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what year did you buy your first apple/mac?
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i got my first imac in 1998
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1990ish? My parents bought us a Mac Classic II. It was sweet.
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1st Mac, 1984... 128k Macintosh...I was a junior in High School at the time.... you had to stick a little floppy disk in it to operate. It had MacWrite..a basic word editing program, MacPaint, which was sort of like a basic cave painting illustration program.
I used it until 1992 for basic paper writing basically... then I replaced it with a Performa 400... then to a Performa 550, then a 7200, then a G3 tower, G4 tower 400, to my present G4 1.42 dual.
Interesting how the original Macintosh lasted me longest in terms of years of use. (and it actually still works).
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Senior User
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Location: Aarhus, Denmark
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2001 - the iMac Blue Dalmatiner.
I know - I'm a newbee... 
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Clinically Insane
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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It was either late, late '98 or early '99 if I recall correctly...a Blueberry iMac, then came the Indigo iMac DV+, then came the TiBook 500, then came the TiBook 667 DVI, then came....
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Professional Poster
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Location: Capital city of the Empire State.
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February 1996, so I'm approaching the 8th anniversary of my Mac ownership.
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/mal
"I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you cheer up."
MacBook Pro 15" w/ Mac OS 10.8.2, iPhone 4S & iPad 4th-gen. w/ iOS 6.1.2
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Super newb here, Oct 2002, bought an iBook.
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Location: Minnesota - Twins Territory
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1998 - powerbook wallstreet
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"I'm for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniel's."
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Mac Elite
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Location: missing
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Addicted to MacNN
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Location: Bellevue, WA
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Feb/1996
a powerful reliable solid beige Performa 6116CD
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: The Intertube
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1999 Lombard.
That mofo was thick & heavy. I really liked the black though, and the up-side-down apple logo. 
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Location: NJ/Philly, PA
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1990 or so, a Mac Classic 2/40 that still runs perfectly today 
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Apple //+ 1982 or thereabout.
Mac 660AV 1992 Give or take a year.
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Location: Milwaukee
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-nate
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Mac Elite
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Location: Kill Devil Hills, NC
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1492, Yeah, and I kicked that ruffled-necked Spaniard overboard and got a... Wait a minute, that was a previous life.
I got my first Mac (a PowerMac 5400) in 1997. It begat a Smurftower, the Smurftower begat an FP iMac G4/800, the iMac will begat a G5 iMac -that is if Apple cooperates.
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Senior User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sunny, Warm, Queensland.
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March 2003, 17" iMac.
I just can't believe I didn't convert years ago!
Thanks PG
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Krakatoa, East of Java
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First Mac that I bought with my own money: 1995.
First family purchased (older brother) Mac: 1987.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Felton, CA
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Jon gave me an ancient Mac SE, my first computer, in 1998-ish. Then, an LC III. However, after that I started moving to the Windows world. I got "new" macs, a Quadra and a Power Mac 7100, but the more powerful and Internet-connected PCs we bought (IBM PS/2 AFAIK, overhauled to Pentium w/Win95, then a Compaq 200-3xx Mhz thing w/WinNinety-hate, 98, then an Athlon 1Ghz first w/98, then w/XP) lured me away. They also were Internet-connected, and I really liked the Internet (yes, I know, Quadras and Power Macs are Internet-capable, but I never bothered.)
My first modern Mac? An iBook 900 14", bought in June 2003 or so. It's also my current Mac.
Sidenote: Grandma bought an iMac around 1999. I really liked it. Then she bought a clamshell iBook.
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Trainiable is to cat as ability to live without food is to human.
Steveis... said: "What would scammers do with this info..." talking about a debit card number!
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Location: Chicago
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1983 - My parents bought an Apple IIe.
1993 - I bought a LCIII.
(I should be getting my Dual 1.8 in the next couple of days.)
It's pretty amazing when you think about the technology advances that happen in a span of ten years.
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80's
Gramps got a 128K in '84, my fam got a 512ke in '85 ('86? It was a long time ago....)
90's
Original LC (40MB HD, ooooohhhhhh!) and Powerbook 170, then Performa 6400 to start college... Junior year hopped to a Desktop Powermac G3/266.
00's
2001, Dad got another one (Desktop Biege PM) off eBay with a G4 450, He also picked up a used iMac 300 (eBay, he's addicted..)
I bought a DP800 late last year, and bought my mom a 17' 1Ghz iMac for her b-day this summer.
Finally, I have a stock G5 DP 1.8 arriving tomorrow, Christmas present for dad from myself and my mother....
I think my next new machine will be the G6. Guessing early 2005?
The sad thing is, while I sold my PM G3/266 to help pay for my QS DP800, every other machine is sitting in my parents house collecting dust. Considering how much of an eBay addict my dad is, it's funny that he refuses to sell any of the old machines, much to the irritation of my mother. I didn't even list the random Apple printers lying around...
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1989 - Mac SE, 20MB hard drive, 1MB RAM, 800k floppy.
