Okay everybody just simmer down. I do know the difference between MacOS and IOS. I just misspoke. My videos are unscripted and that's why sometimes things come out a back weirdly. 😂
LPT for dealing with stripped screws like this one had for the RAM access: Get a rubber band and lay it over the screw, then jam in your screwdriver. You'll be surprised how well it works. The rubber will compress where it needs to, fill the gaps your screwdriver can't, and because it's rubber, it'll pretty much stick in place.
iMacs have a great feature that stops you from gaming on it for prolonged periods. You can see a reflection of yourself in the screen that makes you rethink the life choices you made that led you to this point and you stop
My dad still uses one of these I fixed for him around 2011. It lost a couple hard drives before I realized the hard drive fan assembly was bad and replaced it. He still uses it to this day running Ubuntu.
For sure. Vintage Apple products, like the 68K macs and PowerPC macs are great to collect and restore. Even the relatively newer stuff is pretty durable and beautiful
I had one of these all the way through school, I remember playing Minecraft hunger games on it, it played surprisingly well. I’m going to buy one at the end of the month just for the nostalgia 😂
I currently play MC Java Edition on it and it isn’t half bad! Granted, I did buy a Logitech G300s mouse and add an extra 8gb stick of ddr3 ram, but it holds above 50 fps on Hypixel Edit: I’ve now installed Lunar Client and get an avg of 120 fps! Should be getting a gaming PC by the end of the summer but I’ll miss my little iMac, it’s served me well
02:00 one more reason why a cheap 3d printer belongs into every tech enthusiasts home! Print a slightly oversized PH bit in ABS, then heat it up and press it against the stripped screw Voila, now you have the perfect bit for that stripped screw This way I unscrewed pretty much every (not fully) stripped screw Ofc there are other options too, but 3d printers are just super versatile
I think the rubber banding feeling you mentioned is the awful mouse acceleration that OS X has. Some years ago I actually tested Windows vs Linux vs OS X on the same hardware to check the performance under the same OpenGL games and benchmarks, OS X was the worst by some margin.
@@imsosuperduper oh if youre planning to play roblox you are for sure gonna get a good pc for that. You can build a pc for roblox for about 200 dollars, but if you wanna do some more gaming in the future youll be abe to get a capable pc for about 500 dollars. I would always recommend building your own pc. You usually save 200 or more dollars (prebuilts are waaaay to expensive in my country) but the downside is that youll have to watch some videos and read up on what pc you want to build and how to build it. When it comes to building, its basically like lego, you only need a screwdriver for a few processes. I would suggest watching some videos on budget gaming computers.
Stabbing the screwdriver into the screw with some excessive force might also work. It's not like this would be a terrible loss if something goes wrong.
Hey, the speck of dust is easy to remove. The glas can be pulled off with one or better two suction cups.This can also help with the dullness of the screen.
What you do with a PC like this is make it a kitchen PC for really basic web browsing, streaming, email, etc. Throw it on a counter and don't get upset if it dies.
To open a stripped screw you take flat head screwdriver and hammer it in to the screw. Works perfectly on screws stuck on walls but pc/mac work it might have one or two downsides.
That method could work, however, you don't want to damage your entire machine by inverting the thing and then hammering away at it. All of your components, ESPECIALLY your screen would be in danger. Better solution would be a stripped screw removal kit from the local hardware store used in a low powered drill. Take your time with it and it will open up. Unfortunately, once you're in there, you're going to have to try to find Mac specific RAM from 2009, and then try to find a screw that fits the compartment to close it back up.
I use a 12 year old iMac on the daily ngl. Got it handed down, have upgraded CPU, GPU, hard drive to SSD, 4GB stock RAM to 16 GB RAM. etc. Works like a charm except for the fact that I had to take a saw to the case to make room for a better fan and is missing the temperature sensor so the fan just runs 24/7, also running it "Hackintosh" as they say. Lack of support from softwares really drives me crazy but I game on it quite often. Usually running games through Wine Bottler or Bootcamp though. It's a lot of work for gaming tbh, definitely NOT worth it for gaming, but I only have it for the purposes of writing and producing music. Slowly but surely putting together a windows build for gaming and non-music related stuff.
