That was very interesting. A universal iPod dock could have been a good addition to the first Gen Apple TV to widen its media playing ability. It also had a Core Solo CPU.
@@peterdagrape Quite a few people did… at the time tvOS was a modified version of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, with modified boot graphics and Finder replaced with a modified version of FrontRow (apple's 'couch' media player app). Back when Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger was the current version of macOS there was pretty much one file that needed to be changed on a stock 10.4 installation to get the Apple TV booting from 10.4-that is, if you were willing to crack open the case of your AppleTV and physically swap out the Hard Drive. That 1st Generation Apple TV was probably one of the easiest non-macintosh apple products of the Steve Jobs era to crack. The AppleTV was also the first Apple product line to transition from Intel chips to Apple Silicon, the 2010 2nd generation AppleTV ran an apple A4 chip.
I’d like to point out “EVT” is actually pretty late in the development cycle, as it’s typically the last or second to last NPI build before the product is handed off and finalized. This would have been a massive change to make that late into the product cycle
What I think is that you need to revisit your Mac Mini knowledge - 1,1 Mac mini is in fact Intel, PPC Mac mini was a PowerMac10,1 - 1,1 did ship with Core Solos - That antenna board is clipped in place by those plastics, not exactly sure why it's just bing chilling like that either way, great video tho
The PPC Mac Minis has TWO revisions instead of one. They are the OG minis PowerMac 10,1 and 10,2 in early and late 2005 they are models A1103. The MacMini 1,1 and 2,1 is the 3rd rev of the Mac mini generation models A1156. 1,1 shipped with core solo and core duos T1200 and T2300 and T2400 (late 2006). 2,1 shipped with T5600 and T7200 but can be upgraded to T7400 and T7600.
The PPC Mac Minis has TWO revisions instead of one. They are the OG minis PowerMac 10,1 and 10,2 in early and late 2005 they are models A1103. The MacMini 1,1 and 2,1 is the 3rd rev of the Mac mini generation models A1156. 1,1 shipped with core solo and core duos T1200 and T2300 and T2400 (late 2006). 2,1 shipped with T5600 and T7200 but can be upgraded to T7400 and T7600.
I remember this being rumoured for so long to be released when the Mac mini first came out. I think there were other prototype macs with iPod docks as well
I work at an art museum and it's the weirdest thing in the world when I see valuable and historically significant objects like these touched and played with by ungloved hands, when at work I have to put on a pair of nitrile glove to even pick up a a paper clip that the artist used to clip together a stack of paper 🤣
Here's another likely reason why it never shipped: Jony Ive. Jony never would've signed-off on an ugly 30-pin dock connector dominating the pristine top of his newest design. At Apple in 2005 form trumped function every single time.
I’m a new subscriber and binge watched your channel for 2 weeks straight. Like a few hundred episodes. Because of your channel I bought a 2012 Mac i7 Mini and tricked it out with 16G RAM, 256 SSD, Big Sur, paired with a 2011 Apple 27” Cinema Display (2560x1440), Apple Magic Keyboard & Mouse for my home office (have new Apple gear at work). Have $400 into this entire setup. My son wants to do the same now.
You should do it if you have done it before, but idk if I would do it unless you know you can handle it. It’s one of those things that the second you take it apart then you have to do it. One wrong plug or wire and you could break your WiFi antenna or ruin your whole motherboard. So I personally have avoided doing it on my MacBook because I read the reviews of other people who did everything right but the cables still snapped and now they don’t get WiFi, or their display flickers, or they broke off their fan connector and now they don’t have a fan. It’s just janky parts and everything can go wrong even if you know exactly what you are doing. If it’s a backup computer? For sure do it because it’s worth the risk and it will run like new. But if it’s your only machine right now? Then I would not risk it at the moment. You want to do it, but you also can’t control how those older parts are going to be and if the connections are loose or bad quality. (This is about the thermal paste lol, the comment changed by the time my response posted, nice setup btw)
@@lukemiani How do you feel about Monterrey on a 2012 MacBook Pro? Any issues regarding the patcher, or any features missing? It has 16GB Ram and a 1TB SSD. Currently on Catalina. Would you go for Big Sur, or jump all the way to Monterrey?
@@ghost-user559 I did the Big Sur patcher on my 2012. Wasn’t sure about Monterey either. I do have Monterey on my 2021 MacBook Pro of course and Big Sur is very close to the same features so I’m happy with it in my Mac Mini.
