'Official' New Member Thread: Welcome [Archive]

cyks

Aug 12, 2002, 06:55 PM

Well, like so many others here- I recently joined on to watch for the new PMacs... originally hoping for MWNY- then Aug 5th... and now Aug 13th (Hope hope!)
At least now it finally seems they'll be out... only who knows what they'll be.

Either way- when they're announced/released, I'll be on line getting one. For some reason my PMac 7500 just isn't cutting it anymore. :p

Sure, she's been updated a few times- first to a blazing fast 604/120... and most recently to a G3/220 that's overclocked to 300.
I've been in dire need of just plopping down and getting a new machine for a while- OSX alone would make it worth it... but with the most recent updates to iTunes- not being able to run an MP3 player.... well- the time has come to get a new.

Question is- after 7 years... now what do I do with her? Anyone?

Hoping to see some new, major releases- and now that I'm registered here I know I'll be around often.

Sean.

mpbnl8182

Aug 12, 2002, 11:30 PM

Hi everyone -

I've looked through these forums I don't know how many times, but this is the first time i've posted. I just received my first mac, a g3 400 that i got on eBay. (Well, it's actually my 2nd. I had a g4 cube that i bought as an open box buy, then it turned out they were actually holding it for a friend of mine.) I don't have OS X on here yet, just 9.2.2, but i can't wait to put Jag on there. I know it isn't the fastest thing out there, but it should satisfy my mac craving, then when i graduate, i can make the full "switch".

gmstudio

Aug 13, 2002, 04:51 PM

I am a refugee. I've been serving as a moderator on a very active message board for a high-profile musical instrument manufacturer for a couple of years and it came time to hang it up over there. Now I'm refocusing my energies on running my recording studio and discovered this board just a few weeks ago as I was researching my new Mac purchase.

I've been running my Cubase studio on my beige G3/300 for a few years now and it's time to upgrade. Going with the new 17" iMac and a MOTU 828 interface. Very excited about this and can't wait for everything to arrive.

I've been a Mac fan since I bought a used 512ke back in 1993 in college for $100. Lived with an LCIII for a couple of years until I got the G3, and now the iMac is the next step in my evolution.

Musically, I've been writing for local TV programs and commercials, along with creating some ambient/electronic works in my free time. Now I've aligned myself with a wonderful vocalist and have entered the pop-music realm.

I'm very much a mac-user and not a mac-tweaker, so I doubt I'll have much to contribute here, but I'll be lurking faithfully. It's nice to be on the other side of the "moderator" job for a change. :^)

Paul

Sepulchre

Aug 13, 2002, 06:04 PM

Well i suppose I will fall into the lurker category, sounds kind of suspicious I know ;) I've been dropping in on MacRumours for over a year now but only recently registered as I'd never felt the need to throw in my two pennies worth before :D

I've been using Macs for the last 7 years, so I’m not a switcher either, just gotta love-em though don’t yah! :cool:

Speak to you all in the forums soon!

bigsteve3

Aug 13, 2002, 07:48 PM

I too was/am a lurker...

I registered only because it was required to view the forums before MacWorld. After registering, I thought "why not?" and posted a few times.

I have an iBook 500, but someday I will get a Powerbook G4 (the iBook is wayyyy too slow).

jivedog

Aug 13, 2002, 10:34 PM

I've been reading the forums for a few weeks and have been a member since MWNY. I used to run a corporate PC support hotline and I was impressed by the freedom and creativity the Mac gave its users compared with the drudgery imposed by DOS and Windows.

I'm an independent video producer now. Released a Windsurf racing video last year - edited with FCP on my old Beige G3. When FCP finally choked I upgraded to two G4 733s.

I couldn't care less about whether the new Macs are slower than the latest Dell or whatever. My 2 PowerMacs run all my business and production software perfectly and I'm having fun.

Spike Spiegel

Aug 13, 2002, 11:37 PM

while i actually registered in January, i didnt activate and post until a few days ago. I live about 20 minutes outside Boston, and will be starting college in a month, in the company of a brand new dual gig w/ nvidia ti 128 card. I have been a reader of this site for about a year, and look forward to contributing some tidbits of knowledge, both relevant and wildly inacurate. As of this post my computer will ship in a few days, but until then i will be using the 733 quicksilver that my brother will be egressing to college with. A warning though, my posts will, in all likelihood, be rife with Hitchhiker quotes.

cb911

Aug 16, 2002, 08:05 AM

well yeah, i've been registered since March this year. i think the reason i found MacRumors was because i was starting college this year and had to get a Mac. i guess i was just looking around the net for reviews and stuff and came across MacRumors. then i noticed about the rumors of new TiBooks...
lucky i came across this site or i would have ended up with a Rev. B TiBook, but i saw about the new TiBooks that were to be released so i waited. now i've got a Rev C 667, all thanks to MacRumors!!:D and this place is also great for all kinds of tech help and VPC hacks...:D :D
edit> whoops, look like i got a bit to eager... got confused. Mar/May, to similar. sorry. and to make things worse i can't delete my post... help!

Over Achiever

Aug 16, 2002, 09:25 PM

Alright, I'm no longer a newbie...but I'm a newbie to the communty discussion boards...does that count?

Ok, I joined end of July, making some stupid comment. I've added more quality input since then. I'm a PC user, with crappy PCs (200 MHz desktop, 550 MHz laptop), but am planning on buying an exceptional notebook that can be a desktop replacement...enter the tibook

I had an apple user friend, he touted mac os X...with the unix core. I then saw previews of Jag, and I got really interested.

I'm a third-year undergrad at the U of M...planning on applying to either med or grad school...whomever accepts me

Well, I gots to sleep for my MCATs tomorrow, for those going to med school, ya'll know what it is.

Night!

JamesDP

Aug 20, 2002, 04:48 PM

Been here since MWNY. I only registered so I could read the forums, but I've since posted a few times. I guess you could say I'm a newbie, although I don't actually own a Mac yet, but I've used Apples and Macs quite a bit over the years. When I moved from private school to public school in the early 80's, I went from using those ultra-cool Radio Shack TRS-80's :D to using Apples and Apple II's. Got addicted to them later afterthe introduction of Oregon Trail and Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? Would've got a IIgs in 6th grade if I made straight A's, but alas I was too lazy :p

Got to use the little 9" Macs in high school when I was on the school newspaper and yearbook staff (Talking Moose and Fool's Errand = \m/), but we had a PC at home, and that's where I've been stuck for the last 11 years, toiling to no end just to get my PCs to work smoothly for a decent amount of time. I've been attempting to make the move to Linux over the last couple of years, but just couldn't get comfortable jumping in. I always watched Apple during my PC years and liked their products but not the price. And when I heard that OSX was based on BSD, that got me thinking. Not enough apparently as shortly afterward, I spent $3500 on a Dell P4 (Dude, you're getting a POS! ;) ). The last year with that machine and Windows ME has been a nightmare and after hearing that an Apple store had opened nearby, I decided to go last month and take a look. I'm now officially hooked and biding my time until I can snag me an iBook (still having troule deciding between that and a Powerbook) w/ Airport, an iPod and maybe a new Palm. I've spent over 5 grand the last two years just on hardware, and when I think of the kind of Mac (or Macs :D) I could've got for that kinda cash, I get a little irritated, but I guess better late than never, right?

Since I rarely used Office XP on my Dell, and Starry Night Pro includes the Windows and Mac version on the same CD, the only software I'll need to buy is Quicken and a firewall for my DSL connection.

And a friend of mine who I've been trying to sell my PC to recently told me he doesn't want my machine, he wants a Mac (he's never owned a computer before). He's pretty close to getting an eMac for his personal use and to run his business. I guess telling him I was trying to sell my PC to get a Mac wasn't such a bright idea :D

soilchmst

Aug 21, 2002, 12:15 AM

Its ok to try to sell your pc to earn money for a mac. Even Bill Gates said he loves his mac ;) :p
I have used a mac since a Mac 128. I have fried one mac (a Mac 512), and maybe a clone (the motorola in the garage). Macs last forever, and if the printers keep working :cool: , they last a damn long time.
Since this is a board for newbies, I would just like to encourage everybody not to get hostile on these boards. Some people are very dense, and others are PC apologists, but that is no reason to be hostile. Take the wierd and incorrect stats in stride.
Thanks to ARN and all of the great Apple snitches who allow us to get excited about our favorite platform.
BTW, if any one is an aggie or a chemist, I would like to know:cool:

B2TM little bro

Aug 23, 2002, 11:37 PM

Hey all you Computer People,
I'm Backtothemac's younger brother if you couldn't tell by the screen name. Im new to this "Mac" thing, its different but ok, and i have my comfort blanket (virtual pc) so Im sure Ill be ok. B2tM > i think that looks like a boy band, my weird older brother, seesh!. he has told me about your little conventions? uh huh. i really like my macintosh> he's yelling at me for the lower case, OMG, let's just pretend im e.e. cummings and it will be like a fine day in the park , alright :D i look forward to talking to you people and flames? what ever that is....peace out!

Backtothemac

Aug 23, 2002, 11:43 PM

....wipes tear from eyes....

wow, the whole family is almost on here. Me, the Mrs, the little bro....

Now, everyone be nice to him :)

welcome little bro. It is a great community and you will have fun here.
B2TM

Royal Pineapple

Aug 25, 2002, 12:14 AM

Originally posted by Backtothemac
....wipes tear from eyes....

wow, the whole family is almost on here. Me, the Mrs, the little bro....

Now, everyone be nice to him :)

welcome little bro. It is a great community and you will have fun here.
B2TM
im still waiting for mini B2tM to show up, than ill be happy ;)

firewire2001

Aug 25, 2002, 07:23 PM

im new.. sorta..

-f

JupiterZen

Aug 25, 2002, 07:56 PM

Reality Maintenance Engineer 23b reporting for duty ...

Oops, sorry ... wrong queue ;)

Been a loyal mac user for about 10 years now (have my own little home music recording/composing studio)

I have been reading these forums for two years now and had to sign up to continue. So I might as well post something ones in a while to :)

finchna

Sep 2, 2002, 10:42 PM

Hi. My name is Nathan. I've been using Apple machines since the early 80s and a IIe. My first purchased Mac was a 2ci that I still use for MIDI work with Encore and MasterTracks Pro. (was using a IIgs until then that was decked out with a 100MB Vulcan HD (anyone out there remember those?), 8MB ram card, processor accelerator, sound card, etc.--quite something to think back on it and my father still uses it--alongside a g4 tower) I currently use a Beige g3 OS9, g4 dual 500 10.1.5 (I think), and an iBook 10.2 that travels between airport networks at home and work.

Since 1999 I've been managing a research and development project focused on providing teachers around the world online professional development courses in research-based education pedagogies. Before that I worked in and managed a pizza restaurant (just out of college), taught public school band and mathematics (I play trumpet), did research on (explored) how to personalize children's learning in classrooms/schools, and starting around 1994 built and supported a mac/win/netware network that served about 40 researchers and got them on the Internet.

I play in a community band, hike, bike, backpack, camp, canoe, cook, garden (vegetables--tomatoes, zucchini, corn (all of which I'm harvesting and eating), eggplant, just about ready, and herbs. I enjoy both live and recorded music of many types (always looking for suggestions), reading--more fiction than not, art in many forms, traveling when I can, and, well, a bunch of other things.

So, that's a bit about me...

Here are a couple questions that I've looked in the FAQ for answers but haven't looked much anywhere else--so the answers may be somewhere around here...

1) What do all the title designations mean? That is, what's a god, demi-god, regular, member, newbie, and folks with numbers in that location? What has been done to achieve those titles?

2) On the macrumors home page under each story is a positive/negative voting thing. Is that a vote on your reaction to the news story or the thread of discussion that is happening about the story?

Thanks and best wishes,

Nathan

vniow

Sep 2, 2002, 10:57 PM

Hello Nathan. I can answer #1:
Newbie= >29 posts
member= >100 posts (I think)
regular= >500 posts (again not too sure)
numbers= 500+ non contributer
demi-god, or goddess= contributer, numbers don't matter here. :)

dreamlance

Sep 3, 2002, 11:40 AM

Hello everyone! I've been playing with all types of computers since middle school, the first being an Apple, then a slew of PCs and Suns and my latest hope being an ibook. I blame eyelikeart and macrosoft for getting me here ;-) I look forward to getting to know you guys better.

eyelikeart

Sep 3, 2002, 12:46 PM

Originally posted by dreamlance
Hello everyone! I've been playing with all types of computers since middle school, the first being an Apple, then a slew of PCs and Suns and my latest hope being an ibook. I blame eyelikeart and macrosoft for getting me here ;-) I look forward to getting to know you guys better.

hey now...I didn't force u to join up now did I? :p ;)

ellirpa

Sep 3, 2002, 01:42 PM

Hi. I cannot remember when I signed up but I have never made a post. I have been reading posts EVERYDAY for some time now and I am addicted to this site. I too enjoy the rumors and discussions. Please don't delete me arn.

I just want to say that, I agree with eyelikeart that Apple will never do a pda. That's because I see the big picture. And now there is a rumor that Jobs and Woz are working on a new cell phone. First let me say that I have owned 5 pda's and I have given all of them away. I finally realized that it makes no sence to carry more than one device between them. I just hope that if that rumor is true that they make it a world phone at the least.

Also, I would love to see some type of tablet from Apple with built in wireless technology. Laptops are great but they are too heavy and bulky for me although I do own one.

