I think it would be cool to list every computer you own or have ever owned, be it a Windows computer or a Mac. If possible, please post pictures, because there is nothing more surreal/cool looking than a room full of different computers. I'll start, but unfortunately I have no pictures.
I think my parents had an Apple II at one point, the monitor was used as a television screen for as long as I can remember until my parents got a new TV. It was thrown out (the screen) when we moved about three years ago. Mind you, I'm not sure if they had the whole computer, or just got the screen from a friend.
Next, bought in 1994, my house's main computer was a Macintosh Performa 6112CD, costing a whopping $2200 dollars (but apparently a bargain; it was just marked down from $2600!). When I got interested in computers, especially Macs, I looked at that computer's specs and read some of the manuals. It still makes me laugh how much technology cost in those days, even for so little.
Sometime at this point, my mom got a free white iBook G3 for school work; loaded with OS 9 with OS X 10.0 uninstalled on a partition (I later installed it for fun), running with a whopping 500Mhz and a 7 (maybe 10) gig hard drive, 128 mg of ram (could be 64, I forget) and with a wireless card I can't seem to make work, it was never used except on trips to NH for Cro-Mag rally (original), Bugdom (original), and Nanosour (original).
Then, in 2003, as the Performa's 9-and-a-half's birthday was just around the corner, my Dad bought a Dell Desktop, which my brother, sister, and I had begged him for (dial up blows, and we wanted the ability to game on it). It was bought with a 16" (I think) CRT flat-screen. Damn, but that thing is heavy! We have a gigantic rat's nest of cables down there, it's quite lucky we almost never need to fish out cords down there.
Then two years ago, my sister was about to start college and my Dad got her a Compaq laptop (Macs not on either one of their minds). I was so envious; when she went to college, she would have high-speed! It wasn't until the next summer my parents got cable, which is when my parents got me and my twin brother laptops.
Originally, we were going to share one, but when my Grandma died, my parents bought me a new Toshiba and got my brother a 5-year-old Dell Inspiron 5100 from a friend for $125. Then my laptop died (broken fan) and I got a new HP. When my uncle died in February, my parents took his Dell Inspiron E1705. Now, a year after my first computer, I will be getting an iMac; base aluminum model, will up it to 2 gigs of ram.
In short: Mac Performa 6112CD, white iBook G3, Dell desktop, Compaq laptop, Dell Inspiron 5100, Toshiba Satellite, HP Pavilion dv6449, Dell Inspiron E1705, and hopefully an iMac soon.
If I get a camera, I will definitely post pictures, except for the Compaq and the Toshiba (as I no longer have them).
PS: speaking of the iBook's games, the Performa never made it past OS 7.6, and came preinstalled with Power Pete (anyone remember this old relic? Pangea re-made it under the name Mighty Mike). I hope you don't all hate me for post so many words in the Picture Forum, I'm counting on you all with cameras to make up for me.
I think my parents had an Apple II at one point, the monitor was used as a television screen for as long as I can remember until my parents got a new TV. It was thrown out (the screen) when we moved about three years ago. Mind you, I'm not sure if they had the whole computer, or just got the screen from a friend.
Next, bought in 1994, my house's main computer was a Macintosh Performa 6112CD, costing a whopping $2200 dollars (but apparently a bargain; it was just marked down from $2600!). When I got interested in computers, especially Macs, I looked at that computer's specs and read some of the manuals. It still makes me laugh how much technology cost in those days, even for so little.
Sometime at this point, my mom got a free white iBook G3 for school work; loaded with OS 9 with OS X 10.0 uninstalled on a partition (I later installed it for fun), running with a whopping 500Mhz and a 7 (maybe 10) gig hard drive, 128 mg of ram (could be 64, I forget) and with a wireless card I can't seem to make work, it was never used except on trips to NH for Cro-Mag rally (original), Bugdom (original), and Nanosour (original).
Then, in 2003, as the Performa's 9-and-a-half's birthday was just around the corner, my Dad bought a Dell Desktop, which my brother, sister, and I had begged him for (dial up blows, and we wanted the ability to game on it). It was bought with a 16" (I think) CRT flat-screen. Damn, but that thing is heavy! We have a gigantic rat's nest of cables down there, it's quite lucky we almost never need to fish out cords down there.
Then two years ago, my sister was about to start college and my Dad got her a Compaq laptop (Macs not on either one of their minds). I was so envious; when she went to college, she would have high-speed! It wasn't until the next summer my parents got cable, which is when my parents got me and my twin brother laptops.
Originally, we were going to share one, but when my Grandma died, my parents bought me a new Toshiba and got my brother a 5-year-old Dell Inspiron 5100 from a friend for $125. Then my laptop died (broken fan) and I got a new HP. When my uncle died in February, my parents took his Dell Inspiron E1705. Now, a year after my first computer, I will be getting an iMac; base aluminum model, will up it to 2 gigs of ram.
In short: Mac Performa 6112CD, white iBook G3, Dell desktop, Compaq laptop, Dell Inspiron 5100, Toshiba Satellite, HP Pavilion dv6449, Dell Inspiron E1705, and hopefully an iMac soon.
If I get a camera, I will definitely post pictures, except for the Compaq and the Toshiba (as I no longer have them).
PS: speaking of the iBook's games, the Performa never made it past OS 7.6, and came preinstalled with Power Pete (anyone remember this old relic? Pangea re-made it under the name Mighty Mike). I hope you don't all hate me for post so many words in the Picture Forum, I'm counting on you all with cameras to make up for me.
I dont know the specs.. In 1996 we got given a top of the line win 95 comp, then in 2001 we got a brand new windows me computer, something like 400MHz. very fast for its time, then in 2004 we got a dell inspiron which was about 1.2GHz, i think, then i started really getting in computers, i got a laptop acer aspire, reasonably fast, then i got a gateway x2 64 (still got) with 3gbs ram and 3.06GHz, now I have a 2.8GHz 8-core Mac Pro, and a MacBook 2.1GHz, both base spec until i upgrade em all.
switcher as of last week. one helluva first mac
