Racer Cinema Productions Intel Swamp Years Challenge
Hello there and welcome back.
The MacYak PowerPC challenge was proven to be a success and, I decided to come up with my own challenge involving Macs that are also nearing obsolescence. For those of you who don’t know, The Swamp Years of Intel Macs is a term coined by me that refers to any Pre-Penryn Mac that was made until Early 2008 with the exception of the Mac Mini which was produced until 2009 and the 1st-gen Apple TV which was produced all the way up to 2010. The name itself is taken from the 2002 Muppets movie called Kermit’s Swamp Years which is about Kermit the Frog’s early life in the swamp before he became famous according to Muppet lore. This challenge is also for the budget-conscious users that can’t afford to do the PowerPC challenge cuz of most are PowerPC Macs hiking up in price and/or they want to use a powerful gaming computer, but can’t really afford to spend two or three grand on one of the latest gaming PCs. It can also be for people that just want to relive some memories made using their Intel Macs. I understand that not everyone can afford to buy a Quad-Core Power Mac G5 and that makes sense considering their demand and rarity. However, a Woodcrest Mac Pro can still be pretty expensive depending on where you look. My goal for tis challenge is to bring awareness to the early Intel Macs the same way as PowerPC Macs and to have them do most of the tasks that the latest Intel Macs or M1 Macs can do. Although, if you use discord often, it’s best to use use your phone if you want to. These early Intel Macs are also nearing obsolescence the same way the PowerPC Macs are. In my opinion, the idea for the PowerPC Challenge was great and proved that even a 17 year old PowerBook G4 can still do most modern every day tasks. And yes, the 1st generation Apple TV is also eligible to compete in this challenge due to it having an Intel processor and some people modifying them to run Mac OS X. Like the PowerPC challenge, you should keep a daily log of what you have done on these machines. If you are interested in taking part of this challenge, please feel free to comment. Let’s all band together and show people that these old Intel Macs still have some life left in them!
The rules of this challenge are as follows.
1. No PCs allowed, only Macs. That also means no Hackintoshes. If you have a PC that runs Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for example, it’s not gonna work. It’s still gonna be illegible. It has to be a Mac.
2. Only 32-Bit Macs and Pre-2008 64-Bit Macs are allowed. If you wanna use a Pre-2008 Mac Pro as your budget gaming PC, go ahead, go crazy with it! And yes, the 1st generation Apple TV is eligible to compete as mentioned previously. As mentioned before, the 1st generation Apple TV has an Intel processor and some people have modified it to run Mac OS X. Well, that is if you are a glutton for punishment and brave enough to use a 1st-gen Apple TV as your main computer. The Mid-2007 Mac Mini produced until early 2009 is also eligible to compete since it was introduced in 2007 and still counts as a Pre-Penryn 64-Bit Mac. Also, no processor upgrades are allowed. The computer must have the original processor that it shipped with. But, RAM upgrades, hard drive upgrades and, optical disc drive upgrades are still allowed.
3. Any OS is allowed. You can the maximum supported version of Mac OS X that the iMac 2006 for example runs or you can run Linux on it or you can even run Windows 10 on it. And, you can do some crazy stuff with it. Just be sure to find a Linux distro that is compatible with these early Intel Macs.
4. You must be able to use the Mac every day up until Sunday. That is the whole point of the challenge after all. You must be able to use it for one week.
This challenge will start on April 18, 2022 and will end on April 24, 2022. Meaning, that you almost have a whole week to prepare and get ready for the challenge. And yes, it’s recommend you submit these entries during that week. But, I’m sure entries will get submitted late depending on how much time you have in real life which is understandable. Get ready to use those old Intel Macs and prove that they are still worth using, naysayers!
If you have any questions about this challenge, please let me know. Just be sure to use the hashtag: #intelswampyearschallenge if you plan on uploading a video for this challenge.
Also, here is the Intel Swamp Years Challenge logo if you want to use it in one of your videos. A secondary link is also here just in case if you prefer to click the download button as opposed to right-clicking or pressing control and then clicking to save it.
Racer-Cinema-Productions-Intel-Swamp-Years-Challenge-logo — ImgBB (ibb.co)
And, here is the introductory video to the challenge itself.
Introducing the 2022 Racer Cinema Productions Intel Swamp Years Challenge! - YouTube
Hello there and welcome back.
