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This is what my family does in our spare time
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Jeff Lebowski
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Aug 13, 2006, 05:43 PM
 
http://jeff.fraggenmod.com/Drop/powertower.jpg
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Aug 13, 2006, 05:59 PM
 
Ouch... No fear of scratching. Poor Powerbooks
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Aug 13, 2006, 06:19 PM
 
Haha I hope they weren't on.
     
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Aug 13, 2006, 06:36 PM
 
I personally like to use my PowerBooks for their original purpose, but whatever puffs your poodle I guess.
     
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Aug 13, 2006, 11:15 PM
 
I see your family doesn't share....well, anything other than a wireless location that is...
     
Jeff Lebowski  (op)
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Aug 13, 2006, 11:48 PM
 
lol this is why I don't go to these forums a lot. You guys don't have a sense of humor. The guys at appleinsider thought this was absolutely hilarious.
     
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Aug 14, 2006, 12:23 AM
 
Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
lol this is why I don't go to these forums a lot. You guys don't have a sense of humor. The guys at appleinsider thought this was absolutely hilarious.


There. Happy now?
     
marissa
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Aug 14, 2006, 12:29 AM
 
aww. i thought it was funny.
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Aug 14, 2006, 12:55 AM
 
haha, that's pretty cool. I should've thought of that.
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Aug 14, 2006, 08:33 AM
 
Too much time on your hands and too many PowerBooks to play with!

Be careful you don't overheat them while they're stacked like that!

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Aug 14, 2006, 08:52 AM
 
Originally Posted by marissa
aww. i thought it was funny.
I did too, in fact. But I also thought most of the posters above me were amused and the OP was being too sensitive. So I was a jerk.

Lebowski, it's nice to see that your family engages in wholesome fun together and that you all use Macs. My folks and sibs all use Windows
     
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Aug 14, 2006, 09:43 AM
 
nice picture. and congrats on the wife and two kids (even though i bet its a little late to say that )

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Aug 14, 2006, 12:59 PM
 
DO THE APPLE SIGN with the powerbooks and then ill give you props
for now you get 2 smily faces
     
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Aug 14, 2006, 02:28 PM
 
"things are easier to find when they're all stacked up..."

If you do that with MBPs it's like standing near the campfire.

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Aug 14, 2006, 02:32 PM
 
Originally Posted by zac4mac
If you do that with MBPs it's like standing near the campfire.
I'll remember that next time my boiler breaks down
     
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Aug 14, 2006, 03:08 PM
 
Voelker Research in Colorado Springs has a rev A 1.83 MBP that feels like an oven whenever you stand over it.
     
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Aug 14, 2006, 03:33 PM
 
i find it funny, but it just seems that you guys have too much time on your hands
     
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Aug 14, 2006, 03:34 PM
 
I would do that with old PowerBooks, but not pretty G4s.
     
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Aug 14, 2006, 04:14 PM
 
I'll be impressed if you play a game of PowerBook Jenga.
     
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Aug 14, 2006, 04:19 PM
 
That would be a very expensive game of Jenga.
     
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Aug 14, 2006, 04:21 PM
 
Only if you lose
     
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Aug 14, 2006, 04:35 PM
 
With four pieces of such strange shapes, I don't see how you can win.
     
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Aug 14, 2006, 05:26 PM
 
Im with the 'it IS funny' group. I would love to have another mac around the house.... I have been trying to talk my gf into getting the new mac book for school.... anyway, i love your pyramid!
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Aug 14, 2006, 05:51 PM
 
Wow, looks great! I wish I had enough PB/MPB's to do that here!

If I am not mistaken, there are three 12" Powerbooks and a 15" PB/MBP. Am I right? Did I win a prize
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Aug 14, 2006, 06:50 PM
 
It is 3 12" PowerBooks and 1 PowerBook G4 15".
     
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Aug 16, 2006, 06:13 PM
 
Good times, wish I was surrounded with so many macs!
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Aug 16, 2006, 09:53 PM
 
Wow, that's a lot of PBs. If and when I get a MBP, I'll take a family photo of our laptop collection as well.
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Aug 17, 2006, 03:26 AM
 
Yippee, family pics. Let me repost my last little gathering.



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Aug 17, 2006, 11:34 AM
 
Good god, I need more Macs...
     
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Aug 17, 2006, 06:23 PM
 
Which mac is mom, dad, son, daughter, and dog?
     
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Aug 18, 2006, 05:08 PM
 
You guys are lucky that your entire family uses macs. I'm the only one in my family that supports them, my father owns a powermac g5 and a powerbook 17", but uses his dells that are from 2000 more instead. They have all used macs and do not like them, it is kinda nice to laugh with driver issues and when I'm fixing the pcs to say: "this would never happen on a mac..."
I miss the days of the G5 and XPS Pentium 4 running side by side as high-end machines.
     
   
 
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