I aslo like this BB software you are using but you might find the same stuff from a free product by YaBB. I don't work there but I have been testing it for my site whenver I get the chance to finish it.

thanks for having this site. I cannot live without it.

sickboy_osX

Sep 3, 2002, 03:14 PM

I havge been reading Mac Rumors since September 2000, but have never seen anything interesting in the forums, but then one day I decided what the hell I might as wll try it, I read it for information on Mac OS X when I was working for HP in the LaserJet Divsison..

diorio

Sep 5, 2002, 01:44 PM

Hey I'm diorio. I sometimes post idiotic things, but I really am not a troll.

crossed-over

Sep 6, 2002, 04:17 PM

Hey. I'm Adam. I am a former peecee user dating back to the old TI machines. Buddy of mine is an avid mac user, and convinced me to give it a shot when my former dell kept screwing me over. So I started coming to macrumors when I jumped in the market to buy a mac. Ever since, I've been on here everyday, checking out updates, and just browsing the threads. I must say this: there is none of this fanaticism in the peecee world. There aren't any expos or anything like that in the peecee world (that I know of) like the mac has. That is something that surprisingly adds quite a bit of excitement to the macscene. Keep it coming, Apple! My big news: I just bought my first brand new Apple computer last week. It is a Powermac G4 dual 1 gig, 512 RAM, Superdrive! It is the quicksilver model, but I love it, even though...alas, I have a problem :( After installing the 10.2 update, the thing has crashed on me EVERY DAY. I swear I'm not doing anything outrageous either. Once it crashed with only ichat open, once while watching a dvd, once with Excel open (in which I lost my file), and once the other day while browsing the internet. I don't know what the problem is, but I've been doing some diagnostics tests to try and pinpoint it before calling Apple. Does anyone have any suggestions? I posted in the Mac help area, but only got 2 responses, so maybe someone will lend a hand in here. Thanks ahead of time, and I'll see you on the boards!

Rags

Sep 16, 2002, 07:16 PM

I'm Joe.

I'm in the lurker category as well. Been visiting Mac Rumors for about a year and before that MOSR.

encephalon

Sep 23, 2002, 02:48 AM

I've been reading here since May probably. Just like countless others here, I signed up when I was forced too for MWNY :rolleyes: (what a great strategy for making people register, by the way).

As for my Mac history, I have been a user since the original LC. Moved up to a PowerComputing PowerBase 180 during the clone wars. Upgraded the hell out of that. And today I am typing on a two week old 17in iMac and listening to music on my wonderful iPod.

bombensington

Sep 26, 2002, 06:44 PM

Here we go.....i and my better half just bought a mac a few months ago and I love it...We went the whole nine yards too....iPod, DV cam, Scanner, Printer, WCIII, the whole nine yards....I have been reading this site for a while because the love of my life has been reading your musings and so i was curious....For my $ there is nothing funnier on the net then some of these threads.....esp the threads about drugs.....i didnt realize so many people who had macs hated fun....

I thought owning a mac was akin to being cool like being fat is to being jolly.....
And the piracy thing....jeeeeeeeeeeeesh.....looks like somebody has his/her cranky meter turned up to 11....

So I will be offering my two cents, moderator willing, to the discussions...unless some meglomaniacal computer tyrant feels that my two cents are two cents too many.......so without further adieu.....here I am...

scem0

Sep 29, 2002, 12:12 AM

This is a little late (about 4 months too late :D) but here I go:

Hi, my name is Emerson, my username is scem0. I am a new userbut this is post #three-hundred-and-sixty-something because I forgot to post this when I joined. SO I guess technically I am not a new user, but I just had to make my own new user thing... I am 15, my Bday is in April (the 17th), and I enjoy Kung Fu :). I wish that there were more smilies here on the macrumors forums. Well, anyways, I am an avid mac user who is mad at apple for overpricing their slower-then-pc's-that-are-cheaper computers. If apple doesn't come out with something revolutionary by the time I need another computer, then I am getting a PC. I will still like Macs, i just wont use them. That's about it....

xelterran

Oct 1, 2002, 07:46 AM

hey arn/mods - i cant seem to post new threads or reply to the news/poll threads, did i do something wrong or... :confused:

xelterran

Oct 1, 2002, 07:47 AM

i think some1 seems to be eating my posts aswell :confused: :confused:

vniow

Oct 1, 2002, 01:13 PM

Originally posted by xelterran
hey arn/mods - i cant seem to post new threads or reply to the news/poll threads, did i do something wrong or... :confused:

Check your mail. You may have gotton something from MR.
I ecently switched mine awhile ago and ha the same problem.:)

xelterran

Oct 2, 2002, 08:18 PM

ack' i hope it wasnt tasty :p

rixmax

Oct 3, 2002, 01:32 AM

Good heavens... I feel like the new kid at school.

I am self-employed... graphic design, publication design... stuff like Sports & Leisure Magazine... http://www.sportsandleisuremag.com/

Etun

Oct 11, 2002, 01:52 PM

Hi everybody. I have been posting at another Forum for a while and just discovered this one this morning. The poop thread cracked me up. I just had to join up. G-4 400 AGP.

technocoy

Oct 11, 2002, 02:53 PM

Browse more then anything, enjoy some of the more intelligent posts, and a few of the silly ones. The only rumors site that i frequent. Actually the only board that i have ever posted on.... I love macs, I'm a designer so it's kind-of a requirement i guess. I've used both macs and Pee Cee's since I was was a kiddie, then I bought my B&W 400 when I left college and been a hardcore mac evengelist ever since.
I believe apple is on the way to the top of it's game... awesome OS.... awesome designers (even their receipts are cool), and soon to be even better computers.... (got some insiders at ol' IBM) currently I use a dual 867, my ol'B&W, running 10.2, 10 gig iPOD and hopefully a powerbook soon.... just tryin' to hold-out a little longer!!! This is probably one of the longest posts you'll get from me, I side more with Arns style.... quick an' to the point.

cheers:D
Technocoy

tibookowner

Oct 14, 2002, 05:01 PM

Me: Tall, Married to a beautiful girl that kindly took over my old Wallstreet model
fortunately she doesn't mind the fact that she's the "other woman" the first woman is a brand spanking new TI Book! Thought I would share!:p

tibookowner

Oct 14, 2002, 06:21 PM

Hi All:

I am writing this on my new G4 Laptop my wife agreed to use my old G3...

tibookowner

Oct 16, 2002, 03:19 PM

Some people may recognize me from the other MacForum been lurking for a while. Me: Mac lover since I bought my first laptop a G3 "Wallstreet" well mywife came home from work..

mikentosh

Oct 19, 2002, 01:28 PM

hi all. I've been lurking for a while, but I decided to give the chat thing a run. My first mac was a Classic II. Now using an iMac G3 500. Currently taking classes at the University, majoring in vis-comm. (I decided to find a profession that I enjoy and be able to use a mac doing it - editing) Want to upgrade to a PMac, but I kinda want to wait to see how this IBM processor thing is going to pan out.

scem0

Oct 19, 2002, 02:44 PM

Do you go to UT? That is where my sister is at right now. Maybe y'all should meet up :D:D:D... Well she has a b/f so nvm. Good luck on not becoming ultra annoyed with having a 500 MHz g3 for the next year ;).

mikentosh

Oct 21, 2002, 12:58 AM

Actually, I do attend UT. But the G3 annoyance has already started. Having trouble viewing text on this site in particular. Probably a quartz thing.

scem0

Oct 22, 2002, 06:12 PM

IE tends to have problems displaying text. Chimera is faster, and it will display your text properly. I think :rolleyes: ...

mrpepsi

Oct 24, 2002, 07:08 PM

I've visited MacRumors for a while now. It all started when a college of mine bought an eMac for his school. (Both he and I are network admins a public school district). I was captivated by OSX.

Previously I had used OS8 and 9 a few times here and there, but it just didn't hook me. When I seen OSX though and seen the FreeBSD touches here and there...I had to know more.

I bought a Dual G4 867MHz PowerMac, Final Cut Pro, and a DV camera for my school. One of the teachers asked that I teach a DV class and the students fel in love with the mac.

I like computers, I like kids, I like cars....that about sums me up. Oh, and I hate programming.

scem0

Oct 26, 2002, 01:26 AM

Programming can be fun, though it usually is kinda boring. I like it. Yeah, Mac OS X tends to captivate people. Too bad it has a slow GUI. If it was faster, OS X would be the ultimate OS (it is already the best, just no perfect :D).

Sum_Gai

Oct 27, 2002, 10:26 PM

I signed on a few days ago. If you've checked my profile, you'd know I still own a Dell with Windows 98, but I'm thinking of switching. Other than that, I'm fluent in the mIRC programming language, and uhhh... That's it.

wdlove

Oct 28, 2002, 09:16 PM

Thank you for accepting me into your forum. I'm 54 years old. A retired RN & from the USAFR. Have enjoyed Apple since 1983. Glad to have MacWorld back in Boston 2004. :)

pantagruel

Oct 29, 2002, 10:38 PM

Well just wanted to say 'ello to everyone here, I check out macrumors all the time but I never went into the discussion boards before. :D

Stelliform

Nov 1, 2002, 08:42 AM

Hey all,

I started reading macrumors in anticipation of my first mac laptop purchase. (Which will be my personal computer.) I own a small consulting firm. I have an iMac that I bought to test technologies and try out solutions for my few Mac clients. I am currently using it solely in my office. 10.2 does everything I need and seems more reliable so I am switching.

My first Mac experiances were on a Mac Classic at a friends house. My former business partner was a big Mac nut, but during the biege period at Apple he moved more towards PC's. He is getting back into Macs and I am about to follow suit.

I like the reliablilty most of all. I am tired of Fixing Windows. I do it all day long for my clients. I want something that works for me, and I like to bad talk M$. :) (Although I usually recommend them because it is hard to get an office to switch. So I will lead by example.)

Stelliform

tibookowner

Nov 1, 2002, 12:58 PM

Welcome! If you know computer lingo, I am a certified A+ computer repair professional... but, when it has been my money at stake, I buy Mac!

daniel77

Nov 3, 2002, 12:31 AM

The first time I ever used a mac was when my mom brought home an LCIII from her job (she's a teacher) and I have played with them since.

I’ll be honest. Prior to actually using the latest macs, I was a basher (you know the type). I would probably still be a basher today if my then neighbo hadn’t dared me to deviate from my wintel world. The first time I used Mac OS X, I knew i had to have it. Apple enlightened me beyond Windows and redefined what a computer was to me. In November of 2003, I plan on moving to the then latest model of the iBook.
Apple OS X. It doesn’t freeze. It doesn’t crash. It doesn’t require me to reboot when I change network settings. It boots fast. Its sleep function actually works. I don’t need virus software. There is no system tray. It lets me run a gazillion media and programming applications without taking a performance hit. And (even though my fellow peers won't admit it) it is beautiful.

My LCIII never needs repairs besides stuff I have done to it.

My name is Daniel Berman, I have yet to switch. I'm a student.

Machead III

Nov 4, 2002, 09:58 AM

Oh sorry guys I posted a little 'hello' topic on the boards, I didnt see this thread, lol, anyways Im Mahead III, I am a veteran and mod at War3.com, I love Mac's and Apple rumors etc. oh and LotR!

So its great finnaly have registered, I have been on the front page for like a year :D

iShater

Nov 4, 2002, 03:02 PM

Well, I have been on this site for a few weeks now, and I just noticed this thread!

I'm a PeeCee user, for now. Been using computers for a while, bought my first in 1990.

I started as a Mac basher the first time I used them back in 1993. They were mostly Mac SEs, black and white displays, etc.

Macintrash was the term I used very often. Then I went to college and I used LCs, and other 68k color Macs, and finally PowerMacs.

Something started happening. I slowly started 'liking' those systems, and as I worked in the computing center (all Macs) I ended up supporting them and getting to use them more often.

I was very close to buying a Mac back then, but I didn't have enough money to buy a good system, and my pro-MS friend convinced me to get a PC, which we put together and used.

However, I became a Macless Pro-Mac computer user.

My first job after college, I worked for an ISP as tech support guy, I was the 'Mac Guy', supported Windows and Mac users on a PowerMac 9100 running MacOS 7x and Virtual PC.

After that I changed jobs, kept cheering for Apple and telling other people I met about how wonderful the systems are, but I didn't own one yet.

Now the switch campaign is on, Mac OSX is out, and there seems to be tons of cool things ahead. Not to mention the beautifully designed systems and the iPod. And the 'community' of Mac users.

I am a MacUser wannabe in the process of saving to switch!

:D

Now, that was the story of Macs & Me ... summarized! :p

TheMightyG

Nov 6, 2002, 02:16 PM

Just noticed this thread. Just wanted to say HI!

First computer was a PM 7500 back in 1995...lasted me until last year when I sprung for the 667Mhz Tibook DVI. Now I wish I had hung onto it for another year so I could the 1GHz!

Cheers

G

robbieduncan

Nov 19, 2002, 09:16 AM

OK - I've been here for about a month or so and posted quite a few times, but I cannot post new threads. Anyone know why? I wanted to start on in Current Events about the upcoming Mac Expo in London to see if anyone else was going along...

scem0

Nov 19, 2002, 09:27 AM

I think some other people had that problem on this thread.
SOmething about activating the account I think. Look on about
page 3 of this thread.

Giaguara

Nov 23, 2002, 12:57 AM

:D nah i'm just lurking here...

rjrufo

Nov 23, 2002, 10:43 PM

Originally posted by coolshot125
how many posts do i need to get off this newbie status?

Uh oh, don't make the same mistake I made. I asked the same question a few days ago, and was bombarded. Most of the replies were helpfull, but some still made me feel like an idiot.
To answer the question for all of the newbies, 30 posts will get you to member status, but try to sound like you know what you're talking about. You will get flamed if it sounds like you're making something up just to raise your status.
As for myself, I've been reading the rumors for about a year, after I bought my first Mac - a TiPB 400MHz. I don't post much, but I'm starting to add my thoughts more often now.

tibookowner

Nov 23, 2002, 11:25 PM

If my statusas a Newbie Bothers Anyone, DON'T ASK ME ANY Questions!! Leave me and my 80 0 mhz TI BOOK alone!!!

wdlove

Nov 24, 2002, 08:40 PM

Everyone was a newbie at one point. Welcome, don't take it too seriously! :)

Kyle?

Nov 27, 2002, 01:00 AM

Newbie here! I've come from AtAT several times, started lurking the past few weeks, and finally joined. I'm a student developer and am extremely grateful for os X, which allows me to follow all the Unix I'm taught without having to use the Unix labs. First computer in the house: Mac SE in 1994. I now own an iBook.

My support for any one's opinion is available to the highest bidder, so if you look like you're losing a discussion, I'll gladly throw in a few posts for you! For a fee, of course.

tibookowner

Nov 27, 2002, 11:24 AM

...

