I upgraded that baby with two 64MB SIMM RAM, give it a total of 136MB of RAM, a 256k L2 cache, an Apple A/V NuBus card for audio and video I/O as well as drives 2 displays at once, a 4GB IBM SCSI HD, and an US Robotics x2 external modem (costed me $250 that time). This setup is still healthy and loaded with Mac OS 9.1
1998: iMac Bondi Rev. A
PowerPC G3/233Mhz, 32MB of RAM, 2MB VRAM, 4GB of HD.
I gave that machine a boost with a Sonntech iHARMONIG3 500Mhz card with FireWire support. Up the VRAM to 6MB, RAM to 256MB and 120GB HD (8mb cache). Loaded with Jaguar before I sold it on eBay 2 years ago.
2001: PowerBook G4 Titanium
PowerPC G4/400Mhz, 128MB of RAM, 10GB HD.
I bought a SCSI CardBus card for it, up the RAM to 768MB, AirPort card, and Formac Studio DV/TV to watch cableTV off my TiBook. Sold it on eBay 2 years ago.
2002: iMac Tangerine Rev. D
My sister's co-worker gave it to me since the iMac was useless for them.
PowerPC G3/333Mhz, 64MB of RAM, 6GB of HD. Stock config when I received it.
I put 10.1 on it right away and later Jaguar. Up the RAM to 256MB and 120GB HD(8mb cache). Sold it in 2003.
2003: Dual PowerMac G4 (FW800) + 17" Studio Display
Dual PowerPC G4/1.25Ghz, 256MB of RAM, Radeo 9000Pro, 80GB HD.
I put two 512MB of Crucial RAM.. making it 1.25GB of RAM. Changed the 120mm fan to a Panasonics Panaflo M1A fan. Put the stock 80GB to the ATA/66 bus in additional with a 120GB HD (8mb cache), the ATA/100 bus has a 120GB HD (8mb cache) as a boot volume. AirPort Extreme card and Televio PCI TV card. Added a Pioneer DVR-106D 4X SuperDrive few months ago since the stock Philips combo drive acts weird but still usable.
My sister uses an iBook (G3/800Mhz, 12.1", 32MB VRAM, running Panther). The model falls within the Apple iBook repair program, but her iBook has no video issue since day 1.
She used to have the clamshell iBook 300Mhz.. but she gave it to me since it suffered from a pink screen.
Started using Macs in 1989 Apple MacIntosh IIcx (if I remember correctly).
Bought my first Mac in 1993 - Centris 650; upgraded RAM (16MB) and HD (SCSI 1GB) for an unnamable amount of money; furthermore accelerated frequency from 25MHz to 40MHz with some soldering on the motherboard.
Sold this baby in 1999 for a Rev. A B&W PowerMac G3 with 400MHz; upgraded with lots of HD space RAM and recently with a Sonnet G4 500 MHz processor-card.
iMac G3, 266 (recently upgraded to 80 GB harddrive.)
iBook SE, 466
I'll replace each when a G5 is available (iMac/pBook).
...
prior to that I've had a MacSE ... wow! 2 floppy drives !... one for the 800k system disk and one to work with
a LC (purchased after I wrecked the MacSE trying to screw with the board)
an LCIII (a freebie ... so I gave the orig LC to my sisteriinlaw who was heading to college).
...
Then of course there's the eMachine Celeron 1.2 sitting in the other room ... It's noticeably faster than both my macs, but Windows is such a pain to use that It doesn't do much but stream iTunes from the iMac into the stereo.
PowerMac DP800 QuickSilver/1.5GB/GF3/4x120GB drives: My GF and I purchased it for her in August 2001 when she began grad school. We use the Apple 17" CRT Studio Display with it.
iBook G3 700/30GB/640MB: We purchased it for my use on May 2002, but she's taken it over exclusively (sigh).
iMac DV 400/80GB/512MB (Indigo): Purchased in August 2000 to use iMovie. It now's in the basement, hooked to a stereo where I can rip my LPs and stream iTunes to it via AirPort for listening when I'm putzing around in the basement.
iMac 333/10GB/320MB (blueberry): Given to me by my brother-in-law and sister when their family upgraded to PowerBooks and iBooks. I use it primarily for learning AppleScript and to boot into OS9 to run the Epson printing utility for my ancient Photo EX.
iMac 266/6GB/256MB (tangerine): Our first modern Mac, purchased in February 1999 (we had been using a IIci and a Quadra 660AV when we met). Moving from those 680xxx chips and a 28.8 modem to the iMac with a cable modem was jaw-droppingly quick: the world was my hard drive. Recently, the analog board blew, so it's in its box until I find time to repair it (but I might merge components from the 333, I prefer the tangerine color).
