Yeah turning off that thing and avoiding animations makes TH-cam usable even on a Pentium 4. Just please for the love of God do not attempt to use a Celeron D for web browsing. In fact, don't use a Celeron D for anything, its best use even at launch has always been as a keychain. Core 2 Duo is still outperforming the lowest end Intel CPUs of today. So yeah if you can find an old Mac for cheap, it's really a no-brainer. A 50€ MacBook from 2009-ish is way better than a 100€ brand New laptop (if it has a Celeron N CPU, avoid it).
I bought a working one for $10 and got ready to upgrade the OS. When I went to install the OS, it refused to turn on! I tried holding the power button unplugging and all that, but had no success. It must have just been time for it to go. Makes a nice decoration on my desk, but that’s about it.
Sorry to hear that. I have similar story with MacBook 2007, worked fine a couple of days, and then the charger died (charger costs more then the laptop itself)
FYI, I mainly use my late 2008 iMac as an external DSP/VST host device. For example, I use it to host midi into EZDrummer with an older audio interface with 5-dim MIDI, run the stereo outs into my more current interface and... Bam! No input latency. Ha!
Hi. This is a very interesting video. I have 2 questions: I own an early 2008 imac 24", 4GB RAM, SSD and Radeon 2600 Pro GPU. Installed is Mac OS 10.11 (E. Cap.). Is it possible to watch Netflix, etc. as per today (Feb., 6), and which browser would support it. In case I would update to Sierra or even Mojave as you show here, would Wifi keep working? I have heard otherwise. Is there a link available to download the Mojave upgrade binaries? Thanks in advance.
Well, I you can watch Netflix in browser, right? 😅 As for TH-cam performance you saw in the video. I use Chromium Legacy browser, check out what Mac OS it supports for now. If it doesn’t support 10.11 (which I think it does since as I remember Chromium Legacy supports even 10.7.5), then you can try this guide to update to Mojave, Wi-Fi at least for me works: th-cam.com/video/v9sE_FhSdT8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=j455Z6V5ASm_HlJ0 If the performance is low, then I guess there is no way to help it 😢. I use it as a machine near my 3D printer which just sends commands on it.
well filmed and narrated man, I appreciate the depth you went into discussing how there’s so much life still in older Macs, and actually cool feature as well. Wish you all the success with this channel. 🙏🙏🕺🇺🇦
I have a late 2008 iMac Core Duo with 6gb of ram literally sitting next to me! Ha! I've been wanting to do an SSD upgrade on it, but have been procrastinating! LMAO! I'm actually typing this comment on a late 2013 21.5" iMac that I found local as a "parts only" for $50! All it needed was a replacement of it's S.M.A.R.T. failed stock 256gb Nvme SSD! While doing the whole required teardown to replace it I went ahead and maxed the ram to 16gb and then added an additional 1tb SATA SSD! Currently running OS Catalina. Final specs: i7-4770 1gb GTX 750M 16gb ram 256gb blade Nvme SSD 1tb SATA SSD Not too shabby IMO right? I mainly do audio production work, so after just a bit of refurbishing labor, and an additional $40 investment for parts & tools? I'd be willing to argue that I legit salvaged myself a fairly competent little intel Mac audio workhorse for just a mere $90 total! Whoop! Whoop! haha! Great channel/content BTW! Cheers!
what u mean "what you have expected from the machine from 2008"? im using a freak 2008 gaming computer with quadruple core 2 extreme processor and is fast asf on youtube with 4gb of ram and windows vista running supermium
There's actually a lot of ways you can optimize this setup. An SSD and a RAM upgrade let you easily run the latest macOS so it'll do most tasks on its own. I've used mine a lot for 1080p video editing, it does it just fine.
You probably mistake it with newer model. It's speed limit is sata 2, which is twice more then it's HDD ofc, but still I don't think it's enough for latest mac os. It's MAX Ram support is 6 (4+2 DDR2! modules) and it has FirePro Gpu with 256mb of VRAM, which is only enough for 720p stable video on TH-cam.
@@OleksiisTech I guess our definitions of "usable" differ. Having suffered for years with a super low end Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM Dell, I have a lot of patience for low end PCs. But yeah realistically they are quite dated considering that a very basic Ryzen 3 PC does 4k editing no problem and handles any task without a stutter.
Thank you for your comment, don't know about power consumption, I haven't wattmeter, but I wouldn't expect a machine from 2008 to be really power efficient. My guess is that it's arround 150w.
This video is the original one. Please, share a link of the video of another dude. I also have Ukrainian language channel, but there is no video about iMac 2008.
@@astucesios the purpose of this channel is to show old/outdated or just weak but modern and cheap tech nowadays. If you are not ok with this, please leave this channel.
