This isn't just an excuse to tell you this is my 1000th post.

sdw2001sdw2001
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
Really. It's not. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> Actually, my post count is pushing 2000, since I had about 900 or so (perhaps 800) when AI went into the great abyss.



Anyway, perhaps we can discuss how things were WAY back then.



1. When I orginally registered in January 2000, the big speculation was on Pismo. Many thought it would would be more transluscent and a big change from the Lombard. People also said G4. I didn't think it would happen. Despite the disappointment regarding the lack of case changes, I orded one the day it was released.



2. People were bitching about the 450/500mhz debacle.



3. There was actually serious debate on whether Macs or PC's were faster, especially in laptops.





I was here for the great workerbee days. Back then the hype was over UMA-2. Most importantly, there was real rumormongering going on. In July, AI scooped the Cube. I consider this to be the height of the boards. After this, things took a dive. The boards are still fun, but there a better energy back then I think.



Thoughts?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 20
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    I'm getting closer.



    Oh and IBL.
  • Reply 2 of 20
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    What's wrong with nostalgia? Ah, those were the days.
  • Reply 3 of 20
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    Wow. January 2000. One month before I registered. How did AI ever survive without me?
  • Reply 4 of 20
    sdw2001sdw2001 Posts: 17,990member
    You know Eman, it may have been February. I can't remember. I think perhaps late January. Who knows.
  • Reply 5 of 20
    sdw2001sdw2001 Posts: 17,990member
    [quote]Originally posted by ShawnPatrickJoyce:

    <strong>What's wrong with nostalgia? Ah, those were the days.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Forgive me, but didn't you register in November 2001?



    <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
  • Reply 6 of 20
    sdw2001sdw2001 Posts: 17,990member
    I also just realized that I have lived in three different places and held two different jobs since then. It's amazing how much my life has changed since then. I always like to think back several years and compare past to present.
  • Reply 7 of 20
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    [quote]Originally posted by SDW2001:

    <strong>



    Forgive me, but didn't you register in November 2001?



    :confused: </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yeah as SJPSU. I was a lurker in FutureHardware for far longer than that. Long enough to see the Blue & White theme on the front page and regular updates to it.
  • Reply 8 of 20
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    Let's see I've lived in two different places since I started posting here, had two different computers, I've changed a lot since 2000 and I've learned a lot more about Macs and computers in general.
  • Reply 9 of 20
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    [quote]Originally posted by EmAn:

    <strong>Let's see I've lived in two different places since I started posting here, had two different computers, I've changed a lot since 2000 and I've learned a lot more about Macs and computers in general.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    don't forget women !
  • Reply 10 of 20
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by Defiant:

    <strong>



    don't forget women !</strong><hr></blockquote>



    that too
  • Reply 11 of 20
    nx7oenx7oe Posts: 198member
    Those were the good old day's. i remember i registered in the old AI and registered again in the new one.



    Too bad because i lost my post count and membership status



    2001 i recall
  • Reply 12 of 20
    tommybrandotommybrando Posts: 118member
    Ya i started lurking on these boards right at the end of the B&W G3 days. Registered as SameOldSht after the switch to the new look, was around for the pismo and cube intro. I was one of the people that wanted the pro-mouse-like appearance. Translucent with the semi-transparent black cover over the inards.



    Heres to more years of speculation based nowhere near in reality.
  • Reply 13 of 20
    fran441fran441 Posts: 3,715member
    Oh yeah, worker bee.



    I told him he was totally off on his PowerBook G4 'prediction' because he said there would be only 1 firewire port. Whoops.
  • Reply 14 of 20
    roborobo Posts: 469member
    Young 'uns.



    I was here when we were speculating about what the replacements for the beige G3s were going to look like (the rumors were for a cube shape (heh), and a translucent dark blue and grey scheme, like the original Studio Display).



    I guess that was the end of 1998/very beginning of 1999. AI was brand new, and it was said to be not a rumor site, but a real insider info clearing house.

    Exciting times.. too bad it didn't last that way for long.



    -robo
  • Reply 15 of 20
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    I first registered in mid or maybe even early 2000. I was "Animal." <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />



    Then it seemed to go down frequently for hours or days at a time in I think early 2001. I forgot my password on one of the longer times-out, and so I re-registered as BRussell. Then it went down again in the summer of 2001 (right?) not to return for months.



    I think it was SDW who first got me into AppleOutsider with a thread about tax cuts during the 2000 campaign. <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> I remember going away for a couple hours and there would be two new pages.
  • Reply 16 of 20
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by BRussell:

    <strong>

    Then it seemed to go down frequently for hours or days at a time in I think early 2001. I forgot my password on one of the longer times-out, and so I re-registered as BRussell. Then it went down again in the summer of 2001 (right?) not to return for months.

    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yep, early 2001 was the beginning of the dark days. And I think the last time it went down was June 26th, one day after I got my iBook.
  • Reply 17 of 20
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    Yeah, definitely, a loss of energy, i feel, when there were the Pre-Blackout Boards...but, now, has a certain feeling too! <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />



    and the smokey guy is here <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 18 of 20
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    What happened, EmAn, is there a 4-digit post count barrier?

    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 19 of 20
    spartspart Posts: 2,060member
    No, check your post count, it also has four digits.



    The limit was supposedly 7000 or a little over. Artificial if I were to chance a guess.
  • Reply 20 of 20
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by BRussell:

    <strong>What happened, EmAn, is there a 4-digit post count barrier?

    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    I'll get it back, don't worry
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