Some time this year, we'll be getting her a 17" PowerBook (and I'll get the iBook back), and we'll upgrade to a G5 next summer (when I'll turn the QuickSilver into a server--and upgrade our home network to gigabit and AirPort Express). I'll also donate the iMacs to whomever will take them at that time.
Okay, so here is the story. I first got interested in the summer of 2001 or so when I saw my friend's 500 mhz Pismo running Final Cut Pro. Scratch that, January of 2001. When I learned of OSX, I was determined to get a Mac, but having no job, I was unable to buy one. In November of 2001, I built a computer for a family, an they gave me their old iMac DV+ 450 mhz. I didn't have OSX yet, but I got it for Christmas. (OS 10.1). Pretty quickly I moved from my 733 mhz pc to this.
It worked great until the following XMAS I decided to take it apart, and, well, it never went back to working order. Fortunately I had picked up a 233 mhz Beige G3 and 300 mhz Beige G3 so I used a 300 mhz Beige G3 overclocked to 333 mhz for a whole YEAR! 20 gigs of hd space, firewire, and I actually did a bit of Final Cut Pro work on it.
So then in January of this year, I traded my video camera for a G4/450 Cube with 768 megs of ram. Worked quite nicely, but I wanted a laptop, so I saved up and bought a used iBook/800.
Shortly after that, I found myself wanting more expandibility than the Cube had to offer, so I found someone in Chicago who wanted a Cube and I traded for his 867 mhz Quicksilver. During this time, I realized how much money I needed for college for next year, so I sold the iBook, not losing anything. So now I have this 867 mhz Quicksilver. Part of the deal is we kept our graphics cards, so I had to purchase a Geforce 2 MX online. Also bought a Sonnet Tempo/133 controller card and two 250 gig harddrives, so it is decked out with 580 gigs of hd space, everything on its OWN channel! Great machine and it runs Panther great. Now if anyone wants to buy either a 128 or 256 meg chip of ram for their G4 iBook...
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Jimzip
Sage iMac DV+
320 Megs Ram
10 Gig iPod
External LaCie 48X Burner
Old-Timey=
LC 630
1 GHz Powerbook 12
A stack of old beige boxes.
1GB of ram, 80 gig 5400 rpm, 128 mb ati 9700.
It will be arriving within the week. ^_^
(coincidently it also happens to be the computer of my dreams. =D)
CAN'T WAIT!
- Xidius
Oh My God, they killed >_>
You Bastards!
Originally posted by mattjohndrow
goddammit i hate you >_>
I feel loved. =P
- Xidius
PowerPC 601/60Mhz, 8MB onboard RAM, onboard video, 700MB SCSI HD, AAUI, StyleWriter 1200, Apple MultiSync 14" display, Apple 14.4 Geoport modem.
I upgraded that baby with two 64MB SIMM RAM, give it a total of 136MB of RAM, a 256k L2 cache, an Apple A/V NuBus card for audio and video I/O as well as drives 2 displays at once, a 4GB IBM SCSI HD, and an US Robotics x2 external modem (costed me $250 that time). This setup is still healthy and loaded with Mac OS 9.1
1998: iMac Bondi Rev. A
PowerPC G3/233Mhz, 32MB of RAM, 2MB VRAM, 4GB of HD.
I gave that machine a boost with a Sonntech iHARMONIG3 500Mhz card with FireWire support. Up the VRAM to 6MB, RAM to 256MB and 120GB HD (8mb cache). Loaded with Jaguar before I sold it on eBay 2 years ago.
2001: PowerBook G4 Titanium
PowerPC G4/400Mhz, 128MB of RAM, 10GB HD.
I bought a SCSI CardBus card for it, up the RAM to 768MB, AirPort card, and Formac Studio DV/TV to watch cableTV off my TiBook. Sold it on eBay 2 years ago.
2002: iMac Tangerine Rev. D
My sister's co-worker gave it to me since the iMac was useless for them.
PowerPC G3/333Mhz, 64MB of RAM, 6GB of HD. Stock config when I received it.
I put 10.1 on it right away and later Jaguar. Up the RAM to 256MB and 120GB HD(8mb cache). Sold it in 2003.
2003: Dual PowerMac G4 (FW800) + 17" Studio Display
Dual PowerPC G4/1.25Ghz, 256MB of RAM, Radeo 9000Pro, 80GB HD.
I put two 512MB of Crucial RAM.. making it 1.25GB of RAM. Changed the 120mm fan to a Panasonics Panaflo M1A fan. Put the stock 80GB to the ATA/66 bus in additional with a 120GB HD (8mb cache), the ATA/100 bus has a 120GB HD (8mb cache) as a boot volume. AirPort Extreme card and Televio PCI TV card. Added a Pioneer DVR-106D 4X SuperDrive few months ago since the stock Philips combo drive acts weird but still usable.
