Perspectives: Apple iMac G4

The iMac G4 is known for its exceptional styling, but I think it's worth taking a different kind of look at it. There are some really noteworthy features in this computer
Off hand, I can't think of a single mainstream computer that currently uses a non-x86 based CPU. Sure there are/were things like the RISC SGI Workstations. But those are hardly what I would call mainstream. If you get a bit looser with your definition of a "computer" to include smart phones then obviously ARM stakes a big claim of the current market. But call me old fashioned, or just old, but I would never consider my phone as a replacement for my computer. I will always want a dedicated, unmoving, reliable device that is what I do work on.

I have fond memories of using this iMac G4 despite not really liking Macs. There were so many other things I could have talked about with it. The true native Mac games from this era like Bugdom, Nanosaur, and one of my favourite games period, Marble Blast Gold. But I wanted to keep this tight and too the point with minimal tangents. Although I couldn't resist the weird one about the box. I don't think the boxes are too common now, so I figured I'd focus a bit more on that.

Camera? Camera.

Yes, a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K. This is first video I recorded with this camera. I have been doing a bunch of test recording and grading for about a week before starting on this video. When the shots "click" they look amazing on this camera. But I still need to put a lot more time into it. So expect things to get better from here. I've been working in the background on getting ready for this camera for a couple months now. There are still a few things I need to do like get a GPU with more than 2GB of VRAM so I don't have to set my computer to 640x480 when I render. And while the Nikon adapter I previous did a video on works fine, I do need to get a speed booster to fix the lighting and focal lengths.
I might make "perspectives" a series where I do overviews of computers like this.
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