[webb3201]

I was thinking about the Macs I have owned, and wanted to see how the rest of you spent your computer money. I have always been a mixture of Macs and PCs, but the Macs have been my preferred platform for about 6 years. Here are my main Macs over that period. I had other macs over time, but these are the daily drivers. Many did run concurrently.

Performa 475
Supermac c600 (used to have UMAX as a client)
Powermac G4 400
Powerbook Pismo 500 (my first portable, and still one of the best)
iBook 500
Powerbook g4 400 Titanium
Powerbook Pismo 400
iMac g4 800
Powerbook G4 DVI 667
Powerbook G4 12" 867
iBook G3 900 14"
Powerbook G4 667 (non-dvi)
Powermac Dual 1ghz
Powerbook g4 15" 1.25 (on the way now)

Strange looking at the bouncing around of models. I loved them all for different reasons. My top three machines were:
1. Pismo - first portable
2. Powermac G4 400 - my first G4 and a wonderful machine for two years
3. Powerbook 667 DVI - perfect machine for me

Tell me about you

[brapper]

Mac LC
(Dark Dell Age)
iBook G3 700 (failed logic board)
iBook G3 800 (failed logic board)
Powerbook 15" G4 667
Powerbook 17" G4 1Ghz..

[Brass]

Mac 128k
Mac Plus
(Mac Classic)
(Mac LC II)
6400 AV
iBook SE (clamshell with DVD)
PowerBook 12"

Of course I love the 12" I've got now, because it's newer and therefore better than older Macs. But for the time, the 6400 AV was amazing. It had built in RCA video input, which was amazing for the time, and even now! It also had a built in TV Tuner and came with an IR remote control. I also used the Geoport modem in it with the old Apple Phone tool. I connected up an early Apple video camera (a decade before the iSight) and installed Connectix Digital Radar. It had Adobe movie editting software bundled (years before iMovie), and Apple's own Quicktime video conferencing software installed later (years before iChat AV).

So that machine was not only my computer but it was my TV, answering service, fax machine, scanner, security video surveilance (motion-sensitive recording), etc, etc. Great machine. My parents used it in their office for years after I no longer needed it, and it only stopped working late last year (hard disk problems, then power suppy). It's now being used for filling, along with a lot of concrete, within one of my father's rock walls near his vege garden.

[Mafia]

powerbook 867mhz
powermac dp 1.8ghz g5...
the 867 saved me from the peecee days.

[Kenneth]

Myself....
1. Performa 6116CD - first Mac
2. iMac Rev. A Bondi
3. PowerBook G4 - 400
4. iMac Rev. D Tangerine
5. Dual PowerMac G4 1.25Ghz (FW800)
6. iMac Rev. D Blueberry

My sister...
1. iBook G3/300 Blueberry (clamshell) (Pink screen)
2. iBook G3/800 (12", 32MB VRAM)

[phantomdragonz]

some old apple IIc
G4 400 (my current machine, now sports a radeon 9000Pro and a 1ghz upgrade)


Zach

[webb3201]

Originally Posted by Brass

Mac 128k
Mac Plus
(Mac Classic)
(Mac LC II)
6400 AV
iBook SE (clamshell with DVD)
PowerBook 12"

Of course I love the 12" I've got now, because it's newer and therefore better than older Macs. But for the time, the 6400 AV was amazing. It had built in RCA video input, which was amazing. I also used the Geoport modem in it with the old Apple Phone tool. I connected up an early Apple video camera (a decade before the iSight) and installed Connectix Digital Radar. It had Adobe movie editting software bundled (years before iMovie), and Apple's own Quicktime video conferencing software installed later (years before iChat AV).

So that machine was not only my computer but it was my answering service, fax machine, scanner, video surveilance (motion-sensitive recording), etc, etc. Great machine. May parents used it after me, and it only stopped working late last year (hard disk problems, then power suppy). It's now being used for filling, along with a lot of concrete, within one of my father's rock walls near his vege garden.

I bought a 6400 around 2002 and thought it was a great machine. I never ran it as a main machine, but it was a small server for about 6 months. It was one of the few shining stars of the beige/Sculley era.

