What Mac Do You Own!!

[nickyj182]

Hey! I'm really interested to here what Mac's you all out there own! I always hear you guys talking about your new iMacs or PowerBooks or PowerMacs. Doesn't anyone have the old iBooK!!!!! Right before I converted from PC I didn't know much about Apple and got my iBook exactly one week before the new one came out!!!! But I still love it a lot! Anyways here is what I have:

iBook 466 mhZ SE (Graphite) ----> Mine
192 MB Ram
10 Gig HD

iMac 500 mhZ (Indigo) ----> Brothers
576 MB Ram
20 Gig HD

Airport Base Station
2 Airport Cards

[menoinjun]

Me:
Dual 533
768mb Ram
CDRW (soon to be superdrive. ONLY $100!!!)
Radeon (soon to be Gforce4MX FREE!!!)
40gig 7200
AudioMedia III Card
Adaptec SCSI (not using. scsi is too expensive!!)
17 Apple ADC CRT
Canon Canoscan 1220U scanner (awesome!)
Epson 888
SoundSticks
Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical (I have to have a scroll wheel!!)

On sunday I'm buying for a roomate:
600mhz iBook 12.1" Combo for only $1100!! Getting it through work. (compusa)
He's getting a Digidesign MBox. (can't wait to borrow it!)

-Pete

[eyelikeart]

haven't we done this already?! ;)

at work:
PowerMac G4 400, OS 9.1
320 MB RAM, 20 gig HD, internal Zip 100
Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 91 19" CRT
Hewlett Packard ScanJet 4C (it's old but still great!)

at home:
PowerBook G4 500, OS 9.1 & 10.1 on separate partitions
384 MB RAM, 30 gig HD, DVD
external 10 gig FireWire HD
external Zip 250 USB
VST Smartdisk CD-RW FireWire
Pro Mouse

I think that about covers it!

[AlphaTech]

G4 500 DVD-RAM drive (soon to be replaced by new tower)
1.5GB RAM
27GB and 40GB hard drives
32MB ATI Radeon (Mac edition) on AGP
Macally mouse, Apple Pro keyboard

PowerBook G4 500MHz
512MB RAM
20GB hard drive (about to upgrade to a 60GB IBM drive)
Airport card

Rev a Airport base station.

Netgear 8 port ethernet switch (10/100).

Epson Perfection 2450 Photo scanner
Epson C80 printer

QPS QueFire 24x10x40 cdrw

VST/SmartDisk 30GB hard drive (Titanium version)

40GB Maxtor 7200rpm hard drive in an OWC Firewire enclosure.

ViewSonic VG175 (lcd) monitor attached to the G4 tower.

[bobbyG4]

733 quicksilver
2x 40 gb HD
640mb RAM
1 geforce 2mx and 1 ati connecting....
Lacie 19" electron blue

running FCP, AE and photoshop.....

other stuff

canon XL1 DV camera

a chair
a desk
a lamp
a few pens
a couple of bits of paper

why do you want to know?

[bobbyG4]

I would really like to know why you people have all this fancy equipment....... Do you put it all to good use...... i hope so.

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by bobbyG4
I would really like to know why you people have all this fancy equipment....... Do you put it all to good use...... i hope so.

I'm a production artist for a printing company...

and do freelance work on the side....and absolutely love Macs! :p

[Backtothemac]

Here I go.

iMac Flower Power 600 MHZ G3
40 GB Hard Drive
1GB Ram
CDRW
Soundsticks

iBook 600 MHZ G3
20 GB Hard Drive
384 MB Ram
CDRW/DVD Combo
Soundsticks

I run virtual PC on the iBook at work and connect to the Windows Network there as a PC. I have Win 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT 4.0 and XP installed under VPC. I am a network support tech, so it helps me see what I am talking about. I have Office 97, 2000, and XP installed on 98, 2000, and XP.

I run Office 2001 under 9, and v.X under X. I always boot to X unless I am doing something in XP, and then I go to 9. XP is to slow under X. I have photoshop 6, and user FCP 2 for video editing.

I have 4,000 MP3's on the iMac, and everthing is networked with Airport. I map my iMac hard drive use iTunes, and output to the TV for visuals.

[agreenster]

Yeah EyeLikeArt, once in a while the newbies get curious and we have to make a really long post with everyone's gear. It wont be too long until someone requests you put your equipment list in your signature again, and we have 35 line signatures taking up the pages.

