4:57 Wohooo! I paused the video to read what other people had to say about this, and only when I had it frozen did I notice you picked a comment of mine. That felt so nice (and unexpected). Really cool indeed.
10:10 According to MacTracker, it looks like the 1.42GHz eMac (which was the last model, coming out in 2005) did come with the option of either an 80 or 160 GB drive. Love the video, eMacs have always interested me quite a bit. :)
I remember having on in my school. Sea of IBM thinkcenters and that one eMac. It was the best computer cause it had games. I remember playing halo and marble pro deluxe on it . Happy memory’s
I used these in high school, i remember that some of the eMacs had a third party mouse that had a scroll wheel and others had the basic apple mouse and people would get to the class early switching the mice from other ones.
Great video man, I love all of your stuff! A couple things for those interested - I believe only the earliest eMacs with the removable larger-holed speaker grilles have the "good" speakers. I've heard that the later models like the one you reviewed don't compare at all with the sound quality of those ones. Also: regarding the "magnetic" damage to the screen - I've had a few of these computers shipped to me and I've experienced that exact same damage. It's happened only to those that weren't packed very well, which leads me to believe that it's drop damage to the CRT's shadow mask itself, not magnetic damage. I would think magnetic damage would be fixed by a few power/sleep cycles due to the degauss coils built into these machines. This did not fix mine, and it looks like it hasn't fixed yours either. The ones that were packed *extremely* well have suffered no damage to the screen. Also, giving the top a good slap to shake the shadow mask would change the colors, similar to how the speakers are making your shadow mask vibrate around 14:30
Give a degaussing wand a try. Easy and cheap to get, don't overdo it, hold it in front of the monitor and wave it slowly in a 360 degree pattern. It should at least help clear up the colour problem. The eMac has a built in degauss but might not be strong enough to clear it.
Hey, really enjoyed this! A few years ago I restored one of the original ones with the 700 MHz G4. That wire for the power button is shorter on the older ones if you believe it. I have seen the speakers effect the CRT in mine the same way, could be a small design flaw. They made an official stand for these too that I was able to install on mine. :)
When I worked at Best Buy I got my wife an Emac on clearance.... It was, without a doubt, the perfect computer for her. The CRT was amazing. Remember at this time LCD screens looked like ass and this had a DVD player and looked incredible when playing your movies in 4:3
the good thing about crt monitors and all in one computers with a built in crt ( heck anything with a crt) Is that if a small creature makes it inside it dies. Of course you must clean the device but at-least they don't run out and do all sort of weird stuff.gotta love the HV part of a CRT.
I used to work at UCONN in the summers during the mid-00s. Their library, Babbages, had a dozen of these lined up at the back entrance. They were only used for web surfing next to the cafe.
Our video editing lab in high school had mostly G3s, and a couple eMacs. Everyone hogged the eMacs with their beefier specs and much better flat CRT display. The teacher had a G4 iLamp with Final Cut Pro that only the teacher's pets got to use.
I think the speakers were really good compared to other machines commonly found in education prior and concurrent with the emac. I had them in middle and high school and they were good for the time.
The analog power board on these frequently has failing capacitors, mainly from age and poor airflow. Your eMac is powering on, which is a good sign, but you may want to check the caps and pre-emptively replace them. The board should be visible near the neck of the CRT with the white main casing removed. Best wishes.
The caps on the motherboard may also need replaced too. Mine has two visibly blown caps I noticed while cleaning it. Also a 1.42Ghz. Not sure about the older model eMacs, but the 1.42Ghz was the last model they made and it was definitely impacted by the capacitor plague of the early 2000s. I wasn't ware the analog board also had issues. Well mine appears fine. Despite the 2 blown caps on the motherboard it still boots and runs fine. Some minor convergence fringing on the very edges of the screen (but it's miles better then what I'm seeing in this video. :P ) but otherwise still has good picture. I do plan on replacing the caps on the mobo at some point. Fortunately they are through hole mounted caps, so they won't be a pain in to replace. :P Mine was the DDR ram model too. These can be upgraded to 2GB of ram. (Though Apple only officially supported a max of 1GB). The optical drive seems to have died though. I had to swap it out. It doesn't read DVDs anymore and I don't think it was reading CDs anymore. Laser diode tired or maybe bad caps on the logic board? Like the iMac G3 I have, everything in this thing is IDE so I had a few other spares I can toss in so it wasn't really a problem. :P
@@ComputerClan I was also very underwhelmed about the eMac speakers when I heard them on the 1.25Ghz version I once had and think the iMac G3 are much better.
