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Anyone here a big Apple fan?

I've got three:
G3 B&W (400mhz, 256mb ram, 80gig HD, DVD DL burner, OSX 10.3.9)
Apple IIgs (Really old. 1989! Rom 03 with a whopping 1mb ram I think.)
Macintosh LCIII (Really old again, and is in need of an HD)

Anymore fans?
 
I'm not a big fan, but i do like them :)

My next PC will most likely be a mac, since i'm rather sick of windows...

I'm still keeping an XPer so i can still use the programs that don't work on macs, though.
 
Jon.
I'm not a big fan, but i do like them :)

My next PC will most likely be a mac, since i'm rather sick of windows...

I'm still keeping an XPer so i can still use the programs that don't work on macs, though.
Apple Boot Camp?

I'm quite fond of them, love the way OS X looks.
 
Only one Apple here... 1.9 GHz iMac G5 w/ built in iSight, 17" screen, 1 gig of RAM, OS X Tiger (10.4.6)

Soon... MacBook :drool:
 
Did someone say vintage macs! Ive got a Mac Powerbook 170 Laptop circa 1990..... its got a black and white backlit screen which can be viewed with the light off! It weighs a ton but is quite compact with a 10" screen, Its got a proper built in large trackball and has a really good apple os (the one with the eyes at the top that follow the cursor and go to sleep! OS4 I think)... it actually has rock solid reliability and shuts down faster than window xp on my new pc!

I love it..... I have like shufflepuck cafe on it (its all I turn it on for!) and its highly addictive and so great to play because of the trackball!

Heres a picture I found on the net......

MacPerforma.jpg
 
Typing this on my dad’s 20" G5 iMac – 1.8 Ghz, 1.25 GB RAM, Tiger.
My computer is a 12" G3 iBook – 600 MHz, 384 MB RAM, Panther.
A few months ago, dumped our first-gen PowerMac G3. (All 266 MHz of it!)

And probably getting a new MacBook or MacBook Pro for myself by September. :)

Obviously, we’re not “vintage” fans. ;) That MB/MBP will be replacing my 3 year-old iBook (4 years-old by that time).
 
I have a G5 17" iMac (Powerpc), but I'm planning to trade it in for a Intel iMac or a Intel iBook as soon as OS X Leopard comes out.
 
evilgenius788
I have a G5 17" iMac (Powerpc), but I'm planning to trade it in for a Intel iMac or a Intel iBook as soon as OS X Leopard comes out.

I can't wait to see what they have in store for us with Leopard. I mean, Tiger is already packed with features. Spotlight is quite handy and exposè has to be one of the most useful features out there.

Finder improvements perhaps? New Safari version? More ripple effects :sly:? I also can't wait til the next generation of iLife. It keeps getting better every year.
 
I'm a big fan of Macs, I've grown up with them. We didn't have any IBM compatibles in our household, but I've kept a PC for years now. Yes, Windows really was especially bad coming initially from (years and years) of just using Macs and expecting a computer to just work... I've had 95 (briefly), 98, ME, 2000 & now XP for a while. Out of the bunch, ME was the biggest joke ever (with 2000 Pro being the best and most stable), no idea how MS pulled that one on us!).

We (my family) had a Mac Plus with a little B&W screen with additional 20MB HDD that sat under it, then an LC575 (one of the first with a built in CD drive), then I moved out of home and used PCs for years before going back to Macs with a little iBook G4 12". I chose the smaller one because I wanted a portable to be very portable. I can pick it up and casually carry it around with one hand (making wireless internet actually have a point). Unfortunately (these days) its not the fastest tool in the shed (compared to the new intel Macs) but OSX is perfect and amazingly stable. Its totally fine for anything that isn't extremely CPU intensive (99% of what most people need to do with a computer... I use it mainly for vector-based design work (flash, illustrator etc)). My Windows box has just had it's annual reinstall of XP (I'm sure many are familiar with this, and think its a normal performance boost you need to do now and then when things get bloated and chuggy), I use it for 3D Max, Photoshop and (of course) games!

Now Macs do Windows, I doubt I'll ever buy a PC again, unless its for games - and I want a really good GFX card. Not likely, I'll probably just play games on consoles, I hate being chained to the desk like a gimp.
 
