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Aside from the latest and greatest, which older Macs would you like to have in your collection, and why?
I'm not old enough to really appreciate much of the early stuff, but I have always wanted a cube and pismo. Both were designed well and are far more upgradable than people ever thought.
So what would you want? A functioning Newton? A revision A iMac?
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Colour Classic and an eMate
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9500 dp 180mhz
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SE/30, the best classic Mac ever and I use to have one.
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TAM, a *gasp* QUAD processor 9600 (don't they exist?), G4 cube, maybe an SE/30
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NeXt box.
Cube.
eMate.
I had a Pismo [best mac I have ever owned]. Currently have a Superdrive eMac and the only thing I really miss is the portability of a PowerBook. If only they remade the Pismo with a SuperDrive I'd buy one in a heart beat.
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ibook Graphite, Powerbook G3 Pismo
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Color Classic.
The Quadras were also the nicest looking beige boxes I've seen. I always coveted those.
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DUH the 20th anniversary edition!
EDIT: oh! it's got italian leather!
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iBook graphite with a decent battery and today's iBook specs...
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Originally Posted by Link
TAM, a *gasp* QUAD processor 9600 (don't they exist?), G4 cube, maybe an SE/30
Didn't Daystar make the only Quad processor Mac's?
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I still have working Plus, and LC475 at home. I would have liked a Beige G3 Tower
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Oh heck yeah, a NeXT cube! How could I have forgotten?
I'd LOOVE one of those
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barring NeXT, either a IIci w/ System 6.0.7 and portrait monitor, or an SE/30.
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A IIfx could kick butt too
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I'd want the iMac, the model that was shaped like a lamp. My brother bought that in Summer or late Fall 2002 and is still using and loving it today. I really liked the design. Simple. Unique. Cool.
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Yeah my bro has a g4 imac too.. that thing kicks butt! I'd love to have a 20"er
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I'd love a Powerbook G3, Pismo.. to be exact.
Sexiest powerbook made by apple.
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Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon
Colour Classic and an eMate
You don't want an eMate. I bought one in April. It's really not as cracked up as I thought it would be.
To answer the question: Cube. Love them. Slow as sh*t, but they're great. Too bad you can't upgrade it without putting a fan in it.
Oh, wait...I have one
EDIT: Forgot...a TiBook. I'd love to get one of those again. I loved those things to death but they didn't "scale well" over time. I felt the thing got too outdated too fast, whereas my AlBook is still rockin' after a year.
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None. Well, ok, the very first one.
I could use the $10,000 dollars to buy some nice new Apple hardware and software.
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I'd love a Lisa, but the Cube would be one I prefer.
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I'd like a Color Classic II (with a US keyboard, though, since they were only available in Japan) and a TAM.
Dumb me, I had a Color Classic once and let it go. D'oh!
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I actually have a Shell to a Lisa... and a few other macs in storage.
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Originally Posted by budster101
I actually have a Shell to a Lisa... and a few other macs in storage.
Cool! I personally would not know what to do with it though...
Sounds like a potentially nice challenge to rebuild a Lisa.
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A TAM, a Cube, an eMate, and a Key Lime iBook .
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Originally Posted by Oneota
I'd like a Color Classic II (with a US keyboard, though, since they were only available in Japan) and a TAM.
Dumb me, I had a Color Classic once and let it go. D'oh!
We had a ton of computers at work. We were moving to a new building so of course we were throwing away all our old stuff. Some of us wanted the computers. In the pile were a 6100/60 CD and a Color Classic. We spoke to the company about letting us take them home. That was Friday. On Monday there was a dumpster in front of the building with, yup, all the computers tossed in there - and it was raining.
That was friggin' sad.
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The Pismo was definitely Apple's best looking laptop. I like the look of the new iBooks and PB's, but the Pismo has more personality, while still looking just as professional as any other laptop out there.
As far as desktop macs go, though, I still want to do a fishtank mod to one of the older all-in-one Macs someday. Or maybe gut one of those Macs, put the MB from an iBook or a cube in it, and buy a small LCD that can fit in the opening.
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Performa 400 running Mac OS 7.1
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20" iMac G4. What a great machine.
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Toilet seat (clam shell) IBook with girly-man color. Never had one but they are a good conversation piece. Wouldn't be caught carrying one tho.