Well, that's OK for a machine beyond repair (fried mobo, busted CRT or the like). I'd NEVER EVER do that with a working machine, or would want to watch anybody doing it. I love those, and the very thought of it hurts.
Ahh I can’t believe that Hugh Jefferys is in this video because I didn’t even take a look at the thumbnail and I just feel like HOW DO TWO TECH FELOWS COLAB IN AN AMAZING VIDEO !!
I remember back 20 years ago my Elementary school had a ton of these. At that time it was the first time using an Apple Mac computer. Since at home we has a few Windows computers. Also those eMacs at my school was running Mac OS 9.something.
They basically recycled the original IMac design with the eMac just with a updated plastic shell. The CRT was used to save cost and the tray drive because slot load drives are not ideal for use.
The eMac was the first iMac I ever saw in person, and I was wondering where the computer is, because all of my smart learning taught me that the thing with the screen is just a monitor and the actual computer was the box thing. I had seen all-in-one Macs before like the Classic II and the LC 520, but there it's obvious what part of the case is the monitor and what part is the computer.
I have an eMac 1.42 model, from I think 2006, that I maxed out at 2 GB of RAM (Yes it can take 2), and I wanted to try an SSD setup for shits and giggles, but I assume capacitor failure recently killed it, as it died one day about 2 months ago. I hope to fix it some day, but am unsure what parts I need. I don't want to take it to several pieces and lose them waiting on new caps. Also, yes, decent speakers. Collab with ElectroBOOM is needed as well.
We had a couple of these at school in the textiles room, but we never got to use them. I just used to sit there not concentrating on what the teacher was saying and just staring at the eMacs and wishing I could go on them 😆
I have a boxed eMac (1.25GHz, 2GB RAM, 80GB hard drive) with Tiger in my basement. I love it but given its size and weight it's hard to set up and use if you just want to mess around in OS X for a bit.
I love the and feel of these emacs i have 2g ram and upgraded to a 1tb ssd its fast for 1.4ghz also bought the Swivel stand for mine and added the apple wifi card because it didnt like any of my usb wifi adapters. Great computer overall.
I think technically if you ship something overnight by air from Australia to the US at like 01:00 local time, if the flight is ~20 hours and the delivery happens straight from the plane it could actually arrive on the previous day.
8:48 meanwhile I literally cannot look at any kind of CRT without getting horrible headaches instantly lol There was a room in my old school filled with CRT monitors and I couldn't enter the room without perishing haha I have extremely sensitive eyes when it comes to things like that
A friend of mine helped an old lady with her TV. She said, "Do you want this? I don't know what it is." I got the phone call. "Sure! Let's check it out!" Dude, it's 40 POUNDS!!
@@CodyKloepfer I'll try it... I like my music. And if I can't get Spotify to work (not even the web player) I'll just put a bunch of music on that eMac.
Enjoy the new episode, and special thanks to Hugh Jeffreys for guest starring! Check out his channel for more tech goodies ; ) bit.ly/clan2Ocqo8W
The Hugh Jeffreys call was hilarious!
I’m so glad you liked it. ^^
@@ComputerClan Welp, I'm late so maybe I could still get a reply lol
Ayyy nice video ken and hugh jeffreys is there too
Hey ken look this guide to fix magnetic damage: www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-repair-screen-from-magnetic-damage
2:39 Ken: I don't see how that's going to wo- eMac: *Helloooooo Kennnnnnn*
This was way too funny
Itsssss baaarrrbbiiiieeee
EEEEEEEEEEE mac
"Yesterday Shipping". I have to start using that at work; we sometimes get orders that were supposed to ship months before they were even printed.
Yo.
Hey! We really do seem to have similar video interests.
@@HeadsetGuy Late 90s/Early 2000s Macs are NOSTALGIC to me. I remember always wanting an iMac G3 as a kid.
iteachvader I can relate. I had wanted an iMac for three whole years (recently got one 😍. It’s from 2011 😬)
@@robertburgin8110 But the odd thing is, I NEVER owned a Mac! I'm a PC guy through and through, and yet I wanted the G3 because of its sheer charm.
Hugh Jeffreys is one of these people that i don’t expect to collaborate with you. Very nice!
I want amazon to do yesterday shipping.
Same, but I'd also settle for the shipping from Futurama where it's sent via secure air tubes to you house in 5 - 10 mins. lol!
Well, shit no time travel
Same XDD
@@CommodoreFan64 oh yeah
Timezones let you do this
Hug gettin' into the N E G A T I V E L A T E N C Y life.
frickin -1000 ping lol
When people say eMacs, I only hear emacs.