@@joepisciottajr Thanks that’s very good to know. It’s amazing how these little machines can still do the job a decade later. The only thing that always scares me is the patching process. Whenever the screen goes blank I really do wonder if it’s coming back on again lol. Where did you get ahold of your Cinema Display and peripherals?
i've got a iphone smart battery case prototype here. it's outside is basically retail. but it's running a EVT firmware with all sorts of fun stuff. the iphone XS smart battery case still has air power references. the case was originally designed to be released with the iphone x
I’ve kept mine ready to go all those years. In the past year I’ve used it once: only to import a CD into iTunes 😆. My new Mac doesn’t have a CD player and the CD player in my MacBook is broken.
@@MegaChriz "sorry, but that is not inclusive of people who have lost either one or both feet. I feel so disrespected, I want to talk to your manager" - a stereotypical Karen, probably
Luke you truly are putting out unique content unlike anyone else on TH-cam. It’s awesome to see these lesser known Apple stories and prototypes. Keep it up!
In the beginning of the 30pin connector i remember many problems with it. Much better to have the iPod doc were you could fir inserts for each iPod model.
A universal iPod/iPhone Dock, compatible with the pack-in adapters that came with later iPods and were sold separately, would’ve been a fine addition to the Mac mini up until the demise of the 32-pin connector, I guess. I understand the AppleTV was already mentioned as a candidate for that, but it wouldn’t make any sense; before the days of Apple Music and other subscriptions, the Mac *was* indeed the digital hub, and the AppleTV was as much of a subsidiary to it as the iPod.
If they went USB-C and M1 (or whatever name they pick in the future), they most definitely could go back to this concept! Imagine; you plug your iPhone or iPod into a special dock and it has a Mac OS X desktop (like Samsung DeX, but better). And whenever you need to go, you grab your iPhone or iPod. You are literally taking your full desktop with you, so wherever you go you can finish what you were doing. Maybe a feature could be made (kind of like remote desktop) to interface with the desktop on the go (Apple Screen Magnifier?). And since iOS is pretty much Mac OS for ARM i-devices, I don't believe it would be too difficult for Apple to handle.
Another reason you are my favorite Fruit company fanboi (fruit fly) - you do things that others don't do and that goes into history of Fruit products. Thank you for taking the time to do this. I just wasted 5 minutes of my life watching Brownlee do yet another M2 review - he offers nothing compelling. But you do. Thanks for taking the time and keep up the good work.
Back in 2005 it would have been easier to sync your iPod by docking it 🧐 It actually would have been cool to charge and update your music on the iPod by docking it to your Mac. Silly, but cool 🤓
I would have loved this in my Mac Mini G4. Was my Multimedia Center that I therefore also used to manage my music and then sync to my iPod (full-size iPod though.
I found a 27 inch Apple Thunderbolt display on the screen & am wondering if it can be repaired. Outer glass was smashed, it was very dirty but cleaned up. Had a Vesa attachment. Sides of the outer screen look rusty. I,plugged it in and nothing went poof.
Nice find! If the LCD is OK, IIRC the front glass is held on with magnets like contemporary iMacs and iFixit guides are available, so if you can find a replacement glass panel (from a non-working but intact model maybe) it should be a fairly easy fix. Good luck :)
I’m almost surprised Apple didn’t see it as an opportunity to sell adapters for every different iPod. Putting wireless charge on top of the Mac mini today would be cool. Just put the iPhone on the Mac.
Oh my God… This video triggered flashbacks of iPod docks… The kind that came with a bunch of plastic adapters to try and fit as many iPod sizes and shapes as they could… Meanwhile Apple was furiously changing the sizes and shapes of the iPod lineup. The iPod was actually a great external hard drive you could always opt to have it appear as a disk and I used mine to backup files all the time… so it makes sense for that, but design obsolescence would have been a major problem.
I noticed the name mediMac go flying past in the video so a contraction of media and Mac? Perhaps the plan was to ship it with a Nano, if the stars had aligned. Also, it wouldn't have been terribly difficult to change the design of the top to have a different notch shape to accommodate other 30 pin connector devices - the electronics would stay the same irrespective.
M1 owners are very salty about M2 MBA SSD speeds but think M1 MBA still makes sense in 2021 and also at a cheaper price. I will probably shamelessly get one I have a chance. M2 MBA ain't a slouch either I think where it has its shortcomings, it makes up with a new refreshed design bringing it to paah with the big boys MBPs'. Also the glorious return of the magsafe is some thing I love to see at this entry level macs. I have never been a fan of Usb C charging on macs even with it's versatility being a person who still rocks my MBP 2013, am very glad to see this feature back.