[MaxPower2k3]

I'm still on my first-- a revision A 12" PB. 2 years old and starting to show its age. I'm considering one of the updated G5s that are supposedly coming out next week for college (starting in september) and keeping the PB for notetaking and such.

[ManOfSteal]

iMac (Rev C) Blue
iMac DV+ (Indigo)
TiBook 500 MHz
TiBook 667 (DVI)

Still hammering away on the TiBook 667 (DVI)..absolutely love it!

[Mitser]

Mac LC II
Performa 635CD
iMac Rev.D (333 mhz)
iBook 500 (G3)
iBook 800 (G3)
Powerbook 12in (1.0 ghz)
Powerbook G3 Wallstreet II
Powerbook G3 Lombard
Powermac G3 350 Yikes
Powermac G4 450 Sawtooth

I think that is all of them...?

- Matt

[Zimmerman]

Centris 650
Powermac 6360 180mhz 603e + 320mhz Sonnet G3 accelerator in L2 slot!
Powermac 6500 (mobo swap into 6360 case) + 350mhz Sonnet G3 acclerator (overclocked!)
Blue and White G3 400mhz
(Dark - build your own PC - age: still going but eyeballing iBooks...)

[Lateralus]

Since 2002:

iBook 500MHz.
Power Mac G4 533MHz - Digital Audio.
iBook 700MHz.
Power Mac G4 Dual 867MHz - MDD.
PowerBook G3 400MHz - Pismo.
Power Mac G3 B&W 450MHz (Later upgraded to 900MHz).
Power Mac G4 QuickSilver 933MHz (Later upgraded to Dual 1.4GHz).
Power Mac G3 B&W 350MHz (Upgraded to 1.1GHz).
PowerBook G4 15" 1.33GHz/Radeon 9700.
Power Mac G4 733MHz - Digital Audio (Later upgraded to 1.47GHz, then Dual 1.8GHz)
Power Mac G5 Dual 1.8GHz, Rev 2.

[Anilan]

Since December 31st 2003:

iMac 1,25 GHz

Hey... gotta start somewhere!

[mitchell_pgh]

Performa 6400 180Mhz (slow out of the box)
iMac 233Mhz
PowerMac G4 733Mhz

[nath]

iMac Bondi 233mhz G3, 160mb RAM, Voodoo II upgrade (1st Mac)
Emac 700mhz, 1024mb RAM
Powemac G5 dual 1.8Ghz, 1.5Gb RAM, 9800 Pro
Powemac G5 dual 2Ghz, 1.5Gb RAM, 9800XT Pro (Favourite Mac)
Powerbook G4 1.5Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 9700 mobility

The bondi iMac saved me during my MA - a Quark capable Mac for under �1000. Before then you would have been looking at double that to do DTP on a Mac in the UK (all my college's machines were Macs, and cross-platform Quark use was a lot trickier then than now, so a PC was out of the question).

The G5 1.8 was a nightmare, constant 'freezes' as described so extensively here and here. Eventually Apple relented and sent me a replacement Rev 2 dual 2Ghz, which has simply been a rock since day one. Although I love the Powerbook for convenience, the G5 gets the gold medal simply for the way it steamrolls through anything I can throw at it.

[vexborg]

Macintosh Plus
Macintosh Classic
Macintosh SE/30
iBook SE/366 Graphite
Macintosh Performa 475
Macintos Performa 5260/100
Macintosh Quadra 950 (upgrade with Daystar 601 CPU upgrade)
Power Macintosh 7100/66
Power Macintosh 7300/200 (upgraded with a G3/275 CPU)
Power Macintosh 8500/180
Macintosh Performa 6400
PowerBook 145B
PowerBook 180
PowerBook 1400c/166 (upgraded to G3 CPU)
UMAX SuperMac S900/200 (used the G3 CPU from the 7300)

And my present Mac: Power Macintosh G3 Beige Desktop (upgraded to 2x80 GB HDD, DVD drive and 400 MHz CPU).

[euphras]

My first Mac: Powermac 6100
Currently.: Powerbook 667 DVI (like someone else said, a perfect machine)

[Krypton]

Mac IIcx
Performa 5200
iMac DV 400 Grape
B&W 500Mhz G4

I'd like to go mini within the next year though (Maybe when there are a lot of second-hand 1.25s floating around!)