If you're satisfied with a certain platform then there's no need to switch. Some people go out of their way to bash a product they've never tried before. I know you've tried it out, and you don't feel like you need to switch from Windows, and that I can respect. 👍

Since this is "Apple Fans," we're not restricted to computers are we? I also like other Apple products such as the iPod. I have a white 60 GB w/ video. I also like their software - iLife is an incredible software suite.
 
I don't have an iPod yet but I'm getting one as a gift from my brother. I don't know what kind it is, but its an iPod, and how can you turn that down?

And Vintage Apple/Macs rule!

@ Robin /////// Get a IIgs and you can play Shufflepuck Cafe in color!
 
We've got a collection of G3's at work for play and testing purposes:

- A Purple 300Mhz iMac running Tiger.
- 3 media Macs. Got no idea what they are, but they're old and massive. Got loads of video and audio inputs in the back. All 3 have 200 mhz processors i think and are running OS8.
- 5 G3 desktops. The horizontal variety. Mixture of 200 and 233 Mhz processors, 8 Gb HDDs and 64 Mb RAM. Have worked quite a lot on these to make them nice; upgraded processors, added RAM etc. 2 of the 5 are running Tiger, the other 3 are running OS9.

Love Macs a lot. Would love to get one for myself; trying to see if i can wangle one of the Tiger G3s for home :) Would ideally like an Intel chipped Powerbook, but they're a bit dear...
 
If you have a 4G, 5G, Nano iPod, try ROCKbox on it!
 
In order of age, among those still currently set up:

Holly/Hilly: Power Computing PowerPC 604/120 Mac clone - remember those? 1996 vintage, running 9.2.8 I think

Daughter #1: Orange/white G3/266 iMac, upped to 512mb RAM, Panther

Queeg 500: Sawtooth (I think) G4/450/1gb tower, AGP w/ 19" Viewsonic LCD, Panther

Daughter #2: Robot iMac G4/1.0/1gb 15", Panther

Kryten: PowerBook G4/1.0/1gb 17", Panther

These are all networked via AirPort Extreme, including AirTunes to the stereo (waiting to get set up, I've had Tiger in a box for a while now).

Also have a 20gb 3-gen iPod and a 512mb Shuffle (for mowing the lawn).

On the vintage side, our first Mac was a new Macintosh II with a 13" RGB monitor. I paid more for a 100mb hard drive (biggest available in 1987) than I did for the Robot iMac in 2002.

We've collected a bunch of castoffs since then, and I can also field about 5 Mac IIcis and a couple of pizzabox Quadras, complete with color monitors. All running System 8 and complete with MS Word/Excel 3.1 or so. These will probably get Craigslisted this summer, though - they really are useless even though they still run.
 
I didn't know you were a Red Dwarf fan Duke. 👍

You should join in the quiz thread.
 
My first computer was a Mac, it had a entire 128k of memory installed.

Macintosh 128k
CPU: Motorola MC68000
CPU Speed: 8 MHz
FPU: none
Bus Speed: 8 MHz
Data Path: 16 bit
ROM: 64 kB
Onboard RAM: 128 kB
Maximum RAM: 128 kB

Video

Monitor: 9" built-in
VRAM: 1 bit 512x342

Storage
Floppy Drive: 3.5" 400 kB

Input/Output
Serial: 2

Audio Out: mono 8 bit
Speaker: mono

Miscellaneous
Codename: Macintosh

Gestalt ID: 1
Power: 60 Watts
Dimensions: 13.6" H x 9.6" W x 10.9" D
Weight: 16.5 lbs.
Minimum OS: 1.0
Maximum OS: System 3.2/Finder 5.3
Introduced: January 1984
Terminated: October 1985

Released with much fanfare in January of 1984, the Macintosh was the first affordable computer to include a Graphical User Interface. It was built around the new Motorola 68000 chip, which was significantly faster than previous processors, running at 8 MHz. The Mac came in a small beige case with a black and white monitor built in. It came with a keyboard and mouse, and had a floppy drive that took 400 kB 3.5" disks--the first personal computer to do so. It originally sold for $2,495.