Juventuz

Dec 5, 2002, 12:04 AM

Hello, a newbie here.

I made the switch back in August and haven't regretted it one bit. I'm actually looking at picking up a PowerMac to complement my PowerBook.

Nice to meet you all, I'm sure I'll see you around :D

Jaykay

Dec 10, 2002, 07:26 PM

Hey, this is great. I only joined the macrumors site a couple of days ago (Ive been reading it for a loooong time now) and already i love it...

Gosh Gee Whiz, i love my macs...

Im not a switcher, i think i was born with little tiny apple symbols in my blood... ooh that cant be good (For my health)

rjrufo

Dec 10, 2002, 10:36 PM

Well, I just wanted to report that my new iMacs came in today, I can't pull myself away from them now. Well, once I get both of the set up, I'll be using only one of them, the other one my wife will be using, but I still can't pull myself away from either of them yet...:D

mkubal

Dec 10, 2002, 11:19 PM

Just figured I'd throw my info in.

I'm a newbie to posting, but I've been reading macrumors for atleast a year. However, I should be posting fairly often now in the help sections if I can help anyone. I was born and raised on Apple computers, just before Apple came out with Macintosh in fact. I've got Apple flowing through my veins. So I'm sure I can be helpful to those who need it.

Other than that I'll be sure to be posting on the political threads where I will join the ranks of a very small number of republicans. In fact I might stir things up a bit right now by saying what will probably be the most unpopular thing on these boards today: I like George Bush and I think he's doing a great job as president.

Let the flaming begin.

j/k
Matt

Kyle?

Dec 11, 2002, 08:46 AM

Unfortunately, rjrufo, it doesn't look good for Boston. But you know that.:)

rjrufo

Dec 11, 2002, 09:22 AM

Kyle.
I'm hoping for the best, I've never been to a MacWorld and was so excited when I heard the news. I'll just keep my fingers crossed, hope that Apple does go.

Anyone hear more news on MacWorld Boston '04? I haven't heard anything in a while.

Geetar

Dec 14, 2002, 07:03 PM

Hello again. I was registered here under a different name about a year ago.

I went away from here a bit back , tired of the prevailing tone ("Sheesh, newbies" etc) but returned when the serially-offensive brigade pushed off to Alphatech-land.

I'm a musician, back-line and recording-studio designer and I trade vintage guitars when I get the time and spare cash.

I'm from Manchester, UK originally, but I live in Florida now and like it here a lot. I run PCs and Macs for music and research and every now and then I like to get tangled up in a political thread.

I read a lot, though less than I used to. Currently into Salman Rushdie ..."Fury" and "East West".

Once again, love being in the USA, but I've no time for sh*tbags who rag on Europe without any idea what they're talking about.
Or folks who don't understand their own legal/governmental process......plenty of those here too:rolleyes:

Pete W

Dec 17, 2002, 12:26 PM

Hi,

I'm a newbie to this forum but not to the Mac or to Apple Computers. I started with an Apple ][ Euro plus in the late 80s and then got a Mac SE in 1988. It was a two-floppy drive version as I was advised that configuration would allow me to continue using the machine if the external hard drive failed. I added two 40MB Seagate hard drives (5_1/4"!) in an external case, complete with PSU. All my friends said '*40*MB, and *two*-off?!?! One 20MB drive should be enough for anyone!'. To start with, I had a Ricoh daisy-wheel printer driven via a parallel-to-serial converter module.

That combination served me well for several years, along the way I upgraded one of the floppy drives to 1.44MB. the OS to 6.07 and replaced the daisy-wheel with a Personal LaserWriter NT. In order to meet work and Open University requirements, I had to get IBM-PC (errmm, am I allowed to mention those on this forum?) facilities but I didn't want the expense of another printer so I fitted the IBM-PC with a Dayna card (2000) and Copstalk software and networked it to the Mac SE and the PLW via LocalTalk.

At Christmas, 1999, one of the hard drives failed and the Mac SE system wouldn't boot. At the time, I was unemployed and could not afford a new Mac or to do anything about the hard drive so I soldiered on with just the IBM-PC and the PLW. Then the PLW fuser assembly failed.

Much more recently, I have been able to acquire several older Macs, a second SE, an SE/30, four (!!) LC3s, a Performa 5300 and an 8100/100, plus several monitors, all other people's cast-offs (I'm not proud). They all work except that the Performa can't see its hard drive but I'm working on that. I also bought another PLW on eBay at a fairly friendly price.

I've got the 8100/100 as the favourite machine at present, pending repairs to the Performa. It has System 7.5.3 installed and works OK in itself although the hard drive sounds a bit creaky. The problem is that it won't drive the Personal LaserWriter (The SE/30 runs System 6.07 and drives the PLW fine).

So, my current concern is to find a System 7.5 driver that will work with the PLW NT. Looking further into the future than that, I need to discover whether I'll be able to use the PLW with the Performa which will be using OS8? But this isn't the place for questions in that search.

Lastly, a question for the moderator: does instant messaging still work if I log on from a different machine and ISP from (than?) my registered e-mail address?

tibookowner

Dec 17, 2002, 02:42 PM

THANKS!! Since my car accident, (my wife and I Came out Second best with a disagreement with a Truck)

Durandal7

Dec 18, 2002, 07:09 PM

Originally posted by scem0
Sorry, I can't help ur problem.
If you couldn't help then why did you bother responding? Especially in a thread that is for new users. :rolleyes:

As for Pete W's question, I see no reason that would keep the PLW NT from working with a Mac. Go to http://www.info.apple.com and do a search for Laserwriter drivers. You should be able to find a set of Laserwriter drivers that are 7.5.3/8.0 compatible.

scem0

Dec 19, 2002, 05:44 AM

I just had to respond because I found his post funny because he
has all these old machines. It is funny. He is trying to get system
8 installed when everyone else is trying to get 10.2.2 installed.

Reminds me of this:

Q: I have been trying to install a newer version of the Mac operating system for days and have so far had no success. I've heard there are some great features in this update and I'm really eager to get it installed. Help!
A: You're right, Jaguar is great and you should definitely upgrade to it from any earlier version of OS X. Now, where are you having trouble?
Q: What? Jaguar? OS X? What the hell are you talking about?
A: I'm talking about the latest version of the Mac OS. What the hell are you talking about?
Q: I'm talking about System 6. I can't wait to try out MultiFinder! That's gonna be rad!
A: Oh, wait, I know what's going on! I saw this in a movie. There's some kind of rare atmospheric phenomenon and I'm speaking to someone in the past!
Q: What? Are you high? No, you're not! It's 2002 and I have a Mac Plus I want to put System 5.0 on! Now, are you going to help me or not?
A: Oh. Huh. Um... "not", I guess.

from crazy apple rumors (http://crazyapplerumors.com)

That is why I thought it was funny. ;) :D

OutThere

Dec 19, 2002, 07:21 PM

I just registered tonight. My friend showed me MacRumors.com, and I decided to check it out in search of fellow mac users. I have a Slot Loader iMac DV Lime, with floppy, Zip 100, and firewire CD-RW, and coming soon an 80 firewire HD. I'm glad to be at a place where there are other people who use macs, as well as other ppl who have hardware thats not 'the newest'. My friend has a Titanium Powerbook, and my other mac friend has a single 867 G4 w/ superdrive. These tend to make my computer seem inferior...well anyway, I'll probably be here a lot from now on...coming soon for my comp-512 meg. ram, 80 gig firewire HD, ****OS X****, I'm just a little short on cash due to the present season...

Pete W

Dec 20, 2002, 03:11 PM

Hi,

First of all, thank you, Durandl7, for your helpful and constructive comments and suggestion. I did have a look at the site you recommended, there's a lot of stuff there and I'll have to visit again when I've time to browse and explore properly.

I'm very happy that I'm providing amusement to the 'My Mac's bigger and more expensive than yours' contingent. Nuff said!!

Now for a look at the rest of the forum.

UnixMac

Dec 24, 2002, 01:14 AM

with the help of our wonderful friend arn, I am now reborn... I originally registered as WanaPBnow.... but now that I got a Powerbook, Arn did me a special favor and allowed me to rename myself UnixMac, which is my usually mac messageboard handle...

thanks arn

:)

trebblekicked

Dec 30, 2002, 05:45 AM

I don't know if this thread is still alive or not, but i guess it's my duty to fill in...

i am a switcher, but from before the ad campaign. My last PC was a Gateway Destination with a 36" monitor (a beautiful POS), purchased in 1998. It lives to this day, but only as an entertainment center. After a year of function, it began to fall apart, and i bought my first mac. A sawtooth, i believe (dual 500Mhz G4, no CD burner). It worked wonderfully, and i was converted. Now i've added an 867 Quicksilver with Superdrive (last September), a TiBook 1 Ghz w/ Superdrive (last month) and just bought an original bondi blue imac as a restoration project.

My line of business is split between video/graphics work and the theatre. I use both my current macs everyday and have converted three friends this year (1 TiBook, 2 iBooks), and am currently working on parents as well.

I have been reading posts for a couple months, and just got the urge to register and post (i guess in the spirit of MWSF).

UnixMac

Dec 30, 2002, 08:45 PM

welcome! now head over here and lend a hand!

Mac vs Pc debate (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=211699#post211699)

ironknee

Jan 4, 2003, 03:18 AM

hi all new member :)

Gringo

Jan 7, 2003, 04:14 PM

Hi all, I'm new too, I just signed up yesterday... I've been participating for about a year I think in the Apple Imac Forum discussion and have droped into a few other forums, but mainly there.

I've been tld about macrummers by people at that forum and has a good rep.

Well I mainly had the erge to be able to talk my mind out and and not have the restriction to the apple forum where all is good, but it is really strict toward helping only and nothing else...

I'm a switcher too, but for about 2 years now. My first mac actually was a Mac Plus back in 87 and then a quadra 605 in 91 then went to pc because of my Dad. I now switched back. Unfortunatly I work with a pc all day and bearly can use my mac since I don't have internet at home, but hope to have it soon on Feb. meanwhile all I do in the internet is throught the pc at work...

See ya around...

G.-

WinterMute

Jan 19, 2003, 08:10 PM

Sorry arn, just posted a hello thread, it's up under London Calling...

Just wanted my name in lights.

cr2sh

Jan 20, 2003, 03:45 AM

Originally posted by Durandal7

If you couldn't help then why did you bother responding? Especially in a thread that is for new users. :rolleyes:

Funniest post ever... a veteran user flames another for posting a useless post... I make it three. :cool:

UnixMac

Jan 20, 2003, 10:12 AM

Originally posted by cr2sh

Funniest post ever... a veteran user flames another for posting a useless post... I make it three. :cool:

Actually, I thought PeteW's post was a joke at first, but as I read on he was serious, so I didn't give it a second thought..... I mean I have an uncle (who is very rich btw), but everything he buys he gets second hand and he says "it's all I need, so why spend more" - that's why he's very right

I wish I could do that, and trade in my new cars for two used Buicks costing a total of $5000, and dumping my PowerMac and PowerBook for a MacSE and Performa....

I'm just a powerhungry bastard I guess..

;)

**and a belated welcome to you PeteW!
I promise you, when (if) you switch to OS X, on a fast G3 or even a 400mhz G4, you'll be very happy with your bang for the buck purchase.

:)

G5orbust

Jan 22, 2003, 07:24 PM

haha, well if it aint a new youngin. Well... sortof..... aww you get what I mean.

But anyways welcome Pete (I assume that Pete is your name judging from your handle). I hope you have fun here. Ive been talking a break off of posting but Ive been here for almost 2 years. Your knowlegde of older mac stuff is over my head a tad bit ( I was 2 when some of those computers you have came out :rolleyes: ) but Id be more than glad to try and help you out as best as I can. Just feel free to ask anyone here if you have a problem. They are very speedy with responses. Most responses are quality similar to Durandal's response , and some arent that informative , but help is help, right? :)

Anyways enjoy yourself. This a fun community of mac dudes, so you should be right at home.

Dont Hurt Me

Jan 23, 2003, 09:31 PM

Hey everyone, been watchin all your raves for awhile and figured i might as well join in too. 1st machine was a 030 performa so though not really a switcher i remember after seeing all that pc crap at wall mart that the performa stood out so i bought it from wal mart! So cool i thought! anyways we have had imacs and i use a quicksilver 733 that i bumped up to 800. sort a like those itsy bitsy tiny winy bumps we get from motorola, iam sure you know what i mean. geforce3 and a gig of mem. bonafide Macaddict by the way is a greatmag and im a macgamer. You may see me on RTCW games,sorry if i fraged you but im sure you deserved it. When i want to learn whats going on in the mac world this is one of the places i come. Hoping for nvidia's fx card with Ibm's 970 to show this year so i can pass this machine to my wife! Hope you all have a great year!

Dont Hurt Me

Jan 23, 2003, 09:39 PM

Originally posted by dynamicd
I'm a newbie but have been observing for the past week or two...wanting to get a glimpse of what might be coming out at mac world. I"m going into my first year in college and was looking at macs b/c of my friend who has been a die-hard mac-user since he was born.

Anyway, the flat-panel imac always appealed to me and i just oredered the new 17" one the day it came out. And now that i'm about to be a mac-user i thought i owed it to myself to register here. Should be a nice machine and i love the display. Hey did you know the new ones will be coming out in a week or two? heh heh!

onetime

Jan 27, 2003, 04:04 AM

Long time lurker here.

What a nice opportunity to register.. Arn has a good thing here! Such a beautiful community that it's impossible not to participate during times like these. I'm looking foward to bouncing ideas and aquiring new perspectives. I'm currently working on a Pismo 500 w/ 40GB 40GNX HD & 320MB. She's almost 3 years old but this new HD makes her brand new again. Yes, I'm guilty of licking my PowerBook's crack..

--Peace.

UnixMac

Jan 27, 2003, 11:00 AM

Welcom Onetime.... are you a "switcher" or a Mac man by birth?

onetime

Jan 27, 2003, 05:09 PM

Pure Macintosh owner, actually. I started at age 9 playing on an LC pizza box and haven't turned back. I'm proud to announce that I've never had the misfortune of owning a windows system, although I admit to having the urge to bend when it comes to gaming availability.