[ajprice]

1996 - Performa 6400/200
2001 - Powermac G4 867

Not sure what my Mac No. 3 will be, don't even know whether to get Tiger for my G4 or go as I am with 10.3 'til I get a new Mac.

[OreoCookie]

1987 my life as a nerd began ... with an Amiga500
1992 I got my first pc (I was the first one to have a video accelerator )
1998 PB G3 Kanga (G3 250 MHz, 96 MB RAM, 5 gig hd)
2000 iBook G3 500 CD-RW (I wanted an OS X machine)
2001 Apple lost my iBook! So they gave me a new one iBook 14" G3 600 Combo
2002 I sold my iBook and got a new iBook 12" G3 800
2005 my damn iBook is in repair for the third time, so I borrowed a PB G4 667 DVI (niiice machine)

[badidea]

Since 1992...

LC II
Quadra 630
Quadra 840av
PowerMac 7300/200 later upgraded to G3/?
Quicksilver G4/733 later upgraded to 1.42GHz

[Jens Peter]

iMac 600 - Blue Dalmatiner, now living with my parants
PowerBook 12" 1.5 Ghz.

But my first machine were a 386...

[BoomStick]

SInce 1987

Mac II
MacIIsi
Mac IIVX
PB 165c
Classic
ClassicII
Quadra 605
Quadra 610
7100/66
6100/66 Dos Compatable
7200/90
7300/200
G3 233
G3 B/W 350
iMac 333
G4/400
iMac 600
iBook 600 dual usb
G4 dualie 1.25
G5 dualie 2.5

[Millennium]

Machines belonging to me (or my parents, when I was still a kid), with names for those which were actually mine:

Mac Plus
Power Mac 6100/60
Power Computing PowerTower Pro - Jane
Power Macintosh G3/300 (Beige) - Yuzuki
PowerBook G4/400 - Canal
Power Mac G5 Dual 1.8 GHz - Majel

As for other Macs in the family which I've had to take care of at times:
Macintosh LC
Power Macintosh 6400
PowerBook G3
Rev.C iMac G3 x3 (belonging to various sisters and grandparents)
Rev.D iMac G3

An uncle of mine also had a Mac 128K, a Mac SE, and a Mac Classic.

And for all this, my wife still insists on Windows for her own machine

[OreoCookie]

Originally Posted by Millennium

And for all this, my wife still insists on Windows for her own machine

Nobody is perfect

[chris v]

Used to have:
Centris 610
Performa 630 CD
Quadra 950
PowerCenter 150

Still have:
Sawtooth 450 (Now 1.2)
Cube 450
Quicksilver Dual 1.0
iMac G3 350
iMac G4 800
Al Powerbook 1.25
G5 Dual 2.0

[mitchell_pgh]

Originally Posted by Brass

But for the time, the 6400 AV was amazing. It had built in RCA video input, which was amazing. I also used the Geoport modem in it with the old Apple Phone tool. I connected up an early Apple video camera (a decade before the iSight) and installed Connectix Digital Radar. It had Adobe movie editting software bundled (years before iMovie), and Apple's own Quicktime video conferencing software installed later (years before iChat AV).

Did you use MegaPhone???

That program was amazing for the time.

[historylme]

IIsc
Imac
Ibook 600
Ibook 1.2
Pbook 1.3

[sek929]

PowerMac 7200/120 - Excellent machine but 7.5.1 was a horrid OS, lucky 7.6 fixed that. Still running up until a few months ago when it just mysteriously died, but hey, I'd say I got my use out of it.

iMac 333 (Rev. D) - Tiny screen that started to make snapping sounds, later the videocard and power supply blew in an amazing display of randomness. When I got it back the screen had a green tinge to it. Decent speed, but limited memory (RAM and HD) made it get old real quick. Also the USB bus was screwy as hell. Oh yeah and it loved to freeze (but thats OS 9 for you)

iBook 266 - My highscool teacher sympathized when my iMac self destructed and loaned me the laptop until it got fixed (which was about 2 months ). Ran, for lack of a better word, f**king awesome.