And the legendary 512 x 384 monochrome monitor.
-s*
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2000 @ Sears
Graphite iMac DV Special Edition
Everything else has been through the Apple Store.
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Posting Junkie
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Originally posted by Ricky:
2000 @ Sears
Graphite iMac DV Special Edition
Everything else has been through the Apple Store.
You should put a "go" in front of your name...
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Mac Elite
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Location: Trapped in the depths of my mind
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October 2002.
Titanium 15" PowerBook
667MHz
512RAM
30GB
Airport
Sold October 2003 due to unemployment 
mid-December- I'm awaiting to hear about a job offer.
mid-late December 2003 or Jan. 2004...planning on buying new Aluminum PowerBook.
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Location: SoCal
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Originally posted by Zoom_zoom:
March 2003, 17" iMac.
I just can't believe I didn't convert years ago!
Thanks PG
See. Who says the Mac is not a religion?
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I, ASIMO.
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Registered User
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90, 91?
Mac Classic II, PowerBook 100.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
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iGeek
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2000
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May 88. a Mac Plus with a Stylewriter II printer. I later spent $450 for a 40Mb hard drive and 200$ to bring it to the full potential of 4Mb of Ram.
I also remember spending $300 for a 48Mb Ram upgrade on my PowerComputing...
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1991 the "wicked fast" Macintosh IIfx
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1991 LC
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1983 or 1984 Apple IIc
It's been Macs ever since 1985
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May 1998. A Quadra 660AV, which I bought used for my daughter.
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Why is there always money for war, but none for education?
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I've had Macs around the house since I was born. But my personal first one was a iMac G3 slot loading.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Chicago, IL
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1982 //+
1985 Mac128
? Newton
2001 Ti 500
2002 Cube
2003 Al 17
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Professional Poster
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LCIII when it came out....1993 was it?
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Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity...
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Mac Classic in '91, used that all the way up to '98(didn't have much money, parents didn't think the internet was important). My friend, out of good will gave me a screaming 33MHz 386. This is when my parents saw the value of the internet, but unfortunately exposed them to the PC world. Now finally after getting a job I am able to go back to Mac. Typing this on my iBook G4.
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"To create a new standard takes something that's not just a little bit different. It takes something that's really new and captures people's imaginations. Macintosh meets that standard"- Bill Gates
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Professional Poster
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Location: Always within bluetooth range
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Originally posted by cenutrio:
97, original iMac
That's Incredible that you got one in '97
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Mac Elite
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Location: A couple of stones from the sun.
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Totally uninterested until '97
Then went for a 'baby beige'
OS8 G3 souped-up, extra-wide
SCSI desktop.
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Simple Empire...
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Salamanca, España
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Summer of 1995 a 33MHz Performa 630CD.
System 7.1 and it was the last 040 machine. It was the first machine with a IDE HD. Funny little computer. It is still around here somewhere. It works fine but there isn't space for it to be up and running.
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I could take Sean Connery in a fight... I could definitely take him.
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Mac Enthusiast
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1998 350mhz blueberry imac, after that, a 300mhz beige G3, then a B&W 350mhz, then a powerbook 1400 133mhz, then a 700mhz ibook, then a 533mhz G4, then a 300mhz blueberry ibook...
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds"...Albert Einstein
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: London, UK
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1990 (or was it 91) Powerbook 100. Been hooked on powerbooks ever since.
J.
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By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out - Richard Dawkins
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Upstate NY (cow country)
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1989ish - Mac SE with 20MB HD and a "superdrive" floppy (I think).
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"Destroy your ego. Trust your brain. Destroy your beliefs. Trust your divinity." -Danny Carey
MacPro Quad 2.66, G4 MDD dual 867, 23" Cinema Display and 17" LCD, G4 Quicksilver dual 800, 12" Powerbook 867, iMac 300 Grape, B&W G3/300 with G4/450 running yellowdog, iPod 5GB, iPod mini, PowerCenter 150, Powercenter 132 tower, Performa 6116, Quadra 700, MacSE, LC II, eMate 300
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I guess the first one we got was in 1984 or around that time.
It was the amazing Apple IIgs 
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Rock Island, IL
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1997
A PowerBook 5300c.
though I later heard they were considered lemons...I never had any problems with mine.
Man I loved that thing...
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Uva uvam vivendo varia fit - Augustus McCrae
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Front of my Intel iMac 20"
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iMac Intel Core Duo 2.0 Ghz 20", 1.5 GB RAM, 250GB
iMac G5 2.0 Ghz 17", 512 MB RAM, 160GB
iPod Video 5G 60GB White
Mighty Mouse sucks - "Bought the Logitech 518 Gaming mouse"
USB 2.0 Hard Drive Sucked - "Bought a Firewire Hard Disk"
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Senior User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Middle of the street
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March 2002 -- TiBook G4 550 and I never looked back. Good ridance (of windoze, that is) 
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