Unfortunatly, I do have substancial windows experience. I'm working on a Computer Graphics major, but am currently earning my living working for Dull Technical Support... (Oh, the Irony.. preach Macintosh all through school to find yourself employed by the Dark Side.) Damn, those computers suck. I'm witness first hand. It's sad and I feel sorry for their (our) customers at times. That's ok though, because I take special care in subliminaly switching Dell customers. They get mad cause their $500 2350 isn't all they were promised on TV, and I tell them they get what they pay for and there are alternatives... :D

Occasionaly, I'll even get another Mac Geek on the line and it gets hard to shut us up, as you can imagine. Slowly but surely, the masses will follow.

Thanks for asking!

TheMightyG

Jan 27, 2003, 06:06 PM

<start Mr. Burns voice> Excellent.....we have a mole deep in the heart of the enemy camp.....

onetime

Jan 28, 2003, 02:37 AM

Heh, You got it! Several hundred other employees down there, and I know of only one other tech with Mac experience. Been there over a year now.

Dirt is plentiful.. and Jobs is right: Walmart. Quantity over quality (obviously). Oh, and the little people don't count. But squeaky wheels get grease, hard drives are plenty and parts are cheap. It seems they're in it for the short term because there's not much chance for a good customer experience, but at this point they've got such a hold on things, who's to say.:(

I'll take this PowerBook any day of the week; of course, you knew that..

UnixMac

Jan 28, 2003, 10:14 AM

Originally posted by onetime
Heh, You got it! Several hundred other employees down there, and I know of only one other tech with Mac experience. Been there over a year now.

Dirt is plentiful.. and Jobs is right: Walmart. Quantity over quality (obviously). Oh, and the little people don't count. But squeaky wheels get grease, hard drives are plenty and parts are cheap. It seems they're in it for the short term because there's not much chance for a good customer experience, but at this point they've got such a hold on things, who's to say.:(

I'll take this PowerBook any day of the week; of course, you knew that..

I actually called apple tech support about a power supply problem with my power book a couple of months ago, and got a guy who owned a Gateway laptop and kept talking about it, so I just hung up and called back to get a different guy... I was shocked that Apple hired PC guys for their tech support. Now if the guy was also a Mac expert, I can understand, but he really seemed lost when I would ask him some basic mac questions.:mad:

onetime

Jan 29, 2003, 03:09 AM

You know, I'm almost willing to wager the tech you spoke to wasn't actually an employee of Apple. I say this because at Dell, they/we actually only employ between 1/4 to 1/2 of the technicians who troubleshoot their sorry excuses for computers.

The brunt of calls are relayed to outsource providers around the country and over seas. These are people who had some training in what's involved and pose as Dell tech support. Dell employees take what's left over. You can imagine the enormous call volume that is handled, and how it would reduce considerably if they could make a system that works out of the box 90 percent of the time (an exageration, but surprisingly too many systems are DOA). While I'm very proud of the service I've received from Apple, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple has a similar setup, although I agree they should at least be formidable Mac users!

On another note, I recently had a problem w/ the powersupply with my PowerBook as well... on talking to the technician, she claimed she was getting a 12" PowerBook soon. I question her sincerity, as I had a previous tech tell me near the same thing. I'm guessing that if they're Apple employees or even Mac users, they say such things to get us off their back. We all know how hard we can be to please.. ;)

Don't get me wrong.. I love Dell and think they/we have some great products...
[/sarcasm]

I must admit they pay well for my still being in school.. best job in this small town (30,000). I rank very well... within the top 10 of 500 for several monthes now. I only wish I had some more covert and effective ways to plant some "switcher" seeds.

Any suggestions? Please, Anyone?

sammyb1

Jan 29, 2003, 07:00 PM

I had a problem with my Mac in Jan
Through the streets I ran and ran

Wailing Crying Sobbing too
My Mac was broke what was i to do ?

Twas Google where I found this site
It answered my prayers with gusto and might

Now my mac is almost like new
My questions answered through and through

thankyou !

UnixMac

Jan 29, 2003, 07:28 PM

Originally posted by onetime
You know, I'm almost willing to wager the tech you spoke to wasn't actually an employee of Apple. I say this because at Dell, they/we actually only employ between 1/4 to 1/2 of the technicians who troubleshoot their sorry excuses for computers.

The brunt of calls are relayed to outsource providers around the country and over seas. These are people who had some training in what's involved and pose as Dell tech support. Dell employees take what's left over. You can imagine the enormous call volume that is handled, and how it would reduce considerably if they could make a system that works out of the box 90 percent of the time (an exageration, but surprisingly too many systems are DOA). While I'm very proud of the service I've received from Apple, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple has a similar setup, although I agree they should at least be formidable Mac users!

On another note, I recently had a problem w/ the powersupply with my PowerBook as well... on talking to the technician, she claimed she was getting a 12" PowerBook soon. I question her sincerity, as I had a previous tech tell me near the same thing. I'm guessing that if they're Apple employees or even Mac users, they say such things to get us off their back. We all know how hard we can be to please.. ;)

Don't get me wrong.. I love Dell and think they/we have some great products...
[/sarcasm]

I must admit they pay well for my still being in school.. best job in this small town (30,000). I rank very well... within the top 10 of 500 for several monthes now. I only wish I had some more covert and effective ways to plant some "switcher" seeds.

Any suggestions? Please, Anyone?

When a caller complains that windows is crashing on them, you can say.... "well, Windows is a greats OS, not quite as robust as Unix which is found on Apple, but nevertheless a great OS.....bla bla bla"

or do they listen in on your calls?

Heart Break Kid

Feb 13, 2003, 10:41 PM

Hey hey!

I just switched from my constant crashing Dell P3 800 mhz to a mac. I havent got it yet, but man I cant wait till it comes.

Just bought a 17" AluBook with 1GB ram
WOO!

I cant even begin to describe the feeling of finaly realiziing I'll get a machine that wont crash, and wont gimme crappy errors.

Brings a tear to my eye just thinking bout it

UnixMac

Feb 13, 2003, 11:28 PM

Originally posted by Heart Break Kid
Hey hey!

I just switched from my constant crashing Dell P3 800 mhz to a mac. I havent got it yet, but man I cant wait till it comes.

Just bought a 17" AluBook with 1GB ram
WOO!

I cant even begin to describe the feeling of finaly realiziing I'll get a machine that wont crash, and wont gimme crappy errors.

Brings a tear to my eye just thinking bout it

go here and read what I did to help a fellow Dull user see the light:http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19955

G5orbust

Feb 14, 2003, 01:06 AM

Gringo

Feb 14, 2003, 07:11 AM

Originally posted by Heart Break Kid
Hey hey!

I just switched from my constant crashing Dell P3 800 mhz to a mac. I havent got it yet, but man I cant wait till it comes.

Just bought a 17" AluBook with 1GB ram
WOO!

I cant even begin to describe the feeling of finaly realiziing I'll get a machine that wont crash, and wont gimme crappy errors.

Brings a tear to my eye just thinking bout it

Well congrats for making the change... I really love it and relly enjoy mac's... but pls do not be tricked... they do crash sometimes.... ofcourse not as windoes does, but they do... os X crashes very little, well actually it never crashed on me, but os 9 has...

good luck,

G.-

scem0

Feb 14, 2003, 09:40 AM

and crashes are never a full on freeze. They are just an application
not working, and you have to force quit that applications. But macs
rarely 'crash' crash.

UnixMac

Feb 14, 2003, 10:00 AM

The only time I've had a Mac crash is when I was installing a app that was not meant to run on it, and this was user error, not to be blamed on the mac. My desktop Dual 500 has been running on OS X since "Beta" and even under "beta" I never had a system crash...

I run Disk Utility (Repair Permissions), and occationally run DRIVE 10 to drfragment the drive (every month or so). I also downloaded a freeware called Mac Janitor to use on my laptop that runs the Unix maintenance that normally runs at 2am on your computer at a time you choose. Use this if you don't leave your machine on all the time.

grimmace

Feb 17, 2003, 12:32 PM

Hi,
I too am a newbie. I am not new to Macs though. I have been using macs since they came out. Well, maybe not that long ago, but I was there when Illustrator 88 came out and was using that in college. I am now a graphic/web designer and have been in the design field for 12 years. My first actual mac purchase was the Power Mac 7100AV. The AV was sooo much fun and I watched TV on it all the time. I could also connect to any video camera which allowed for a lot of video. Too bad the new apps weren't out then.

Anyway, I joined the site to catch up on all this sudden spurt of new stuff coming out. I now look forward to every Tuesday. I dont like this waiting for the only 17" to come out. By the time it gets here, it wont be the only one! Blah! I like when people post the guts of this new software. I love the close ups and having someone else disect the computer to see what makes it tick.

I use my mac for just about everything digital. Audio, video, web, and creating wonderful pieces of art. I should be on the next ad for apple. :D My father is a retired IBM computer technician. HE HAS SWITCHED! Unbelievable. It could have been all my laughter watching him try multimedia on a PC. :p

grimmace

grimmace

Feb 17, 2003, 12:35 PM

Originally posted by grimmace
I like when people post the guts of this new software.

grimmace

Sorry, I meant hardware of course. I liked the post that showed the new PB12" up close and got inside. Cant wait until the new 17 comes so I can view that. If you dont open it, I WILL! :D

g

Bond007

Feb 20, 2003, 11:08 AM

Hello everyone. I'm a newbie.:p I guess you could call me a switcher. I have used a PC for years and just purchased a new G4 last week. (I love it). I used Mac's a few years back in college but always had a PC at the house. Well, not anymore. :D

Anyway, just wanted to say hi. Nice to meet you all!:cool: :cool:

UnixMac

Feb 20, 2003, 12:26 PM

Originally posted by Bond007
Hello everyone. I'm a newbie.:p I guess you could call me a switcher. I have used a PC for years and just purchased a new G4 last week. (I love it). I used Mac's a few years back in college but always had a PC at the house. Well, not anymore. :D

Anyway, just wanted to say hi. Nice to meet you all!:cool: :cool:

Welcome, and remember.... once you go Mac.... you'll never go back!
:D

Bond007

Feb 20, 2003, 12:30 PM

Originally posted by UnixMac
Welcome, and remember.... once you go Mac.... you'll never go back!
:D

Thanks...

Yeah, I dont plan on ever going back.:cool: :cool: :cool:

guitargeek

Feb 20, 2003, 03:55 PM

Hello! I'm new here, just to check out what's going on in the mac world. I'm not a mac user, but I did my best to convert my P4 machine to a mac (http://home.attbi.com/~alexstewart/ScreenshotMac.jpg) ;)

I really like the fact that OSX is unix based, so I'm just here to learn a little more about these systems.

I'm pretty quiet, so you probably won't here too much more from me...

UnixMac

Feb 20, 2003, 04:46 PM

Originally posted by guitargeek
Hello! I'm new here, just to check out what's going on in the mac world. I'm not a mac user, but I did my best to convert my P4 machine to a mac (http://home.attbi.com/~alexstewart/ScreenshotMac.jpg) ;)

I really like the fact that OSX is unix based, so I'm just here to learn a little more about these systems.

I'm pretty quiet, so you probably won't here too much more from me...

Very impressive desktop... I'd like to put that on my XP box.. But the GUI is only the bonus for OSX. the good thing is the Unix under the hood... Up time now on my Dual 500 is 181 days 11 hrs, without a single reboot (except when installing OSX.2.3 and 2.4). My system is rock solid and I can do 2 and 3 hour encodes with Cleaner 6 and never get a single glitch, which was impossible with my Windows box.

Good luck..

guitargeek

Feb 20, 2003, 04:53 PM

Hehehe, that's not XP... I don't think it's possible to make XP look THAT different. It's Mandrake 9 under Gnome, with a few themes added :)

Yeah, If I hadn't recompiled my kernel a week ago, I wouldn't have had a reboot for about a month and a half.

MacFan25

Feb 20, 2003, 05:15 PM

Welcome to MacRumors guitargeek!

Hope you enjoy it!

charboneau

Feb 20, 2003, 05:19 PM

I'm new, but I haven't stopped by here yet. Mac user since '95. Before that I was an unenthusiastic user of other people's PCs. And the family TRS-80.

dMac2k3

Feb 21, 2003, 08:41 PM

Newbie over here..............Just joined 2day!!!......I'm really hoping this forum helps me learn all I need 2 know about Macs and give me the opportunity 2 meet some new people.

I guess u could say I got totally hooked after I watched the MWSF Expo last month. I've since begun checking out other Mac related sites. I got my eMac back in November. Now, I'm ready 4 an iBook and iPod. Don't know which will come first. Probably the iPod!!! :D who knows.

Well, thanks 4 listening, and I hope 2 hear from some (ALL-LOL) of u!!

ROCK ON!!!!

wdlove

Feb 21, 2003, 09:22 PM

Welcome dMac2k3, glad to have you as a member of Mac Forums.

Congratulations on your new eMac.

Hope you will enjoy posting. Let us know what Apple Product you purchase next. After 500 posts you will be able to have an Avatar!
;)

dMac2k3

Feb 21, 2003, 09:38 PM

Thanks wdlove, I look 4ward 2 my Avatar!!! :)

ROCK ON!!!!!

G5orbust

Feb 23, 2003, 01:34 AM

Originally posted by dMac2k3
Thanks wdlove, I look 4ward 2 my Avatar!!! :)

ROCK ON!!!!!

just dont spam to get it, or else problems will arise. ust follow the rules and you will have it in no time.

FredAkbar

Feb 23, 2003, 02:59 AM

I started checking out this site around early to mid January 2003, and I became a member sometime in January. The forums have been pretty fun so far. Keep it up, everyone.

--Fred

wdlove

Feb 23, 2003, 08:12 PM

Welcome to the Mac Forum Fred, I hope you enjoy posting. As G5or bust said just follow the rules, enjoy! :)

barhnt

Feb 28, 2003, 07:32 PM

hi everyone. I just signed up here last night and have enjoyed posting on the site already. This really is a great group of people in here. I have 3 macs and i want another one. I have resently started a help site on the web mostly for people i work with but really anyone who posts on it would be welcome.
www.concept-x.com/wire It is a work in progress.