It makes perfect sense to have a "Mini" ecosystem back then, but maybe the upcoming iPhone killed the momentum. It´s very interesting how the design and product development team worked, exploring different product experiences before throwing the first gen to the market.
Great video! I definitely think this could have been a good product if the dock could be used on all 30pin connection devices (like say a speaker dock).
excellent video; I would have bought something like this if they put in the production process. I would have liked to see how it would have worked out.
it can be interesting to solder the connector to a pod mac mini and see how it acts with the dock even if i think that its a standard usb bus so it should work with no problem, but we all know apple
Was this like a hobbyist idea, or something that was ever practically considered? I struggle to come up with a use case (no pun intended) for docking your iPod (or an iPhone of the time) to a Mac Mini.
That was very interesting. A universal iPod dock could have been a good addition to the first Gen Apple TV to widen its media playing ability. It also had a Core Solo CPU.
As far as I know the original Apple TV and the Intel Mac mini had a similar development timeframe, both happening while Apple was gearing up for Intel
The first gen Apple TV had a Pentium M CPU which is the predecessor of the Core Solo
@@lukemiani I can’t remember who but someone managed to get MacOS running on a first gen Apple TV somehow
@@peterdagrape Quite a few people did… at the time tvOS was a modified version of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, with modified boot graphics and Finder replaced with a modified version of FrontRow (apple's 'couch' media player app). Back when Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger was the current version of macOS there was pretty much one file that needed to be changed on a stock 10.4 installation to get the Apple TV booting from 10.4-that is, if you were willing to crack open the case of your AppleTV and physically swap out the Hard Drive.
That 1st Generation Apple TV was probably one of the easiest non-macintosh apple products of the Steve Jobs era to crack. The AppleTV was also the first Apple product line to transition from Intel chips to Apple Silicon, the 2010 2nd generation AppleTV ran an apple A4 chip.
I don’t get why it didn’t use the universal dock inserts like the apple universal dock that came out around this time did :/
Always fun with the prototypes, keep them coming!
I’d like to point out “EVT” is actually pretty late in the development cycle, as it’s typically the last or second to last NPI build before the product is handed off and finalized. This would have been a massive change to make that late into the product cycle
I think it would be cool if they did this now but with a wireless charger hidden in the top
I’ve seen someone put an m1 Mac mini in this Mac mini case, and I’m sure someone will or already had modded is to have one
You could probably DIY this idea as long as it’s not metal or thick then it should be possible to do
Like a MagSafe connector on top? That would be v cool
@@Bxredewil you could easily do it as long as there is enough space inside. Depends on what MagSafe you buy and how thick or thin it is
@@jerrybomcool it’s glass and around half a centimeter, should be perfect
What I think is that you need to revisit your Mac Mini knowledge
- 1,1 Mac mini is in fact Intel, PPC Mac mini was a PowerMac10,1
- 1,1 did ship with Core Solos
- That antenna board is clipped in place by those plastics, not exactly sure why it's just bing chilling like that
either way, great video tho
The PPC Mac Minis has TWO revisions instead of one. They are the OG minis PowerMac 10,1 and 10,2 in early and late 2005 they are models A1103. The MacMini 1,1 and 2,1 is the 3rd rev of the Mac mini generation models A1156. 1,1 shipped with core solo and core duos T1200 and T2300 and T2400 (late 2006). 2,1 shipped with T5600 and T7200 but can be upgraded to T7400 and T7600.
The PPC Mac Minis has TWO revisions instead of one. They are the OG minis PowerMac 10,1 and 10,2 in early and late 2005 they are models A1103. The MacMini 1,1 and 2,1 is the 3rd rev of the Mac mini generation models A1156. 1,1 shipped with core solo and core duos T1200 and T2300 and T2400 (late 2006). 2,1 shipped with T5600 and T7200 but can be upgraded to T7400 and T7600.