Anyway:
400mHz G4 1GB ram 2Internal HD's---> 10gig/MAXTOR 80 gig
OS 9.2
Que Firewire CD Burner
Epson Laser Printer
HP FlatBed Scanner

550mHz TiBook 512 MB Ram 20 gig HD

[Ensign Paris]

Currently:

This is my home setup:

1. Dual800 with 17" Studio Display, 1.5gb RAM and Geforce 3 64mb (Pro Mouse & KBoard)

2. Powerbook 500 with 1gb RAM which is connected to my Epson EMP-500 Projector which makes me use a 6ft screen. Its the best EVER screen (Well to me!)

3. 34 other older macs

4. Sound Sticks of Powerbook and Sherwood Amp with 5.1 speakers (.1 is the sub)

This is my Work Setup:

1. Dual800 Web Server (With 733 QS backup server)

2. Dual533 as my machine with 667PbG4

Webserver upgrade is just about to happen to a 1ghz and a new distiller is on the way (iMac800)

Ensign

[AlphaTech]

Hey Ensign Paris

How do you like the 1GB of memory in your TiBook??? I can get the 512's for just under $200 from my favorite memory vendor. They will fit in both slots, are 222 spec and guranteed for life (mine or the computer's whichever ends up being shorter) :D .

I was thinking about just getting one, but now I am thinking about getting two. The only problem is, what do I do with the pair of 256 chips I have now??????????

[agreenster]

This is what I do: It not only utilizes the equipment, but puts them to the breaking point

Im a Computer Arts major at my University with a concentration in 3D computer animation, rendering, and special effects. Im also a professional Flash website/CD designer and graphic artist at a local agency (www.trentonbranding.com). In other words, while one computer is rendering my latest 3D scene, my laptop is busy working on Flash design or post production edits or sound clips. While Im not doing that, Im working on particle effects, or print ads, or an independent art project.

PLUS, school has a couple dual 800mHz G4's which I use to render on as well.

The more computers I have, the more work I get done. I could use some more ram too.

[agreenster]

I have the same problem. I have 512 in my PowerBook and would love to get a gig. Problem is, memory is back up price wise. Check out www.18004memory.com. They have a gig kit for the power book for about 350 last time I checked. Im getting ready to splurge and buy them, but what to do with the 2-256 chips I have.

eBay is the only thing I have thought of....

[IndyGopher]

If you want to get top-dollar for your 256M SO-DIMMs, be sure to point out that they fit in that "User Accessible" memory slot in the new iMacs. There should be quite a market for them that way.

[britboy]

Ok, so it's fairly small, but does what i need.

TiBook 500 w/384 mb ram, 20gig hard drive, logitech cordless optical mouse, cambridge soundworks speakers and subwoofer.

[agreenster]

Originally posted by IndyGopher
If you want to get top-dollar for your 256M SO-DIMMs, be sure to point out that they fit in that "User Accessible" memory slot in the new iMacs. There should be quite a market for them that way.

The powerbook memory also fits in the new iMac? Call me stupid, but I didnt know that.

Hey, thanks for the info!!!

[AlphaTech]

Britboy... That's all that matters. As long as it does what you need it to do without crashing/freezing or generally causing you grief, what more do you need? That is one reason that I don't have a problem with using my TiBook for the next 6 months or so as a replacement for my desktop. Who knows, maybe it will work out well enough that I can go longer before replacing the tower.

agreenster... I just checked... $339 for the gig-o-ram kit... sweet. I am going to see if I can get my supplier to give it to me for the same price (sounds a bit like a drug deal, I know :D).

IndyGopher.. I think I will see if I can trade my current RAM in towards the upgrade. What's the worst thing they will say??? 'No'??

[Ensign Paris]

1gig of mem in the tibooks is great, especially because I run OSX full time.

In half an hours time I will have EVERY program for OSX that I want except Facespan which will come out soon!

Ensign

[agreenster]

Originally posted by Ensign Paris
1gig of mem in the tibooks is great, especially because I run OSX full time.

In half an hours time I will have EVERY program for OSX that I want except Facespan which will come out soon!

Ensign

Ha ha! Yeah right! If you are anything like me, I always say that, then about a week later, I want to either upgrade, or something new will come out!!!