The MacYak PowerPC challenge was proven to be a success and, I decided to come up with my own challenge involving Macs that are also nearing obsolescence. For those of you who don’t know, The Swamp Years of Intel Macs is a term coined by me that refers to any Pre-Penryn Mac that was made until Early 2008 with the exception of the Mac Mini which was produced until 2009 and the 1st-gen Apple TV which was produced all the way up to 2010. The name itself is taken from the 2002 Muppets movie called Kermit’s Swamp Years which is about Kermit the Frog’s early life in the swamp before he became famous according to Muppet lore. This challenge is also for the budget-conscious users that can’t afford to do the PowerPC challenge cuz of most are PowerPC Macs hiking up in price and/or they want to use a powerful gaming computer, but can’t really afford to spend two or three grand on one of the latest gaming PCs. It can also be for people that just want to relive some memories made using their Intel Macs. I understand that not everyone can afford to buy a Quad-Core Power Mac G5 and that makes sense considering their demand and rarity. However, a Woodcrest Mac Pro can still be pretty expensive depending on where you look. My goal for tis challenge is to bring awareness to the early Intel Macs the same way as PowerPC Macs and to have them do most of the tasks that the latest Intel Macs or M1 Macs can do. Although, if you use discord often, it’s best to use use your phone if you want to. These early Intel Macs are also nearing obsolescence the same way the PowerPC Macs are. In my opinion, the idea for the PowerPC Challenge was great and proved that even a 17 year old PowerBook G4 can still do most modern every day tasks. And yes, the 1st generation Apple TV is also eligible to compete in this challenge due to it having an Intel processor and some people modifying them to run Mac OS X. Like the PowerPC challenge, you should keep a daily log of what you have done on these machines. If you are interested in taking part of this challenge, please feel free to comment. Let’s all band together and show people that these old Intel Macs still have some life left in them!
The rules of this challenge are as follows.
1. No PCs allowed, only Macs. That also means no Hackintoshes. If you have a PC that runs Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for example, it’s not gonna work. It’s still gonna be illegible. It has to be a Mac.
2. Only 32-Bit Macs and Pre-2008 64-Bit Macs are allowed. If you wanna use a Pre-2008 Mac Pro as your budget gaming PC, go ahead, go crazy with it! And yes, the 1st generation Apple TV is eligible to compete as mentioned previously. As mentioned before, the 1st generation Apple TV has an Intel processor and some people have modified it to run Mac OS X. Well, that is if you are a glutton for punishment and brave enough to use a 1st-gen Apple TV as your main computer. The Mid-2007 Mac Mini produced until early 2009 is also eligible to compete since it was introduced in 2007 and still counts as a Pre-Penryn 64-Bit Mac. Also, no processor upgrades are allowed. The computer must have the original processor that it shipped with. But, RAM upgrades, hard drive upgrades and, optical disc drive upgrades are still allowed.
3. Any OS is allowed. You can the maximum supported version of Mac OS X that the iMac 2006 for example runs or you can run Linux on it or you can even run Windows 10 on it. And, you can do some crazy stuff with it. Just be sure to find a Linux distro that is compatible with these early Intel Macs.
4. You must be able to use the Mac every day up until Sunday. That is the whole point of the challenge after all. You must be able to use it for one week.
This challenge will start on April 18, 2022 and will end on April 24, 2022. Meaning, that you almost have a whole week to prepare and get ready for the challenge. And yes, it’s recommend you submit these entries during that week. But, I’m sure entries will get submitted late depending on how much time you have in real life which is understandable. Get ready to use those old Intel Macs and prove that they are still worth using, naysayers!
If you have any questions about this challenge, please let me know. Just be sure to use the hashtag: #intelswampyearschallenge if you plan on uploading a video for this challenge.
Also, here is the Intel Swamp Years Challenge logo if you want to use it in one of your videos. A secondary link is also here just in case if you prefer to click the download button as opposed to right-clicking or pressing control and then clicking to save it.
Racer-Cinema-Productions-Intel-Swamp-Years-Challenge-logo — ImgBB (ibb.co)
And, here is the introductory video to the challenge itself.
Introducing the 2022 Racer Cinema Productions Intel Swamp Years Challenge! - YouTube
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