Macintosh factory part 2

[stfanciscainta]

I used to own a few old Macs and vintage Powerbooks. They were all very well made and sturdy. Even the floppy disked were mechanically operated, very cool. The very fact that many of these machine are still working shows how well they were made. You don't see stuff like that these day in this age of made cheaply as possible computers and gadgets.

[ogrish84]

Out sourcing is the reason why westerners are going bankrupt. Thanks Apple!

[antigen4]

those are some sweet-ass IIci's... those were nearly $5K at the time... phew!!!

[papatoony]

All those computers are now in landfills.

[shakezulla86]

I find it hilarious that today when people are working with mother boards and such they do so in a static room with ozone clean suits. Back in the day it was some guy in a sweater with no gloves. Lol nice.

[Yunituber]

@shakezulla86 Today's components are a lot more sensitive than those back in the day.. :/

[djlobb]

It's sad that regardless of the better reliability, pride and build, most companys now get their systems made in third party factories where most of the assembly and testing is done purely by machine.

I had an old 78 RankArena TV set that was built in Australia and was still going when I got rid of it.

[luigi90900]

Damn. That's one sexy machine.

[emir0n]

36 hours lol ... the current build time of a new system is from 7 seconds to 1 minute :)

[HaroldHoltCantSwim]

@emir0n

I suppose you just pour a bucket of hot solder on to a pile of chips, shovel it into an enclosure and call it a day?

[emir0n]

@HaroldHoltCantSwim you would be surprized how wrong u are :)

[TheTravisChannel]

Ironically enough, Apple was one of the last companies that built their computers in the U.S. My dads 8 year old powermac g4 was built in the U.S

[TheThunderbird63]

@TheTravisChannel This is true. My circa 2000 PowerMac G4 was also made in the US. And it still works to this day.

[Sheety33]

This is really cool! The basketball court with the giant Apple logo is sick!

[spongebobworldonline]

Macs came first then windows

[dx3100]

@spongebobworldonline ehem IBM PC'S

[djlobb]

@spongebobworldonline

Microsoft came before Apple tho, but god only knows what the hell they were doing at that stage LOL

[Harukoozt]

This is insane for it's time

[vmelikian]

@Harukoozt I agree

[ausio309]

how much did this computer cost at the time ?

[dolph123454321]

This is why macs are so expansive

[DaviDeXtA]

Wonder what ever happened to this plant?

[cybercow222]

They used macs to make more macs :]

[jack390]

wow the apple boxes looked good then too! :O

[nadiritus]

good company. how many years ago recorded this video?

[macbookfan33]

my 20 year old mac plus still works like a charm!!

[TheCoD456Gamer]

Apple should do a throwback and make the clamshells again, but with better parts.

[erikals2]

yeah - its been a long time

whoever uploaded this is a genius because we all get to see how Apple made Macs...

and I wasnt even born in 1990!

[Ffiti2]

36 hours... Minus 24 hours of software exercises, is 12 hours to make a Macintosh.

[erikals2]

It would be nice to see the old Macs again

[chinarut]

that break to the basketball court is so random - felt like a CSR stunt by HR!

[Destructor2007]

5:44

I like how she doesn't wipe the right side, where her fingers were.

[StatKProductions]

LOL! your right!

[Konst10tine]

I miss the old macs sigh:(

[Membrane556]

I loved how easy to work on Macs from that era are and the build quality is something you just don't see any more.

[frankthespank]

Back when things were made in the USA... now it's all made in China by 7 year olds.

[Membrane556]

Yah quality used to matter now everything is crap.

[halogenetor]

i would have thought that apple would have a more automated and faster process for making their circuit boards.. but i guess they do now, as this is a very old video

[HeyJuanGuapo]

Love the mullets :)

[Heartagramerz]

kinda same as Dell...

[batitombo]

whats the difference?

[Heartagramerz]

this one is a MAC and Dell is a shitty somewhat like a MAC. Whatever Apple makes or the design they come out with Dell will copy it.

Dell is such a useless company. They need to be bankrupted

[batitombo]

I remember when jobs announce that Mac OS X was going to be ported to Intel, Dell rapidly said to apple that he will be more than happy to ship Dells with OS X, lolz!! I think dell is a Apple fanboyz

[Heartagramerz]

well before that ever happened the ceo of dell made fun of and said bad things about Apple.

Apple is doing somewhat ok without dell helping them out....

[batitombo]

Apple is doing way super ok compared to dell. Apple has better business model, they innovate, have a more stable future. Dell in the other hand is stuck with Windows and Linux needs more work or needs commercial applications to be ported. So dell is stuck with those 2 OS, sad for real. Apple now owns the cellphone market and the mp3 players market AND they have the itunes store which I think is number 2 retailer store in music, right behind wallmart. Dell?? dell what?

[Heartagramerz]

all im saying is that dell and apple are somewhat the same in a way.

Yes I wish dell was ruined in the future and i hate people who gets a dell...

[batitombo]

:) I agree, Well I don't hate those people, I pity them

[Heartagramerz]

Yeah me too.

I try my best to get out the words to the people who bought a Dell and convince them that they should of got a different laptop or desktop.

[friedrichsacher]

At 6:12 look how he handle the mac! Quite hillarious...

[GavinRoskamp]

If I were that Mac, I would cry :'(

And why the hell does he flip it over his shoulder? To test if it is slippery or not!? lol

[friedrichsacher]

Yes, me too!

To do some physical education...because it looks funny....or he's just bored. ;D I think thats right. If the mac is slippery, he will crash on the bottom..so..! ^^

[NickWilliam89]

These videos are really something and cool.... wish I had a Macintosh like those.

[Maxfli82]

Memories of back when the USA actually manufactured its own computers.

[Solyahoff]

1980s are about horrible hairstyle, as well as tasteless choice of colours and clothers.

[ORUPRANKSTAZ]

Look @ 2 min 40 sec..

Clearly, Apple showed early abhorrence for Proposition 8. Haha..

[mrlovespread2006]

neat!

[blueblob4]

Very cool!

[boy6221]

Woooooooooooow

[click33018]

man... it be great if apple still had an apple factory like that here in the u.s.a. giving people more jobs and keeping more mony here insted of giving away the mony to places like china.

[JORGEMEMO25]

this is an old video

[TheBrokenEclipse]

dah... of course it is... -.-

[ORUPRANKSTAZ]

"JORGEMEMO25 (4 months ago)

this is an old video"

Wow, Jorge.. you're a fucking GENIUS!

[georgewilliam26]

thanx man .lol

[friedrichsacher]

Macintoshes building Macintoshes! The best!

[Nadav34]

what plant was the Power Mac series of computers built at?

[lifeinhd]

Wow, that is crazy how fast those bots can install components onto the boards. I can't imagine how precise those must have been.

[ORUPRANKSTAZ]

Ah Investor Relations.... Proudly typed on a .

[HelloNewYorkCity]

An apple Fitness center?? Wow.

[thesouthcamera]

a ha. so that is how they managed to solder all those components quickly. cool. nice video.

[DrMunroe]

this is sooooo kool!!! i wonder if there are any newer vids like this?...

[stevenup7002]

At 6:24, that guy looks like he was about to smash that mac to the ground :(

[matteostreetlab]

AMAZING!

[cassettiespagetie]

OMG Wow. How did you get this. I will recommend all your videos to people.

[slomacuser]

I bought these movies from a colorado macuser fan who converted the original Apple VHS tapes to DVDs.