At least it plays Snake out of the box.
When people say iMacs, I only hear iMax.
Bruh I can’t use emacs On Catalina
Matthew McCreary bruh I know that it uses 10.5 max
Well shit.
4:57 Wohooo! I paused the video to read what other people had to say about this, and only when I had it frozen did I notice you picked a comment of mine. That felt so nice (and unexpected). Really cool indeed.
Cool dude
10:10 According to MacTracker, it looks like the 1.42GHz eMac (which was the last model, coming out in 2005) did come with the option of either an 80 or 160 GB drive.
Love the video, eMacs have always interested me quite a bit. :)
Ah. That makes sense.
@@ComputerClan Yeah, I wasn't sure either, so I looked it up (on a Power Mac G4, no less xD). It does make sense though. ^.^
You and your channel is what got me into vintage Mac computers
I'm flattered. Thank you : )
I remember when my school was full of these things. Good times. All the students use to colour them in with whiteboard pens haha.
We did the same at my elementary school 😂 so many awful things on there
@@paincreatesfameyeah. I feel sorry for what they had to go through😂
I remember having on in my school. Sea of IBM thinkcenters and that one eMac. It was the best computer cause it had games. I remember playing halo and marble pro deluxe on it . Happy memory’s
I used these in high school, i remember that some of the eMacs had a third party mouse that had a scroll wheel and others had the basic apple mouse and people would get to the class early switching the mice from other ones.
When I saw “pens” I thought “penises”. LOL
5:50 I'm probably the only one here that would enjoy a good old ElectroBOOM reference
No, you're not
I enjoyed that too
just missing a FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER here n there :D ,
Same here
Great minds think alike
You are not alone
Great video man, I love all of your stuff!
A couple things for those interested -
I believe only the earliest eMacs with the removable larger-holed speaker grilles have the "good" speakers. I've heard that the later models like the one you reviewed don't compare at all with the sound quality of those ones.
Also: regarding the "magnetic" damage to the screen - I've had a few of these computers shipped to me and I've experienced that exact same damage. It's happened only to those that weren't packed very well, which leads me to believe that it's drop damage to the CRT's shadow mask itself, not magnetic damage. I would think magnetic damage would be fixed by a few power/sleep cycles due to the degauss coils built into these machines. This did not fix mine, and it looks like it hasn't fixed yours either.
The ones that were packed *extremely* well have suffered no damage to the screen.
Also, giving the top a good slap to shake the shadow mask would change the colors, similar to how the speakers are making your shadow mask vibrate around 14:30
"This is your lungs on smoke" - Ken, 2019
sso thryeae *so true*
2020
Yesterday shipping? Seems legit.
There is a live spider inside my eMac, I found it when I moved it from my basement to upstairs. It just came out of the casing.
Apple includes a free webcrawler with every eMac.
Oooooo now I wanna put an emac in my parents room my dad would be scared to death.
Give a degaussing wand a try. Easy and cheap to get, don't overdo it, hold it in front of the monitor and wave it slowly in a 360 degree pattern. It should at least help clear up the colour problem. The eMac has a built in degauss but might not be strong enough to clear it.
"I was REALLY high...up when I took that photo." Suuuure you were Ken. ;-)
Hey, really enjoyed this! A few years ago I restored one of the original ones with the 700 MHz G4. That wire for the power button is shorter on the older ones if you believe it. I have seen the speakers effect the CRT in mine the same way, could be a small design flaw. They made an official stand for these too that I was able to install on mine. :)
I got one of these for $20 at a garage sale a while back! A really awesome machine!
Sweet crossover
Thanks!
i remember we had a few emacs at my elementary school in 2009...they fascinated me more than the flatscreen imacs that dominated the computer lab.
In my school they used old ass windows do era pc’s. even in 2016 they used windows xp
In my school they used old windows do era pc’s. even in 2016 they used windows xp
When I worked at Best Buy I got my wife an Emac on clearance....
It was, without a doubt, the perfect computer for her. The CRT was amazing.
Remember at this time LCD screens looked like ass and this had a DVD player and looked incredible when playing your movies in 4:3
Space balls moment, Go to Ludicrous speed. When eMac appears.
the good thing about crt monitors and all in one computers with a built in crt ( heck anything with a crt) Is that if a small creature makes it inside it dies. Of course you must clean the device but at-least they don't run out and do all sort of weird stuff.gotta love the HV part of a CRT.