May I recommend trying out some emulation on it? Like Playstation 2, Dreamcast, Gamecube? There are plenty of fun games there, the graphics are not end all be all in my opinion.
Hey Dawid! If you want to run Crysis on Windows 10. You need to copy the 32 & 64 bit binaries folders from the expansion "Crysis Warhead" back to orginal Crysis and just overright the folders. Then orginal Crysis will work on Windows 10 👍 Great video, I love your stuff and comedic value.
Please don't use Geforce Now to "test gaming". U can install Windows on it, and its work like an 11 Years old pc. I play WoW Classic on my 2009 Macbook Pro 17".
At the exact moment when he said "but how important is audio really?" My audio stopped playing and the video continued. I thought he was just doing that to be funny, but then i Look and my phone had connected to my car over bluetooth. Haha
Hahaha!! My bad. I know the difference between iOS and mac OS. I just misspoke. I just ran out of time to get bootcamp going. I was originally going a different direction with the video so time became a real issue.
If I'm not mistaken the 20 inch iMac used a TN panel, only the 27 inch model used an IPS panel. This changed with the 21.5 inch in late 2009 also receiving an IPS panel.
I just got a 13 year old iMac the first aluminum model for $30 slapped in a new CPU and RAM, also an SSD, did the dosdude1 Catalina patcher and it's running Catalina almost like a new computer.
Why do people every time discus the graphics quality of gamestreaming services? Of course it looks ok.. The device you play on does not need to process anything except the internet data
To get crysis running on windows 10 go to the game folder and change the crysis application to windows vista compatibility. Worked for me through origins
I actually got a 2011 27 inch iMac for free and it’s surprisingly a lot more capable than your iMac with an i7 2600 and a GTX 880m with 8 gbs of VRAM That GPU is on the level of a more modern 1050 Ti
This video is old af, but if anyone reads this, the Crysis version from GoG is the one to get. The Steam version and even the EA version are outdated and poorly optimized for modern setups.
I got one for free. A 2011 model with the 1TB drive. That slow screen start up happens right after you plug it in, I saw that plenty of times when I spent hours trying to install the OS because none of my options worked.
Usually how I deal with stripped screws, I would use like rubber bracelets and squeeze it in between the screwdriver and screw. Then I'll try to turn the screw to at least get it out.
You can get something to get that screw out, so might be an idea to have a look and see if you can upgrade it or something. That can't just be the only screw for the thing.
I still miss my Mac Quadra and System 7.6. I got a Mac back in the 80s and remember the PC people ribbing on me for wanting to use mouse and graphic user interface.
got one for 20 dollars from a garage sale! Put linux on it and we are watching this video on it now! It works great as a desktop system and can play youtube and web browse very good
Tbf, I can imagine that if you are going to be using cloud gaming services like Geforce Now, buying an old Windows or Mac all in one computer would probably be a very good way to save yourself some money considering you don't need to buy a monitor, keyboard or mouse.
Joke about it all you want, in the very early years, Apple was THE gaming platform due to superior video quality/performance/power. The original halo was coded specifically for the mac.
I play games on a mid 2012 macbook pro with much success... (with geforce now). It will run lightweight games but it's shackled by a 3rd gen mobile i5 with integrated graphics. For a 10 year old system, it's still a very nice laptop to carry around for laptop stuff though.
I had a similar problem with sound when streaming Steam from Windows10 to my Manjaro/Linux computers. The solution I found is to run the client computer in Steam Big Picture Mode also the Steam overlay has to be enabled.
dawid you know that geforce now is basically just outputting a video signal right? no rendering is being done on the mac hardware so messing aroudn with settings doesnt affect perfomance of the client pc only the host. Im very familiar with remote gaming, i highly reccomend using a 3rd party app like Moonlight if you ever wanna see what the nvidia tech is really capable of.
