I replaced that with a TiBook 667 in January of this year.
I would have been happy been happy with that for a while, but I had also wanted to get a Cinema Display, but the old TiBook didn't have a DVI port, so in May of this year I bought a TiBook 800 and a 22" Cinema Display.
Apple *would* have gotten another big chunk of my disposable income this month if they'd come out with something better in this last round of Power Mac updates. It wouldn't have been a replacement for my TiBook, however -- a good Power Mac update would simply have relegated my TiBook to portable/backup status, rather than having it pull full time duty like it does now.
This time around, a G4 at 1.4 GHz capable of full DDR, rather than the Xserve hack, would have been an immediate purchase. The more time that goes by, the more impressive I'll want the next update to be.
Whenever I have enough scratch to blow on a new one.. I wasn't really impressed with apples quicksilvers so i never bought one. (It may be hard to believe but my dual 500Mhz AGP graphics mac is faster than the old 733Mhz quicksilver!) August 13ths update seems to be a big enough improvement for me to buy one. Im planning on getting the dual 867 Mhz model, i bet i can get it to dual 1Ghz easily.
i upgrade my Ti powerbook with every model so. From the 400 to the 550 combo to the new 667 DV model - each change has cost me zero becuase of the amazing customer service with John Lewis in the UK. Everytime I get a LEGIT problem with a model - which I seem to in every model (paint flaking, mouse pad button rusting etc) then the upgrade me free of charge.
Prior to this I had pretty much all the G3 range of powerbooks too.
In the UK the prices drop far more on the second hand market that I think anywhere else worldwide - so it is a case of having to keep up or if your machine is over 2 issues old - it is quite unsellable in the future. Like the original TiBook 400 is now selling in the UK for 70% less than what it came out at - you can pick one up for around £800 now.
Once you are in the loop and trap you have to stick with it otherwise you'll get a terrible feelign a few year in when you can hardly sell your powerbook and if so for about 70% less than its orioginal value. Look at the 550 combo - these were £2,000 a while ago - they now sell for £1000 - that is a big drop off - I do believe the UK second hand market to be more severe than any other country.
Maybe I am wrong - but in the meantime I will stick to upgrading everytime.
I pick a price point, like $2000. When a new machine (+ accessories) fall within those crosshairs that I really like or blow my current machine away, then I'll upgrade.
The current fare of PMs are tempting, but... an upgrade card will work for me as well.
I think this is one of the problems Apple faces right now. Obviously if they can roll out faster machines more often, more people will feel the "speed" envy and upgrade sooner. Okay-- maybe hanging onto an LCIII is a bit extreme, but I don't really feel compelled to upgrade my 350 G4.
A 1.4GH+ machine in the $2000 range-- that's my next target.
Well I don't know if I have a precise criteria, but looking back at all the Macs I've bought it seems that I buy when I can get a Mac that is about six times faster. The new dual 1 GHz DDR machine will be my 4th Mac, and should be easily 1296x as fast as my original 128K Mac (in terms of basic integer calculations -- in floating point, of course, it is getting close to a cool million times faster).
2000: Home Built 900MhZ Athlon T-bird -- to play unreal tournament.
2002: 800MHz Ti Powerbook
2002: Home Built !.67GHz Athlon XP (to replace old gaming computer. The people who recommend getting a playstation or x-box just don't understand how much better gaming is on a computer).
The years might be off a bit, and most of the Macs I've owned have received upgraded video, CPUs, scsi cards, etc.
Looking back over the years it seems I was buying a new Mac every 1-2 years, but until I bought my Ti Powerbook a month or so ago it had been four yeas since my last Apple purchase. I've been in the market for a new tower for the past two years, but I just haven't been impressed by Apples offerings.
Truthfully, I almost gave up on Apple a few months ago, but I just could not resist the new titanium Powerbook (and it should hold me over until Apple comes out with better towers).
1998-2000: Beige G3 MT AV 266 oced at 300, later Voodoo3.
2000-2002: above upgraded with G4 466, Radeon PCI (current).
2002- ca 2004: DP 1.25GHz G4 (ordered), Radeon 9700 or GF5 asap.
These are the main machines.
Over the years, roughly starting in late '99, 2 PowerMacs 8100 @ 100 and 110MHz, a 7100 @ 80, a Performa 6200 @ 75, a Performa 460, a Quadra 840av @ 40, a P200MMX, a P3 500 and a P2 300 have joined the ranks at no or almost no cost.
I use my Apple till I break it, which, as the list above makes painfully clear, happens faster and faster. Wow, all the posters here have these semi love-stories of their various macs, I have only stories of how I broke the monitor off of this or that PowerBook. I still look back woefully to my beloved pismo, which I broke only recently by taking it for a spin on my motorcycle. Anyways, once I get settled somewhere, I'll definitely move up to some tower or other, they offer about twice the power at half the price of a PowerBook, but then again, you can't take them with you on your bike. Life is full of excruciating choices.
