Next up: either a MacBook Pro, or a Mac mini to replace the G4 Cube as the home server.
Oh yeah, there are a //gs and a NeXTstation in there too, but I got them both years after they were released, and they were never my primary machines. Oh, and a Newton MessagePad 2000... which still works great.
1986: Mac Plus, 8 MHz (Actually my girlfriend's, not mine)
1987: Mac II, 16 MHz
1990?: Mac IIfx, 40 MHz (I'm having a hard time remembering if I actually bought one of these or not.)
1992: Mac Quadra 840av, 40 MHz
1995-03: Power Mac 7100/80 AV
1998-06: Power Mac G3 266 MHz
1999-03: Power Mac G3 Blue & White, 400 MHz
2000-05: iBook 300 MHz (blueberry)
2001-02: PowerBook G4, 500 MHz
2002-01: PowerBook G4, 667 MHz
2002-05: PowerBook G4 DVI, 800 MHz
2002-09: Power Mac G4 MDD, dual 1.25 GHz
2003-09: Power Mac G5, dual 2.0 GHz
2003-09: PowerBook G4 12" DVI, 1 GHz
2004-04: PowerBook G4 12" DVI, 1.33 GHz
2005-11: Power Mac G5, quad 2.5 GHz
2006-05: MacBook Pro 15.4" Core Duo 2.16 GHz
2007-06: MacBook Pro 15.4" Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
Plus numerous iPods, an iPhone, two Apple TVs (I just sold my old 40GB AppleTV on eBay a couple of weeks ago for better than 2/3 what I paid for it, and upgraded to a 160GB), a few Macs bought as as gifts for other people, and (although it hardly bears mention in this thread) a handful of PCs (all homebrew, except once when I got a great deal through a friend working at Compaq).
I typically get between 1/2 and 2/3 of whatever I originally paid for a Mac back by selling it on eBay. That makes frequent upgrading a lot more tempting.
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LCIII (with CD300e)
Performa 450
Performa 6400
iMac DV Grape
iBook SE 466
Titanium Powerbook G4 1GHz Superdrive (the best design laptop ever)
iMac 20" G4 (the best design iMac ever)
Given the design that Ive put in to the last two I still can't be convinced to move from G4 to Intel... yet...
Only the LCIII has died and that was just the SCSI hard disk... but at 8 years old at the time it wasn't getting replaced.
15" 75mhz Performa 5200CD (PPC603 equivilent to the iMac)
350mhz PowerMac G3 (best overall computer design that I've seen)
12" 900mhz iBook G3
20" 2.4 iMac Core 2 Duo (Aluminum)
PB 5300
Did you get one of the ones that caught fire? Or whose hinges snapped?
Mac II
MacIIFX
Quadra 800
Quadra 950
PPC 840 AV
PPC 9500
G3 Beige
G4 433 MHz
iMac DV
G5 dual
iMac 20" core duo
Mac Pro intel dual 3.0
MacBook Pro led
iPod 4 g Nano
iPhone
Those are just the ones I used. I bought lots of other cheapo models for the kids and office staff.
1988 Mac SE
1994 Powermac 7100/80
2001 Powerbook G3/500 (Pismo)
2002 PowerMac G4/1Ghz dual
2004 Powerbook G4/1.67Ghz 15"
2004 PowerMac G5/2.5Ghz dual
2007 MacBookPro 2.4Ghz dual core 17"
the SE and the Pismo were the most "dramatic"
Apple ][
Apple //e
Apple //c
Mac SE/30
Owned:
Mac IIcx
Mac IIsi
PowerBook 170
PowerBook 5300
PowerBook G3 Pismo
B/W G3 Mac
PowerBook G4
G4 Cube
MacBook
Next up: either a MacBook Pro, or a Mac mini to replace the G4 Cube as the home server.
Oh yeah, there are a //gs and a NeXTstation in there too, but I got them both years after they were released, and they were never my primary machines. Oh, and a Newton MessagePad 2000... which still works great.
wow... it's so lonely... I think I should buy more.
And uh...that's it so far...
To the best of my recollection ...