info taken from: http://www.apple-history.com/

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In about 1990 we then traded that Mac in for a Mac SE, it had an optional 20mb Hard drive. Specs below:
CPU

CPU: Motorola MC68000
CPU Speed: 8 MHz
Bus Speed: 8 MHz
Data Path: 16 bit
ROM: 256 kB
RAM Type: 30 pin SIMM
Minimum RAM Speed: 150 ns
Onboard RAM: 0 MB
RAM slots: 4
Maximum RAM: 4 MB
Expansion Slots: 1 SE PDS

Video
Monitor: 9" built-in
Max Resolution: 1 bit 512x342

Storage
Hard Drive: optional 40 MB
Floppy Drive: 1 or 2 800 kB 3.25"

Input/Output
ADB: 2
Serial: 2
SCSI: DB-25
Audio Out: mono 8 bit mini
Speaker: mono

Miscellaneous
Codename: Mac ±, PlusPlus, Aladdin, Freeport, Maui, Chablis
Gestalt ID: 5
Power: 100 Watts
Dimensions: 13.6" H x 9.69" W x 10.9" D
Weight: 17 lbs.
Minimum OS: System 3.0/Finder 5.1
Maximum OS: 7.5.5
Introduced: March 1987
Terminated: August 1989

Released at the same time as the Mac II, (March, 1987) the Mac SE further addressed the issue of expansion. It came in a new platinum case, had an expansion slot, and included a bay for either a second internal floppy drive, or an internal hard drive. The Mac SE was also one of the first Macs to include an Apple Desktop Bus (ADB), which allowed for up to 16 input devices. It sold for $2,898 for a dual floppy configuration. In August 1989, The SE was replaced by the SE FDHD.

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After that machine died...playing countless hours of ZORKIII and other text based games I was on the road to PC's.

It wasn't until about 2 years ago that I picked up another Mac for my recording studio. The PC kept crashing and everyone always talked about Mac's being the poop for ProTools so I made the plunge for a Dual 1.25gz G4 Silver. Currently running 10.2.8, one system drive, an additional 120gb drive for audio and a recently installed Ultra SCSI controller for an external SCSI drive bay I rigged up to connect the Hard drive from my Tascam MX-2424 recording unit from Live shows.

It is out of survival I use a PC for 95% of my computing experience.
 
There's more Apple fans here at GTP than I previously thought.👍

GTRacer4
If you have a 4G, 5G, Nano iPod, try ROCKbox on it!

If you're wondering what "Rockbox" is, it's an open source firmware for mp3 players. This alternative firmware provides options such as cross-fading tracks and gapless playback. Also, you no longer have to rely on iTunes to manage your music, just simply drag and drop music into your iPod.

I haven't tried this yet but when I get a new iPod (it won't be soon), I'll probably give this a try on my old one.
 
Where do you get rockbox? Does it allow you to have ogg playback?
 
This is from http://www.rockbox.org/

Key Features of Rockbox

* Support for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AC3, AAC, Musepack, Midi, AIFF, ALAC, FLAC, Shorten, WAV, and Wavpack Sound Codecs
* Gapless Playback
* 5 Band Parametric Equalizer
* High Resolution Volume Control, 82 levels
* Abilty to create your own theme or use one of these.
* Crossfade, Crossfeed, and Replay Gain
* Picture and text viewing
* Calendar
* Doom
* Real Time Clock on the player's that have the necessary hardware
* Tag Database
* Unicode Support
* On The Fly Playlists
* Voice Interface, and Multilingual Interface
* Many Plugins and Games to enhance Rockbox even further.
* Open Source, so Rockbox is constantly improved.

So it looks like, Yes!
 
evilgenius788
Careful though, that probably voids your warrantee.

Don't worry. My Brother has had it long after the warranty has expired. He got another one, and he's mailing me his old one, since I need one.
 
I recently got my first and only Apple. I got a Macbook Pro after my desktop died. 1.83GHz Core Duo, 1.5GB RAM, 80GB 5400RPM HDD, X1600 128MB. I love it. I boot camped for a while, but now I'm trying out Parallel's virtualization since I don't need to use Pro/E anymore in Windows.
 
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