:D:D

[Catfish_Man]

...is a beige G3 233MHz w/ 384MB RAM, 30 GB 7200rpm HD, and 10.1.2/9.2.2

[IndyGopher]

QuickSilver 867 (1G/80+30/Zip250/SCSI)
QuickSilver 800dp (1.5G/80+80/GeForce 3)
PowerBook G4 500 (1G/48G)
iMac DV 400 (1G/30G)
CD Cyclone firewire CD/RW
2 WD 7200rpm firewire HDD's
21" Panasync CRT
18.1" Sony flat panel
17" Apple flat panel
iPod
9600/300 (256M/18G)
Color Classic (10M/80M)
SE fdhd (4M/20M)
Tektronix Phaser
ALPS dye sublimation

Several other old macs that aren't in use.. 475, LCIII, etc.

As to what I do with them.. the 800dp is hooked to the Tivo via a D/A converter to capture TV episodes, (Simpsons, Futurama, Buffy, SU2) and write them to CD's. With the others... mostly I raise the temperature of the room, and make the electrical bill look like a teenage girl's phone bill. Other than that, they sit idle. The iMac is the living room computer so I can surf the web and do email while I wait for the pizza guy, since the PowerBook that I intended to use for that is usually on (painfully slow) render duty. The 9600's sole purpose in life is to run the DLT tape library and Retrospect.
The other computer room in the house has the Suns, the NeXT, a few Atari MegaST's, a couple of STACY's, the Amiga, and the PC's. (Athlon TBird and P4)

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by agreenster
Ha ha! Yeah right! If you are anything like me, I always say that, then about a week later, I want to either upgrade, or something new will come out!!!

:D:D

I usually find everything I want and then am at bay for a few months....then something new comes out.....ha ha ha...

oh...btw...anyone wanting to get rid of a 256 chip let me know....curious to know how much u want.... ;)

[AlphaTech]

Originally posted by eyelikeart


I usually find everything I want and then am at bay for a few months....then something new comes out.....ha ha ha...

oh...btw...anyone wanting to get rid of a 256 chip let me know....curious to know how much u want.... ;)

If you are referring to the 256 for TiBook's... make me an offer... :D

[mcrain]

I have a Compaq pentium III.

[jficca]

a 867 w/ 640 mb

oh and.......

a power computing power center 150 (currently in the closet, but works like a charm)

[Taft]

...but what the hell.

G4 Tower 400MHz 512 RAM (old AGP version).
Standard configuration, without the SCSI card that came with it (OS X doesn't like that adaptec p.o.s.). All peripherals connected via firewire. Sound and video beamed out to my stereo and TV via a wireless device. Shares files via nfs and does most internet services.

400 MHz TiBook 384 MB RAM.
Standard confi plus an Airport card for networking.

All behind a Linksys wireless DSL router.

I'm completely content with y system and won't be upgrading for quite some time. :) Only macs could make me this happy.

Matthew

[Ifeelbloated]

Beige G3 333Mghz upgraded to 500Mghz G4 via Sonnet upgrade CPU,
9 GB Ultrawide SCSI with 36GB Seagate Cheetah I installed myself to get my hands dirty in DV when it was still in infancy. Has 384MB of RAM, external APS Tech CD burner connected a la Firewire. Graphics is pumped by ATI Nexus 128 which was state of the art at the time. Not anymore of course!

My new machine is the 933Mghz G4 Apollo packed with 768MB of RAM. Might put in more later on. It is very sweet. No mobile system yet but I'm already looking forward to the G5s. Would rather buy G5 than a Powerbook any day. I'm like Genghis Khan, China wasn't enough, push on to Hungary and Asia minor. Geesh.

[Gelfin]

Oh, I also have a 466 Graphite iBook with Airport and 384MB RAM (jeez, I remember when I thought my Apple II was awesome for having 384K of RAM). Last fall I upgraded to a PBG4 667, which I dearly love.

I haven't done away with my iBook, though. Many friends asked me to sell it to them, but I had other plans. The iBook now sits in my apartment, quietly chugging along as a very low-power server. It only gets rebooted to apply updates, and it struck me during the whole "rolling blackout" fiasco here in CA (thanks Enron!) that there's no sense in me buying a huge UPS when I have a laptop with a 5-hour "UPS" built in.

[zorglub]

Home:
8600-250 overclocked to 300Mhz (brave old comp)
Ti 550 / 512 Mo

Work:
Lot of BW G3, G4 and Imac
(Avid media composers, medialogs and graphic stations)

z:-)

[nickyj182]

Originally posted by mcrain
I have a Compaq pentium III.