@@ebisuminoru my point was that the G4 Mac Mini was identified as a PowerMac
@@Piipperi800 yes I was just completing related knowledge of these old Mac minis
@@Piipperi800 yes I was just completing related knowledge of these old Mac minis
I remember this being rumoured for so long to be released when the Mac mini first came out. I think there were other prototype macs with iPod docks as well
Mac mini with a notch I never thought I’d see apple go this far
Has Apple gone TOO FAR?! [surprised expression]
I work at an art museum and it's the weirdest thing in the world when I see valuable and historically significant objects like these touched and played with by ungloved hands, when at work I have to put on a pair of nitrile glove to even pick up a a paper clip that the artist used to clip together a stack of paper 🤣
eh... these things are neat and certainly collector's items, but I wouldn't call either historically significant.
@@TimCortesi they definitely are lol
Here's another likely reason why it never shipped: Jony Ive. Jony never would've signed-off on an ugly 30-pin dock connector dominating the pristine top of his newest design. At Apple in 2005 form trumped function every single time.
I love the way the CD-to-iPod data conveyer is right there
As long as apple added a bigger connector tray hole for different size iPods I see that working out just fine on the Mac mini.
I’m a new subscriber and binge watched your channel for 2 weeks straight. Like a few hundred episodes. Because of your channel I bought a 2012 Mac i7 Mini and tricked it out with 16G RAM, 256 SSD, Big Sur, paired with a 2011 Apple 27” Cinema Display (2560x1440), Apple Magic Keyboard & Mouse for my home office (have new Apple gear at work). Have $400 into this entire setup. My son wants to do the same now.
You should do it if you have done it before, but idk if I would do it unless you know you can handle it.
It’s one of those things that the second you take it apart then you have to do it. One wrong plug or wire and you could break your WiFi antenna or ruin your whole motherboard.
So I personally have avoided doing it on my MacBook because I read the reviews of other people who did everything right but the cables still snapped and now they don’t get WiFi, or their display flickers, or they broke off their fan connector and now they don’t have a fan. It’s just janky parts and everything can go wrong even if you know exactly what you are doing.
If it’s a backup computer? For sure do it because it’s worth the risk and it will run like new. But if it’s your only machine right now? Then I would not risk it at the moment.
You want to do it, but you also can’t control how those older parts are going to be and if the connections are loose or bad quality.
(This is about the thermal paste lol, the comment changed by the time my response posted, nice setup btw)
That’s a great setup for the money!
@@lukemiani How do you feel about Monterrey on a 2012 MacBook Pro? Any issues regarding the patcher, or any features missing?
It has 16GB Ram and a 1TB SSD. Currently on Catalina. Would you go for Big Sur, or jump all the way to Monterrey?
@@ghost-user559 I did the Big Sur patcher on my 2012. Wasn’t sure about Monterey either. I do have Monterey on my 2021 MacBook Pro of course and Big Sur is very close to the same features so I’m happy with it in my Mac Mini.
@@joepisciottajr Thanks that’s very good to know. It’s amazing how these little machines can still do the job a decade later.
The only thing that always scares me is the patching process. Whenever the screen goes blank I really do wonder if it’s coming back on again lol.
Where did you get ahold of your Cinema Display and peripherals?
I wanna see a modern version of this, a MacMini with a Qi charger on top
It would be cool but I think due to heat Apple would not put a wireless charging on top of the Mac Mini. Yo, but that’s a good idea.
@@DustyKing oh yeah man that would heat up crazy but then am sure since MacMini has a fan, Apple can engineer some way to move that heat
Has been enjoying these old Apple products and prototypes videos
i've got a iphone smart battery case prototype here. it's outside is basically retail. but it's running a EVT firmware with all sorts of fun stuff. the iphone XS smart battery case still has air power references. the case was originally designed to be released with the iphone x
you are the TOP YT about retro-tech , TY to exist Man
i love prototypes
@6:03. The intel mac mini's were also 1,1 models. I actually just looked on mine seconds ago. Core Duo 2006 Model.
An iPod classic doc on a mac mini would have made this a must have in the mid 00’s
Macmini1,1 actually does refer to the first generation Intel Mac mini, the PowerPC Mac minis use Powermac10,1 and Powermac10,2
I literally found my G4 Mac Mini yesterday, and have no idea what I should do with it
I’ve kept mine ready to go all those years. In the past year I’ve used it once: only to import a CD into iTunes 😆.
My new Mac doesn’t have a CD player and the CD player in my MacBook is broken.
That sponsor segment must have been fun to film 😂
PowerPC G4 Mac mini was PowerMac10,1 not MacMini1,1. The First intel Mac mini was MacMini1,1
That is really a great piece of tech, very interesting concept.
what music does Tony have on the iPod?