Current machine is a G4 Quicksilver 733, I decided to buy it right when they came out since before the top machine was 733 (I know, no level 3 cache, whatev). Since then I put two HDs in it. The first 45 gig blew (an IBM I bought of pricewatch), and now I have an 80. I still run Jaguar and I have no real reason to change that, It never crashes, sans a few times while trying to set up a network with XP. I have a gig of ram, a 19" Viewsonic (which to this day still gets all sorts of compliments) and a host of other goodies.

The iMac soured me a bit on Macs, but I have to say that the G4 has totally wiped all of those concerns right off the board, quite an amazing machine IMO. And due to its greatness a few of my friends are going to buy Macs for their next computer, without me really pushing Macs either, they just see it run and are impressed.

Also I'd like to add the machine I picked for my father. G3 300, runs Jaguar fine, never freezes or crashes on him (couldn't say that for the 7200) and he loves it...in fact its the only link to the internet for me right now and I am typing on it.

[Kenneth]

Originally Posted by sek929

iBook 266 - My highscool teacher sympathized when my iMac self destructed and loaned me the laptop until it got fixed (which was about 2 months ). Ran, for lack of a better word, f**king awesome.

You meant an iMac 266?

[mdc]

since february 2003

ibook 12" g3 800
powerbook 12" g4 1ghz
powerbook 15" g4 1.25ghz

[OptimusG4]

Family computers (including ones I own):

Mac 128K
Performa 475
Performa 6116CD
Quadra 950
Bondi iMac
iMac G3/400 (DVI, Indigo)
PowerBook G3 (Lombard)
PowerBook G4/667 (DVI)
PowerBook G4/667 (Gigabit Ethernet)
Power Mac 5500/250
Power Mac G3/350
Power Mac G4/400
Power Mac G4/733 (Digital Audio)
Power Mac G4/867 (Quicksilver)
Power Mac G5/2GHz Dual
iBook (original clamshell)
iBook G4/933

Looking back, that's a ton of Macs. Most aren't in use anymore, but we have them in the attic still.

[Paco500]

(in order of purcahse)

Desktops

Mac512k
Mac lc
Mac II si
Mac II ci
Performa 680CD
PM 7100
PM 7500
PM G3 400 B&W
Performa 6800 (still have- it's a TV!)
PM G4 450
Color Classic
PM G4 733 (still have)

Laptops

Duo 230
PB 540c
Wallstreet 233
PB 2400
Pismo 500
PB 15" Alu 1.67 (still have)

Other

Newton MP100
Newton MP120
iPod 5GB
iPod 10GB (still have)
Pro Speakers (still have)
iSight (still have)

[dav]

apple ][+ (parents bought)
---
6100/60 & classic ii were my first owned macs which were throw-aways from work.
powermac g4 cube 450 (first purchased)
powermac g5 dual 2ghz

[d.fine]

gf has a PowerMac G4 400 Yikes (PCI Graphics)
I switched last year with a Rev A Alu PB 1.25GHz, and also got me a Rev B Dual 2.0GHz G5 cause I was/am happy with Mac! Many more to follow for sure

[Chuckit]

I feel kind of inadequate. (These include family computers from when I was li'l, too.)

1. Macintosh 512k
2. LC II
3. Quadra 630
4. Motorola Starmax (yep, a clone)
5. Ruby iMac
6. PowerBook 1.5 GHz

[christ]

LC II (13" Monitor cost $999)
Quadra 610 (8 Mb RAM!)
Powermac 7600/132
G4 DP 533
TiPB 667 (x2)

Each machine has been cheaper than the one before it.

[angelmb]

since summer 1999:

PowerMac Blue&White G3 350 MHz
PowerBook Pismo 500 MHz
PowerBook Al 17 inches 1 GHz
PowerMac MDD 1, 25 GHz

[sek929]

Originally Posted by Kenneth

You meant an iMac 266?

Nope iBook. I'm not entirely sure on the speed but hey, whatareyagonnado?

It was orange like my iMac too.

[nredman]

Starting in around the fall of 1999...