If you ever need a front LCD screen and front glass just holler ...had a buddy gimme 1 to fix and it was done for but I saved the screen and ram :) suction cup on front glass will pull screen out so you can get to mobo :) love the vids ! That's awsome you and Timmy Joe are friends ..I love to watch him too :)
imacs/macbooks are ridiculously slow at some games. And sounds like failed planes. I heard 10 years old laptops that sounded less louder than a new macbook
Okay everybody just simmer down. I do know the difference between MacOS and IOS. I just misspoke. My videos are unscripted and that's why sometimes things come out a back weirdly. 😂
it's ok man....no one is perfect....love your videos....fan from India
I Still liked the video it was great! 😀
Dawid Does Tech Stuff Dawid you can buy a spiral screw extractor to remove the screw they are 3 bucks at Home Depot
That stand cost 1k man.
i useing the veary same computer i feel the same way about it
LPT for dealing with stripped screws like this one had for the RAM access: Get a rubber band and lay it over the screw, then jam in your screwdriver. You'll be surprised how well it works. The rubber will compress where it needs to, fill the gaps your screwdriver can't, and because it's rubber, it'll pretty much stick in place.
That’s a brilliant tip. Thanks I will use that
@@davidlewis1787don’t act like him
Not bad for 256mb of video ram and a core 2 duo.
No! Its bad af. 40 fps on half life 2 is not good lmao
@@fps8786 I think they were talking about how for the specs it's not bad especially considering that's it's a mac
@@_._shinonome_._ I have this. I upgraded it to 8gb ram and a new faster cpu like a E3500.
WHAT???
with this setup jt should run at 60 fps without ANY problem..
@@AndroidFerret do you forget that it's also a mac
a tip, in steam when you turn on the fps counter, also turn on "high contrast fps counter" turns it green so we can actually see what the frames are.
"Running crysis 2 on imac except Im streaming it from my PC"
lol
Really making a case for 11 year old imacs there.
iMacs have a great feature that stops you from gaming on it for prolonged periods. You can see a reflection of yourself in the screen that makes you rethink the life choices you made that led you to this point and you stop
good thought
I do the same thing when the screen blacks
My dad still uses one of these I fixed for him around 2011. It lost a couple hard drives before I realized the hard drive fan assembly was bad and replaced it. He still uses it to this day running Ubuntu.
I like the old apple products, but the new ones are just to expensive for me.
They are so crazy expensive. 😳
@Gaming Yorksame
@@DawidDoesTechStuff sus emoji😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
For sure. Vintage Apple products, like the 68K macs and PowerPC macs are great to collect and restore. Even the relatively newer stuff is pretty durable and beautiful
@@FS--ew3se amogususussusu😳💀👽📮📮😔🔪🆘
I had one of these all the way through school, I remember playing Minecraft hunger games on it, it played surprisingly well. I’m going to buy one at the end of the month just for the nostalgia 😂
I currently play MC Java Edition on it and it isn’t half bad! Granted, I did buy a Logitech G300s mouse and add an extra 8gb stick of ddr3 ram, but it holds above 50 fps on Hypixel
Edit: I’ve now installed Lunar Client and get an avg of 120 fps! Should be getting a gaming PC by the end of the summer but I’ll miss my little iMac, it’s served me well
These old Macs have aged beautifully they still offer a decent enough experience for simple tasks
Basically, the Imac is just a screen for your powerful PC running in the background, I was hoping games to run natively ha ha
02:00 one more reason why a cheap 3d printer belongs into every tech enthusiasts home!
Print a slightly oversized PH bit in ABS, then heat it up and press it against the stripped screw
Voila, now you have the perfect bit for that stripped screw
This way I unscrewed pretty much every (not fully) stripped screw
Ofc there are other options too, but 3d printers are just super versatile
I think the rubber banding feeling you mentioned is the awful mouse acceleration that OS X has.
Some years ago I actually tested Windows vs Linux vs OS X on the same hardware to check the performance under the same OpenGL games and benchmarks, OS X was the worst by some margin.
Im glad they fixed this in MacOS Catalina
It might have an apple on the screen but It is still a potato. Great video!
@Gaming York stop trying to defend overpriced trash. Good looking trash, but still trash.
Mammutbrot it is a 11 year old pc lol, back in the day it was a beast
@@frederikvanreusel welp, macs now suck in price to performance. Only good if you edit videos or pictures because the software is good.
@@imsosuperduper macs dont necessarily suck, but youll get a 300% better pc for the same money. And not too many games are playable on the mac.
