In my humble opinion, I believe the 9600/350mhz rocked. It had 6 PCI slots...more power than anything out there...extremely upgradeable. Thats why they are still out there today working alongside brand new G4's.
They also still get top dollar.
The original mac was in a class of its own, so for poll purposes, lets say any mac other than the original.
I think the original iBook. The way it looked, the styling, the unmistakable Apple-ness of it.
Oh, and the first Mac to do the whole AirPort thing (which we all love and take for granted now).
Affordable, rugged, cool-looking "laptop for the rest of us".
I remember the FIRST time I saw an iMac (summer of 1998), the first thing out of my mouth (after "holy cow...that's COOL!", of course) was "Apple should make a laptop counterpart to this...it would probably be called 'iBook'..."
I know I already posted... but what the heck. I may as well put in my vote for which Mac I think "had it all" like it said in the beginning of the thread.
The Plus. It had the double-sided 800k floppy drive. First to have SCSI so many different peripherals could be connected. Fanless and quiet. First to have expandable RAM, and a lot of it at that. Until then, we had to live with the woefully inadequate 128k of RAM or the acceptable 512k of RAM, but the Plus could have up to 4096k of RAM, which you could add yourself! And although it didn't have a hard drive, there were externals available. The Plus was probably what Apple really wanted their first Macintosh to be like, but they didn't have the capability.
<strong>I'm with the Beige G3 (of course I do have one...)... insanely upgradable to get up to today's stuff. I use mine as my main machine and it can do things the current standard G4 cannot (eg, read floppy , AV and S-video ins and outs, microphone in, scsi, expansion bays, ADB, serial, etc). Mine is a Rev. A, had it for 4.5 years and is in nice condition with a 542mhz G4 and a Radeon 7000 in it.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Off topic. Sorry, but kinda important to me...
OK, you have a Beige G3 and a Radion 7000 card. Does DVD work? Mine dosn't and I can't tell what's wrong. Everything works fine until I install the Radion card. I am not a begging person, but PLEASE help.
So, the question is, whats the Mac that, truly had it all for its time?
IIfx, hands down . . .
but also . . .
The G3 All-in-one! Doesnt anyone remember this? My Junior High computer teacher had one (highest-end model) . . . I worshipped that thing up right up until the G4 tower. Damn . . . did that have it all, albeit for a short time.
And BTW . . . two posts in two days!?!?!! Is this the beginning of the resurrection of the infamous Mac OS X? :cool:
I doubt it <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
I've changed my mind about my vote
the 9600/350 was totally awesome in its time nothing else could touch it .... hell, it can still cut it today, I was Apple could make computer like that now... <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
I would have to say my old PowerMac 6500 was one of the best of its time (for the price). It was the first computer (Mac or PC) to break the 300Mhz barrier (sure, it was a 603e, but still cool ). It had an Avid Cinema card for M-JPEG capture, editing, and output (this was before the DV era). And I upgraded vid-card with a "State of the Art" 12MB VooDoo2 card for 3D. I also added a $500 2x SCSI external CD-Burner, (That was also before most normal 'i.e. not you guys' people even knew that was possible)
Hahaha . . . yes, the iMac is the most IMPORTANT Apple computer of all time . . . (recall, the first Macintosh was not crucial to Apple, for the Apple II was God then)
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You can make a couch out of them
They also still get top dollar.
The original mac was in a class of its own, so for poll purposes, lets say any mac other than the original.
Oh, and the first Mac to do the whole AirPort thing (which we all love and take for granted now).
Affordable, rugged, cool-looking "laptop for the rest of us".
I remember the FIRST time I saw an iMac (summer of 1998), the first thing out of my mouth (after "holy cow...that's COOL!", of course) was "Apple should make a laptop counterpart to this...it would probably be called 'iBook'..."
One year later...
The Plus. It had the double-sided 800k floppy drive. First to have SCSI so many different peripherals could be connected. Fanless and quiet. First to have expandable RAM, and a lot of it at that. Until then, we had to live with the woefully inadequate 128k of RAM or the acceptable 512k of RAM, but the Plus could have up to 4096k of RAM, which you could add yourself! And although it didn't have a hard drive, there were externals available. The Plus was probably what Apple really wanted their first Macintosh to be like, but they didn't have the capability.
<a href="http://www.geocities.com/~compcloset/Apple1_SteveJobs.jpg"; target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/~compcloset/Apple1_SteveJobs.jpg</a>;
The absolute best mac ever made was the Powerbook G3. It is the best Portable Office computer Apple has made.
There were so many options/configurations that it's hard to find two people with the same laptop.
Choice of internal (bay) options :
one battery or two
zip drive
floppy, or not to floppy <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
CD drive ( now CDRW is available )
DVD drive
one or two additional hard drives
Plus there were three screen sizes ( 12,13,14 ).
Also the motherboard was made with a daughter board for easy processor ugrades.
Its only serious downside was its maximum memory limitation.
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-> the first PowerPC processor
-> 2 SCSI busses (fast for HD, normal for CD etc.)
-> supported 2 monitors (video card with 4 MB RAM + onboard video)
<strong>I'm with the Beige G3 (of course I do have one...)... insanely upgradable to get up to today's stuff. I use mine as my main machine and it can do things the current standard G4 cannot (eg, read floppy
Off topic. Sorry, but kinda important to me...
OK, you have a Beige G3 and a Radion 7000 card. Does DVD work? Mine dosn't and I can't tell what's wrong. Everything works fine until I install the Radion card. I am not a begging person, but PLEASE help.
IIfx, hands down
but also . . .
The G3 All-in-one! Doesnt anyone remember this? My Junior High computer teacher had one (highest-end model) . . . I worshipped that thing up right up until the G4 tower. Damn . . . did that have it all, albeit for a short time.
And BTW . . . two posts in two days!?!?!! Is this the beginning of the resurrection of the infamous Mac OS X? :cool:
I've changed my mind about my vote
the 9600/350 was totally awesome in its time nothing else could touch it .... hell, it can still cut it today, I was Apple could make computer like that now... <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
Man, that was a great system for the time...
Powerbook G3: 2
Powerbook G4: 1
Ibook: 4
Beige G3: 2
Lc Series: 2
G4 Powermac: 4
Original Mac: 2
Imac: 4
G4 Imac: 2
7500: 1
6500: 1
8100: 1
Plus: 1
9600: 2
IIFX: 2
IICi: 1
IIsi
9600
PB3400 (wicked fast for it's time)
End of discussion. I think someone else around here might back me up on this...
The 9600 w/350 MHz 604e was a sweet machine too. Not sure if it had the AV stuff my beige does.
but not the best