Capo. Bravo! very professional, kind, clear, experienced, you can't ask for more
Oh memories! I remember when I first used this in preschool around 2005 along with the iMac G3!
Oh, you young people! PRE-School in 2005?? I first saw an IBM XT in 1985!
Two of my favourite tech youtubers in one video? SIGN ME UP!!
Who else can’t unsee the smiley face on the inside of the shell (6:48)?
Used the shell as a lampshade
I used to work at UCONN in the summers during the mid-00s. Their library, Babbages, had a dozen of these lined up at the back entrance. They were only used for web surfing next to the cafe.
Two of the best youtubers around
Nice I also have 2 ex-Dixie State College (now Dixie State University) eMacs with one restored and currently restoring the other.
Our video editing lab in high school had mostly G3s, and a couple eMacs. Everyone hogged the eMacs with their beefier specs and much better flat CRT display.
The teacher had a G4 iLamp with Final Cut Pro that only the teacher's pets got to use.
Man, you have a really unique sense of humour and I like it. Keep it up!
Hey you got a eMac, what’s next to come!
(Also, Veo is a shop where I live)
i still use my eMac as a Retro Game Emulation Machine. Old Console and Arcade games look fantastic on that CRT
Oooo. Good idea. I should throw my MAME on there.
I think the speakers were really good compared to other machines commonly found in education prior and concurrent with the emac. I had them in middle and high school and they were good for the time.
The analog power board on these frequently has failing capacitors, mainly from age and poor airflow. Your eMac is powering on, which is a good sign, but you may want to check the caps and pre-emptively replace them. The board should be visible near the neck of the CRT with the white main casing removed. Best wishes.
The caps on the motherboard may also need replaced too. Mine has two visibly blown caps I noticed while cleaning it. Also a 1.42Ghz. Not sure about the older model eMacs, but the 1.42Ghz was the last model they made and it was definitely impacted by the capacitor plague of the early 2000s. I wasn't ware the analog board also had issues.
Well mine appears fine. Despite the 2 blown caps on the motherboard it still boots and runs fine. Some minor convergence fringing on the very edges of the screen (but it's miles better then what I'm seeing in this video. :P ) but otherwise still has good picture.
I do plan on replacing the caps on the mobo at some point. Fortunately they are through hole mounted caps, so they won't be a pain in to replace. :P
Mine was the DDR ram model too. These can be upgraded to 2GB of ram. (Though Apple only officially supported a max of 1GB).
The optical drive seems to have died though. I had to swap it out. It doesn't read DVDs anymore and I don't think it was reading CDs anymore. Laser diode tired or maybe bad caps on the logic board? Like the iMac G3 I have, everything in this thing is IDE so I had a few other spares I can toss in so it wasn't really a problem. :P
I love the yesterday shipping part
I love yesterday shipping! :)
The original emac had different speakers than the newer ones and they were soooo much better!!!
Oh yeah! Good point.
@@ComputerClan I was also very underwhelmed about the eMac speakers when I heard them on the 1.25Ghz version I once had and think the iMac G3 are much better.
the first bit was hilarious! great video by the way.
My elementary school used to have a bunch of these (or something very very similar, I can't quite remember). I still remember using them.
This could be a terrific project for eMac. Replace screen with LCD put intel nuc into one dvd burner is perfect. Hackintosh.
Well, that's OK for a machine beyond repair (fried mobo, busted CRT or the like). I'd NEVER EVER do that with a working machine, or would want to watch anybody doing it. I love those, and the very thought of it hurts.
5:50 *shocking* reference
Ahh I can’t believe that Hugh Jefferys is in this video because I didn’t even take a look at the thumbnail and I just feel like HOW DO TWO TECH FELOWS COLAB IN AN AMAZING VIDEO !!
My family had this for awhile. It was great.
I remember back 20 years ago my Elementary school had a ton of these. At that time it was the first time using an Apple Mac computer. Since at home we has a few Windows computers. Also those eMacs at my school was running Mac OS 9.something.
I was not ready for that spider
I wasn’t either (Hugh’s spider). x_x
When you said Hey Vio, my Mac's Siri turned on XD
I was always convinced that the eMac had an LCD screen and not a CRT until this video
If you ever used one, I'm almost positive you'd figure that out quickly.
They basically recycled the original IMac design with the eMac just with a updated plastic shell. The CRT was used to save cost and the tray drive because slot load drives are not ideal for use.
I remember my elementary had eMacs and for some reason there was a copy of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 installed on every computer lol
Now this. This is golden.
hey guys welcome back to another hugh jeffreys video!
