I had one of these, my first Mac. I started using it to run ProTools and then I switched to Logic Pro. This notebook was awesome. Mine cost me $3499, really $ especially back then. I knew for sure that a newer model would come out at some time, but a NEW one came out about 2 months after I got mine. The new one was more powerful, and was $1200 less. TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS LESS. I basically lost my friggin' mind.
Wow that’s history right there. I was just born when this was announced haha. I find so much insight in watching Steve Jobs introduce the products Apple released at the time.
I own a titanium powerbook 550mhz I bought in 2001 and you know what? It is a goddamn champion. The design was so fluckin spot on and ahead of it's time. I almost cried when I unpacked it 9 years ago.
@@krazyyyduniyaIt’s rare to find a still working 2001 PowerBook G4 because Titanium is bad at heat dissipation and causes overheating. The working ones usually have cracks in the Titanium body or flaked paint. Apple is relearning the lesson they forgot with the iPhone 15.
@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive But they seemed to have fixed the overheating issues on 15 Pros with latest iOS 17.0.3. They said software issues were causing the overheating. Whats your take on this ?
The most excitement I've ever heard concentrated in one place was when Steve Jobs announced that the Apple logo on the PowerBook G4 Titanium was flipped.
@@RudhinMenon Steve wanted the logo to face the user when the lid was closed. Just after getting some reports that the users are confused where is the fringe that he agreed to switch it.
@GeekTechMac I know I do. Such a pretty shade of blue...it's like a reward every time I see it! The fact that I see it every two hours on a Winblows machine only adds to the beauty.
It's expensive as hell. Also, the design was flawed. The hinges snapped like twigs on many, many Ti PBs. But for its time it was a work of art, and oddly it's the closest that Apple ever got to an edge-to-edge display. Now they all have bezels the width of highways.
@MajorTechFan because apple had to paint the titanium and it would scratch and peel off easily so they went with aluminum so they could color it without paint
@drygnfyre I certainly agree with that point. I just thought it was interesting to point out there was a certain resemblance (again, from a color scheme standpoint) between the current Macbook Pro line and the Powerbook in this video.
Wow this is amazing that the PowerBook G4 was the first to be made of titanium I always thought that the iPhone 15 pro and pro max were the first to be made of titanium 😁
@usedbookstore well, i mean, the color theme is much more akin to today's macbook pro line, with a silver case and chassis paired with a black keyboard. I only say so because the aluminum powerbook G4s and the earlier macbook pros had an all silver color scheme, and the powerbook lombard and earlier models had a relatively black color scheme.
i surprized. i had a 400 mhz tibook with only 512 megs ram and it ran like a dream. i even had leopard on it with the help of some1 on craigslist. and at 400mhz and 512 it was still a fast little thing. maybe you had a bad one or you just had to turn down your graphics or something.
valid points although how often do you use a disk drive ? I myself never use it anymore and if I really need to 20 dollars or euros and you'll have one. The battery life of the MBA lasts long in my experience and in the meantime it is very thin so I guess they are pointing in the right direction with their product philosophy
I just can't make a full switch to Mac (To many applications I use on Windows that I can't substitute on Mac). I would love to get a Macbook Pro and install Windows XP and 7 on it (Keeping Snow leopard, too ofcourse ;P).I wonder if you can even do that (Legally)?
This is one of the things I loved about Steve. This was like a free-for-all!! Just some big party, with people shouting out and Steve playing around!! Such a showman he was.
@miniroll32 it was a time when computer screens had a gross looking 4:3 ratio, when screens were squareish. back in the 70's they even had vertical screens! eventually they turned into squares, and then the familiar rectangles we see today.
My theory is the high cost for the materials for it, it would be so cool if they would done the MacBooks from Titanium though, those would sure challange ToughBooks and Thinkpads. Titanium being durable and nearly industructable.
I think it's never too late to rectify this: digitals wants & needs aren't the same as >10 years ago. And given the pace technological advancement is at these days, this isn't likely to change anytime soon.
@TheAvery86 This video is from 2001 not 2008 they ve had 4-5 hours batterylife since the G3 wallstreet. nowdays we have 10hours i managed to get 12.5 hours from mine...
now macbooks pro 15 and 17 inch have: intel quadcore i7 1 gb graphics card... 1080p hd screens .. hd 720 p isight camera...multi-touch trackpad...7 hours of battery life... i mean i want to se a direct comparison! As Apple does, i also miss you steve! rip steve
lol, alothough u have a point, i was just pointing out that they have a very close color scheme, for other macbook pros/powerbooks have been all aluminum or Black. It's not all good though, the dell inspirons in a similar time had the same black on silver theme, and people even mock the new MBP for looking like a dell just a fellow geek with his 2 cnets :D
The iPhones have better RAM Management and thus can run faster. Comparing specs is not valid when comparing different chipsets in different devices running different software.