6:06 1,1s are intel minis the PowerPC ones used PowerMac for the machineid
1:20 I don't live in the US... How does the case knows how many meters I am about to drop it from ? 😂
9.8 feet drop protection: drop is only protected if you are in a group of people consisting of exactly 4.9 persons. 😆
@@MegaChriz "sorry, but that is not inclusive of people who have lost either one or both feet. I feel so disrespected, I want to talk to your manager"
- a stereotypical Karen, probably
How did this development sample leak out of the Apple facilities? Usually these things are not allowed to be given out.
Would be cool to see if you would literally put a connector onto the pads on the retail model and then test it with the dock top
Luke you truly are putting out unique content unlike anyone else on TH-cam. It’s awesome to see these lesser known Apple stories and prototypes. Keep it up!
It would have been awesome to see them actually do this. As soon as you dock your iPod, it goes into FairPlay mode and plays music or movies.
In the beginning of the 30pin connector i remember many problems with it. Much better to have the iPod doc were you could fir inserts for each iPod model.
Make sure you clone that internal hard drive since that OS may have special software to allow that iPod to show up on the desktop.
Next ad: phone drops owner from said height. This happens --->> owner pops his ass -->> Rear Prototype!
A universal iPod/iPhone Dock, compatible with the pack-in adapters that came with later iPods and were sold separately, would’ve been a fine addition to the Mac mini up until the demise of the 32-pin connector, I guess. I understand the AppleTV was already mentioned as a candidate for that, but it wouldn’t make any sense; before the days of Apple Music and other subscriptions, the Mac *was* indeed the digital hub, and the AppleTV was as much of a subsidiary to it as the iPod.
I think I like your sponsor messages as much as I like your videos... Keep up the good work.
If they went USB-C and M1 (or whatever name they pick in the future), they most definitely could go back to this concept! Imagine; you plug your iPhone or iPod into a special dock and it has a Mac OS X desktop (like Samsung DeX, but better). And whenever you need to go, you grab your iPhone or iPod. You are literally taking your full desktop with you, so wherever you go you can finish what you were doing. Maybe a feature could be made (kind of like remote desktop) to interface with the desktop on the go (Apple Screen Magnifier?). And since iOS is pretty much Mac OS for ARM i-devices, I don't believe it would be too difficult for Apple to handle.
THE AD WAS AMAZING. Gonna buy
I believe the PPC mac minis had PowerMac identifiers 10,1 and 11,1 I think and the Intel Macs adopted the MacMini1,1 identifier
AMAZING feature !!
Macmini1,1 was the identifier for the first intel Mac mini, the PowerPC Mac mini used the identifier PowerMac10,1 and 10,2
what happened to the video at 5:03
Another reason you are my favorite Fruit company fanboi (fruit fly) - you do things that others don't do and that goes into history of Fruit products. Thank you for taking the time to do this. I just wasted 5 minutes of my life watching Brownlee do yet another M2 review - he offers nothing compelling. But you do. Thanks for taking the time and keep up the good work.
I don‘t have much to say about the Mac, however, you should make a video about the first gen iPod Nano. It‘s my favorite Apple product to date.
I bet that exact iPod and that exact Mac mini have met before 🤯
I think that if we make it with an universal dock for any iPod could be great :)
just imagine what happens to precise camera module even with this Casetify case. you won't drop your smartphone ever
For when a best budget ecossystem with refurbished/used models?
I have a Tivoli Audio with an old style iPod charger on it. Dang good stereo though.
Back in 2005 it would have been easier to sync your iPod by docking it 🧐 It actually would have been cool to charge and update your music on the iPod by docking it to your Mac. Silly, but cool 🤓
Great infomercial for caseify!
Interesting. Also I'd have seen it if the two were sold together, maybe, or as an option.
I would have loved this in my Mac Mini G4. Was my Multimedia Center that I therefore also used to manage my music and then sync to my iPod (full-size iPod though.
I found a 27 inch Apple Thunderbolt display on the screen & am wondering if it can be repaired.
Outer glass was smashed, it was very dirty but cleaned up.
Had a Vesa attachment.
Sides of the outer screen look rusty.
I,plugged it in and nothing went poof.
Nice find! If the LCD is OK, IIRC the front glass is held on with magnets like contemporary iMacs and iFixit guides are available, so if you can find a replacement glass panel (from a non-working but intact model maybe) it should be a fairly easy fix. Good luck :)
Ah, my greatest regret. Mac Mini. I should have bought one when I was young.