@@OleksiisTech You understand how Social Media works? You will get comments you don't agree with. You responded to a comment that was not rude or trolling and told them to leave the channel. If you have such thin skin, stop now and find another hobby.
@@enterprisecreations1492 It's not a first comment that guy left. On video about iPad 4 bro wrote that "Jailbreak is bad". Well, it's his opinion, but how can you write something like that about the device which without jailbreak can't open TH-cam app? Under this video, video where I review 15$ piece of tech, bro writes "I could buy a new mac mini". How is this even related to a video or my opinion? Is this bragging or just a statement of fact?) I consider this guy as a troll and yes, I shouldn't have ask him to leave, it was rude from my side. Most fun thing is that a guy trying to teach me ethics wites that "I should stop now find another hooby". Please, look at the mirror.
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Hey I thought id let you know, The reason why youTube is so slow on old devices lately is because of Ambient mode, turn it off and it runs like new
Didn’t know about its existence, thank you for information
oh wow! I had no idea! Thank you!
How to turn off ambient mode?
@@andylee7862 Under the cog where video is where three options for speed quality theres an ambient mode section. turn it off and it runs way smoother
Yeah turning off that thing and avoiding animations makes TH-cam usable even on a Pentium 4.
Just please for the love of God do not attempt to use a Celeron D for web browsing. In fact, don't use a Celeron D for anything, its best use even at launch has always been as a keychain.
Core 2 Duo is still outperforming the lowest end Intel CPUs of today. So yeah if you can find an old Mac for cheap, it's really a no-brainer. A 50€ MacBook from 2009-ish is way better than a 100€ brand New laptop (if it has a Celeron N CPU, avoid it).
I bought a working one for $10 and got ready to upgrade the OS. When I went to install the OS, it refused to turn on! I tried holding the power button unplugging and all that, but had no success. It must have just been time for it to go. Makes a nice decoration on my desk, but that’s about it.
Sorry to hear that. I have similar story with MacBook 2007, worked fine a couple of days, and then the charger died (charger costs more then the laptop itself)
FYI,
I mainly use my late 2008 iMac as an external DSP/VST host device. For example, I use it to host midi into EZDrummer with an older audio interface with 5-dim MIDI, run the stereo outs into my more current interface and...
Bam!
No input latency.
Ha!
Interesting method
Hi. This is a very interesting video. I have 2 questions: I own an early 2008 imac 24", 4GB RAM, SSD and Radeon 2600 Pro GPU. Installed is Mac OS 10.11 (E. Cap.). Is it possible to watch Netflix, etc. as per today (Feb., 6), and which browser would support it. In case I would update to Sierra or even Mojave as you show here, would Wifi keep working? I have heard otherwise. Is there a link available to download the Mojave upgrade binaries? Thanks in advance.
Well, I you can watch Netflix in browser, right? 😅 As for TH-cam performance you saw in the video. I use Chromium Legacy browser, check out what Mac OS it supports for now. If it doesn’t support 10.11 (which I think it does since as I remember Chromium Legacy supports even 10.7.5), then you can try this guide to update to Mojave, Wi-Fi at least for me works: th-cam.com/video/v9sE_FhSdT8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=j455Z6V5ASm_HlJ0
If the performance is low, then I guess there is no way to help it 😢. I use it as a machine near my 3D printer which just sends commands on it.
well filmed and narrated man, I appreciate the depth you went into discussing how there’s so much life still in older Macs, and actually cool feature as well. Wish you all the success with this channel. 🙏🙏🕺🇺🇦
I appreciate comments like yours! Always pleasant to read something like this, thank you!
Finally found a worthy video😂
Thank you so much for posting this. How to use this 2008 imac as an secondary display? I want to use it for my m1.
neofetch and cpufetch are neat programs for computer stats.
I have a late 2008 iMac Core Duo with 6gb of ram literally sitting next to me! Ha!
I've been wanting to do an SSD upgrade on it, but have been procrastinating! LMAO!
I'm actually typing this comment on a late 2013 21.5" iMac that I found local as a "parts only" for $50!
All it needed was a replacement of it's S.M.A.R.T. failed stock 256gb Nvme SSD!
While doing the whole required teardown to replace it I went ahead and maxed the ram to 16gb and then added an additional 1tb SATA SSD!
Currently running OS Catalina.
Final specs:
i7-4770
1gb GTX 750M
16gb ram
256gb blade Nvme SSD
1tb SATA SSD
Not too shabby IMO right?
I mainly do audio production work, so after just a bit of refurbishing labor, and an additional $40 investment for parts & tools?