Sure, 2001 was a different time. I remember watching this at the web agency where I worked back then. But even in 2001, fonts like these triggered the ol' gag reflex.
@drexwlwlwlwlwlw Because they're both made out of metal. Beyond that, they're really quite different, from the placement of the ports and SuperDrive to how they're actually made, too. This was certainly the landmark product of its day but the unibody aluminum models are better in virtually every way. The biggest problem with the G4 Titanium was that it wasn't anodized and thus had a nasty habit of tarnishing and losing its paint job.
@Shawshank00 Well that's as maybe, but you have to remember that technology is always evolving all the time, the technology evolution isn't going to ever stop any time soon, so yes you're right about modern smartphones being more powerful than this PowerBook G4, but a modern notebook computer, particularly a high-end notebook like a Dell Studio or MacBook Pro is going to be far more powerful than your average smartphone.
The MacBook Pro's today have up to 7-8 hours of battery life, built in, and can last 5 years. They chose aluminum because it was environmentally friendly.
Can you even imagine, a 10 gig drive....lol. I just don't see how in 10 yrs, we will look at a TB hdd like we look at a 10gig one now. I guess the future is 1TB and up SSD.
steve jobs standing in front of a projector screen that simply reads "Sex" is so fucking funny out of context.
Looks like apple saw this video 20 years later and decided to pay tribute
"WE WANT THE SEX TOO"
-Steve Jobs, 2001
I had one of these, my first Mac. I started using it to run ProTools and then I switched to Logic Pro. This notebook was awesome. Mine cost me $3499, really $ especially back then. I knew for sure that a newer model would come out at some time, but a NEW one came out about 2 months after I got mine. The new one was more powerful, and was $1200 less. TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS LESS. I basically lost my friggin' mind.
Wow that’s history right there. I was just born when this was announced haha. I find so much insight in watching Steve Jobs introduce the products Apple released at the time.
@@beachstlYou commented on comment from 9 years in the past 😅
I own a titanium powerbook 550mhz I bought in 2001 and you know what? It is a goddamn champion.
The design was so fluckin spot on and ahead of it's time. I almost cried when I unpacked it 9 years ago.
Does it still work ?
@@krazyyyduniyaIt’s rare to find a still working 2001 PowerBook G4 because Titanium is bad at heat dissipation and causes overheating. The working ones usually have cracks in the Titanium body or flaked paint. Apple is relearning the lesson they forgot with the iPhone 15.
@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive But they seemed to have fixed the overheating issues on 15 Pros with latest iOS 17.0.3. They said software issues were causing the overheating. Whats your take on this ?
Watching this on my MacBook Pro 14" with M1 max. Amazing how far they've come.
Random Audience Member: "I want one!"
Jobs: "You and about a billion other people."
More than a decade later, and I want one 😅
Anyone here after the 14 inch and 16 inch mbp apple silicon Mac unveiling’s? Reminds me of this design.
That’s a thin bezel even for today
Yeah i was inpresed on that part
The most excitement I've ever heard concentrated in one place was when Steve Jobs announced that the Apple logo on the PowerBook G4 Titanium was flipped.
seriously, how did they got that wrong for the earlier models at the first place, I wonder
@@RudhinMenon Steve wanted the logo to face the user when the lid was closed. Just after getting some reports that the users are confused where is the fringe that he agreed to switch it.
@@kosymo thanks for the info :)
I had one of these, and I loved it. Last me a long time, too.
"What about the sex?" hold on what the fuck did he really said that I thought it was a random photoshop
still most beautiful laptop ever.! 2007-2010 i use the 1 ghz model with os 10.5 it was a great laptop.! now i use the middle 2009 macbook air .
Rest in peace Steve Jobs......always living life to the Macs
Back then at Macworld, keynotes like this were just free-for-alls!! The crowd just played along with Steve! Amazing!
Got a used one is super nice condition for free! I'm so excited :D
No idea what i'm going to use it for but hot dang it's beautiful
Steve jobs could sell me this 20 years later because hes one of the best advertisers
R.I.P. Steve Jobs
Born February 24th 1955
Died October 5th 2011
Aged 56
I was wondering what kind of keynote this was for the first twenty seconds...