@@imsosuperduper oh if youre planning to play roblox you are for sure gonna get a good pc for that. You can build a pc for roblox for about 200 dollars, but if you wanna do some more gaming in the future youll be abe to get a capable pc for about 500 dollars. I would always recommend building your own pc. You usually save 200 or more dollars (prebuilts are waaaay to expensive in my country) but the downside is that youll have to watch some videos and read up on what pc you want to build and how to build it. When it comes to building, its basically like lego, you only need a screwdriver for a few processes. I would suggest watching some videos on budget gaming computers.
Use a flat head for that stripped screw
Or drill it to get it out.
Stabbing the screwdriver into the screw with some excessive force might also work. It's not like this would be a terrible loss if something goes wrong.
Hey, the speck of dust is easy to remove. The glas can be pulled off with one or better two suction cups.This can also help with the dullness of the screen.
"Screen too dull? Just remove the protective glass!"
Omg I remember when your channel was so small I knew from the start you would succeed as a tech channel! Keep it going love your vids!
It runs Mac OS not iOS lols. And also it's Geforce Now, not Nvidia go... Like bruh
He Says Mac OS later in the vid... when He's testing Half life.
I realised afterwards, but still
Hahaha!! I have mouth typos all the time. 😂
Lols. Love your videos man. Do more mouth typos, they're quite funny and entertaining 😂✨
I thought they were on purpose
I still rock an early 2009 iMac with original HDD. I feel like a pimp.
Hey, I do the same thing but with a 1.6 GHZ dual core processor only on MacOS. No GPU. 10/10
I had this exact model imac before I built my first PC. I was able to play the Orange Box, CSGO and Civilization V on it.
What you do with a PC like this is make it a kitchen PC for really basic web browsing, streaming, email, etc. Throw it on a counter and don't get upset if it dies.
Patrick Goodhart that’s a really good idea!
To open a stripped screw you take flat head screwdriver and hammer it in to the screw. Works perfectly on screws stuck on walls but pc/mac work it might have one or two downsides.
That method could work, however, you don't want to damage your entire machine by inverting the thing and then hammering away at it. All of your components, ESPECIALLY your screen would be in danger.
Better solution would be a stripped screw removal kit from the local hardware store used in a low powered drill. Take your time with it and it will open up.
Unfortunately, once you're in there, you're going to have to try to find Mac specific RAM from 2009, and then try to find a screw that fits the compartment to close it back up.
@@vshakir622 You don't need Mac specific memory. Standard DDR3 SO-DIMMs work fine.
The shot of the Apple in front of the window is just so on point
Dawid we love you but stooping to an iMac? What went wrong in your life dude? (Jokes aside, fun video dude :) )
Haha!! Really scraping the bottom of the barrel. 😁
@@DawidDoesTechStuff You write exactly as you speak so I heard that in your voice 😅
I use a 12 year old iMac on the daily ngl. Got it handed down, have upgraded CPU, GPU, hard drive to SSD, 4GB stock RAM to 16 GB RAM. etc. Works like a charm except for the fact that I had to take a saw to the case to make room for a better fan and is missing the temperature sensor so the fan just runs 24/7, also running it "Hackintosh" as they say. Lack of support from softwares really drives me crazy but I game on it quite often. Usually running games through Wine Bottler or Bootcamp though. It's a lot of work for gaming tbh, definitely NOT worth it for gaming, but I only have it for the purposes of writing and producing music. Slowly but surely putting together a windows build for gaming and non-music related stuff.
May I recommend trying out some emulation on it? Like Playstation 2, Dreamcast, Gamecube? There are plenty of fun games there, the graphics are not end all be all in my opinion.
"I've never used iOS before." And you still haven't.
Get a screw extractor set Dawid.... It's a tool set that you will use with PCs.
As someone who has never used pc’s before, so here I am trying a 2008 iMac for gaming
Hey Dawid! If you want to run Crysis on Windows 10. You need to copy the 32 & 64 bit binaries folders from the expansion "Crysis Warhead" back to orginal Crysis and just overright the folders. Then orginal Crysis will work on Windows 10 👍 Great video, I love your stuff and comedic value.
Last time I came across a Mac like that I installed Windows 7 On it and it handled that very well.
Stripped screws can be removed by drilling it with a reverse drill bit. The blade will bite into the screw and it will turn.