The eMac was the first iMac I ever saw in person, and I was wondering where the computer is, because all of my smart learning taught me that the thing with the screen is just a monitor and the actual computer was the box thing. I had seen all-in-one Macs before like the Classic II and the LC 520, but there it's obvious what part of the case is the monitor and what part is the computer.
I have an eMac 1.42 model, from I think 2006, that I maxed out at 2 GB of RAM (Yes it can take 2), and I wanted to try an SSD setup for shits and giggles, but I assume capacitor failure recently killed it, as it died one day about 2 months ago. I hope to fix it some day, but am unsure what parts I need. I don't want to take it to several pieces and lose them waiting on new caps. Also, yes, decent speakers. Collab with ElectroBOOM is needed as well.
We had a couple of these at school in the textiles room, but we never got to use them. I just used to sit there not concentrating on what the teacher was saying and just staring at the eMacs and wishing I could go on them 😆
@Justin Chanyong Rhee lmao I'm in the UK😆
I have a boxed eMac (1.25GHz, 2GB RAM, 80GB hard drive) with Tiger in my basement. I love it but given its size and weight it's hard to set up and use if you just want to mess around in OS X for a bit.
10:20-11:17 I wish that ad was real with Veo saying "And now, a word from our sponsor" and everything.
Man this makes me nostalgic from my elementary days.
5:50 he sead something about electroboom
Gotta love Hugh's accent lol... I live in Sydney but no where I have an accent like that... :-)...
I personally prefer either the iMac G5's or the eMac's speakers.
It’s like the iMac G4 and the G3 had a baby, don’t take that the wrong way lmao
I actually have the original software install discs for that model, except for disc 13. My school let me take them.
I actually unboxed a new one when they first came out...they were so odd even back then....for the education market
Lol. How is it possible to loose one of those huge beasts? 😂
Ft. Hugh Jefferys?? The crossover we don't deserve
I love the and feel of these emacs i have 2g ram and upgraded to a 1tb ssd its fast for 1.4ghz also bought the Swivel stand for mine and added the apple wifi card because it didnt like any of my usb wifi adapters. Great computer overall.
I wish AliExpress and Banggood did yesterday shipping too.
Wonder how yesterday shipping works nowadays.
The boot up tone is my iMessage notifications alert, that’lol wake ya up😱
Have one myself somewhere, a 1.25 GHz G4 and 2 GB ram
I had one of those. I love that little computer. Actually I think it is the last vintage Mac I owned.
I think technically if you ship something overnight by air from Australia to the US at like 01:00 local time, if the flight is ~20 hours and the delivery happens straight from the plane it could actually arrive on the previous day.
8:48 meanwhile I literally cannot look at any kind of CRT without getting horrible headaches instantly lol
There was a room in my old school filled with CRT monitors and I couldn't enter the room without perishing haha
I have extremely sensitive eyes when it comes to things like that
5:49 Finally a electroboom reference
I really enjoy your channel. You are super entertaining. I really hope this reaches you!
My school had these things in the computer lab, I basically learned to type on these things.
Hey where can I buy that Vio assistant?
Yesterday.
[object Object] yep
I wished mailing services overall did yesterday shipping
I would have prefered “Same day air”. Seing the mac drop through the seeling and him counting floors
Veo: Now, a word from our sponsor.
Been a while since I checked your channel out. Still got it!
6:36 on the capacitor K for Ken
My eMac: Dies.
A friend of mine helped an old lady with her TV. She said, "Do you want this? I don't know what it is." I got the phone call. "Sure! Let's check it out!" Dude, it's 40 POUNDS!!
*need to get that eMac I'm looking at just to see this video with those speakers man*
To this day, the speakers on these eMac’s are incredible. If only Spotify still worked on PowerPC!
@@CodyKloepfer I'll try it... I like my music. And if I can't get Spotify to work (not even the web player) I'll just put a bunch of music on that eMac.
Had me dead at yesterday shipping 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
pea-RAM, pea-RAM!
Dude your music sounds like it belongs in a classic mega-man game!
5:50 ElecrtoBoom? I dint expect you have Contact with him
There was 2 different speaker grills on these too
My kindergarten had those! I still remember that
when he says oh ya um when he cleans the case .
I say what, are you eating a delicious dinner.
Man said ElectroBOOM 😆🤣🤣
4 views 4 likes... Perfectly balanced, as all things should be
So, should we expect a PowerBook 150 restoration soon?
The inside of that emac looks like the personification of an engineer’s brain.
what a beautiful system