Time to make things fun..
Perhaps it's a girl thing, but I want to make it a little more fun around here. It seems you all are in a rut, and since CosmoNut informed me this is the "slow season" here, I wanted to make a fun thread.
I'll make a questionnaire!
Tell me and the others about yourself. Nothing too personal. Just fill out the form. I'll answer first.
Name (first only if you wish): Ruthie
Birthday: Aug. 18, 1984 (I'm as old as the original Mac!)
Zodiac Sign: Leo
What Mac(s) do you own? iBook G4
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? (Pogue, Woz, folks like that): More than one: Jobs (don't hate me), Woz, Pogue, and Kawasaki.
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? If so, what are they? Nope. Not yet.
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? On a daily basis.
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? I really want to! We could go to Macworld Expo, and visit the Apple Store on a date.
Do you have a favorite Mac model? If so, which one? iMac G4, iBook G4, PowerMacs G4 Cube and G5, Macintosh Classic and 128K.
Favorite food: Italian, Chinese, and Cajun.
TWiT or Your Mac Life? Your Mac Life! Love them.
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)? A lovely 2GB white nano.
I'll make a questionnaire!
Tell me and the others about yourself. Nothing too personal. Just fill out the form. I'll answer first.
Name (first only if you wish): Ruthie
Birthday: Aug. 18, 1984 (I'm as old as the original Mac!)
Zodiac Sign: Leo
What Mac(s) do you own? iBook G4
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? (Pogue, Woz, folks like that): More than one: Jobs (don't hate me), Woz, Pogue, and Kawasaki.
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? If so, what are they? Nope. Not yet.
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? On a daily basis.
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? I really want to! We could go to Macworld Expo, and visit the Apple Store on a date.
Do you have a favorite Mac model? If so, which one? iMac G4, iBook G4, PowerMacs G4 Cube and G5, Macintosh Classic and 128K.
Favorite food: Italian, Chinese, and Cajun.
TWiT or Your Mac Life? Your Mac Life! Love them.
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)? A lovely 2GB white nano.
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Birthday: Feb. 23, 1982
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
What Mac(s) do you own? PowerBook 165, iMac, iBook G3, and PowerMac G5
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? Steve Jobs
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? Not yet.
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? Once in a while.
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? Yes.
Do you have a favorite Mac model? iBook.
Favorite food: Japanese, Chinese, Italian, and my grandmother's.
TWiT or Your Mac Life? Neither, yet.
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)? 2nd Generation 4GB iPod and 5th Generation 30GB iPod (Black).
Name (first only if you wish): Brad
Birthday: June 22, 1982
Zodiac Sign: Cancer (I think)
What Mac(s) do you own? Lets start with a Mac IIsi, Quadra 650, Performa 580?, 6100, Beige G3, Pismo, Dual G5.
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? (Pogue, Woz, folks like that): Woz is cool, Jobs is innovative, but I know some people who work at apple. They are cool.
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? Little Cray (G3), Portabella (Pismo), Mercury (Dual G5)
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? Uh, actually yea. My laptop, twice, after a couple close calls.
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? I did an old fashion double-take when I heard someone I liked used Macs. Ability to tolerate a Macworld is a must.
Do you have a favorite Mac model? My Pismo. Its 150 in computer years but still kicks.
Favorite food: Prettymuch anything but Thai food.
TWiT or Your Mac Life? TWiT, but it is #3. (DL.TV and Command-N)
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)? A 30GB 3G with custom engraving. (Name and E-Mail)
Birthday: 7/82
Zodiac Sign: Allegedly Cancer, though precession of the equinoxes has thrown all of the signs out of whack by a month...don't remember offhand if your real sign is the one before or the one after...
What Mac(s) do you own? Performa 630CD, Original Beige Powermac G3 Desktop, currently on an iMac G4 1GHz17"...I could go back to the Apple 2 clone "LASER" and the Apple IIc+ for previous non-mac Apples.
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? Meh, suppose it'd be the Steve
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? Lately it's been Slowy McSlow...definitely need an upgrade but waiting for next gen Intel iMacs and cash is certainly a consideration...need to pay for a PS3 in November too!