"the rear io it's okay to plug some several overpriced peripherals" xD
If you get a stuck screw that is stripped literally use jb weld and a cheap screwdriver...let it dry and turn.
One word: Bootcamp.
Please don't use Geforce Now to "test gaming".
U can install Windows on it, and its work like an 11 Years old pc. I play WoW Classic on my 2009 Macbook Pro 17".
I have been gaming on a mid 2011 iMac 11.2 (27” screen) that I can get 200-300 FPS on Minecraft for over a year now, no complaints yet.
is it the Apple iMac 27-Inch 3.4GHz i5 - 16GB RAM - 500GB SSD ?
Look, you can make fun of Apple all you want... But don't play with my cashew cheese
Dawid never used iOS on an iMac. Every iMac owner never used iOS on an iMac
3:04 Ive never used 'IOS' before
My old school uses those I macs, they’re pretty great. For flash games lol
Fun Fact. Im literally using that exact mac right now
At the exact moment when he said "but how important is audio really?" My audio stopped playing and the video continued. I thought he was just doing that to be funny, but then i Look and my phone had connected to my car over bluetooth. Haha
I actually have to game on one, I'm to young for a job so I'm stuck with that crap machine.
Just time travel back to the 1800's and i'm sure you could easily get a job in a textile factory.
The Os called OS X or mac OS not iOS ! iOS is the software of the iPhone ! u can run crysis on mac directly using bootcamp to install windows on mac !
The core 2 duo may struggle with that 😅
4:16
Hahaha!! My bad. I know the difference between iOS and mac OS. I just misspoke. I just ran out of time to get bootcamp going. I was originally going a different direction with the video so time became a real issue.
dude it’s macOS not OS X that’s just the version, MacOS X.
no it is called macOS it has not been OSX for a while now.
Did you try turning the Brightness up? Brightness will be a high F Key on a Standard PC Keyboard or there should be an option in System Preferences.
If I'm not mistaken the 20 inch iMac used a TN panel, only the 27 inch model used an IPS panel. This changed with the 21.5 inch in late 2009 also receiving an IPS panel.
The crysis series was almost full quiet since crysis 3 went out
$160 was all it was worth in its release year. Screw Apple.
8:11 I had the same problem, don't exit out of the game while it is running and don't make any changes to the audio settings. Btw try resseting it
I just got a 13 year old iMac the first aluminum model for $30 slapped in a new CPU and RAM, also an SSD, did the dosdude1 Catalina patcher and it's running Catalina almost like a new computer.
correction, a new, really bad computer.
@@JohnSmith-li5pj all things considered, "good"
Use a flathead to get that Phillips screw off. Sometimes if it won't fit you can use the corner of the flathead.
Why do people every time discus the graphics quality of gamestreaming services?
Of course it looks ok.. The device you play on does not need to process anything except the internet data
To get crysis running on windows 10 go to the game folder and change the crysis application to windows vista compatibility. Worked for me through origins
the design aged well because it hasn't changed
I actually got a 2011 27 inch iMac for free and it’s surprisingly a lot more capable than your iMac with an i7 2600 and a GTX 880m with 8 gbs of VRAM
That GPU is on the level of a more modern 1050 Ti
That GTX 880M sounds like it’s an upgraded GPU, as the 2011 iMacs came with AMD Radeon HD 6000M series GPUs.
Bros experiencing everything I experienced before I built my PC. Screenflow was convenient tho
This video is old af, but if anyone reads this, the Crysis version from GoG is the one to get. The Steam version and even the EA version are outdated and poorly optimized for modern setups.
I used an iMac to play mtg arena for a few years. Worked fine.
I got one for free. A 2011 model with the 1TB drive. That slow screen start up happens right after you plug it in, I saw that plenty of times when I spent hours trying to install the OS because none of my options worked.
Usually how I deal with stripped screws, I would use like rubber bracelets and squeeze it in between the screwdriver and screw. Then I'll try to turn the screw to at least get it out.
one thing, if you change the hard drive to a hybrid drive or ssd then the temps will go 20c lower. The old hard drive does get very hot
You can get something to get that screw out, so might be an idea to have a look and see if you can upgrade it or something. That can't just be the only screw for the thing.
Maybe the rubber band trick?
I still miss my Mac Quadra and System 7.6. I got a Mac back in the 80s and remember the PC people ribbing on me for wanting to use mouse and graphic user interface.
