[Feathers]

I'm curious, with people bumping and supercharging and turbo-fanning their machines, what do they actually do with their flavoured friend when it's running?

Me? QTVR, Photoshop(as digital darkroom) and Video/Quicktime stuff.

My bondi-blue baby: 300Mhz, 40Gigs, 256Megs AND SCSI/TV. Yum!

[Feathers]

Oops! Sorry! Something about flood control???

[Steph]

I use my Strawberry iMac DV as a remote (home) terminal for doing programming on the linux box at the office; surfing the web; doing work on the company web-site.

--Steph

[iPond317]

iMac Rev. B
192 MB
Mac OS 9.0.4

Mainly used for Internet browsing, downloading MP3s, and occasional online fragging in Q3A.

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-- iPond317
All hail iMac DV
G4 Performance Leader
iBook #1 consumer laptop
Mac OS 9: Your Internet co-pilot
Power Mac G4 considered "super computer"
Think different.
"I'm so afraid, the way I feel. Days when the rain and the sun are gone. Black as night. Agony's torn at my heart too long. So afraid, slip and I fall and I die..." - Lindsey Buckingham

I use mine mainly to look at pornography on the Internet.

[AusRob]

Lots of word processing, powerpoint presentations and data analysis for work related stuff. Also quite a bit of web browsing.

[MacNZ]

Attracting people to my otherwise boring room!

[GORDYmac]

I do everything from photo editing to finances to making CD's, shopping on the internet, etc.

My computer is an extension of myself, so it's hard to detail what I do with it. It's kinda like asking, "what do you do with your left arm?"

[Scott_H]

Fun: Surf, play games, listen to music.

Work: Pay bills/balance checkbook, print envelopes, take study notes, backup palm

[Bockie]

surf the Net, managing my finances, word processing, photo editing, email and scouring the MacNN fora, of course.

[Danny DLT]

What do I got?

iMac DV (blueberry)
400MHz
64MB
10GB
DVD

What do I use it for?

E-mail
Web surfing
MP3's
AIM
DVD's
School (research, Grolier, AppleWorks)

--Danny

I produce music on my imac. Hear me at: http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/23/tim_sanders.html

I use my DVSE, 192 RAM, OS 9.04 for:
1)Video editing in Premiere
2)Word Processing
3)Digital Art in Photoshop
4)Internet surfing and development
5)3D Modelling and Rendering
6)CD Authoring in Director
-Why didn't I wait 3 months more until I could afford a G4? Good freakin question my friend, good question. And has anyone seen X-Men? I thought it was cool, but it should have been solely about Wolverine

Trevor Haldenby

[MacFreez]

great topic, Feathers.

i find that i mainly just surf the net and DL from the mac-related newsgroups.
Rev B, 160 Mb Ram.

today i left the iMac on when i left for work.
amazingly,
it was still Dl-ing 8 hrs later when i got back!
...maybe earthlink/mindspring is getting more reliable!

question for advise from U, Feathers.
i was thinking of getting a wizard card from OWC...not sure if i should.
the only game i presently own that may look good with it is TR2.

i noticed U have the formac scsi tv card.
tell me the great things about that item,
if U will.
I already have access to a scsi burner at my parents house.
they got an ancient 6115 upgraded with a sonnet G3 240 Mhz nubus card.

thanx for any enlightenment.

I use my iMac mainly for e-mail, surfing, and Photoshop!

I just checked out Cabana ... Good Stuff!!!

Jimmy

[Ca$h68]

System: Franken iMac

Stuff I do: Lots of UT, downloading lots of UT mods, posting a lot to this message board, neons.org message board, and www.xlr8yourmac.com message board. Email. Music stuff (mp3s, burning CDs)

When Im on campus, I use it to download movies onto, then burn them as VCDs, then sell them to people with DVD players for 8 bucks each. HEhehe.

Ca$h

[Stogieman]

System: iMac DVSE

What do I do with it?

1. Mainly internet stuff - web surfing, email, shopping, posting on MacNN forums, viewing movie trailors, and Hotline/Carracho.
2. Play way to much UT
3. Burn CDs
3. Listen to mp3s
4. Currently making a video family tree using imovie.
5. Occasionally play DVDs.

my setup:
imac dv/se, 192mb ram, zip 100, altec/lansing speakers

my uses:
audio editing w/ peak, pushing pixels w/ photoshop, downloading *legal* (cough) mp3s (3.5 gigs and still growing!), surfing the 'net at a screaming 48000bps, watching the occasional dvd, and irritating the hall out of my neighbors. (altec/lansing speakers + 3.5 gigs of mp3s = irritated neighbors!)

dabradda

[John]

I use my iMac Rev/B with 96MB of memory (this is my second replacement for the first iMac Rev/A I bought on August 15th, 1998) ( 64MB of RAM bought from MacGuru's about the same date.) for work. I update iMac2Day with it, do a lot of real work for MacNN and also keep up with the family finances.