I am a 5th and 6th grade esl teacher and spend most of my free time on the computer either on line or playing with the programs just to see what they can do. I am very much a hands on learner when it comes to macs. Well enough about me. I love this site and am looking forward to posting alot here. hope to see you on the boards. :)

aaplgoddess

Feb 28, 2003, 09:08 PM

Hi, i'm not really a newb but I thought everyone should know that I made a new name. I was formely ubergeek and from time to time I plan to go back to that name but i really want to be known as an apple goddess. You know me because i'm the only person on this forum with a 17in powerbook and because I started the "Definition of a Geek Thread" teehee well I guess off to start posting on my new name.

Mr. Anderson

Mar 5, 2003, 08:02 AM

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?threadid=7993

remeber the rules.

D

evoluzione

Mar 5, 2003, 08:50 AM

hey guys, hmm, i feel like i'm at an AA meeting or something... "Hi, my name's Matt, and I'm a Mac addict"

so, i've started to come to MR every day now, Apple.com is my home page, so I can see if there's new stuff in the mornings, then off to here. It's certainly very handy knowing what is going on in the mac world, i never frequent any other rumour sites but this one, there's really no need right? I do like SpyMac though, they have some cool stuff on there.

anyways, i live and work in new york city (having moved here from england nearly 5 years ago) mainly as a freelance mac support guy so this site is becoming a bit of a lifeline. i'll therefore being contributing very soon....when are the 2002-2003 mugs gonna be available hmm??? :D

thanks for an awesome site.

Alte22a

Mar 5, 2003, 09:21 AM

Hi everybody:o

I too been a lurker for the past year never really had the need to post anything until recently, just sharing information with other users. Studied software engineering back in the days of windows 3.1/95. Left never became an enginneer cause it was too boring. Worked and travelled for a while. then finally pull myself together to go back to University to study advertising/Photography. Yeap the industry uses Macs, used them at Uni loved them to bits. Finally got one my self. Now I own 1 bigmac and 2 fries. :D

Presently Working in Tokyo as a freelance.....I guess graphic design :confused: Do photography, videos and graphic design..

One happy user. Now I dont care what happens in the PC world just as long as the new Powermacs are super powerful that I dont have to take all night to render then I am happy. Macs work for me and I clean them. Looking forward to get a new Powermac here in Tokyo, missing my little ibook and PM back home.

Oh by the way man name is Dave and I'm an Mac addict :cool:

deryk

Mar 6, 2003, 06:27 PM

Well, much like many of the other people replying, I have been lurking for about a year. I have always used Apple computers at home starting with the Apple IIe, moving on the LC, then the Performa 6300 and ending up where I am now.

I am looking forward to the rumored 970 and am holding off purchasing a new mac until this comes true.

BTW my name is, obviously, Deryk.

Thanks for this site, I really enjoy the information and look forward to becoming more part of the community.

comrade

Mar 11, 2003, 02:12 AM

(I copied this from my mistaken post in the Switcher's Forum, so for some this may be a repeat.)

Hey all, thought I would give a quick little background setup on myself. I actually had an Apple III a long time ago, and now I'm going back. After my friends switched over to Macs a year ago (Quicksilvers) and then convinced another friend to switch (800 mhz 17" iMacs) I got really curious as to why they ditched PCs. After messing around with them for some time I really started to like OSX and then new Apple designs. I started reading this forum over the past efw months getting accustomed to what people tlak about with Apple and what I would need to know before I made the switch. Well, my new 1 ghz 17" iMac arrived last week and I love it. It has changed the way I view computers. I went out and bought the O'Reily Mac OSX: Missing Manual book to learn about the file structure and get acquainted with the new OS. I really wnat to master it. Glad to be on the other side and I'm sure you will hear a lot from me from here on out. Thanks.

Oh, and a little bit of personal info. I'm 20, a college student, and a Digital Media major. I actually use Flower Power iMacs running OS9 in one of my classes and now I have started to use the labs that have the dual 450 Powermacs running OSX, instead of the PCS. I have a class in Adobe Illustrator and running it in OSX is so much better then Windows.

billyboy

Mar 16, 2003, 03:42 AM

Bucked the trend and ignored all the PC users saying it was stupid to spend such a lot of money on a computer that had no software support, was only for graphic designers and had a stupid one-button mouse. Well, here I am with not quite the best laptop on earth - its "only" an 867MHz Powerbook Ti with 768MB Ram - but 10 times better than that, I have joined a forum where I can read as much about Macs as I will ever need, and actually be able to apply the advice without crashing the system.

Foxer

Mar 17, 2003, 04:30 PM

Hello all. I joined the site last month, but I just found the forum. MacRumors has seriously cut down on my prodcutivity at work.

My story - I have a brand new PowerMac 1.4 and 12-inch PowerBook. They've replaced a flat screen iMac and an iBook. For very complex reasons, since switching a year ago, I've had five different Macs and my wife thinks I'm totally insane. I think I've found the two that I'll keep for years.

I bought (or should say, my parents bought for me) an Apple //c back on the day the local computer store received them back in junior high. I loved that machine and used it diligently until 1989 when I went to college. I was quite happy to buy an exact match to the set-up i had (inc green screen monitor and applewriter printer) on ebay a couple years back for under $100. Nostalgia. Upon my arrival at college, I was sternly instructed by my father to purchase a PC rather than a Mac, because I would need PC knowledge in the dreaded "real world." (In retrospect, he was right). My old Windows 2.0 IBM had an Intel 66mhz 286 processor and on it I learned how to survive in the most un-user friendly computing environment available. (Until I went to work for the government and had to use Wangs. Ouch!) The immediate payoff was that, in the (at the time) nation's largest college computer lab, broken down roughly 95% mac and 5% IBM, I never had to wait to get onto a PC, no matter how long the line was for Macs.

So I rode the Wintel wave through the 90's. Waited in line for windows 3.0 and 95. Never understood how they didn't get sued by Apple. I emerged from this haze at a BBQ in 2001 with some long-time friends who were talking about the new "OS 10." I had thought that Apple was out of business (or at least almost there), but I started to pay attention. I remembered that cube thing I saw at circuit city (how do you get in it to upgrade it? It never occured to me that it might actually have everyting you need IN the cube.)

So when it came time to buy a new system, I decided that Apple was the way to go. As I've said, I never looked back. I got to miss the "lean" years of being an apple user, which would have killed me.

No real point to the story, sorry I wasted your time. very happy I found the site.

anneleonard

Mar 24, 2003, 10:42 AM

hi,

i'm anne and i've owned a mac now for ... ooooh it must be nearly.... 4 days?! I've fallen in love with it already. Its a 1Ghz 17" widescreen iMac, and its just beautiful! I can't get over how easy things are to do on it, how easy it is to install stuff and change preferences, how convienent the dock is. i'm indebted to my boyf, mrjamin, who comes on macrumors forums, for pestering me until i bought one. i'll never look back! its great being on here, its a really friendly site compared to some boards i've been on. thanks everyone!:D

crap freakboy

Mar 24, 2003, 01:01 PM

been a regular forum reader for yonks

need a new mac...c'mon apple n ibm, pull yer fingers out!

2nd post...bows

mmm seems i registered in 2002...oh i did, but didnt do my 1st post till last month which means this poor lil' 2nd post will be deleted...nearmind...only the good die young

The Shadow

Apr 10, 2003, 07:26 AM

I joined in late march.

Switched to Apple Feb 2001 for a better quality user experience. I work as a training and tech writing consultant for the big corporates in Australia. Felt that Macs and VPC had both gotten fast enough to make that a viable option when I get stuck doing help file development or something mindnumbing on a PC only application.

No influence from others. Didn't know anyone who owned a Mac - Alas, no pirated software - so has been an expensive endeavour. MS Office X, Adobe suite apps etc all adds up to big bikkies. Before switching, had never bought any software in my life (Save the OS that comes with the PC - say no more) and vowed that I never would. In hindsight has just made the experience more personally valuable.

I will never have a PC in my house ever again. Sounds impractical to some professionals, but think about it. How do we achieve anything good in life? How does anything become a standard? If everyone who uses PC's purely because they're the standard made the switch, Mac would be the standard. So, I figured unless I stand by my principles and go buy a Mac, I've got no right to complain about the 'sub-standard' Windows world.

And the crowd says...Amen! :)

Found this site early on looking for lastest rumours. Enjoyed some of the discussions, thought I would like to join in. Usually is an enjoyable experience, but sometimes some people do take it WAY too seriously. It's good to have a laugh in just about any context.

sXe

Apr 13, 2003, 09:54 PM

hello all. i'm sXe. that stands for straight edge. so no, not sexy. i just joined, i've been a member over at spymac for over a year, and i've been reading Macrumors for a while. just thought i would join now. over at spymac i'm Bradd260, so some of you might have had a conversation with me or not, i don't know. and i just thought i would introduce myself.

litosclone

Apr 23, 2003, 10:25 AM

I've started using macs back in '94 (Quadra). I am a newbie to macrumors. I was here reading about the 17" PB, and hoping someone would place pictures of one. They did, it really helped me with the wait of my Powerbook. Now I'm here all the time. I received the 17" PB three weeks ago, but I just can't stay away from Macrumors:D

mactastic

Apr 24, 2003, 11:16 AM

Hi, and thanks for all the informative discussion. I have been a lurker for a couple years now, never really had anything important to add until now, but most of my apple related decisions have been made based largely on information on this site. Great job to arn and to all the rest of you who make this site what it is.
Brendan

XnavxeMiyyep

Apr 24, 2003, 11:47 AM

I've been a Mac user since around age five. I got my first Mac, a IIci, from my dad in 5th grade. In 6th grade, I got a used mac-clone which lasted all of 2 weeks, and I bot a Graphite iMac 400 a month later. Currently, I'm on a Dual 867 PowerMac G4, and I'm gonna try buy the first 970 PowerBook that comes out.

Xcyridus

Apr 26, 2003, 10:26 PM

Greetings everyone! I just registered today. I got tired of not being able to reply to the interesting forum posts that the www.macrumors.com topics link to.

I am also a Mac Addict. I've been since 1994.

Arn, how many users are registered now!? Which number am I? The 10538th?
EDIT: Arn, I just found out I'm the 16,449th!

P.S. Panther will rule.

jayb2000

May 1, 2003, 10:16 PM

Been lurking for 6 months or so, ever since I started getting back into Macs.

First computer I ever worked on was a Apple ][e, then my dad had some DOS boxes for work I played with (ascii D&D anyone?)., finally in college I got a brand new Mac Plus with 1mb or ram and a whopping 8mhz processor. Splured for the 40mb hard drive, too!
Got it up to OS 6 something and then I got a job doing support for the evil empire. :mad:
Since then I have moved on to network applications work and started working with Unix.
Once I realized how cool Unix was, I started playing with Linux, but did not have a sytem of my own to work on.
Since OS X came out I have been just waiting (and saving) to get a Mac. The lineup has just kept getting so much better. :cool:
I was lucky enough to pick up a 400mhz G3 (Blueberry) from my wife's office and have been using it since.

Found MR while looking for something and been loving it ever since. :cool:

Oh, and the folding thing is pretty cool, my Mom has Parkinson's. :(

scem0

May 14, 2003, 12:18 AM

Originally posted by jayb2000

Oh, and the folding thing is pretty cool, my Mom has Parkinson's. :(

My grandmother has parkison's too. I think folding is an awesome way I can contribute to her, and other's, condition.

Welcome to MR and I wish you the best of luck with your mother. :)

vouder17

May 15, 2003, 08:58 PM

I am a fairly new member , but i have been coming to this site daily for the past 5-6 months, cool site.

MOFS

May 17, 2003, 06:28 PM

Well hellooooo!

First things first - last time I checked, December 2001 wasn't 3 months ago. Come on moderators, give us some peace!

Anyway. I'm a medical student from Liverpool, UK. I've had my first Mac (an iBook 600Mhz with CD-RW/DVD) since November, but I've used Macs for years, with my parents having until recently an Performa 5200 which was replaced by a graphite iBook.

I have to say the threads on these pages are great because they show despite the "1-world" theory, Apple isn't the only compnay that doesn't release things simultaneously in the USA and the UK (hint the Matrix and Sim City).;) Sorry- running theme in my threads! Anyway, I like to get away from the PC World - in the UK, I have never seen anything apart from a PC in a computer cluster (ironically, i'm typing this on a "RM innovator" - no I don't know who they are either), and we only learnt about Macs from a friend who used to work in the States. Also like the general community threads eg football (soccer) and Matrices.

Anyway, I'll cyall later!

PS: re-read Arn's original post - am myself outside quota! I'll just keep on whistling and stroll on by...

Tequila Grandma

May 18, 2003, 09:43 PM

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

What an interesting thread concept. My name is Brook and I use an iBook. I've named my iBook Timmy. More specifically, Timmy the Gaypro, named after the legendary portable computer the Kaypro (see below)

http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/kaypro-1/kaypro-1.jpg

I've been an Apple user pretty much all of my life, beginning with the Apple IIe I used at my school in second grade. The first time I saw Windows, I was in 4th grade, it was Windows 3.x, and I immediately said something to the extent of "What the hell is this crap? Why is it so ugly?"

In any case, I have red hair and blue eyes, I'm interested in music and film.

Ummmmmm *tries to think of more info*

Oh yes, my favorite musical artists inclue Frank Zappa (and the Mothers of Invention), My Bloody Valentine, Blondie, Depeche Mode, New Order, Sonic Youth, and David Bowie.

Okey dokey, I'm done typing.

Arigato,
Brook

KEL9000

May 19, 2003, 03:11 AM

PowerBook User

Jun 1, 2003, 03:41 AM

Hi!
I just registered the other day. I have been lurking for several months, but decided I would like to participate in discussions. The first computer our family owned was a Performa 6115CD (1995). And it still works great!