God knows we have all been there before, Don't worry, the Grass is greener on the other side, there is hope.

[mymemory]

I have two computers, one to complete the other one.

1rst. G4 400/ 320Ram/20GHD. (more ram soon) with Audiomedia III and miró DC 30 Plus

2nd. PowerBook G3 500/250Ram/10GHD (more ram soon)

I use the G4 to create the content for the Pismo.
With the G4 I work with audio using:
-Protools
-Digital Performer
-T-racks
others.

In video and print I use:
-After Effects
-Premiere (while I learn Final Cut 3)
-Photoshop
-Illustrator
-Flash (a lot)
others.

At home I use the G4 for the video editing, some web design and audio mastering.

Out side I use the Pismo for VJ performances using Fuse 1.5

I have connected some midi gear to both computers because the midi interface is USB. I have:
-Mark of the Unicorn Midi Time Piece 2
-Roland JV-1080
-Kurzweil K2500RS
-Alesis DM5 drum machine
-Roland JP-8080
-Korg X5DR
-ahhh.. a Roland JV-90 as a controler

Other peripherals:
Scanner Agfa Snap scan 1212 usb (very good, simple but good).
The Printer Epson Stylus 600 (is gonna become a clasic, it is very good too).
CD-Burner Teak 4x (slow but reliable).
Digital Camera Agfa CL 50 (very good texture but discontinued and I lost the adapter to download the pictures to the computer).
DSL connection.

[evanmarx]

actually did u guys know ... that every member in this forum has a profile ... there's even an input field called "My Computers" .. doh

then again:

G4 Dual1Ghz/
G4 400/
TiPB400/
G3 233+400G4Card/
Newton1/ (i won this guy at a contest!)
DellPII450/
DellPPro200

(Ram)size does not matter, it's what you do with it ...

((btw 'mymemory' ... your site does not work ...))

[Kid Red]

G4 450 /17" ASD CRT(being sold)
QUE 12x CD-R Firewire Ex.
10gig, 40gig HD
512 RAM
DVD
Lanseg Speakers

iBook Dual USB 500
DVD 256 RAM
20gig VST Thin graphite HD Ex

Dual gig G4/Cinema Display (2 weeks old)
SuperDrive
1gig RAM
Stock everything else
SoundSticks

wife-
Ruby iMac (being sold)
128 Ram
CD

iMac G4 SuperDrive (shipping)
512 RAM
Stock everything else

misc peripherals-
Epson 1200U USB scanner
940c HP printer
777i Epson printer

[Biggles]

personally i really want one of them new-fangled iMac doohickeys. I need a computer of my own to do my video editing and i need a DVD burner!!!! bah!

but my current computer is right here
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[me hate windows]

mrtrumbe

I was wondering how fast that G4 400 is. I am thinking about buying one with 320 ram. os 9.1, office 2001,final cut 2.01, a 10 gig and a 60 gig hard drives. I can get it for $600 with one of the older graphite apple flat panels(not the newer case type). Is it good enough to do video in final cut without waiting to long for it to do stuff?

I am going to get it no-matter what. Cause that is such a super-duper-duper dang nice deal. All that stuff together is worth over 2k.[

[BillGates]

4 macs at Home: Dual 1GHz/1.5GB RAM/Dual Ultra 160 Controller w/ 2 Drive/3 80GB ATA Drives/SuperDrive/GeForce4MX and Radion. Dual 17" Monitors

466Mhz G3 w/ Radion and Ultra SCSI Drive

500Mhz 9600 w/ Rage 128 ATA Drives DVD-RAM

500Mhz 7300 w/ Rage 128

On my desk at Work: Dual 533/640MB RAM/GeForce 3/Dual ATA Drives/17" monitor - 7300/180 - Dual Pentium III (Yuck!)

Responsible for in the computer room: About 20 Various Servers Most iMac (4TB of storage).

Anyone know how to get OS X Server 10.1.2 to mount a 1.2TB volume?

[mymemory]

The G4 400 is a good computer but when you do something in final cut pro then you will have to render the entire thing to make one movie out of it, that takes time with any computer.

The deal you are getting is good but try to find out a bit more about FCP in case you haven't se the program working. Find out if dropping more ram in to it would do faster renders. And everything depends of what you are gonna do with FCT, I mean, if is for playing around do it.