I’m almost surprised Apple didn’t see it as an opportunity to sell adapters for every different iPod. Putting wireless charge on top of the Mac mini today would be cool. Just put the iPhone on the Mac.
If they had a Max mini with an iPod classic doc at the time I’d bought it. I always thought the mini was not enough storage even back then.
Oh my God… This video triggered flashbacks of iPod docks… The kind that came with a bunch of plastic adapters to try and fit as many iPod sizes and shapes as they could… Meanwhile Apple was furiously changing the sizes and shapes of the iPod lineup. The iPod was actually a great external hard drive you could always opt to have it appear as a disk and I used mine to backup files all the time… so it makes sense for that, but design obsolescence would have been a major problem.
We need more prototype videos
I noticed the name mediMac go flying past in the video so a contraction of media and Mac? Perhaps the plan was to ship it with a Nano, if the stars had aligned. Also, it wouldn't have been terribly difficult to change the design of the top to have a different notch shape to accommodate other 30 pin connector devices - the electronics would stay the same irrespective.
Did you sell the mac mini at cloud 9?
Oh shit I need to get a Mac mini. They are gorgeous machines. Congrats on getting your hands on one.
The original or first Mac Mini was also my first Mac back in 2005!
Should have had compatibility for the universal dock inserts.
Has me wanting to glue a MagSafe stand onto the top of my M1 mini.
The sticker on the bottom. Says MediMac. I googled this. Very interesting. May make for a good future video? Thanks for sharing!
Cool… my still working iPod classic won’t work on that dock😂
a notch before notches
Idea for a video:
Apple machine with the highest "GPU power/prize" factor
M1 owners are very salty about M2 MBA SSD speeds but think M1 MBA still makes sense in 2021 and also at a cheaper price. I will probably shamelessly get one I have a chance. M2 MBA ain't a slouch either I think where it has its shortcomings, it makes up with a new refreshed design bringing it to paah with the big boys MBPs'. Also the glorious return of the magsafe is some thing I love to see at this entry level macs. I have never been a fan of Usb C charging on macs even with it's versatility being a person who still rocks my MBP 2013, am very glad to see this feature back.
How does this guy find these things?? Must be tedious.
i love the iPod Dock Mini
And to think Jobs probably interacted with that very mac mini.
0:00 or a first gen Mac Studio
Mac mini/Studio with iPhone Mag Safe charging. Just putting that idea here.
It makes perfect sense to have a "Mini" ecosystem back then, but maybe the upcoming iPhone killed the momentum. It´s very interesting how the design and product development team worked, exploring different product experiences before throwing the first gen to the market.
I'm still waiting for a wireless charging module in my iMac's base, so I can charge my phone, mouse and watch and keyboard.
Great video! I definitely think this could have been a good product if the dock could be used on all 30pin connection devices (like say a speaker dock).
If we built the board could this be readied to a production Mac mini? It surely is nothing more than a USB connector?
excellent video; I would have bought something like this if they put in the production process. I would have liked to see how it would have worked out.
steve jobs ... "where is the classy design in that?! ick"
I wish they would have added iPod dock 😢😢
Thanks for video, very interesting.
Seems real easy to snap the doc connector.
what an opening stunt!
I think it would have been cool if it was geared towards all iPods
it can be interesting to solder the connector to a pod mac mini and see how it acts with the dock even if i think that its a standard usb bus so it should work with no problem, but we all know apple
They should've put a universal dock in there instead of one specifically for the 1st gen iPod nano.
I miss when Apple use to supply the user with a dock when buying an iPod or iPhone in it’s package. Good times.
We all know this Mac mini is derived from those Kodak Easyshare docks that preceded.
thx Macmiani
I don’t know if it is the angle you are recording it at but the notch is slightly off centre and it is really triggering me
What songs Tony Fidel had on it? 👀
Hi Luke. Great fun. Suggestion: When using an abbreviation such as EVT, tell your audience what it means. I looked it up while watching the video.
I think the primary reason would have been form over function. Mac mini can't ft in lot of places with an hanging iPod at the top of it.
A M A Z I N G
Was this like a hobbyist idea, or something that was ever practically considered? I struggle to come up with a use case (no pun intended) for docking your iPod (or an iPhone of the time) to a Mac Mini.
MacMini1,1 is the intel Mac Mini’s MachineID the G4 Mac Mini had the ID of PowerMac10,1
I'm guessing they decided not to do this because of the MFi program - made for iPod.
Cool!.