Dawid : *I never used iOS before*
Apple users : OMG HE SAID IOS INSTEAD OF MACOS
Wait... are there even Apple users watching this channel ?
xD
Cringe
Yep that was just 🤦♂️
GAMER TIMEZ BROSKI! I love the great work, keep it up dawid
Hahaha!! Thank you.
what happned to the iMac running Windows that we saw on your story
This video could be titled 'Trying To Game On An 11-Day Old Apple iMac' and you would've gotten the same results, lol..
My mom has that computer and I’ve always wondered what was in it
got one for 20 dollars from a garage sale! Put linux on it and we are watching this video on it now! It works great as a desktop system and can play youtube and web browse very good
I used to game on an iMac for 7 years, just built my pc yesterday and I’m never going back
Finally the Real question being answered.
You and randomgaminginhd should do a vid where you make the best pc you can with a set budget! And see how they differ in the uk and us
Use a rubber band or a flat head to remove that screw
You HAVE to open that iMac up or will eat me from the inside out if you don't
Also try a flat head screwdriver =)
Tbf, I can imagine that if you are going to be using cloud gaming services like Geforce Now, buying an old Windows or Mac all in one computer would probably be a very good way to save yourself some money considering you don't need to buy a monitor, keyboard or mouse.
I wonder what it'd be like if you put Linux on it.
crysis works on win 10 but one has to get bin 64 files-folder and rename to bin 32 and replace in crysis. i am still playing that way.
I’m a simple man, I see a Dawid video about trying to use old pointless hardware to game with, I press play......
😂
Put a PC motherboard inside with an gpu inside Ryzen 1600 to counter the bad thermals and a gtx 1650 super or 1660 orr low profile rtx 2060
A Mac, by definition, is a personal computer so yes, you can call it a PC.
Edit: BTW, the GOG port of Crysis works fine on Windows 10.
i had the same issue with og crysis and apparently the accepted work around is to just launch the game through the system files as an admin
Joke about it all you want, in the very early years, Apple was THE gaming platform due to superior video quality/performance/power. The original halo was coded specifically for the mac.
I used to play Minecraft on one of these exact imac
Why wouldn't you just install Windows 7 on the Mac using boot camp? That would allow you to install and play crysys.
Joe Biden tech?
I play games on a mid 2012 macbook pro with much success... (with geforce now). It will run lightweight games but it's shackled by a 3rd gen mobile i5 with integrated graphics. For a 10 year old system, it's still a very nice laptop to carry around for laptop stuff though.
*iMac powers up*
Me: BEZEL
I had a similar problem with sound when streaming Steam from Windows10 to my Manjaro/Linux computers. The solution I found is to run the client computer in Steam Big Picture Mode also the Steam overlay has to be enabled.
Have you tried running Windows on it, would most likely solve the graphical issues
dawid you know that geforce now is basically just outputting a video signal right? no rendering is being done on the mac hardware so messing aroudn with settings doesnt affect perfomance of the client pc only the host. Im very familiar with remote gaming, i highly reccomend using a 3rd party app like Moonlight if you ever wanna see what the nvidia tech is really capable of.
I'd try a flathead on that screw.
Dawid you can buy a spiral screw extractor to remove the screw they are 3 bucks at home Depot
These are the computers they had at my highschool
Take that glass off the screen. You'll see a huge improvement. Two sections cups in the top corners and pull away.
Its only geld in with magnets
If you ever need a front LCD screen and front glass just holler ...had a buddy gimme 1 to fix and it was done for but I saved the screen and ram :) suction cup on front glass will pull screen out so you can get to mobo :) love the vids ! That's awsome you and Timmy Joe are friends ..I love to watch him too :)
Use a rubber band in between the screw and screwdriver to unscrew it
That imac looks more futuristic than the new imacs
"I've never used iOS before" i cringed my teeth out. sorry guy but yikes LMAO
Corrects himself after bro
my Girlfriends "gaming rig" is a 2012 iMac with bootcamp and win10. its got a gt650m and does a pretty good job.
imacs/macbooks are ridiculously slow at some games. And sounds like failed planes.
I heard 10 years old laptops that sounded less louder than a new macbook