My wife surfs the internet, and my new puppy chews on the cords (lots of misc USB cables running here and there). The Cat like to nap on top of the scanner (provided by ARTEC). I also use it to burn backup disks of part of the MacNN network from time to time.

All in all, a sound investment for two solid years.

In fact, I am thinking that it's about time for an upgrade, but instead of actually buying a new computer, I'm thinking of just buying a NewerTech or PowerLogix upgrade card and a new HD for the iMac Rev/B since it has IRDA support and that's important for my Palm, you see I still can't bring myself to buy a $40 connector to connect the Palm cradle (serial) that was "included for full synchronous support with my PC". What a rip off. Plus, if I aim my iMac right, I am sure I can figure out how to change the channels on my TV one of these days with it

But seriously, the IR port makes for a great remote control when doing presentations. I even have video out on this old iMac via the iPresenter from PowerR computing. Not sure if they still sell it though.

[This message has been edited by John (edited 07-15-2000).]

iMac 350

Strictly leisure and internet - NO WORK ALLOWED!

It's also the test-pad for things like the CD's that come with the various Mac magazines.

Additionally it provides a comfort zone as a back-up just in case some catastrophe should befall my main Mac (which is devoted to work.)

WDL

[disectamac]

iMac DVSE

Download MP3, mix em, re mix em, burn em, label em, shrink wrap em, sell em in stores.
School work (lots of it)
Internet (Forums and GUI downloads mostly, keep up on world news)
DVD movies mirror on a 36" TV
Soundjam plays all day (and sometimes night) with plugins mirrored on TV.
Watch streaming video (CNN, Weather, Movie Trailers)

well I guess I don't do much at all with my Mac after all.

[Mitser]

PORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! j/k

MP3, surfing, general internet machine. I use my g4 for the real heavy duty stuff.

iMac rev.D, 128ram, 10 gig hd, 466 newer tech processor.

[Mitser]

PORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! j/k

MP3, surfing, general internet machine. I use my g4 for the real heavy duty stuff.

iMac rev.D, 128ram, 10 gig hd, 466 newer tech processor.

[Feathers]

Originally posted by MacFreez:
great topic, Feathers.

i noticed U have the formac scsi tv card.
tell me the great things about that item,
if U will.
I already have access to a scsi burner at my parents house.Thanx for any enlightenment.

The iProRaidTV from Formac is First Class!!! I have a TEAC 8x24 burner and a Minolta Dimage Film Scanner hooked up to it, not to mention playing vid's through it in a convenient corner of the screen when I'm online.

I also echo John's comments about the IrDA, I talk to my eMate that way, it's brilliant. I'd love to get another RevB 'cos I have another iProRaid unopened ready to go aswell.

Still a bit undecided about the NeverTechnology upgrade though.

Ca$h! What have you been told about copyright? Go to your room and don't come out until you've recognised the error of your ways, mister man!

[This message has been edited by Feathers (edited 07-15-2000).]

[OldGuy]

I use my 350 MHz iMac primarily for word processing and speadsheeting (about 6 hours a day). It also prints about 200 pages of output a day (another couple of hours). I occasionally do some scanning, archiving and CD-burning (less than an hour a day).

About 10 hours a day it is crunching SETI@home work units. When looking at it that way, I guess it mostly works for SETI.

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CWINDOWS\SYSTEM
- all the reasons you
need to get a Mac.

[Ivan]

I have a lime iMac DV, zip,scanner, and a awesome iSub, 128 meg
I use it for my home office for my customer database, scheduleing with consultant and keeping track of my finances. When I'm through with that, I'm on the internet playing UT,browsein' or watching movies. Hey Ca$h, how can I get some from you,Just email me and well talk.

I DID use my mac to edit video, sweeten audio, compositing, and working with photoshop, but since there is something seriously wrong with it for the past several days it.. hmm, well it makes a great paperweight, and I can sit in front of it for many hours simulating the motions of editing video. In fact, if you are in a well lit room and the monitor is off, you can actually see yourself in the screen. I've performed Hamlet, 12 Angry Men (I played the other eleven), and I can pull off a mean first act of "Duck Soup". If you stay up for over 46 hours and talk to the screen, it talks back. First it says it misses you and then it laughs at you. It tells me, "Hahaha... you can no longer control me. YOU are MY puppet, my host body to become more human, more mac friendly." God, please give me my mac back.
-Mike

Top ten style:

10. Watch very small DVD's*
9. Attempt to learn programming
8. Play MP3's and catalog my old CD's
7. 24/7 wireless Internet thanks to AirPort
6. 24/7 print server thanks to PrinterShare
5. Word Processing and DTP
4. Play PlayStation games
3. Web design and graphic design
2. eMail and surf the web
1. I can't believe no one mentioned this before, eBay!