- Macintosh IIci
- 1992: Quadra 700
- 1992: PowerBook 180
- PowerBook Duo 2300c [only PowerPC Duo model]
- PowerCenter Pro [Mac clone]
- 2001: PowerBook G4/400
- PowerMac G4/450
- 2004: PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5
- 2006: MacBook Pro 15" (Core Duo)
- 2006: MacBook Pro 15" (Core 2 Duo)
- 2007: Mac mini
Also, I've had several PC's over the years, all Dell (ugh) ...- OptiPlex GXa [P2]
- 2000: Dimension XPS T750r [750MHz P3]
- 2003: OptiPlex GX270 [2.8GHz P4]
And, going into the ancient past ...Now, add
Now, add
Congrats!
2004 15" PowerBook G4 1.25GHz
2004 12" PowerBook G4 867MHz
2004 MacMini 1.25GHz
2005 17" iMac G5 1.8GHz
2006 13" MacBook 2.0GHz
So far my favorites were the 12" iBook (my first mac) and the 12" PowerBook G4 (portable workhorse)...my MacBook has had many problems...
1999 Power Macintosh G3 Blue & White (motherboard fried)
2000 Power Macintosh G4 (dual 500Mhz, still working)
2001 iMac (sold)
2002 Powerbook G4 (15", 1Ghz, still in use)
2005 Powerbook G4 (15", 1.67Ghz, motherboard failure about 3 weeks ago)
2006 Mac Pro (x4 3Ghz, overheating Radeon X1900 which is getting replaced currently)
2007 MacBook (13", 2.16Ghz, bought about 2.5 weeks ago)
1985 - Macintosh Plus with 20MB external HD
1989 - 2x Macintosh SE30
1993 - Macintosh Color Classic
1996 - Macintosh Performa 5320
1999 - 2x iMac G3 slotloader
2001 - 2x iMac G4, 17", 'lamp'
2007 - iMac Intel 2,4Ghz Core2 Duo, 20"
2007 - MacBookPro Intel 2,4Ghz Core2 Duo, 17" (got it last Saturday icluding Airport Extreme and a fast 500GB LaCie external HD... WOOOOHOOOO!).
Waiting for Leopard!
BTW, does anyone know a way to install Tiger install DVD's for Intel iMacs, with the OS and the iLife apps, on a G4 iMac?
I've got Pacifist, but not sure if that could be helpful here.
1986: Mac Plus, 8 MHz (Actually my girlfriend's, not mine)
1987: Mac II, 16 MHz
1990?: Mac IIfx, 40 MHz (I'm having a hard time remembering if I actually bought one of these or not.)
1992: Mac Quadra 840av, 40 MHz
1995-03: Power Mac 7100/80 AV
1998-06: Power Mac G3 266 MHz
1999-03: Power Mac G3 Blue & White, 400 MHz
2000-05: iBook 300 MHz (blueberry)
2001-02: PowerBook G4, 500 MHz
2002-01: PowerBook G4, 667 MHz
2002-05: PowerBook G4 DVI, 800 MHz
2002-09: Power Mac G4 MDD, dual 1.25 GHz
2003-09: Power Mac G5, dual 2.0 GHz
2003-09: PowerBook G4 12" DVI, 1 GHz
2004-04: PowerBook G4 12" DVI, 1.33 GHz
2005-11: Power Mac G5, quad 2.5 GHz
2006-05: MacBook Pro 15.4" Core Duo 2.16 GHz
2007-06: MacBook Pro 15.4" Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
Plus numerous iPods, an iPhone, two Apple TVs (I just sold my old 40GB AppleTV on eBay a couple of weeks ago for better than 2/3 what I paid for it, and upgraded to a 160GB), a few Macs bought as as gifts for other people, and (although it hardly bears mention in this thread) a handful of PCs (all homebrew, except once when I got a great deal through a friend working at Compaq).
Power Mac 7100
Powerbook G3 (Pismo)
Powerbook G4 (15" 1.25 Alu)*
Power Mac Dual G5 2.0Ghz*
* - still in use
My list looks paltry next some some of yours.
My list looks paltry next some some of yours.
The answer is: eBay
I typically get between 1/2 and 2/3 of whatever I originally paid for a Mac back by selling it on eBay. That makes frequent upgrading a lot more tempting.