1) Powerbook G3 266mhz - my favorite mac of all time
2) Strawberry iMac 333mhz - i think it only had 32mb of ram - sold it off right away
3) iMac DV SE Graphite - 500mhz - loved this machine - beautiful
4) iBook SE Indigo - loved the color - good little machine
5) iMac Snow - think it was 600mhz - another great looking imac - i still think the graphite was better looking.
6) iMac G4 - bought it a few weeks after it came out - awesome machine - maxed out the ram.
7) iMac Indigo - 500mhz - had to sell the G4 iMac to get some money for a down payment on a car.
8) eMac 1ghz - maxed out ram - fast machine but rather boring.
9) iBook 800mhz - maxed out ram - big hardrive - wireless - this is my current machine. i will
probably never go back to a desktop - i love wireless.

next mac --- 15" powerbook...hopefully G5 someday....or a G5 iBook someday

[sworthy]

2001 - Dell 1.7 Ghz P4 -- I barely knew macs existed except for the old crappy ones at my hs
2002 - Sold it for a 15" 1Ghz TiBook (first portable w/ DVD burner)
2003 - Sold it for a 12" 1Ghz Powerbook
2004 - 20" Cinema display (bought used after the new cinema displays were announced)
2006/7? - Hopefully a high end iMac with 10.5

[Briareus]

History:
Mac Classic
LC III
8500
G3/300 Desktop

Currently in use:
G4/400 Sawtooth
G5 Dual 2ghz
iBook G4 1.2ghz

Sitting around for nostalgia, acquired from friends:
Mac 512K (still works! mouse is a bit wonky, though)
Wallstreet PowerBook

[TailsToo]

1991 - Mac SE
1992 - Mac IIsi
1993 - PowerBook 180
1994 - Quadra 605
1995 - PowerBook Duo 270
1999 - iBook
2001 - iBook Dual USB
2002 - PowerBook 540c (an offer too good to pass up
2003 - PowerBook TI 1Ghz
2005- PowerBook 15" 1.67


And of course before the Macs, there was the Apple //c and the Apple //gs.

[scottiB]

Since 1986--between the SO and me:

Mac Plus
IIci
Quadra 660AV
iMac/266
iMac/400 DV
PowerMac G4 DP/800
iBook/700
PowerBook 17" 1.67

[ReggieX]

Hey, this topic again!

Quadra 630
Power Tower 180 (clone)
Power Mac G4/400 (Sawtooth)

Have had the Sawtooth over 5 years, looking to upgrade to the next G5 revision.

[DeathToWindows]

Macintosh II
Macintosh IIfx
Quadra 650
iMac DV SE 400
Quicksilver 733*
DP 2.0*
PB 1.33 12"*

*still in active use...

all others have gone to the great warehouse in the sky

[Big Mac]

Vintage:
Macintosh LC (deceased)
Quadra 650
Performa 578 w/ PPC 601 card, used (gave away to family friend)
Power Mac 8600

Current:
iBook 466 Graphite
G5 DP 2.0 Rev. B 970

[Cadaver]

In order...
Some machines owned concurrently, so don't think I'm downgrading when a slower machine comes after a faster one.

Apple computers:
Apple ][+
Apple //e
Apple //gs
Quadra 605
PowerComputing Power 100
PowerComputing PowerCenter Pro 180 (eventually had a o/c'd 310MHz G3 in it)
Blue & White PowerMac G3/400 (presently upgraded to 900MHz)
Quicksilver G4 Dual 800
PowerBook G3/400 (Pismo)
iBook G3/600
1GHz PowerBook G4 Ti
PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0GHz
GigE G4 @ 1.4GHz
12" PowerBook G4 1.33GHz
PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5GHz
17" iMac G5

PCs:
Dell Dimension 1GHz PIII
Home built AMD Athlon XP 2100+, replaced with 2600+ & new mobo, replaced with 3200+ & new case (so, I've still got this "same" PC, though it actually no longer has any original parts)

[blackwind]

Since November 1993:

1993: LC 475
1998: 300-MHz Power Mac G3 (Beige)
2002: Dual 1.25-GHz Power Mac G4 (MDD)

[goMac]

Macintosh SE
Quadra 605
Power Mac 6100/60
Power Mac 7300/250
Powerbook G3/233
PowerMac G3/400
Powerbook G4/1 ghz
Powerbook G4/1.25

PC's:
Gateway 2000 386
Pentium 1 100 mhz
Pentium 3 400 mhz
Pentium 4 3.6 ghz

All the PC's except for the Gateway were no name brand or custom built.