Apple's FIRST Studio Display - A Love Letter & Repair - iiiDIY

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The 15" Apple Studio Display was a shock from the future. Today we look at the first two versions of the display, and fix a couple screens along the way!

The 15" Studio was their first desktop LCD panel, but it came out swinging with lot of practical features and a gorgeous late-90s sci-fi aesthetic. It was revised shortly afterward to unify the design with their PowerMac G3 and iMac products, cementing the candy-coated Y2K futurism look.

I've been a big fan from the start, so wanted to make a video that's a little different today - part history & love-letter, part repair and restoration. I hope you like it!

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Thank you to PCBWay for sponsoring this video. You can check them out at https://www.pcbway.com/

Chapters:
00:00 Gen 1 Release
00:57 Gen 1 Features
01:38 Gen 2 Release & Features
02:22 Three of Them
02:42 Display 1 Disassembly
03:28 New Panel & Reassembly
03:40 Sponsor
04:06 Cleaning & Testing
04:39 Display 2 Problem & Disassembly
05:06 Reassembly
05:40 Final Test-Drive

CREDITS:

PowerMacintosh G3 Beige Desktop Photo by Danamania, used under CC 2.5. Photo has been cropped, scaled, and color filtered. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Beige Apple Power Macintosh G3 (minitower case) photo by Klodo6975, used under public domain

Matrix-inspired music track: Polemos Mons by Charlie Ryan

90s music track: No Other Road by The Rallies


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