I made so much money on eBay last year, I could buy an iBook!

What would I add? A DV camera for video editing and capture.

* And most of all, I would like to trade the little DVD experience for the big screen DVD experience. Apple's next product should be a wireless AirPort TV/video adapter.

[ThinkInsane]

RevB:
466 iMaxpower
256 Megs ram
Game Wizard
40 gig HD
Monsoon MM1000 flat panels
Techworks CD-R

What do I do with it? Well, I surf alot, tons of email, work on my thesis, keep track of finances, spend tons of cash on ebay, get my news, download all the MP3's I can, swipe the occasional movie now and then, make fun of feathers, plot to take over the world, and work on my books (one fiction, one non- soon coming to a bookstore near you ), poetry, and short stories. I also draw up my lesson plans, write tests and assignments, and keep track of grades (but alot of that I do on my work PC also). Other than that, it's strictly porn.... Oh yeah, I alomost forgot. Seti@home!!

[This message has been edited by ThinkInsane (edited 07-26-2000).]

[Veerle]

We use our iMac DV SE as Appleshare IP server for file,web, ftp...

I use my Blueberry iMac DV to make music using Cubase VST,Rebirth and lots of synths. I also use it for internet. I love my iMac and cant imagine my life without it. Use it every day........

[andi*pandi]

hmmm.

I suppose I should say freelance work, via Photoshop and Illustrator. Or my %^*(&) website. But mostly, I end up:

Surfing--mac sites, funny things, airfare, online shopping (check out deals at rei-outlet.com!)

Email with the world

Offloading digipix from my Kodak 280

bad poetry

My roommate uses it for work--word processing.

Her daughter uses it the most, to play kiddie games borrowed from the library--blues clues, would you believe... A 4-yr-old can run my mac... literally! She tells her mom... "hit apple-Q, mom!"

I mostly use it to stay up to 3am playing Tomb Raider (YES, finally done with 2!) or Harry the Handsome Executive, which, tho simple, is oddly addicting... stupid robots. I haven't broken down and gotten Myth or Unreal yet, cause I figure I was getting enough carpal tunnel from TRII... like Myth tho.

[Pringlis]

iMac DV

Mainly used for Internet stuff like IRC, surfing and email but also seti@home at nights with a liberal douse of games such as UT and playing mp3s while I do these things..

Pring

iMac 333(Rev D)
160mb
6GB hdd(Original Apple drive)

Stuff I usually do with my iMac:
Photoshop 5
Virtual PC (I play some of my classic games which my P3 550 runs too fast in DOS mode)
Virtual Game Station -my iMac replaced my old Playstation
C/C++ Programming
Real Basic Programming
And playing "The Sims"(bought it at MacWorld NY)

[roders]

266Mhz
Strawb Rev C (it's just sooo 1999 isnt it)
192MB Ram
OS 9.0.4

I use my iMac for Uni work mostly(I'm doing a "Bsc " Media Tech Degree, using Photoshop, Quark, Flash, Freehand, Director, Golive, & Logic audio, but I also websurf & love playing games.

[brucewayne]

It's done...I do it

Unless there's some micorosoft connecton... it that case...forget it.

I'm sorry...I've been drinking...watd'yta say/


/bk

[Feathers]

Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
RevB:
466 iMaxpower
256 Megs ram
Game Wizard
40 gig HD
Monsoon MM1000 flat panels
Techworks CD-R

What a sad waste of a really cool set up. A super bondi-blue baby prostituted on Think's "scratchings". I fell ill.

[ThinkInsane]

Sad, ain't it? But I will trade it to you for ca$h's head

I have a:
Rev/B
500 mhz - iForce
160 mb ram
altec lansing - Acs66i speakers
Epson 740i
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer
Que QPS CD-RW 4x4x8
Macally iShock
Cable Modem

I use mine for Mp3, CD Recording, Internet use, and playing PSX Games

[wlonh]

wow Thinker, that_is_a nice rig... but the trade would be a bad deal... and what a mess!

[ThinkInsane]

I think it's a fair trade. His head would look wonderful on my study wall next to dragonlance's .