It isn't Comic Sans; it's a font called Marker Felt. Apple still uses it in the Notes app on iOS and OS X.
Not anymore
It's crazy how modern this machine looks even today.
apple 2023 iphone 15: this is made of titanium. never before used before ever.
steve jobs 2001:
9:34 power + sex LMFAOOOOO
Deja Vu with that commercial.... I can swear I saw it! I recognize that video in the ad too much!!!! I would have been 5 years old.
@GeekTechMac I know I do. Such a pretty shade of blue...it's like a reward every time I see it! The fact that I see it every two hours on a Winblows machine only adds to the beauty.
I’m I the only nerd that watches these vids in 2024 for passive entertainment?
It's expensive as hell. Also, the design was flawed. The hinges snapped like twigs on many, many Ti PBs. But for its time it was a work of art, and oddly it's the closest that Apple ever got to an edge-to-edge display. Now they all have bezels the width of highways.
RIP STEVE JOBS !!!!!!
@MajorTechFan because apple had to paint the titanium and it would scratch and peel off easily so they went with aluminum so they could color it without paint
@drygnfyre I certainly agree with that point. I just thought it was interesting to point out there was a certain resemblance (again, from a color scheme standpoint) between the current Macbook Pro line and the Powerbook in this video.
Wow this is amazing that the PowerBook G4 was the first to be made of titanium I always thought that the iPhone 15 pro and pro max were the first to be made of titanium 😁
@usedbookstore well, i mean, the color theme is much more akin to today's macbook pro line, with a silver case and chassis paired with a black keyboard. I only say so because the aluminum powerbook G4s and the earlier macbook pros had an all silver color scheme, and the powerbook lombard and earlier models had a relatively black color scheme.
my tibook is still running strong, beautiful machine.
@VorkeyYT Not really. Im selling it on ebay right now and it is already up to $257.00. Mac computers hold there resale value very well.
@etlam00 That is because apple uses a unibody design that makes the aluminum thinner and lighter than titanium
It is so sad i did have money back then, never got to enjoy those machines newly releases.
Anyone know what font he is using here
Steve Jobs referred to magnesium as "last year's material." He himself used that material when he was at NeXT to build their workstations.
well it had been a bit longer than "last year" since he was at NeXT :P
He shouted "A want one!" which most people were most likely thinking in the crowd!:P
That's the way to start this video, "But they have the sex." lol
@allandude92 funny, my PC has been running for 5 months without turning off or resetting and i haven't seen any blue screens.
I reckon that the new Macbook Pro's take some design cues from the TiBook, ie black keys and cover colour
i surprized. i had a 400 mhz tibook with only 512 megs ram and it ran like a dream. i even had leopard on it with the help of some1 on craigslist. and at 400mhz and 512 it was still a fast little thing. maybe you had a bad one or you just had to turn down your graphics or something.
@birdman5050 I meant with three operating systems installed on their computers (Speaking specifically of two versions of Windows).
valid points although how often do you use a disk drive ? I myself never use it anymore and if I really need to 20 dollars or euros and you'll have one. The battery life of the MBA lasts long in my experience and in the meantime it is very thin so I guess they are pointing in the right direction with their product philosophy
I’m surprised he didn’t mention the glowing icon on the back... or maybe he did on the cut out section at the end...
Why MacBook pros have bigger screen bezels than this?
Webcam
I think he said, "I want one!".
I just can't make a full switch to Mac (To many applications I use on Windows that I can't substitute on Mac). I would love to get a Macbook Pro and install Windows XP and 7 on it (Keeping Snow leopard, too ofcourse ;P).I wonder if you can even do that (Legally)?
notice how it looks like the macbook pro unibody? just thought id point dat out :D
what was the Final Cut Pro version? 1.0 ?
Yup
I still have mine!
This is one of the things I loved about Steve. This was like a free-for-all!! Just some big party, with people shouting out and Steve playing around!! Such a showman he was.
Did anyone catch what the guy from the audience was shouting at about 3:00 ? "I want one" ?
500MHz processor?!? That's insane!! =)
15.2 inch wide screen! How will i fit it on my desk!!!!
What does he say at 2:58?
It has retina display?
5:26
7:41
9:06
seems strange considering the direction that the mac book air
and retina mac book pro
i am amazed how much this thing is still selling for on ebay still selling around £150 used thats about $300 usd.
@miniroll32 it was a time when computer screens had a gross looking 4:3 ratio, when screens were squareish. back in the 70's they even had vertical screens! eventually they turned into squares, and then the familiar rectangles we see today.