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? When I pack it up to haul it different places.
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? Just because she was a Mac user? Well, she'd get a few bonus points but that couldn't be the only reason.
Do you have a favorite Mac model? I am actually quite fond of the lampshade iMac I have. I really like the swinging arm design.
Favorite food: Spicy Chinese followed closely by Pizza & Beer
TWiT or Your Mac Life? Quoi?
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)?A hand me down 2nd Gen 5GB iPod
btw, thanks for the formatting bbird.
Birthday: Sept. 5, 1974 (am I the oldest one around here?
Zodiac Sign: Virgin, me thinks
What Mac(s) do you own? TiBook 400, G4 Dual 800, G5 Dual 1.8, Mac Mini 1.2, MacBookPro 2.0 - did I miss one?
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? The teacher who introduced me to the world of Mac in 1986, and His Steveness, of course.
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? Hanwi (TiBook), Utopia Plaitia (G4), Borg (G5), Enigma (Mac Mini), no name yet for the MBP - any suggestions?.
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? The 'Books when carrying around, and my others in a few situations.
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? Why not? They will be Mac users after the date, anyway.
Do you have a favorite Mac model? TiBook. I love it. But should be faster.
Favorite food: Everything except fish
TWiT or Your Mac Life? boah?
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)? iPod Photo 40 (I think), shuffle 1 GB.
Birthday: December 22nd 1986
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
What Mac(s) do you own? 1.8Ghz MacBook Pro
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? Steve Jobs
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? Angel (my PC is called Daemon)
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? No
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? I'm already dating a Mac user.
Do you have a favorite Mac model? G4 Cube/iMac Core Duo
Favorite food: Veggie stuff, Italian & Mexican, can't6 beat a good Scottish fillet steak
TWiT or Your Mac Life? Neither
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)? 1Gb Shuffle
Birthday: 6 December 1984 )
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
What Mac(s) do you own? Have had a PowerMac 5500, Blueberry iMac, G3 iBook, G4 iBook, but now have a 1.42GHz Mac mini.
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? Jonathan Ives
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? Nope
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? Nope
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? My decision wouldn't be affected by this. Besides, I'm happy as things are.
Do you have a favorite Mac model? G4 Cube
Favorite food: Anything really, especially anything sweet or chocolatey!
TWiT or Your Mac Life? Neither
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)? Have had a shuffle and a mini, but now a 60Gb video (only used for music though)
Birthday: 11/83
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
What Mac(s) do you own? PowerBook G4 667 dvi (768mb ram, 80gb 5400 rpm upgrade... it's sweet)
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? Gushing journalists and optimistic Wall Street analysts.
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? It's a Mac-- not a Sally. What kind of question is this? Blasphemous, I say. :-P
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? Not since I dropped it and to get the whole case replaced (ouchie).
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? It definitely is a plus side for me-- because then I could impart my knowledge while she stands there in awe of it all. This has happened twice lol. Mostly it's "zzzzzzz."
Do you have a favorite Mac model? MacBook Pro, baby.
Favorite food: Italian-- preferably prepared by Giada-- naked.
TWiT or Your Mac Life? What?
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)? 4g 20gb, yo.
Birthday: 30th June 1988 (looks like i''m the youngest so far!)
Zodiac Sign: cancer
What Mac(s) do you own? iBook G4 and Rev A iMac G3 (which i bought after my iBook!)
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? Steve Jobs and Johnathon Ives
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? No
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? I regularaly semi-hug my ibook when walking aroud with it (ie going from one room to another)
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? Wouldnt make a difference. At least I wouldnt have to spend ages fixing their computer. Time better spent on doing other things!
Do you have a favorite Mac model? I've always thought the Cube looked good.
Favorite food: Mini Eggs
TWiT or Your Mac Life? huh?
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)? I currently have a Nano 4gb but previously had a mini 6gb.
Birthday: 3/24/71
Zodiac Sign: Aries
What Mac(s) do you own? (not counting my Apple computers ;-) Performa 575, PowerMac 8500/180, PowerMac "Sawtooth" G4 upgraded
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? Worker Bee
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? They name me
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? Only when no one is looking
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? Sure, but my wife wouldn't approve...