My sister uses an iBook (G3/800Mhz, 12.1", 32MB VRAM, running Panther). The model falls within the Apple iBook repair program, but her iBook has no video issue since day 1.
She used to have the clamshell iBook 300Mhz.. but she gave it to me since it suffered from a pink screen.
Bought my first Mac in 1993 - Centris 650; upgraded RAM (16MB) and HD (SCSI 1GB) for an unnamable amount of money; furthermore accelerated frequency from 25MHz to 40MHz with some soldering on the motherboard.
Sold this baby in 1999 for a Rev. A B&W PowerMac G3 with 400MHz; upgraded with lots of HD space RAM and recently with a Sonnet G4 500 MHz processor-card.
Will sell it when the new Rev. B G5´s surface.
Copeland
iMac G3, 266 (recently upgraded to 80 GB harddrive.)
iBook SE, 466
I'll replace each when a G5 is available (iMac/pBook).
...
prior to that I've had a MacSE ... wow! 2 floppy drives !... one for the 800k system disk and one to work with
a LC (purchased after I wrecked the MacSE trying to screw with the board)
an LCIII (a freebie ... so I gave the orig LC to my sisteriinlaw who was heading to college).
...
Then of course there's the eMachine Celeron 1.2 sitting in the other room ... It's noticeably faster than both my macs, but Windows is such a pain to use that It doesn't do much but stream iTunes from the iMac into the stereo.
Originally posted by >_>
I feel loved. =P
- Xidius
as well you should, you stupid bastard!
17" Studio Display
and every game worth playing. (2 games, actually- UT2004 and Halo)
Pentium 4 2.53 GHz Processor
1 GB Ram
Windows XP Home
120 GB HD
CD/DVD burning drive
Oh yeah
It's funny 'cause the thread's called: "What's your Mac?"
Though I hold no grudges, may ye be enlightened soon. 8)
Also, that doesn't sound like a bad setup at all..
Jimzip
iBook G3 700/30GB/640MB: We purchased it for my use on May 2002, but she's taken it over exclusively (sigh).
iMac DV 400/80GB/512MB (Indigo): Purchased in August 2000 to use iMovie. It now's in the basement, hooked to a stereo where I can rip my LPs and stream iTunes to it via AirPort for listening when I'm putzing around in the basement.
iMac 333/10GB/320MB (blueberry): Given to me by my brother-in-law and sister when their family upgraded to PowerBooks and iBooks. I use it primarily for learning AppleScript and to boot into OS9 to run the Epson printing utility for my ancient Photo EX.
iMac 266/6GB/256MB (tangerine): Our first modern Mac, purchased in February 1999 (we had been using a IIci and a Quadra 660AV when we met). Moving from those 680xxx chips and a 28.8 modem to the iMac with a cable modem was jaw-droppingly quick: the world was my hard drive. Recently, the analog board blew, so it's in its box until I find time to repair it (but I might merge components from the 333, I prefer the tangerine color).
Some time this year, we'll be getting her a 17" PowerBook (and I'll get the iBook back), and we'll upgrade to a G5 next summer (when I'll turn the QuickSilver into a server--and upgrade our home network to gigabit and AirPort Express). I'll also donate the iMacs to whomever will take them at that time.
iMac G4 800/Superdrive
Sawtooth
PM8500
LC475
It worked great until the following XMAS I decided to take it apart, and, well, it never went back to working order. Fortunately I had picked up a 233 mhz Beige G3 and 300 mhz Beige G3 so I used a 300 mhz Beige G3 overclocked to 333 mhz for a whole YEAR! 20 gigs of hd space, firewire, and I actually did a bit of Final Cut Pro work on it.
So then in January of this year, I traded my video camera for a G4/450 Cube with 768 megs of ram. Worked quite nicely, but I wanted a laptop, so I saved up and bought a used iBook/800.
Shortly after that, I found myself wanting more expandibility than the Cube had to offer, so I found someone in Chicago who wanted a Cube and I traded for his 867 mhz Quicksilver. During this time, I realized how much money I needed for college for next year, so I sold the iBook, not losing anything. So now I have this 867 mhz Quicksilver. Part of the deal is we kept our graphics cards, so I had to purchase a Geforce 2 MX online. Also bought a Sonnet Tempo/133 controller card and two 250 gig harddrives, so it is decked out with 580 gigs of hd space, everything on its OWN channel! Great machine and it runs Panther great. Now if anyone wants to buy either a 128 or 256 meg chip of ram for their G4 iBook...