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Found Footage: Blowing up a PowerMac G4
Some guy asked for donations to buy a G5. As a reward to his donors, he said he would blow up his aging PowerMac G4.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
edward said 9:19PM on 7-02-2006
nice shot! but I can't give you money to get G5 because you look like being affordable. yeah, show is great. but I can't. there are a lot of the same videos over the internet asking for getting macs. so what do you expect?
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john said 9:26PM on 7-02-2006
All that for some smoke. A pint of gas on the inside would have made it way more impressive. How come the redneck didn't suggest that?
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Hrothgar15 said 9:39PM on 7-02-2006
Anyone know what the last song that was played was? I know I've heard it before, just can't quite put my finger on it.
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Jack Beckman said 9:47PM on 7-02-2006
Theme music from "The Magnificent Seven".
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Solipsism said 9:55PM on 7-02-2006
It's more exciting to put a CD in a microwave.
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John said 10:06PM on 7-02-2006
umm... was this posted here a few months ago?
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Jack Williams said 10:34PM on 7-02-2006
Agreed... OLD!
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doc said 10:50PM on 7-02-2006
It's Retro TUAW to go with Retro TVSquad. :D
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Damien Barrett said 11:01PM on 7-02-2006
Are you sure you guys aren't thinking of the "SmashMyiPod.com" posts from last Fall?
http://www.tuaw.com/2005/11/01/revisiting-smashmyipod/
I can't find any previous mention of this video on TUAW.
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Bigfat said 11:31PM on 7-02-2006
Um, sorry, but there's much more interesting ways to destroy a computer. Such as what me and some buds did several summers ago.
http://bigfatonline.com/skeet/compaq.html
Can I get a free G5 to edit really crappy and MTV rip off videos on now?
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Edicius said 1:32AM on 7-03-2006
FAKE!!!!!!!111!ONE!!!!
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Thayne Miller said 2:33AM on 7-03-2006
I would have liked the idea of donating the G4 to charity or to a public school. Then, go buy a crappy PC from a surplus store for $20 and blow that shit up instead.
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Sjakelien said 3:24AM on 7-03-2006
This is exactly the same mentality that started the Iraq invasion: bbom, boom, hooray!
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seky said 3:43AM on 7-03-2006
It's a shame, really! How can anyone be sick enough to destroy a Mac and still laugh afterwards? Those guys are really annoying! I love my G4 and would never ever do any harm to it for a G5 or anything else. Those guys can't be Mac-Fans because a Mac-Fan would get crazy if you would make a single scratch on his G4's surface. I suggest they should better buy and blow up PCs ...
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ABC said 3:50AM on 7-03-2006
Thanks, Thayne (#12 comment), finally some reasonable input. Did any of these morons think about the environmental impact of toxic parts, not to mention the waste of barrels of gas to get the Hummer out to where they needed to be?
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dav1d said 8:07AM on 7-03-2006
DORKS
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Hackaroxp said 8:56AM on 7-03-2006
If someone give me a MBP for blowing my iBook G3, i wouldnt think twice.
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Chris said 9:22AM on 7-03-2006
I love Europe!
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ben said 10:14AM on 7-03-2006
So... Who wants to start donating money to me so I can get a MacBook Pro? Instead of blowing up my iBook G4, I'll donate it to a local school, then blow up a crappy old PC...Which for environmental reasons will just be an old ATX case filled with a few bricks of firecrackers all wired together. Anyone?
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Brad Bergeron said 10:34AM on 7-03-2006
The web site is www.helpmegetag5.com. The introduction video explains the idea even more.
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