What Mac are you currently using? upgrading soon?
With all this talk of new systems, coming next month, I'm curious to see what people are currently using, and whether they plan any upgrades next month.
I'm on a PowerBook 1.33GHz G4, and am looking at possbilly a Mac Pro tower, or a Conroe iMac.
Did the portable thing for a couple years, and I'm ready to return to the desktop with something powerful. PowerBook kinda dying on me too.
I'm on a PowerBook 1.33GHz G4, and am looking at possbilly a Mac Pro tower, or a Conroe iMac.
Did the portable thing for a couple years, and I'm ready to return to the desktop with something powerful. PowerBook kinda dying on me too.
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Originally posted by blackbird_1.0
I'm on a black MacBook 2ghz, 2gb RAM, 180gb HD. I'm thinking about getting a Mac Pro next summer to replace my Powermac G5 1.6ghz, 1.25gb RAM, 80gb HD. 8)
heh.. yeah I guess the whole "buy a new computer every 3-4 years" doesn't really apply on these boards.
Tho, I'm the same way I guess... Went from a G4 466 tower to a G4 867 tower to a PowerBook 1.33GHz.. Largest jump I made was from a Performa 580 to a Lime iMac.
Originally posted by erbium
With all this talk of new systems, coming next month, I'm curious to see what people are currently using, and whether they plan any upgrades next month.
I'm on a PowerBook 1.33GHz G4, and am looking at possbilly a Mac Pro tower, or a Conroe iMac.
Did the portable thing for a couple years, and I'm ready to return to the desktop with something powerful. PowerBook kinda dying on me too.
I am currently using a Dual Proc 1.25 G4 (Gig of RAM/Superdrive) with the stock Radeon 9000.
I'd love to updgrade to a 17" iMac (Intel), but alas, I'm broke.
Originally posted by erbium
Largest jump I made was from a Performa 580 to a Lime iMac.
580? Try Performa 575 to a PowerMac G3...
Remember how impressed you were when you went from thousands of colors to millions?
Originally posted by Guybrush Threepwood
580? Try Performa 575 to a PowerMac G3...
Remember how impressed you were when you went from thousands of colors to millions?
Ha ha, try Mac IIci to Powerbook G4 867 MHz ( what I'm currently using).
Actually, the IIci was my dad's leftover computer and the Powerbook was really my first computer for "serious" stuff.
Anyway, I'm looking at a new iMac for *ahem..cough, cough* my mom. Waitin' for Conroe!
Originally posted by meelash
Ha ha, try Mac IIci to Powerbook G4 867 MHz ( what I'm currently using).
Damn, 256 colors AND hypercard ran slow??? How did you keep your sanity?
Originally posted by Guybrush Threepwood
Damn, 256 colors AND hypercard ran slow??? How did you keep your sanity?
Hypercard...whoo boy, that brings back memories....
I had sweet games on that baby. Actually, there are few games nowadays that seem as fun. Flashback, Quagmire, Civilization (the PC version then was soooo bad), Dark Castle, Shadow Keep, Spectre Supreme (awesome network gaming), Risk, the worm game that I forget the name of (multiplayer with terrain and different missiles types). I had (actually, still have) literally hundreds of games for that thing.
Originally posted by meelash
Hypercard...whoo boy, that brings back memories....
I had sweet games on that baby. Actually, there are few games nowadays that seem as fun. Flashback, Quagmire, Civilization (the PC version then was soooo bad), Dark Castle, Shadow Keep, Spectre Supreme (awesome network gaming), Risk, the worm game that I forget the name of (multiplayer with terrain and different missiles types). I had (actually, still have) literally hundreds of games for that thing.
All I had was wordmunchers, sim city 2000, and mario teaches typing... \
I guess that's why I got into Hypercard...
Originally posted by Guybrush Threepwood
All I had was wordmunchers, sim city 2000, and mario teaches typing... \
I guess that's why I got into Hypercard...
aah, I forgot about Sim City 2000. That was many wasted hours. And SimAnt that was soooo easy to beat I think it was a bug (no pun intended)
Originally posted by meelash
Ha ha, try Mac IIci to Powerbook G4 867 MHz ( what I'm currently using).
Actually, the IIci was my dad's leftover computer and the Powerbook was really my first computer for "serious" stuff.
Anyway, I'm looking at a new iMac for *ahem..cough, cough* my mom. Waitin' for Conroe!
haha! yeah that's quite a jump. Overtime, the time between purchases has shortened for me. Probably because I've slowly been able to afford better stuff, and the computers keep getting more afordable.
First upgrade was a Mac Plus to a Performa 580, then of course to the iMac 333MHz G3. Since then I've been buying about every 2 years.
Originally posted by erbium
First upgrade was a Mac Plus to a Performa 580, then of course to the iMac 333MHz G3. Since then I've been buying about every 2 years.
I always got screwed because the RAM was different in the 575 series than the 580. It was more expensive and I always had to order it out of MacWarehouse.
Damn performas. I hated the dark age...
Originally posted by blackbird_1.0
I've an Apple II GS, and I remember playing Word Munchers, Number Munchers, and Oregon Trail, etc. Good times.
so.. you're upgrading to a MacPro?
Originally posted by erbium
so.. you're upgrading to a MacPro?
Yeah. The newest machine I have is a MacBook. I'm going to wait until next summer probably, and then get a Mac Pro.
For the record, if the situation improves soon, I look to do a complete overhaul within 1 year.