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My favorite non Mac Apple computers:
Apple //e (80 Column Card, SuperSerial, and Mockingbird)
Apple IIgs (With TransWarp and SystemSaver)
Here's my list of favorite Macs:
Color Classic II (aka Performa 275)
LC III
20th Anniversary Macintosh
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Originally Posted by PowerTower Fan
Didn't Daystar make the only Quad processor Mac's?
Yep, the Daystar Millenium.
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Why dream? NeXT systems are pretty cheap if you can find them. Color Classics are hard to find inexpensively, but it can be done.
I have a few old Pismo's/Lombards/Wall Street's lying around, I should sell them.
I would love to have a TAM, but I understand there were some pretty serious reliability issues and funkiness with the Audio system.
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I know it's not a Mac, but one of these days I need to get my old C64 running again....
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Originally Posted by Ganesha
SE/30, the best classic Mac ever and I use to have one.
Yup
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Originally Posted by Paco500
Why dream? NeXT systems are pretty cheap if you can find them. Color Classics are hard to find inexpensively, but it can be done.
I have a few old Pismo's/Lombards/Wall Street's lying around, I should sell them.
I would love to have a TAM, but I understand there were some pretty serious reliability issues and funkiness with the Audio system.
Pismos are still quite useful, and upgradeable. Don't just get rid of them to clean out the closet!
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Originally Posted by Railroader
NeXt box.
Cube.
eMate.
I had a Pismo [best mac I have ever owned]. Currently have a Superdrive eMac and the only thing I really miss is the portability of a PowerBook. If only they remade the Pismo with a SuperDrive I'd buy one in a heart beat.
Slot-loaders at wegenermedia.com
G4 upgrades at wegener, too. Gotta love the Pismo.
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I have more powerful Macs lying around, but I'm currently typing on my Pismo. I love that machine. I don't think I'll ever sell it, and it's running just as good today as when I first bought it 4 years ago (harddrive replacement is the only modification I've done).
I'm not going to install the latest games on the Pismo, but for surfing the web and just chillin', I can't think of anything I'd rather be on. I currently run Panther on it, I haven't bothered to install Tiger yet. The pismo is so damn quiet, it makes ZERO noise ! The fan comes on like once a year, and the other 364 days, it is quiet as can be, not a sound to be heard, besides the slightest noise from the drive, for which you must listen very, very closely.
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I would really like a cube. Unfortunately they are not very common in NZ.
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I had an SE/30 with a video card that drove a 21" monitor in glorious 256 color and spanned with the 9" internal screens. PC-friends gawked when they saw the cursor going from screen to screen or even the after dark ball bouncing between them.
I hear the IIfx was unbelievably mind-blowing fast in it's day as well.
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I'd like a G4 Cube. So close to buying one on several occasions, but always decided against it for one reason or another.
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Originally Posted by finboy
Pismos are still quite useful, and upgradeable. Don't just get rid of them to clean out the closet!
It would be to line the wallet- not clean the closet.
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Quadra 700, key lime iBook, G4 iMac and over all them…
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Not a single vote for the Pippen.
Since when were we calling the NeXT cube a Mac, BTW?
I'd agree with the people who are saying Pismo because that was a great PowerBook. Other than that, the only other machines that popped in my head were a Cube (don't know why) and the domed iMac with a 20" screen.
But I'm limiting myself to Macs, not just Apple products.
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Well I wanted a pismo at the start of this thread and now I want one even more.
Maybe the mactels will go back to that style and we will have another machine that people will love years down the line.
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On my Pismo now
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Originally Posted by starman
You don't want an eMate. I bought one in April. It's really not as cracked up as I thought it would be.
Agreed. I bought one in college to use as a note-taking machine--that was in 1999. Even lo those many years ago, I had problems getting the thing linked up to my iMac 333, as the iMac had no serial ports. As the memory filled up with files, the thing got slower too... really sucked. Internet functionality was limited unless you wanted to tap into the homebrew community (which is, admittedly, insanely devoted and talented.)
But in terms of form factor, the thing was awesome. It was ultra-light, easy to tote around, and a pleasure to type on. I got asked about/complimented on it all the time.
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I had at one time a pretty maxed out IIci. I loved that machine; I had the first CD drive for it before anyone so that had the oooh and aaah factor too. 14" color monitor, 12 or 16MB ram (don't remember), interal 80MB hard drive and 2 exteranl 120MB hard drives. network card, audio/video in/out card as well as a video card for the monitor. tablet, keyboard, mouse and trackball.
i remember creating multimedia programs for some grad arch professors; including adaptive practice tests all in hypercard (i love stacks!). good times.
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