And oh, you might already have suspected, I'm still food for the second-hand market, although I'm dangerously close to buying new stuff these days, my second-hand iBook was only four months old at the time of buying-
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I bought a TiBook 500 last year.
I replaced that with a TiBook 667 in January of this year.
I would have been happy been happy with that for a while, but I had also wanted to get a Cinema Display, but the old TiBook didn't have a DVI port, so in May of this year I bought a TiBook 800 and a 22" Cinema Display.
Apple *would* have gotten another big chunk of my disposable income this month if they'd come out with something better in this last round of Power Mac updates. It wouldn't have been a replacement for my TiBook, however -- a good Power Mac update would simply have relegated my TiBook to portable/backup status, rather than having it pull full time duty like it does now.
This time around, a G4 at 1.4 GHz capable of full DDR, rather than the Xserve hack, would have been an immediate purchase. The more time that goes by, the more impressive I'll want the next update to be.
Prior to this I had pretty much all the G3 range of powerbooks too.
In the UK the prices drop far more on the second hand market that I think anywhere else worldwide - so it is a case of having to keep up or if your machine is over 2 issues old - it is quite unsellable in the future. Like the original TiBook 400 is now selling in the UK for 70% less than what it came out at - you can pick one up for around £800 now.
Once you are in the loop and trap you have to stick with it otherwise you'll get a terrible feelign a few year in when you can hardly sell your powerbook and if so for about 70% less than its orioginal value. Look at the 550 combo - these were £2,000 a while ago - they now sell for £1000 - that is a big drop off - I do believe the UK second hand market to be more severe than any other country.
Maybe I am wrong - but in the meantime I will stick to upgrading everytime.
Jools
The current fare of PMs are tempting, but... an upgrade card will work for me as well.
I think this is one of the problems Apple faces right now. Obviously if they can roll out faster machines more often, more people will feel the "speed" envy and upgrade sooner. Okay-- maybe hanging onto an LCIII is a bit extreme, but I don't really feel compelled to upgrade my 350 G4.
A 1.4GH+ machine in the $2000 range-- that's my next target.
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1986: Apple ][gs
1989: Macintosh IIci
1991: Quadra 700
1993: Quadra 650
1994: Powerbook 520c
1995: Powermac 7500
1997: PowerMac 8600
1998: PB G3 Wallstreet
2000: Home Built 900MhZ Athlon T-bird -- to play unreal tournament.
2002: 800MHz Ti Powerbook
2002: Home Built !.67GHz Athlon XP (to replace old gaming computer. The people who recommend getting a playstation or x-box just don't understand how much better gaming is on a computer).
The years might be off a bit, and most of the Macs I've owned have received upgraded video, CPUs, scsi cards, etc.
Looking back over the years it seems I was buying a new Mac every 1-2 years, but until I bought my Ti Powerbook a month or so ago it had been four yeas since my last Apple purchase. I've been in the market for a new tower for the past two years, but I just haven't been impressed by Apples offerings.
Truthfully, I almost gave up on Apple a few months ago, but I just could not resist the new titanium Powerbook (and it should hold me over until Apple comes out with better towers).
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1995-98: Performa 5200
1998-2000: Beige G3 MT AV 266 oced at 300, later Voodoo3.
2000-2002: above upgraded with G4 466, Radeon PCI (current).
2002- ca 2004: DP 1.25GHz G4 (ordered), Radeon 9700 or GF5 asap.
These are the main machines.
Over the years, roughly starting in late '99, 2 PowerMacs 8100 @ 100 and 110MHz, a 7100 @ 80, a Performa 6200 @ 75, a Performa 460, a Quadra 840av @ 40, a P200MMX, a P3 500 and a P2 300 have joined the ranks at no or almost no cost.
Also in for 2004: a new, bigger house
j/k
G-news
1994-7100/80
1995-7500/100
1997-8600/250
1999-G3/350 & G4/400
2000-G4 CUBE 450 & 500 & iBook 300
2001-iMac 600, G4 Dual 533 & G4 Dual 800
2002-iBook 600 & G4 Dual 1000 DDR
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1998 PowerBook 180
2000 PowerBook 1400c
2001 PowerBook G3 400 Mhz
2002 iBook white
I use my Apple till I break it, which, as the list above makes painfully clear, happens faster and faster. Wow, all the posters here have these semi love-stories of their various macs, I have only stories of how I broke the monitor off of this or that PowerBook. I still look back woefully to my beloved pismo, which I broke only recently by taking it for a spin on my motorcycle. Anyways, once I get settled somewhere, I'll definitely move up to some tower or other, they offer about twice the power at half the price of a PowerBook, but then again, you can't take them with you on your bike. Life is full of excruciating choices.
And oh, you might already have suspected, I'm still food for the second-hand market, although I'm dangerously close to buying new stuff these days, my second-hand iBook was only four months old at the time of buying-
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