I think this site is great! Keep up the good work!

zippywinds

Jun 1, 2003, 11:27 PM

i'm new to this gig,
i.m the wife of wdlove,
i use an iBook, os x,
i love zippy the pinhead and david letterman.
:) :D :cool: :p

dansuz1

Jun 3, 2003, 07:01 AM

Hi,

We bought our first Mac, a dalmation iMAC last year. We were sick and tired of all of the problems we were having with our Dell. The conversion for me (a lifetime wintel user) was somewhat difficult, but for my wife, she is doing great since she didn't have any prior computer experience to mess her up.

We've since bought an iBook as well. I'm on the road all of the time and I use that to connect to her. We love OS X, iMovie and iPhoto.

I like this website since I can get a lot of good information on problems I have with the OS. It's hard to teach this old dog new tricks, but OS X is very easy for me to use.

I've been "lurking" since I got a membership, and I really didn't have anything too technical to add to the discussions, but I think the members here are a very interesting mix.

TheOne

Jun 12, 2003, 02:03 AM

I have been using PC's virtually all my life. My first computer was this strange thing that didn't work very well, but it had a Spider-Man game AND a X-Men game so I was happy.

Then later on we got this one evil PC (I belive it was a 250 with windows 3.1) and it worked... Sort of, I rember playing various games on it and it got a virus and the hard-drive had to get formated. Never really worked the same after that...

Then we got a 300Mhz Pentium II Gateway with Windows 95 and that worked for awhile. I always hated the fact that games didn't run real fast, but I lived with it. Then I "discovered" Napster and downloaded every possible song I could. Then it got a virus, and then the hard-drive went insane.

I currently have a 1.8 Pentium 4 maxed out with 512 mb of RAMBus Ram (Evil expensive Ram) and a GeForce 3 graphics card. It only gave me big problems when I ran Windows ME, my parents refused to take my advice and get Windows 2000 for some reason. The upgrade to XP has made for the best computing on the PC possible, but it really sucks for video-editing. I use Pinnacle's Studio 8 to edit my movies, but it is annoying beyond all reason with my evil PC. I really like my flat panel moniter, but besides that I need a change.

I need a notebook for College along with a desktop. I have never really considered a Desktop Mac, that is until I really started to play with one at the Mac Store. They are just fun to work with, and I know somehow I WILL get a 23 inch HD Display. (I got a nice scholarship... I deserve to be spoiled, right?)

The release of the 12 and 17 inch Powerbooks are what initially got me thinking about a Mac for College. Then there is me wanting more friendly and more possibilities for video editing. (I want to go to Film School after I get my 4 year degree. Final Cut seems like it would give me a nice edge) iTunes 4 has also made me "Think Different" because I really enjoyed how it works so well with the artists in terms of music sales and the new iPod. (Not to mention, the listening of your friend's playlists via Airport Extreme) Also, the Jaguar OS just seems to be 2-3 years ahead of anything XP Pro has given me. With the recent talks about the PPC970 I have really begun to want a PowerMac with a passion. I really think if Apple starts 64-bit computing this early there will never be a reason to use Windows ever again. I can only begin to imagine what Panther will hold for the Mac Users.

firewizard

Jun 12, 2003, 01:11 PM

im diggin this thread, sounds like an "AA" meeting though....were all sittin around talkin about our addiction,
ive been addicted to a mac since the first time i could touch one.

we got whole life stories up here, which is cool cause some ppl have some really nice stuff....i wish i had stuff like that

well me im not lucky enough to own my own personal mac
but my work lets me use theres...hehe
its cheating
but its cool cause i love the apple way more than a pc

well thats my story

Baja2k

Jun 18, 2003, 08:08 PM

Hello All,

New Member here!

Here a little about me. (Not that my computer life is interesting at all)
The first computer I ever touched was an Apple (Circa 1982-83) We're talkin' grade school computer class on an American Army base in Germany. I really liked it but all we ever did was word processor type stuff. Maybe this started my negative Mac views. You know: stupid impressionable kid.

When my Atari 2600 game console showed up in our shippment from the States it was missing some important parts. (Read: Some idiot put a crowbar through the middle of it while opening the crate.)

So my parents bought me my first computer: A Commodore 64
It seems like all the kids who had a computer back then had a Commodore 64.
From that moment on I was a Commodore bigot. Even so far as to buy an Amiga 500 when getting software for one was just as painful as it could be.

In 1990 I went to work for Motorola. They had nothing but Mac's as far as File and Print services. I got a very strong dose of the Mac way (or maybe it was the Motorola Mac way.) That little blinking ? Disk or the unhappy face was very frustrating.
As I advanced at Moto the opportunity to become a Systems Administrator presented itself. Not just any Sys Admin but the glorified, Smug, I know more than you, Unix Systems Admin. Wow, and I loved it. Wouldn't you know my new boss was an Amiga bigot also. I think he runs that Amiga 1000 to this day.
Anyway I got into being a Unix Admin loved it (Still Do) Yadda Yadda Yadda.
An some point in the mid 90's I decided I needed a computer that I could use to actually share files with people other than my boss. So I was dragged kicking and screaming into the PC world. And although I have never really liked the M$ (that seems to be the standard way of refering to that company on this site) way, I have nothing against them as long as they're not in the server room!
:D

Now that's just a brief overview but I tend to talk too much. Maybe my character limit should be like 50.....
Oh well you could have stopped already if I bored you to tears...

OK so why the heck am I here!
My wife and I had our first baby in December 01 and I was determined to have all the digital video and pictures I could take of this precious child. I bought a Sony F707 5 MegaPixal Digital Still camera in Nov 01 and a Sony TRV27 Mini DV Video Camera last summer. Both of these cameras have worked flawlessly for me. Not to confuse things, I purchased a Sony PCV-RZ14G Digital Studio bundle computer last fall. This computer had it all the Giga Pocket capture card, Firewire iLink, 120 Gig HD, Blah Blah Blah...Did I mention the Power supply that catches on Fire!!! :mad:

Suffice it to say it is still a problem and I recently started the process of looking for a replacement. I will deal with this computer some more once I get a reliable computer. I have to send it to San Diego which would leave me computerless. My old Dell computer has already become a plaything for my 18 month old daughter. (Read: Very sticky keyboard, and very, very broken OS.) Let's just mash every button on this thing and see what happens.

Now about a replacement computer:
My wish list:
Killer digital picture/video editing.
Basic Email/File and Print services.
Did I mention Killer digital picture/video editing.
If it runs any form of Unix is a Huge +

This is my story and I'm sticking to it.
Now I knew that the New Mac OS was based on a Unix platform. But from my previous (yet limited) experience I didn't think there was any way they would give the user access to the shell.
Several weeks ago I'm in a store looking for my next PC purchase when I walk by the Macs. Now some angel must have known I was coming because there was a terminal open on the screen. I think I Pee'ed myself. Since then I have been doing research on the computers and available software(the software thing is still a pretty sore subject from my Amiga days)

I've been looking at the Dual 1.42's but now I'm waiting just to see what happens next week.

I went to the Premiere of Final Cut Pro 4 at the local CompUSA and yes I think it kicks Premiere 6.5's tail. So now I have the Final Cut Pro 4 software sitting on my desk just waiting for a new computer. And I now have a soon to be very Unused package of Premiere 6.5.

Live Learn and Learn and Learn............

Oh about me: I'm just a computer dude that talks too much.

Regards,

Madscientist_UK

Jun 29, 2003, 09:09 AM

Hi all,

I've been a mac fan for as long as my family has had a computer. Our first mac was a performa 630. The first mac I bought (and still my current mac) is a G3 imac (440 Mhz). I've been waiting for the release of the G5 macs before buying a new mac so now I've got a Dual G5 on order :D sweet!

Anyway about me, um ..... well I'm a guy, I'm 22 years old, I live in Edinburgh. I graduated from Edinburgh Uni last year, I've got a BSc(hon) in Geology and Physical Geography hence the name.

I've been visiting the front page for a while so I thought it would be a good idea to join in.

Anyway see you around.

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." -_Douglas Adams (1952-2001)

matthew24

Jun 29, 2003, 12:06 PM

I am Pete, 44 single, living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Started my career as a mainframe operator, currently 'Desksite support employee' at a network with over 700 PC's. :mad: Always been very much interested in Apple. Since the first MacIntosh, but the original Mac was too expensive for me, so I had to settle for a 'poor man's mac', a Atari Mega ST4. Then came the compatible issue in combination with my work. I did have 2 PC's. When Apple released OSX and solved the compatible issue (TCP/IP, Samba and Office) the temptation became too much and I bought a Powermac G4/800 SP. I am currently waiting for the release of the new 15" Powerbook.

Besides my Christian Faith and my Family working on my Apple is my greatest Joy in Life.

Let us keep Apple proud of its 'followers'.

brandon_deal

Jul 2, 2003, 11:25 AM

i had no knowledge whatsoever about macs, till i joined a couple of days ago, now im a genius, lol

macrants

Jul 2, 2003, 06:17 PM

Maybe my post isn't as cool as the rest, but I have found these forums most helpful and rockin'.
My ride's a 667 PBG4, and we're waiting for the G5 dual 2Ghz to come down to $2500 to buy. I'm also an accessoryholic. 2 iPods, iCurve, Logitech mx700 mouse, iceKey keyboard, etc.

I also have a schweet comic strip about Mac life, done entirely in Microsoft Paint. If that concept doesn't seem funny, you might be right. But the comic is.
Come check it out: www.macrants.blogspot.com

slightly

Jul 10, 2003, 07:17 PM

Hello

I've been kicking around for a bit, but mostly in the chatroom - I realised I'd never popped in here to gawp in slack-jawed bewilderment at the shock and awe that is the MR new members thread. So here I am. Feh.

I have posted a few times already. I don't know how many times...I don't even know how to find *out* how many times...but I'm waiting to earn lovely lovely cash money so I can blow it all on a hot, fresh G5 and a MacRumors demigodness and a commemorative mug.

[V/O: We're out of mugs.]

...Oh, well....a box of bees would be fine, whatever you have there, some staples, anything. A doughnut, anything.

Right, I'm going to go back to kicking around.

slightly

Sayhey

Jul 12, 2003, 09:21 AM

hello everyone,
I've owned a mac since the mac classic. God, I did a lot stuff on that old machine. Now have a indigo 500 mghz imac that I love. I've been checking out mac sites, especially in the build up to WWDC, and thought I would register here because this site seems to be full of knowledgable folks. So far so good.
Personally, I'm a 40's age father of 2 teenagers, who is going back to school. I'm studying classics and archaeology if there are any others out there who are interested. Oh, I also have a passion for progressive politics, which I've found out can get you into some very interesting (?) discussions here.
P.S. - the handle, for those who don't know, is a tribute to Willie Mays (his nickname). Did I say I love baseball?

jefhatfield

Jul 14, 2003, 07:26 AM

Originally posted by Sayhey

P.S. - the handle, for those who don't know, is a tribute to Willie Mays (his nickname). Did I say I love baseball?

what do you think will happen when barry bonds becomes the sf giant with the most home runs?...btw...where is he at now?

somehow, hank's home run record still seems realistically out of reach for bonds

Sayhey

Jul 14, 2003, 05:59 PM

Originally posted by jefhatfield
what do you think will happen when barry bonds becomes the sf giant with the most home runs?...btw...where is he at now?

somehow, hank's home run record still seems realistically out of reach for bonds

I'm sure they will stop the game if it happens in SF and honor him in some way. The SF record (469) is held by McCovey and he is 2 behind him (just past Mays on the SF list.) Bonds has no chance to pass Mays as all-time franchise leader (Mays hit 646 as a Giant.) As to Hank's record - don't be too sure. Seventeen more this year and he ties Mays, 40 more next year and he's at 700. That leaves 2 years on his contract with an average of 28 a year to pass Aaron. If he stays healthy he has a shot.

P.S. - I was at the game when he stole his 500th base. Great game, I don't think I've seen Barry run that fast in 7-8 years!

Capt Underpants

Jul 24, 2003, 10:34 AM

My name is Captain Underpants, and I am a newbie...

sketchy

Jul 28, 2003, 02:33 PM

Hi -- i'm sketchy -- AKA Dave

I posted on here a long time ago under an unknown name.. but.. lets see.. I used to work at the local
Apple Store in Richmond VA -- back in 96'
I have 4 Mac's in my house, and one in Cupertino (my wife is at Apple HQ training for the next two weeks.)

We ahve a Apple IIE and a 512K mac at home. we are mac geeks. I program Remedy ARS aplpications and work on oracle databases at work.

In my second round of college working towards a computer science degree.

and I have a blooming webiste about cooking.. I love to cook. It is almost in version 2.0 -- www.kitchencompanion.org

Dave

Matt88

Aug 22, 2003, 01:38 PM

I thought I would just say hello to everyone. I'm new to the forum and new to Mac (to the chagrin of many of my PC-savvy colleagues - - has anyone else experenced the sudden hostility of other when you mention Apple??)

I got a full scholarship to do my masters in music, along with some extra bursaries etc., so I treated my self to a new 12" Powerbook (which <twitch> is yet to be shipped, even though I ordered on August 1st - currently I've been told that *minimum* 10 days more I can expect it). Anyway, nice to meet err... type to you all.

Cheers,

Matt

PooOnShu

Aug 23, 2003, 11:59 PM

oh great. a newbie thread.

well, i gues this post is never gonna be read.

anyway, my name is paula, but most people call me poo.

i am currently a participant in the following message boards:

Stephen Lynch (http://stephenlynch.proboards20.com/)

Sea Monkey Mania (http://www.seamonkeymania.com) (yes i have a tank of sea monkeys. just kick my ass, whydontcha?)

Animal Planet :: Jeff Corwin Fan Forum (http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/jeffcorwin/fanforum.html)

and of course this one. (sorry, but i'm not putting a link.)

no, i don't have a mac. please don't rag me. (it's not even my computer, and i get to use it for free, so who cares?)

if you want to learn more about me, please visit ...and that's how I came to be called "The Impenetrable" (http://hometown.aol.com/pooonshu/) (don't worry, it's PG13)

yarowe

Aug 26, 2003, 02:31 PM

I am yarowe, and I am new to MacRumors. Having recently lost my mac in a small unnatural disaster, I am relegated to my PC, living vicariously through MacRumors for my Apple fix.