I have the same configuration G4 400 AGP with 320 Ram and I do After Effect. Is not as fast as I would like but it is faster than my old power PC 9600/200 for shure, I may drop some more memory for ram preview.

Besides, after a few hours of hard work the render gives you time for a very nice break!

Ps. My site is out of business.. sorry:(

[littlejim]

Beige 8500/120 - 2GbHD - 360MbRam - LaCie ext 4Gb HD.
This still keeps my old legacy H/Ware alive - My Super LaserWriter 360, Stylus Colour800, Yamaha 2x Disk Cutter, and now runs my internet connection.

iMac RevB iMac 233 - The kids are slowly but surely destroying that poor beast!

G3/400 9GbHD 512Mb Ram,
20Gb External FireWire HD
VillageTronic second Video card hooked up to ...
Original 'Brown' Apple LCD Studio Display

AND NOW ...

Dual 1Ghz 80GbHD, 512Mb RAM.
LaCie 22'' Monitor

I also have a 3 Y.O. PC to Play Halflife and use Microsoft Office!

Not on OS X yet - but when Flash 6 comes out (next month???) ... I'll be there.

LittleJim
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He's fallen in the water

[Xapplimatic]

Originally posted by mcrain
I have a Compaq pentium III.

I feel for ya man.. I really do.. BUT I think the question was what "Macs" we all have... so here's mine (for the moment):

1. iMac DV/SE:
500 MHz Coppermine G3 OVERCLOCKED to 550MHz.. 600 soon.
384 MB 2-2-2 RAM
Rage Pro 128 graphics with 8 MB video RAM (of course)
30 MB HD (upgraded)
DVD-ROM/CD-ROM slot loading
Sony CRX1600L (12x8x32) CDRW firewire extern (great 4 iTunes & Toast)
Iomega 250 ZIP firewire extern
Imation Superdrive extern provides 130 MB and regular 1.4 MB floppy use.
iDock for extra USB ports and old serial/parallel junk I never use.
Running OS 10.1.2 only.

USE: Primarily as a loaner to friends when their pentium laptops
or desktops have broken. (Twice this last year). Other primary use
is for video editing because the iBook's harddrive is just too small.

2. iBook DV/SE:
466 MHz G3
320 MB 2-2-2 RAM
Rage Pro Mobility graphics (of course)
10 MB HD
DVD-ROM/CD-ROM tray loading
Airport (Rev. B 128-bit encryption)
Running OS 10.1.2 full time (photoshop in Classic mode!)

USE: This is my primary computer.. I use it for lite video editing,
all homework assignments, scientific applications, pinging other
mobile users with 802.11b for fun.. doing all my work generally at
home, at school, or in the field (coffee shops and airports).

[DakotaGuy]

Originally posted by Xapplimatic


1. iMac DV/SE:

30 MB HD (upgraded)

USE: Other primary use
is for video editing because the iBook's harddrive is just too small.

2. iBook DV/SE:

10 MB HD


How you you get your system and all your programs to fit on that kind of space???? (can we say "compressed files") hehe...now you know I am just messin with ya! Gotta to intergect a little humor!!! I know you meant GB. hehehe

What I have is below...

[evildead]

Have listed befor but what the hell.

867Mhz G4 Quicksilver, 1.125GB RAM, 17' Apple LCD, SoundSticks w/ iSub, USB 2.0 PCI card
Rev-A iMac 466Mhz G3, 192MB RAM

[mac15]

Im sick of doing this

[Spock]

Well,
Macintosh Plus *2
Performa 550
Mac SE FDHD
Apple Lisa Found at garage sale for $10.00
Mac Classic
Powermac dual 1ghz (on order)
iBook366 with airport card
Stylewriter 2
Color Classic
20th Anv. Mac
iMac DV
iMac G4 Soon
iPod
Newton Message Pad 100

Whoever said Dog was Mans best freind did not have a Macintosh.

[ebound]

iMac DV+ 450 MHz (Sage, the best color of them all)
320 MB RAM
USB Zip 250
OS X.1.2, 9.2.2
20 GB hard drive
2.5 gigs of iTunes music
Lexmark Z23 printer
UMAX Astra 24xx USB scanner
Logitech MouseMan Dual Optical (i so need the scroll wheel, but some drivers for X might help)