This Retro Mac Laptop CPU Upgrade is CRAZY Fast!

Channel:
United States This Does Not Compute
Subscribers:
402,000
Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uBvkJ_fDUs


Duration: 11:19
67,760 views
3,672

Usually when people need a faster laptop, they just buy a new one. But in the late 90s, some Apple PowerBook owners took a different approach.

Thank you to viewer Hrushka (https://www.instagram.com/hrushcollects) for sending these upgrades to show off!

Sources:
"PowerBook 1400/117," Macworld, January 1997.
"Apple's Next-Generation Systems," Macworld, January 1998.
Nupowr G3 1400 eBay photos: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284881211952?hash=item42543e5230:g:LcsAAOSwcXthZHRF
"G3 Upgrades for PowerBooks," Macworld, March 1999.
Performa 6400 photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Performa_6400.jpg
"X Arrives," Macworld, November 2000.
"Vimage Drops Mac Upgrade Business," Macworld, November 1999.
MacsOnly's report on Interware bankruptcy: https://web.archive.org/web/20010624110958/http://macsonly.com/arch1200.html
Blog with some history on Interware/Vimage and ultimate bankruptcy: https://web.archive.org/web/20080322031236/http://www.zone6400.com/VIMAGE.html
"What's Hot," Macworld, May 2001.
"Newer Technology rises from the ashes," MacCentral: https://web.archive.org/web/20020803065308/https://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/14.newer.php
"Interex enters bankruptcy," Wichita Business Journal: https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2000/01/31/story2.html
"OWC acquires CPU upgrade maker PowerLogix's assets," Macworld: https://www.macworld.com/article/179112/powerlogix-28.html

----------------------------------------­-------------------------------------

Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute

Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp

----------------------------------------­-------------------------------------

Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).



Other Videos By This Does Not Compute


2022-10-21LS-120: The 90s Super Floppy That Flopped
2022-10-07Restoring and Upgrading a Mac from 1993!
2022-09-30REX: The World's Smallest PDA!
2022-09-23What did this iMac do to deserve this?
2022-09-16PowerTower Pro: The Mac Clone That Almost Killed Apple
2022-09-09Audrey: The Early 2000's Failed Internet Appliance
2022-08-26Building a Custom iPod Video!
2022-08-19A Tale of Two Tiny ThinkPads
2022-08-1215" Studio Display: Apple's First Desktop LCD!
2022-07-29EasyNow PC: The 90s Cheap and Cheerful Internet Computer
2022-07-22This Retro Mac Laptop CPU Upgrade is CRAZY Fast!
2022-07-15The MiniDisc deck you hoped to never see
2022-07-08All Your GameCube Games At Your Fingertips!
2022-06-24Free Geek Twin Cities built a computer I wasn't expecting
2022-06-17Fixing My Vintage Speakers -- But Why Are There Light Bulbs Inside?
2022-06-10Replacing Worn-Out Nintendo 64 Controller Thumbsticks
2022-06-03This Strange Retro Laptop Isn't What It Seems
2022-05-20Retro Buyer's Guide: Apple iPod!
2022-05-13Macintosh II: The Mac's Major 80s Evolution
2022-05-06Sony's Unique Tiny Laptop Had a Unique CPU Too
2022-04-22Apple's Early-90s Multimedia Accessories