Do you have a favorite Mac model? Powerbook 100 series, Sawtooth G4, ProMac tower (when it comes out)
Favorite food: Anything under the heading of Surf & Turf
TWiT or Your Mac Life? n/a
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)? Silver 6GB Mini
Zodiac Sign: unknown
What Mac(s) do you own? RevA 20" iMac G5, 15" G4pBook 1.5, G3 iBook SE
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? unknow.
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? uh... no.
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? uh... no.
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? well, my wife uses them, as do my kids... I guess going for ice-cream with my daughters could be considered a date
Do you have a favorite Mac model? Whatever one I'm using ... though i really liked my G3 origional iMac ... used that one for 6 years or so!.
Favorite food: A steak from the Shorebird on Waikiki.
TWiT or Your Mac Life? ??
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)? 6Gig Mini (silver). [/B][/QUOTE]
Birthday: 4/26/76
Zodiac Sign: beats me
What Mac(s) do you own? iMac G5 20", 2 Mac Pluses, Color Clasic (gutted)
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? Jobs, because he is jerk and I relate to jerks
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? "the Computer"
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? Can't say that I have.
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? If my wife would let me date other women, then, yes.
Do you have a favorite Mac model? If so, which one? The Plus/512K/128K i have a mini collection going.
Favorite food: Japanese, Thai, Mexican, BBQ (Texas & NC)
TWiT or Your Mac Life? Whaa?
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)? A black 30GB video iPod
Originally posted by Outsider
Birthday: 4/26/76[/B]
Happy 30th in a few days!
TWiT and Your Mac Life are online radio shows that cater to the interests of the Mac community. TWiT stands for This Week in Tech.
Originally posted by Mac_Doll
A little clarification for you guys:
TWiT and Your Mac Life are online radio shows that cater to the interests of the Mac community. TWiT stands for This Week in Tech.
Oh OK. I thought you were insulting us.
Birthday: late 70s/early 80s, around there
Zodiac Sign: Leo
What Mac(s) do you own? G4 aluBook 15", no room in my apartment for older model collection
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? that fat dude who ran waste of bandwidth back in the day
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? I call it "the powerbook"
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? no, it's too expensive to hug, like a hooker
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? I have no idea what this question means and I don't think I want to
Do you have a favorite Mac model? If so, which one? Pismo, the best looking powerbook ever. long live black laptops!
Favorite food: tex-mex
TWiT or Your Mac Life? The Ricky Gervais Show. Mac users are irritating, I can't even imagine listening to a Mac-related podcast. HURR WINBLOWZ!
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)? 3gen 15GB with crappy little low-contrast sucky piece of junk display. the more I use it the more I'm shocked Apple got away with charging so much for a machine with such a terrible display. shameful
Birthday: Feb 09, '82
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
What Mac(s) do you own? Mac Mini, powerbook, quad G5
Who's your favorite notable person of the Mac community? Steve Jobs or whoever made the decision to move to OS X and Intel (though it would have been nicer if they happened at the same time)
Do you give your Mac(s) name(s)? Nope and I consider all people who do to be very silly
Have you ever hugged your Mac(s)? Nope but I stroke my Mini on a daily basis
Would you ever date a person if you knew they were a Mac user? They'd still have to be as pretty as the girl that broke my heart
Do you have a favorite Mac model? Mac Mini
Favorite food: Anything if I could eat it off the body of the girl who broke my heart. Usually steak pie and potatoes but I imagine the gravy would get into all sorts of places.
TWiT or Your Mac Life? Neither
Have an iPod? If so, what model(s)? I don't but members of my family have a 60GB ipod and a 4GB ipod mini. I think they're far too expensive for what they do. I don't mind the screen quality though after seeing the Sony Walkman mp3 player.
EDIT: *Continues reading* Oh, then kinda hot. Food does taste better when accompanied by hot women. 8)
If a man were to eat food off me, I'd prefer it to be ice cream and M & M's. Or.. dare I say it.. applesauce. I'm much too naughty.
But the real question is "With or without cinnamon?"