[MacNZ]

Ok, was just wondering because my family (between five) has:
A PM 7300 upgraded to G3/400
iMac Rev B
iMac Rev.C
PowerBook G3/500
PowerBook G3/400
Performa 5200

Anyway, the rational is that i reckon I should cut down the number of systems and make the ones we do have better.
Do all you ladies and gentlemen out there have huge numbers of systems? What are the advantages of having more macs? and fewer?
As for me, you see, I'm worried about these computers not all getting looked after (I'm the only one in the family who is actually reasonable on computers).

[Gregg]

Too many Big Macs, yes.

Too many Macintosh apples, yes.

Too many Mac Trucks, no.

[mjb]

my Apple Products and other Mac stuf...

Apple II
Mac SE
Newton 110
Performa 6200
UMAX C600 (2)
PowerMac G3 Blue & White
Powerbook 145b

as you can see, mine stretch out over time. the only reason keep them is for posterity's sake. ...if you've got a lot of Macs for a big family that uses them, well, that's good. but myself, as a computer science student and a writer... well, i can't imagine needing (and this isn't the current setupf for me) more than a box for testing, a box for playing and a box for the road.

my hardware is mostly outdated and is fun to play with. but in reality, i only use one of the UMAXs, and the G3. the other UMAX is on loan to my sister and my parents use the 6200 though i think they're going to get themselves an iMac soon.

[yoyo52]

Mac 512 (still works of course )
Mac Classic II (also works)
iMac Rev A (now my son's)
Wallstreet PB 300 MHz (don't leave home without it unless you're going camping)
G4 400 MHz AGP (which I won on Jan. 1st of this year. What a hoot!! )

In my office I have a 7200 120 MHz--not mine but I control the horizontal so to speak.

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[mkuehn]

Lots of Macs. Mmm, mmm, delicious.

iMac DV
iBook
PowerMacintosh 7500/233
PowerMacintosh 6100/60/AV
Classic II
LC
LCII
LCIII
Performa 630
Quadra 700
PowerBook 190/66
IIsi

I don't think you can ever have too many. Sometimes, I think about trying to collect all the U.S.-released models, up to a certain point, like the 8100 or something like that. But then the storage space in my apartment and my wife say 'no'.

But one day, watch out. I can see a whole room in the basement with shelves holding all kinds of Macs, all running in complete harmony. Not that I've been thinking about that lately, though...

[elzinat]

and just imagine, a museum full of tens of thousands of 1st generation Macs grinding away at SETI data, in completey harmony... is there a version of SETI compatible with System 5?

[denim]

And just think, your twenty thousand Mac 128s might just be able to finish a work unit every couple of years, between them.

[elzinat]

I'm thinking, and you know what I am seeing?
"Twenty years nothing, and then it all comes in one day! ohouhouhouhouhou!eheeheeheeheeheeheehee!"

[Anthony the PC lover]

Oh yeah!? Well I currently have:

The full version of Solitaire
The full version of Minesweeper
The full version of FreeCell
A beige rectangle clump for a computer

BEAT THAT!!!!

[yoyo52]

I have The Art of War. And it stil works on my 512. I think that's just unbeatable

The people who live with me get a bit annoyed sometimes...


UMAX C500
iMac Rev B.
Performa 5215CD
Quadra 630
IIci (two of them)
LC II (two of them)
Macintosh II (two of them)
Macintosh SE (three of them)
PowerMac 7100/80
PowerBook 5300ce
PowerBook 150
homemade Pentium 150 (BeOS)
homemade 486/33 (Linux)

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Eliott Wolfe
Winnetka, Calif

[NastyP]

my macs...

512k mac (doesnt work and i dont know why)

performer 460 (works great, and so much fun even though its so slow_

powermac 6100/100 w/cd

imac 333 (grape)

imac 350 (blueberry, the only color it came in)

ibook se 366 (graphite, the only color it came in)

well thats it but i hope to get some more when i become rich

I want an LC... pizzabox project, or maybe some other odd container for a computer. THat'd be neat. Heh.

Ca$h

[Kozmik]

Well Ca$h, I have 2 LCs... one I've upgraded about as far as it can go, the other is a bare-bones config. Want it? I also have a Macintosh Classic II, a Quadra 630, and an iMac DV SE 400.

[Josh Reid]

I have...an old Peforma 630 CD sitting in a box in the attic..a Rev. B iMac, sitting on the floor under my desk..and I currently use an iMac DVSE (Oct 99) and an iBook SE.

Josh

[roders]

If anyone feels they've go to many Mac's feel free to give me one, as that's all I've got! (one).

well, right now in da haus, i got:

imac dv/se (400Mhz)
imac dv (blueberry)
g3 desktop
quadra 650
se/30
lc II
mac plus (beige)

i think having a bunch is good, so if everyone needs to use a comp at once, they can.
dabradda

[blue]

Spread amongst the family-

2GS
2 x powerbook 5300 cs
quadra 610
6100 66/dos
performa 5360
imac rev. b
b/w g3


had more, bought at college at the end of the year, but i sold them to computerless freshmen at a huge profit

b.

I will post this again, as someone deleted my first post even though it mentioned nothing controversial or broke any rules...

Whats the diff between the bare bones LC and the other one?

Ca$h

[Misha]

A bare bones Macintosh LC has:

68020 @ 16 MHz
2 MB RAM
40 MB SCSI-2 Hard Drive

If he indeed has upgraded the LC pretty far as it can go, it would have Sonnet Presto Plus (68040, 32 MB RAM (otherwise the max. on the LC is 10 MB), and Ethernet) as well as an 18 GB Hard Drive or so.

Eeesh. That sucks. Whats the newest OS you can put on it?

[Misha]

On a '020 it's 7.5.5 or 7.6.1... one of the two.

With the Presto Plus it's 8.6.

[cteselle]

well not in the same house, but in the same family, dad, sister, me:

Apple II
Apple II+
Apple IIe
SE
IIsi
IIvx
840av
8100/80 w/ G3 upgrade
8100/80av
8500/150
Performa 6300
G4/350
G4/450
G4/500
iBook
PowerBook G3/292
PowerBook G3/500

I think that is all...

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[Zwilnik]

In various places, between my brother and myself:-

G4 500 MP
G3 400 B/W
G3 Beige
Performa 6400
Powermac 7200
2 x iBook 300s (1 with 12gig drive)
Performa 5320
Duo 210 + Dock II+
2 x LCIIIs
Banana ][+ (Apple ][+ clone, my first computer, bought in Hong Kong)
and I'll be ordering my Cube once the gigabit ethernet option's available.

[MacNZ]

jeez, i envy some of you, mind you I forgot my doorstop macs. these things are great. My friend now wants to sell me an indigo iMac DV + for $2500 (US$1100) so maybe I'll have another mac soon.

[Cipher13]

Only have:

G4 400 Sawtooth
PowerMac 5500/250
PowerBook 100
Mac Classic II

and will soon be getting:

PowerMac 9600
Colour Classic
Twentieth Anniversary Mac

I plan to collect the whole set

Cipher13

[This message has been edited by Cipher13 (edited 08-28-2000).]