Heretofore a G4 owner and a Mac devote since the Mac SE Superdrive.

Apple a day keeps the PC away...;)

Mercury

Sep 19, 2003, 08:35 PM

Hrm, well, I've been lurking for years.

I finally decided to join to occasionally post on random topics...

Had my own mac for 12 years now, and have never looked back...

I currently own a PowerMac G4/733 and a PowerBook 667 DVI(first 1280x854).

Dont Hurt Me

Sep 19, 2003, 08:49 PM

all i can say is welcome to all you new folks, this is a great place for information,ideas,news etc and mac is not only the best platform but now the fastest ( again)!

Shifty

Sep 21, 2003, 12:01 PM

Hey, guys! I'm new.

This is my first post, and have come to visit from Spymac.

Awesome site. Hope to enjoy my stay here. :)

Stojamow

Sep 22, 2003, 10:00 AM

Hello !

Just found this thread.

I am a independent filmmaker who is trying to deside between a PC and a Mac. As a desktop Dual 2Ghz G5 is very, very attractive. Both in terms of design & raw power.

I have started my computing with Sinclair Spetrum 48+, Next one was an Amstrad 1640 With EGA display (it was very cool during the time) When I went to University I bought a HP Omnibook which is still in use. As you can see I have not been faithful for the platform so maybe its time to move to Mac :D

NeonMercuryASHg

Sep 25, 2003, 02:42 PM

I'm Neon. I found this board by clicking a link to get me to my normal board which seems to have disappeared. Right now I am interested in learning to write URLs and other such programming.

Punky Brewster

Sep 26, 2003, 03:21 PM

yea!

chiawana

Sep 28, 2003, 08:36 PM

Greetings from Washington state ....land of the dreaded Microsoft. Oh well I managed to buck the trend for quite a few years now. Some of us like to have a computer that we know is going to work everytime we want to use it. Personally I don't have hours and hours to spend on hold to tech support.

Anyway I'm not new to Mac but I am new here. I learned about Macrumors from someone in the Yahoo Mac chat room. It looks like fun!!

I have an ibook but I have to work with PCs all day --oh the frustration. I think there is some significance to the abbreviation PC for personal computer and politically correct . . . in other words, those who run with the herd use PCs I guess.

Cheryl

DonSL777

Sep 29, 2003, 05:58 PM

ME: Hi, my name's Don, and I'm a Mac-a-holic.
GROUP: HI DON.

I've been a Mac-a-holic since, geez, I don't know what year. My first Mac was a Mac Plus with a half meg of memory and a 30-meg external hard drive. I clearly remember being astounded at 30 megs of memory. I also remember having to use a soldering iron to install more memory on the board, and also thinking it was wicked cool that the Mac team had "signed" the inside of the shell.

Since that date I've owned about 10 other machines (including a Cube which is completely fried and useless), and am currently happy with my G4 400, but jealous of the new hardware I've been seeing lately.

I consider myself to be one of those Mac users that's probably above average in skill, but am completely dumbfounded by the level of technical knowledge displayed by some people.

One of these days I'll win the lottery and buy a maxed-out G5 and a huge plasma television set to hang on the wall as a monitor. Now that would be COOOOOOL.

dho

Oct 8, 2003, 01:31 AM

Hey im David

I love my 450 cube but am taking donations for a new machine(a g5 maybe)

I have been reading macrumors for a long time, but have been to lazy to join

after joining a month ago i am the coolest person on the forums;)

Iconocat

Oct 14, 2003, 01:02 AM

Hi, I've only posted a couple times and have been lurking a few months. In May, I got my first mac since I was 18 (Mac Plus).

I seem to frequent this site more than just about any other these days! It seems I re-joined the Mac community at just the right time. It is quite difficult to remember the last time I was so excited by new innovations with computers. All of a sudden I feel like a kid again! :)

Currently, I live in Arlington (Crystal City area) and work at the National Science Foundation. I'm originally from Huntsville, Alabama - home of the rockets!!

My very first computer was an Atari 600xl w/ 16kb ram and a cassette drive! My cousin had an Apple II which I dearly loved go to over and play a Lemonade Stand game on! In school we used Apple IIe's. I'd get bored in computer class and start typing out lyrics to whatever I was listening to on my iPod. I specifically remember sitting there typing out all the lyrics to Faith No More's, 'The Real Thing.' :)

Greets to all the other fellow newsomes and to all the old n crusty regs. :)

niallerc

Oct 22, 2003, 08:52 PM

Oh god flashback, lemonade stand.

Anyway, new to the forums (well just registered been reading for ages).

Irish, work in graphic design, used the II and IIe in school then was pc'd till 1991 and been on a mac ever since have a few at home but just got meself a lovely G5 dual with 20" cinema so off trolling round me usual haunts, hence the 1.51am posting time and I've a flight to new york in the morning, should really go to bed.

BUT I'll finish this beer and be on me way. Posting is just so much fun ;-)

Nialler

revenuee

Oct 22, 2003, 09:22 PM

I'm Rev, i give bad advice, and wrong information all the time just to piss people off... LOL :D

FOR THE RECORD I'M JUST KIDDING

everytime i use to look for information on a search engine, macforums came up with advice, or a topic that was covered which i needed help with.

Eventually i decided to join in early to mid September, now i've really gotten into it... you probably saw me "flooding" the threads in the last few days with titles like "FIREWIRE DRIVE GETTING ON MY NERVES" or SCSI "HELL". if they know anything, the members are more then happy to give advice or point in a direction - join in on the "EVER BEEN DRUNK FORUM if you already havn't - we've got some wholesome discussion going there"

I've been a mac user for 4 years now G4 400 AGP with it being primaraly used for video and photography - i used an HP for two year prior to that for the same kinda work- and i did really do any work because i spent more time figuring out how to get stuff to work - i have a great distain for Windows

However, I'm a firm beleiver that a computer is a tool and comes secondary - and in general i hate using a computer. With that said

"the only way you'll get me to stop using my mac, is if i die and you pry my single button mouse from my cold lifeless hand"

MAC ALL THE WAY

FightTheFuture

Oct 26, 2003, 04:21 PM

hi! yes, i'm a newbie. but i've been a lurker on here for quite a while! eh. prolly a year or so. it must be creepy knowing that i've been learning all your personalities and traits over all that time huh? <shudder>

anyways, thought it was time to start reaching out to the rest of the community at this great forum, pay my dues, and give everyone some mid-west practicality.

some good advice, is that if your looking to slack off at work - check out the archives to kill time and be easily entertained!

of course, i'm a fan of all things apple! maybe its the cult/fan base, maybe its the innovation. or... maybe... being from detroit - its a bit of underdog fanatisism!

either way i'm happy to be here ;)

revenuee

Oct 26, 2003, 04:30 PM

Originally posted by FightTheFuture
hi! yes, i'm a newbie. but i've been a lurker on here for quite a while! eh. prolly a year or so. it must be creepy knowing that i've been learning all your personalities and traits over all that time huh? <shudder>

anyways, thought it was time to start reaching out to the rest of the community at this great forum, pay my dues, and give everyone some mid-west practicality.

some good advice, is that if your looking to slack off at work - check out the archives to kill time and be easily entertained!

of course, i'm a fan of all things apple! maybe its the cult/fan base, maybe its the innovation. or... maybe... being from detroit - its a bit of underdog fanatisism!

either way i'm happy to be here ;)

how are you a demi- god... you don't sleep?

EDIT : correction, how are you a Demi-GOD with 1 post?

FightTheFuture

Oct 26, 2003, 04:41 PM

Originally posted by revenuee
how are you a demi- god... you don't sleep?

EDIT : correction, how are you a Demi-GOD with 1 post?

weird huh? i guess i just woke up this morning and the gods smiled upon me!

no, really - i thought it would be good kharma to finally start posting after reading so much free info, and what better way to add to that by contributing for a subscription! i do feel warm and fuzzy, but i fear that feeling may end sometime :eek:

plus, its a clean slate if you make your first post in the newbie forum! i'm all about the significant numbers and dates!

selloutvixen

Oct 28, 2003, 05:54 PM

I'm new. I usually read the threads from time to time, but I wanted to toss in my two cents instead of just reading other people's. :D

krimson

Nov 4, 2003, 05:06 PM

Hi everyone! (btw) :)

absolut_mac

Nov 5, 2003, 11:17 PM

Educating myself on the various forums before getting my first mac :)

revenuee

Nov 6, 2003, 01:42 AM

Originally posted by absolut_mac
Educating myself on the various forums before getting my first mac :)

education, blah ... just do it.

absolut_mac

Nov 6, 2003, 02:08 AM

Originally posted by revenuee
education, blah ... just do it.

Hahahaha!!!!

Are you kidding me???

What with defective RAM in the spanking brand new G5, leprosy on the screen of the even newer 15"PB and corrupted/lost files due to file vault and Firmware incompatiblity with external HD's.

No thanks, my teachers always taught me that an education is an excellent investment. Their advice hasn't failed me yet. If I had switched without educating myself first, I'd be kicking myself right now.

I'll happily wait for the second generation G5 and updated Panther. Not because I need the extra speed of the faster CPU - I don't - but to give Apple a chance to at least iron out ALL the major bugs :)

Till then, I'll educate myself on the forums and play with my daughter's new iBook when I get it for her next month.

Gary who's soon going to switch to mac :)

revenuee

Nov 6, 2003, 02:25 AM

Originally posted by absolut_mac
Hahahaha!!!!

Are you kidding me???

What with defective RAM in the spanking brand new G5, leprosy on the screen of the even newer 15"PB and corrupted/lost files due to file vault and Firmware incompatiblity with external HD's.

No thanks, my teachers always taught me that an education is an excellent investment. Their advice hasn't failed me yet. If I had switched without educating myself first, I'd be kicking myself right now.

I'll happily wait for the second generation G5 and updated Panther. Not because I need the extra speed of the faster CPU - I don't - but to give Apple a chance to at least iron out ALL the major bugs :)

Till then, I'll educate myself on the forums and play with my daughter's new iBook when I get it for her next month.

Gary who's soon going to switch to mac :)

Fair enough, my G4 is a Rev B of the early powermacs

celluloidlout

Nov 25, 2003, 10:50 PM

Hello all! I'm the latest newb. I've just ordered my first mac. A G5 on which I plan to do quite a bit of video editing. Seemed like the right time to make the "switch" as I'm still in college. I will, no doubt, be spending the majority of my time working with it. Anyways, I'm excited that I'll finally be liberated from windows hell in a few days.

:)

Mac MMG

Dec 5, 2003, 09:57 AM

Hi...

Long time listener, First time caller :D

I SA a small graphics fim in Wilmington

Under 20 macs. Newest 3 Dual 1.2 mirrodoors with 20" apple LCD's. Oldest A version iMac running eudora mail server. I have a new 20" iMac due in monday for personal use.

esternullo

Dec 20, 2003, 10:33 AM

well, methinks i created this account a while back, but never really started posting until the last few days...

i converted to mac last december, i like it...

so, hello everyone

grafikat

Dec 22, 2003, 11:13 AM

Howdy
I was probably on this board in one form or another (was big at eworld in 94!) but I got kidnapped by Wild Bill and his Hole in the Window gang back in 1999. While I still have my Beige G3, I had taken a job that was windowcentric, and combine that with my DH need for a dedicated windows box for his software that was faster than my poor mac, I stumbled :(

But I'm back! Now with my own company, new G5 and studio display...not to mention OSX! ufda! I've been in OS 8 too long! Wheeee!

Shifty

Dec 28, 2003, 11:47 AM

OK, I've been here for 4 months, and I'd like to thank Tazo and Wdlove for making my stay here at MacRumors enjoyable. :)

ryan42

Dec 28, 2003, 09:26 PM

Hi I'm new!

iPod Freak

Dec 28, 2003, 09:34 PM

We're all new around here, so that's that. Did anyone else learn about Macrumors.com from the Screen Savers?

Bagel

Dec 31, 2003, 12:20 PM

Hello from London, England.

I think I am new. Have been coming to Macrumors for a while now, and registered a while ago then completely forgot.

Tried to register a while before Christmas only to realise I had done so before without remembering... So I guess you could say I am a "new" previous registrtee...

So, though I have observed, I have not participated.

Really enjoy the site; and rather like the new redesigned main page. Am looking forward to the re-style for the forums as well.

Have a nice day.

Muskie

Jan 1, 2004, 02:20 AM

Guess I missed this thread :p I have been reading this forum for a few months and finally decided to register like a month ago. So far I'm having a great experience, lots of friendly knowledgeable people. I've had help with a couple of problems, and have hopefully shed light on someone else's problems or helped in some way. Go macrumors!

xrkx

Jan 1, 2004, 02:26 AM

Thought I'd post a quick 'hi' to people too. Like Muskie I've been reading the forums for awhile now - but I've just never bothered to get around to registering, simply because I never really had anything to say. ^.^

I admit it: I'm not a Mac owner - woe is me! I'm looking at picking up an older G3 iBook or Powerbook - but you know - money. If it helps though - I /am/ a still-happy owner of an Apple IIgs (bought in '86, and still running strong! Same for the Imagewriter II,) as well as a II+ (again, works like a champ,) and a Basis 108. (German Apple II+/CPM clone.) So - I've been an Apple guy since my early childhood!

Sadly, I'm posting on my Toshiba notebook - at least it's a decent notebook. ^_^

Neserk

Jan 3, 2004, 03:52 AM

I would love a MAC, my husband would love a MAC. Sadly, not in the budget right now. I do use MAC's at school, though. If I get stuck again I know where to come to :D

I came for the intelligent political discussions!

matthew_54129

Jan 3, 2004, 07:55 AM

Just kurious; am I the only person here who has never used OSX ?
Also; am I the only person who still mistakenly calls it 'X' instead of '10' ?

xrkx

Jan 3, 2004, 11:26 AM

Just kurious; am I the only person here who has never used OSX ?

I've only used it lightly! Most of my Max experience is with OS8 and older.

