component I haven't touched is the processor. I actually own a 1.2 Ghz G4 upgrade card, but it's unsupported for the Cube, and while other Cube owners I know have unsupported processor cards in their Cubes, I don't want to risk breaking my Cube's brain. I already had some hairy moments of failed booting while upgrading the Cube's hard-drive situation. Since my main computer is a 2008 Mac Pro, Firewire 400 is far more convenient for transferring new files onto my Cube than through the Cube's slow USB 1.1 ports. My Cube runs really well, and I use it for retro gaming and music (as the USB speakers sound amazing). The Cube runs Mac OS 9 and earlier games flawlessly, and handles 3D games fairly well. RealMyst is pushing the Cube a bit, but RealMyst has never run well on any of my Macs (even my Mac Pro with a 1GB HD 5870 graphics card). Max Payne gets a bit juddery during gun-fights, but is still very playable. My favourite computers are my 2008 Mac Pro, my Cube and my Lombard G3 Powerbook. I love my Cube and had a great time upgrading it, and I'm glad you're so pleased with your own Cube. :)

Someone was selling one of these on Facebook near me with the monitor for £40

His voice sounds like some computer generated teacher’s voice

Apple discontinued it after about a year saying it only sold a third of what was expected. Still 41,000 people bought one and people continue to love and mod them today. There's a Mac World article on this. The Cube at 10. Why Apple's Eye Catching desktop flopped. I still want one and will have it, though many being sold either are listed as untested, broken or do not work. I don't know if one could repair the Cube case today. Repairing the inside is possible. This could be considered the Father of the Mac Mini. I wish Apple would consider making a 20 year anniversary model with modern graphics, cpu, memory etc and modern connectors and a mini cam.

If the W and S key didn’t work how did you play games for two hours on it 🤔

Someone teach this guy how to use a karambit

Speak more naturally. You sound like a robot reading the script

How many Apple products does the public not know about?

Looking at buying a iMac 6.4. Is $30 good for a working one?

did I watch a tv show?!?

I have totally restored to look like new a 500Mhz version ;) with the demo tool at start :D

What shooter was the game your were playing?

ah yes The old days when the monitors stand wasn’t $1000

Fellow owner of a g4 cube and it's my favorite of all apples machines, also the first I used as a child

No one knew what they were doing in fallout2

Maybe you can patch this to a later version of OS X!

No Eucalyptus OIL:( JK NIce vid

Idk why i thought this was gonna be an apple version of a game cube

Amazing how much effort you put in these videos. Mad refurbish-skills, too. It really is fascinating how many of the apple designs hold up for years or even decades to come. Cheers from Germany!

Basically homeless: playing ranked on 20 years g4 apple computer

Apart from the monitor not being 16:9 and the huge bezel on it, this set up still looks modern.

no eucalyptus oil 😢

BUT CAN IT RUN CRYSIS

I will be saving up for one of these. There is a video that shows you how to restore the rubber on the speakers and also convert the speaker connectors to usb with soldering.

A friend owned one of these around 2001. It looked supercool and minimal on her desk but she pretty much only ever used it to run MS Word and write uni essays! p.s. In 2000, 640Mb RAM was considered a huge amount. A bit like having 600Gb RAM today.

I like he cut the box using Karambit

7:41 WHAT DID YOU SAY?!!!

Love the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 music playing in the background

I definitely understand that you put a lot of work into your videos. Thank you, Nathan. And finally I know that you are from the Isle of Aussie. (:

Just saying a good chunk of this video was him fixing the bracket

Their coolest failure was the iPod HiFI!

That hair though👌

1:22 that's what she said

AGE OF EMPIRES BOIIIISSSSS!!!!!

But does the cube play Minecraft?

Are those acrylic clear casings? That's hardly modern for 2019 lol

My first Mac. Unfortunately after only having it for a few months, my apartment was broken into and the Cube was stolen.

Omy this channel is soooo underrated. keep creating awesome content. subbed

I'm surprised they never revived the concept after they switched to Intel. At the time they killed it, they said they might do other Cubes later on.

I used that before my mom had one!

Your background music is the hold music on my phones at work lol

I don’t wanna damage and break this computer in any way, drops monitor that’s almost irreplaceable 😂

Bitta “METHo” always fixes everything

Love your vids Psivewri

Nice! My co-worker just gave me her G4 Cube, I’ve not unboxed it yet to take a look. I surely wanted one back when I had my Power Mac G4. I’ll have to do some video covering what I find as I get into it,

Bro i love yor mic so much

I own one of these, I got it for free from a house that my mom was renting out, the person renting the house never paid their bills, so they were kicked out and left behind a mess that is straight out of my hoarder life, I can't even describe what was in the house, but I saw a G4 cube laying on the floor, I was super stoked to find one! And I took it home, and now I proudly display it on my tech collection.

Great job! Please restore more computers and laptops!

I've got a 500MHz G4 Cube I bought new in 2000. It's been sitting mostly idle since about 2006, and I thought the hard drive and CD/DVD drive were going bad. I've owned dozens of different models of Macs since 1984, but it's the one I can't bear to part with, just because it's such a classic. I just recently got it working again, planning to put an SSD in it and max out the RAM. Perfect machine for running pre-OS X software (though I put Tiger on it, too). Speakers and everything are still in good shape.

With that accent I could picture you just being in the Harry Potter movies. "Let's match the power of Lord Voldemort, heir of Salazar Slytherin against the famous Australian Harry Pottuh!!!!!!!!!"

Yoo TenFourFox is an amazing web browser for PowerPC Macs. It's the latest FireFox just back ported for 10.4/10.5 on G4 and G5 Macs. If you're just getting into PowerPC Macs, I recommend getting into the PowerMac G5s. Descent price, start with the Dual 1.8GHz, no singles. You'll be blown away by the speed and, complete usability on the modern web (Yes, with RU-vid 480p playback). Just upgrade those trash stock GPUs TenFourFox is available for PowerPC G3 Macs, but not doing that is also available as well

I don't really understand why did previous owner put 640 MB of RAM in it, but kept old GPU and CPU. This amount of ram was huge overkill for early 2000s. I had gaming PC in 2004/5 which had 512 MB of RAM....

I have 3 cubes and a 23" , 20" and 15" monitors. Mine run OSX 10.5 without a problem. I also have a Sonnet 1.25 processor upgrade. I was thinking of fitting an SSD.

This was my first Apple Computer, the G4 was an amazing little Computer In it’s day till Apple moved over to Intel Processors. Years later I gifted the G4 Cube to a Deign Museum of modern Art.

Hi guys, I am new in Apple community, got a nice MacBook A1181 (I am a retro collector and this was in a lot) I never had Apple products, but I like this one. Its looks so quality not like Windows notebooks from that era. It had Windows XP on it, I installed Max OS 10.5.8. Now I need some help - I want to use this nice machine daily for films and messenger, but I cant find up to date browser. Chrome and Firefox is too new, Safari doesnt support Facebook. I cant afford now to buy a new laptop and I want to find a browser which allows me to use this one. Some advices? Thank you!

Folks complained about the Mac Cube running hot, which mine didn't. It was a Mac Book Pro I had at work that actually CAUGHT ON FIRE! Imagine my surprise. Torched itself. Those were the days!

I so want this, and all of the other cool and rare Apple hardware, even that Macintosh that's MS-DOS compatible that LGR has! If I ever find the casing of this computer, I'll either make it into a tissue box or a Mini-ITX gaming PC, maybe a Hackintosh.

TenFourFox for G4 processors: 7400 | 7450 ("G4e") (Which one do I use?) www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/