"500mhz G4" WHOO!
Ten years later...
"2.3GHZ Quad core. 9.2ghz!" Meh...
8 years later
Quad core meh
18-core 😎
My theory is the high cost for the materials for it, it would be so cool if they would done the MacBooks from Titanium though, those would sure challange ToughBooks and Thinkpads. Titanium being durable and nearly industructable.
@Shawshank00 Amazing, isn't it?
Apple Apple Apple... how do you amaze me with your products all the time... damn sexy laptops.. :)
I still use mine of corse we’ve changed everything around she’s all working up to date so really it’s just the body left of the original
Holy shit!! This computer has 8mb of memory, MIND BLOWING!!!
It looks like todays HP Elitebook. Apple really is ahead of its time.
$3499? 500MHz? 20GB HDD?
Holy ducks. Which year was this?
2001
@@onyxx300_ 14 year old me would say “thank you” to you
I think it's never too late to rectify this: digitals wants & needs aren't the same as >10 years ago. And given the pace technological advancement is at these days, this isn't likely to change anytime soon.
i think because its more recyclable. in combination with the glass they were going for the environmental thing.
plus its probably cheaper
@TopOnTheAndroid no, Windows 7.
@TheAvery86
This video is from 2001 not 2008 they ve had 4-5 hours batterylife since the G3 wallstreet.
nowdays we have 10hours i managed to get 12.5 hours from mine...
now macbooks pro 15 and 17 inch have: intel quadcore i7 1 gb graphics card... 1080p hd screens .. hd 720 p isight camera...multi-touch trackpad...7 hours of battery life... i mean i want to se a direct comparison!
As Apple does, i also miss you steve!
rip steve
they weren't slow when you used them because the internet and different applications were much less demanding than they are now
lol, alothough u have a point, i was just pointing out that they have a very close color scheme, for other macbook pros/powerbooks have been all aluminum or Black.
It's not all good though, the dell inspirons in a similar time had the same black on silver theme, and people even mock the new MBP for looking like a dell
just a fellow geek with his 2 cnets :D
WTF's "mega widescreen"?
00:00 Did he just appear out of the shadows?
back when Apple compared their products having more features but with less price compared to the competition
The iPhones have better RAM Management and thus can run faster. Comparing specs is not valid when comparing different chipsets in different devices running different software.
1 INCH THICK?! WOOOAOAOOAAHH!!
in 2001 they have super computer made in titanium and no decent camera to film this ??
Sure, 2001 was a different time. I remember watching this at the web agency where I worked back then. But even in 2001, fonts like these triggered the ol' gag reflex.
I still like the titanium g4 design over the new one
What about the 2021 one? 🥳
raadioactivenews: 2009 vs 2001. Back then, this was either on par or cheaper.
Just bought one off ebay for $189.00. =D
@drexwlwlwlwlwlw Because they're both made out of metal. Beyond that, they're really quite different, from the placement of the ports and SuperDrive to how they're actually made, too.
This was certainly the landmark product of its day but the unibody aluminum models are better in virtually every way. The biggest problem with the G4 Titanium was that it wasn't anodized and thus had a nasty habit of tarnishing and losing its paint job.
@Shawshank00 Well that's as maybe, but you have to remember that technology is always evolving all the time, the technology evolution isn't going to ever stop any time soon, so yes you're right about modern smartphones being more powerful than this PowerBook G4, but a modern notebook computer, particularly a high-end notebook like a Dell Studio or MacBook Pro is going to be far more powerful than your average smartphone.
would be cool if the new unibody macbook pro s were made of titanium
2:58 I WANT ONE!
That thing looks like its a century old.
The MacBook Pro's today have up to 7-8 hours of battery life, built in, and can last 5 years.
They chose aluminum because it was environmentally friendly.
no they chose aluminum cuz it was easier to work with than titanium
The disc is dead.
lol they thought that was thin im on a 2009 macbook pro the screen is to thin to compare anything on myself to.
This is what most other laptops today look like. Apple was way ahead of it's time.
35,791 people heard Steve Jobs talk about sex during the keynote
Comic sans looks pretty hip back then
I wonder what a Macbook Pro Retina made out of titanium would cost.... Anyway would be amazing I bet
Can you even imagine, a 10 gig drive....lol. I just don't see how in 10 yrs, we will look at a TB hdd like we look at a 10gig one now. I guess the future is 1TB and up SSD.
Like the SPY PLANES!!!