I've usd NeXTStep and FreeBSD (quite a bit,) thought - that count? ^.^

glyph

Jan 9, 2004, 09:57 PM

hi everybody,

i'm switching to mac after having been exposed to a g5 at a apple store. now i have a 1.8ghz dual and i'm going to set it up this weekend along side my linux box. :rolleyes:

this machine is a beaut, i'd better stop lookin' at it and hook 'er up.

ok byebye

Metaseraph

Jan 10, 2004, 04:57 PM

Hey... I'm new here, and also to owning a Mac although I've used them for awhile in various other places. I'm still a big PC diehard for desktops, but Apple notebooks are king. :P I'm a big fan of OS X as well.

Hopefully, if I have any problemswith my new Powerbook, you guys can help.

latergator116

Jan 10, 2004, 05:11 PM

Originally posted by Metaseraph
Hey... I'm new here, and also to owning a Mac although I've used them for awhile in various other places. I'm still a big PC diehard for desktops, but Apple notebooks are king. :P I'm a big fan of OS X as well.

Hopefully, if I have any problemswith my new Powerbook, you guys can help.

Welcome! If you ever have any questions with your powerbook just post them in the hardware/software section. We'll be glad to help. :)

ncoday

Jan 12, 2004, 05:59 PM

Heya Everyone!!

Hows it going?

I am a senior at the University of Oregon. I have the new 15.2" Al PbG4 1.25Ghz and love it!!

I want to learn as much as I can about customizing my Mac.

latergator116

Jan 12, 2004, 06:05 PM

Originally posted by ncoday
Heya Everyone!!

Hows it going?

I am a senior at the University of Oregon. I have the new 15.2" Al PbG4 1.25Ghz and love it!!

I want to learn as much as I can about customizing my Mac.

Welcome! Im sure you will enjoy these forums and find them very useful. Feel free to ask any questions!;)

arson

Jan 13, 2004, 12:16 PM

Hey,
I'm new here (to the forums at least). I'm a web developer, a pitbull owner, I listen to punk rock (nothing played on the MTV) and I am moderator over at Spymac.com.

I've got a Dual 2Ghz G5 at work, and a 500 MHz ibook and a 450 MHz G4 at home.

Shifty

Jan 13, 2004, 12:47 PM

Originally posted by arson
Hey,
I'm new here (to the forums at least). I'm a web developer, a pitbull owner, I listen to punk rock (nothing played on the MTV) and I am moderator over at Spymac.com.

I've got a Dual 2Ghz G5 at work, and a 500 MHz ibook and a 450 MHz G4 at home.

Hey, welcome, Arson. :)

phreakout13

Jan 19, 2004, 08:35 PM

I became a member of Macrumors abuot 1 month ago. I love it. It gives me something to do since my new computer has OS X and never crashes. All you guys are really nice. Thanks for all the help and input, etc. Feel free to e-mail me or IM me.

Aquaketic

Jan 19, 2004, 10:33 PM

Greetings,

I've been going to this site for the last couple years and i absolutlely love it!
admittedly i have no mac and do very well on the pc ( GAMER ) but i hope to change that this fall when the Powermac G5's @ 3ghz arrive. the past year the mac has really kicked out some major support for technolgy that i myself have been waiting for
and hope to fulfill the mac purchase dream in 2004.

keep up the good work.

Aqua

djbahdow01

Jan 20, 2004, 12:51 AM

Just joined earlier, and have been coming to the site for about 3 months or more, just researching on the G5s and whats going on in the mac world. Gonna be purchasing my first Mac when Rev II of the G5 comes out hopefully later today or later in the week.

Pseudonym

Jan 21, 2004, 09:18 AM

Hi. Just joined and after reading this thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55163) thought I'd better post quick:D

I've been around for while, getting anxious whenever I buy from Apple in case they upgrade the next day!

Switched from Dell about a year ago. Have a 17" iMac, 12" iBook and the old 15 gig iPod.

bannedagain

Jan 21, 2004, 05:00 PM

Do I count as A newbie, Ok should I just fade into obscurity?

denjeff

Jan 21, 2004, 05:19 PM

I live in Europe, am 22 years old, male, and study something medical (been busy for 2 and a half years and will be for at least 4 and a half years), but hey, studying is so cool... :)

I use Apple a long time :) Never knew anything else... until I had to... Had OSX the fist day it came out. Was a bit into UNIX already, so it was heaven and still is...

Anyway, I have hobbies too, like playing guitar, cooking, biking, computer (ofcourse), partying and a lot of other things... Sometimes I have quiet a bit a hectic life...

Yeah, this is me... :)

virividox

Jan 22, 2004, 10:58 AM

been a lurker but ever since i started posting couldnt stop, been a make user since i was born, hehe my parents had a mac.

cheekyspanky

Jan 22, 2004, 12:39 PM

I joined just the other day after checking out this website daily to look for powerbook update news during the summer and looking at the iPod rumours more recently. I ended up buying a 20GB iPod and want to get either an iBook 12'' or Powerbook 12'' at some point this year! This site's only problem for me is it's too damn addictive, I have to check it every day now and read the latest threads and news!

ps, any designers/photographers out there willing to do me a favour and answer a few questions for me, which will help me immensly with some coursework feel free to pm me!

Deefuzz

Jan 27, 2004, 11:22 AM

Hello, I just joined today after checking out the site for about a month or so. I enjoyed reading through the many threads here and decided to take part in the action.

I do not own a Mac at all, but my girlfriend just bought a 15" PB that I have played with a little bit and I am in love with it! I am waiting for the G5 PBs to hit the market so I can buy my first one.

But I guess I technically became an Apple user when I got a 40 GB iPod for Xmas.

Glad to be here and hope to make this place a new home!

hacking_4_b33r

Feb 1, 2004, 04:10 PM

well what to say? I just found this forum last week and i must say im a big fan of it. I spend almost as much time here as i do at slashdot.

russed

Feb 8, 2004, 05:26 PM

hi. i got my first mac in october. i am already showing signs of typical mac addiction. my firends think i am quite odd by how much i am obbsessed with my PB. i have been reading here since about november and finally decided to join last month.

ph8te

Feb 9, 2004, 09:59 AM

Well...

no lurking in the shadows for me... Registered today, and had to also make my first statement the same day (I'm a bit of an egomaniac and I love to see my own words in print - so print this).

I have been a MacUser since 1992 and have not looked back. The only thing I really don't understand is this constant competition between Mac and Windows users. At the office I drive a Mac, and at home the Windows machine does what I need.

Consider for a moment that you have two cars... once a nice luxury car where you can do whatever you do with the smothest of transmissions (transitions?), a car that practically services itself, and an overall super ride.

Then, the other car is your hobby, trying to figure out how the thing works, don't load it with too much baggage or you will crash, and and engine management system (OS) that is so complicated that volumes have been written for anyone to understand it. And when all else fails, you can always reinstall the engine, sending all previously accumulated miles straight to hell.

Yes, a good, healthy balance of Mac and PC puts things into perspective. You know how to fix Windows, but never have to rely on it to get you to an appointment on time.

:cool: ph8te

The_Dood

Feb 10, 2004, 06:58 AM

Well, I've finally turned from the dark side of Windoze and become a Mac user again... and let me tell you it feels great!

My first computer when I was a kid was a 32MHz Performa 600 and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. It's nice to see the beauties available today.

I've been a reader for the past few months, and I'm happy to join the Mac-user family!

Dood

Opteron

Feb 10, 2004, 09:11 PM

Chalk me up for no. 1.
WHile I don't currently use a mac, I am well awary of the benifits they offer to many consumers world wide.

Look forward to becoming a productive member of this community.

Thomas Veil

Feb 19, 2004, 12:16 PM

I'm new here too. I've been a regular member of another Mac forum, and while I greatly enjoyed most of that forum's posters, I have grown weary of the more sarcastic and immature members there. From the little I've seen, you guys look like a breath of fresh air.

A bit about myself: I've been a Mac user for a number of years now. Got introduced to one at work, and fell in love with it. I take my forum name from the main character in the TV series Nowhere Man. I'm probably older than most of you (mid-40s).

And I look foward to discussing things both trivial and serious with you all.

mmmmmk

Feb 20, 2004, 02:42 PM

Well I'm new around here, but old to the computer industry. I've used PCs all my life, but have recently purchased a PB G4. I know a lot about the PC world, so I'm looking forward to see what people have to say about them. I'm learning the OSx software slowly but steadily and I have no major complaints yet. But I will be sure to inform everyone of my complaints when I find them :) And since I still use my PC on a daily basis, I'll be sure to throw my comment in when people want to argue about PCs. :D

Silverhair

Feb 22, 2004, 04:44 AM

Hi everyone.
I've been a Mac user since '95. Started on a clone. (PowerComputing Power 100.)Then a Wallstreet PB. Just upgraded to a PB G4 15". Apple never fails to impress. I'm loving this machine.

I live on a farm in Hawaii with my family and an assortment of animals. I do websites and graphic design but not enough to call it a business.

I feel that I've tapped into a good thing with this forum. A community of intelligent, mature people sharing insights and just enjoying the experience.

AngryLawnGnome

Feb 25, 2004, 02:29 AM

Hey y'all. I'm new here, but a long time Mac user, well, as long as about six years experience gets. I have six toes on my left foot and tried to work as a bodygaurd until I realized I'm a skinny white boy.

FightTheFuture

Feb 25, 2004, 11:21 AM

Originally posted by angrylawngnome
I have six toes on my left foot and tried to work as a bodygaurd until I realized I'm a skinny white boy.

as long as you have 4 toes on both feet, we'll forgive you for being skinny. welcome.

JamesDPS

Feb 25, 2004, 08:15 PM

Another newbie here -- James from Los Angeles. Mac user since my family picked up a Macintosh II when it first came out (can still vividly remember being awestruck by the graphics in Myst on that computer). Since then, I've had a Color Classic, Powermac 6100, PowerComputing PowerCenterPro 180, Powermac 8500 A/V, Powermac 9500 (upgraded with G3, which I still use for music notation), Powerbook G3 (Pismo) and STILL waiting for new Powermac G5s to come out.

Long time reader, first time replier (I have a job now that affords a lot of spare time at a computer, so figured I'd get involved!) :)

adamjay

Feb 27, 2004, 06:51 AM

i've been posting a bit lately but for the most part i am a newbie. Adam from Indianapolis here.

i'm a full time Producer . DJ . Live Performer (techno type stuff, check www.djadamjay.com)

i used to use macs in my younger years but have been in a 5 year prison sentence of Wintel , but now i am out on probation ;) was time to upgrade my laptop (which i use extensively for live performance and production) and figured i would give OSX a shot and if i hated it, i'd upgrade to a ::cough:: Sony Vaio. Bought a G4 12" 867mhz PB and well needless to say i love OSX. I was able to take the powerbook to europe for the last couple weeks and test it on the road and i absolutely love it. Bought my girlfriend a G4 ibook, because she had the worst virus luck ever on PCs, now she loves the 'cuteness' factor of her mac and we use iChat AV to talk while i am away on business. I also picked up a G4 400mhz Titanium for a good price and will be using both powerbooks in my live act from now on.

i've been fortunate to have a few friends that are macusers to get me back into the flow... i hadn't used a mac since System7! but i am loving OSX and i think its the ideal MacOS for switchers. Friendly, easy on the eyes, but not all in your face.
glad i switched back, now its time to start my G4 cube modification scheme =D

Nik_Doof

Mar 2, 2004, 08:49 AM

I'm quite new, been lurking/posting on and off since October when i got my first mac. Drawn by the crowd of mac knowledge i've sorta camped here ever since :)

orbital~debris

Mar 3, 2004, 01:15 PM

Well yeah, I guess I'm new... what with this being my first MacRumors forum post - but i don't feel all that new! Have been lurking for ages now, observing all the highs and lows that seem to be integral to the nature of rumour-discussion :D

A little history:
Mac user since '94, don't plan on switching until Apple stops creating computers!
My family's first Mac: a Performa 475 - (currently using a G3 iMac & clamshell iBook SE, via a 603 tower Mac).
Attended my first AppleExpo last September in Paris, and helped sort my sister out with a 12-inch PowerBook for uni.
My girlfriend is a Switcher-in-Waiting™ & she got her first taste of Apple when she won one of the first 3G iPods to hit the shores of England last year.

Thought i really should join so i could add my opinion to the others from outside Apple's homeland. Also, i seem to be hooked on the photography threads, so I'll probably post there soon. :D

I'm currently trying to figure out how and where i can use a Mac in paid-employment, now that I've graduated from university. In the meantime, I'll focus on saving enough money to upgrade to a Power Mac G5 (missed the boat for a G4 Mac with educational discount!)

Anyway, i'm looking forward to entering the fray...
Hope to see some of you other newbies around the forum :)

silhouette

Mar 5, 2004, 05:53 PM

Hello there!

I am quite new to this posting thing, so sorry if I get it a bit messed up. I have been reading threads my boyfriend emails to me from MacRumors for sometime, & thought it would be cool if I registered so that I can reply when the mood takes me. :)

Above mentioned boyfriend introduced me to Macs 3 years ago, & I am hoping to get my own Apple (hopefully a G5) soon. Until then, he lets me use his G3 iMac or iBook. (as long as I am nice to them - which of course I am!)

Hope to get to know some people soon and get used to the whole forum thing :D

Kit Fist0

Mar 10, 2004, 11:07 PM

I have been reading MacRumors since august. Have been meaning to register here since then, but I am active at 7 other message boards so I'm kinda busy.

I have been using Macs since I could hold the mouse. I remember playing Solitaire on the original Macintosh. My parents followed the mac up with a LC 475 (with a CD-ROM!!!), then a Performa 6300 (which I use as a TV now), then a 1st generation Bondi Blue iMac, Sage DV SE+, a Flower Power CD-R (to replace the Bondi that got its motherboard fried). Recently I got myself a 10gb 3G iPod and my parents got a 17-inch 1.25 iMac and a 40GB portable firewire drive which is presently a little *ubared. I plan to buy a 12-inch iBook or hopefully a clearance priced 15-inch PowerBook G4 when the G5 PBs come out.

I have been a mac warrior ever since I heard someone in the school yard say something as ignorant as "Macs suck."

I love Macs. They are the reason I'm studying film.