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Uploaded by on May 24, 2008

http://www.Alfred.TV
READ ME FIRST: I was fortunate to procure a mint, new, in the box 20th Anniversary Macintosh, also known as the TAM. In this video, with Adam B working the camera, we unbox this piece of Apple history, and show its first boot, after ten years sealed in the box.

TAM photos on Flickr are here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27290173@N08/sets/72157605364483963/

To view the raw live footage as seen by viewers of the webcast, visit http://www.uStream.tv/adiblasi

Camera Work done by Adam B
http://www.youtube.com/ThisIsAdamB

Webcast Promotion done by David
http://www.thecreativeone.tv

To hear the podcast of the interview, go here:
http://retromaccast.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=342785

A Wikipedia entry is now live
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentieth_Anniversary_Macintosh

My viewers in Norway wrote an article
http://mac1.no/artikkel/6657/åpning-av-en-ny-20th-anniversary-macintosh

Technical/Production Notes:

Filmed in 1080i Hi-Def with the Sony HDR-HC1. Photos taken with the Canon EOS 40D with the Canon EFS 17-85 lens and Canon Speedlite 580EX flash. All settings were on n00b (automatic) on the Canon. MacBook Pro (2.6 ghz, 4 gigs of RAM, 17" hi-def matte monitor) was used for the live WebCast. Edited in iMovie (40 gig project file) in 1080i Hi-Def. Compressed using H.265 and medium to high resolution.

I made this purchase to share with everyone. I hope you enjoy it. Please pass along the video to your other Apple Mac fans!

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Enjoy the video!

Warm regards,

Alfred

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  • What a fantastic looking machine for its day. Thanks for sharing! Just be glad that careless FedEx deliveryman didn't chuck it over your fence. :P How much did it cost (if you don't mind disclosing, Al)?

  • @darijoe Hi - This was an eBay purchased. I got it for $1,750 - plus another $100 or so for shipping and packing materials. While I 'get a lot of crap' for opening it up (as one sold new in the box, like this, for $10,000) it was NEVER the point to be an investment. This purchase was absolutely made for my viewers to share in the experience of "unboxing" that thing and "turning it on for the first time." And, as we say, "ohh, shiny" LOL! Glad you enjoyed the video. - Alfred.

  • WHY DID YOU OPEN THAT PIECE OF SHIT?

  • @Eneru89 I opened it to share it with my YouTube audience -- it wasn't purchased as an investment to 'stay in the box.' Nice.

  • @02500l Quite frankly, with close to 4 minutes focused on a mannequin, you are an idiot for thinking that this was a 'real review' in the first place. Hopefully you bailed out after 30 seconds of footage of "Mac" -- after seeing that, what the f_ck did you expect? A serious review?

    You idiot.

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  • @gentlefury Let me clarify why the "idiot" award goes to YOU ---- if you couldn't assess where we were going with this video, especially with the initial 'extended footage' and focus on a mannequin, well, sorry - I fault you.

    You should have bailed out much earlier. And what did you expect after boot up? An install of Word 5.1 for Mac?

    You idiot.

  • @Jimmybobjason1 Ahh, Jimmy - what a shame -- you are obviously not a stockholder who got in at 80. If you were, you'd be loving the 'Apple Fan Boys' - they are the ones pushing the stock over 300.

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  • @adiblasi Thanks for sharing! That "tour" was amazing, bet it was even better in person.

  • HD def tape - 240p quality

    could you reupload in say 480? or even 720??? :(

  • This could be made into an episode of The Office :-P

  • @eneru89 an example of having to use A COMMAND line to use the gui commodore 64. sorry my keyboard got stuck on caps lock.

  • that is a awesome sound at 20:49

  • i think it is a good unboxing

  • @adiblasi I was ironic

  • @matthew65536 ;-)

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