I'd be willing to argue that I legit salvaged myself a fairly competent little intel Mac audio workhorse for just a mere $90 total!
Whoop! Whoop!
haha!
Great channel/content BTW!
Cheers!
Thanks you
womp womp
what u mean "what you have expected from the machine from 2008"? im using a freak 2008 gaming computer with quadruple core 2 extreme processor and is fast asf on youtube with 4gb of ram and windows vista running supermium
There's actually a lot of ways you can optimize this setup. An SSD and a RAM upgrade let you easily run the latest macOS so it'll do most tasks on its own. I've used mine a lot for 1080p video editing, it does it just fine.
You probably mistake it with newer model. It's speed limit is sata 2, which is twice more then it's HDD ofc, but still I don't think it's enough for latest mac os. It's MAX Ram support is 6 (4+2 DDR2! modules) and it has FirePro Gpu with 256mb of VRAM, which is only enough for 720p stable video on TH-cam.
@@OleksiisTech I guess our definitions of "usable" differ. Having suffered for years with a super low end Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM Dell, I have a lot of patience for low end PCs.
But yeah realistically they are quite dated considering that a very basic Ryzen 3 PC does 4k editing no problem and handles any task without a stutter.
a USB hdmi capture card would be a better option than using discord and virtual monitor
Wouldn't it cost more than the entire Mac?) I think I will try this later but not soon anyway
@@OleksiisTech tiktok has some cheap ones but don't use it for gaming latency might be crazy
Big Sur with OCLP.
How did you add it as display for Window machine? How did you connect the two machines?
As I explained in video, I created virtual dislay (guides can be found on TH-cam) and streamed it using discord on mac.
Great video thanks
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i got one of these that already had an SSD mod installed and the original keyboard and mighty mouse for free.
I installed 120gb ssd in it a coupe of weeks ago, but haven’t set on OS there (still). I just wanted to get that 1TB HDD to work in my home PC :D
@@OleksiisTech nice i got mine running but it freezes very often and i’m forced to reboot it
@@CascadiaFA check the health of your hard drive. Sounds like disk failure
Play under W10 Bootacamp and you can have 60 fps MAXED OUT on Left 4 Dead / Half Life 2
I completed HL2
Interesting. I still have it, I doubt I will try this with this current thing but I will try this for sure if I will get another aged Mac.
Not bad for a ewaste. How's the power consumption in wattage
Thank you for your comment, don't know about power consumption, I haven't wattmeter, but I wouldn't expect a machine from 2008 to be really power efficient. My guess is that it's arround 150w.
@@OleksiisTech 150 is too high idk maybe below 70w my guess
@@deleted61-y9yfor just the CPU
cs 1.6 run it??
Windows 11 background on the latest Mac OS on and old iMac from 2008 is so fucking cursed
Dang its really good
thanks!
Where do I look for abeauant mode
i thought this was a linus tech tips video it was so good. keep it up and you'll go far
LMAO😂
I need to work 5 times harder for my video to be close in tearms of quality to Linus' ones.
Why not patch to a newer OS
Is it a revolution johnny?
It certainly is!
it's amazing, bro 👌😎💖
Thank you, pupsik ❤️😘
Это они в Литве всего за 15 евро продаются? О_О
Is this a stolen video or the dude has a channel on other language?
This video is the original one. Please, share a link of the video of another dude. I also have Ukrainian language channel, but there is no video about iMac 2008.
oh ok, i said this because i saw the 100k button plate, mb @@OleksiisTech
@@LiuLoki it's from my other dead channel. I actually hoped more people would notice it and will raise activity in comment section :D
4gb will not be good though
i cant understand anything :((
Same
I could by a new Mac mini instead
Go and find one for 15$
No I could buy new@@OleksiisTech
@@astucesios the purpose of this channel is to show old/outdated or just weak but modern and cheap tech nowadays. If you are not ok with this, please leave this channel.
@@OleksiisTech You understand how Social Media works? You will get comments you don't agree with. You responded to a comment that was not rude or trolling and told them to leave the channel. If you have such thin skin, stop now and find another hobby.
@@enterprisecreations1492 It's not a first comment that guy left. On video about iPad 4 bro wrote that "Jailbreak is bad". Well, it's his opinion, but how can you write something like that about the device which without jailbreak can't open TH-cam app? Under this video, video where I review 15$ piece of tech, bro writes "I could buy a new mac mini". How is this even related to a video or my opinion? Is this bragging or just a statement of fact?) I consider this guy as a troll and yes, I shouldn't have ask him to leave, it was rude from my side. Most fun thing is that a guy trying to teach me ethics wites that "I should stop now find another hooby". Please, look at the mirror.
nice fake play button you got there
fake for sure bro 😃