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jeff.macaddict
Dec 9, 2003, 11:06 PM
For all those with photoshop, or a similar application and feel like it, make your perfect mac and post it here.

Just for fun.


tazo
Dec 9, 2003, 11:31 PM
lol slick! This is soon going to become the worst ps job ever thread---again :) Well if I post, it will ;)

Here is my perfect mac...
MoparShaha
Dec 10, 2003, 12:57 AM
I'm not even going to bother with Photoshop.....I'll spare you all the agony. I would love a -- hold your breath -- BLACK Powerbook! Silver is so played out.
leet1
Dec 10, 2003, 01:09 AM
My Perfect Mac:

AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 Processor@ 2.2 Ghz
2GB Corsair XMS DDR SDRAM PC-3200 Registered ECC - 4 x 512MB Module
500GB Western Digital Caviar SE Serial ATA RAID 0 Array
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256MB
Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro - 7.1
Samsung 52x24x52x16x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive

With bootable Windows xp/OS X / Linux Fedora :D
stoid
Dec 10, 2003, 01:12 AM
Hmmmm, seems to me that black is a little bit played out in laptops in general. I like the Apple silver, like it sets the apart from the mass of cheap-o black plastic laptops. I personally own and am posting from a 15inch AluBook, and I love the way it looks. Also the keyboard dark on light as opposed to a black keyboard with white letters, it is much easier to see.

My dream machine is a G5 dual 4 Ghz that I get for free from some distant relative (because none of my relatives have any money :D).

*drools
etoiles
Dec 10, 2003, 01:15 AM
Originally posted by MoparShaha
I'm not even going to bother with Photoshop.....I'll spare you all the agony. I would love a -- hold your breath -- BLACK Powerbook! Silver is so played out.

How about a very dark gray, with little red LEDs ? You can't go wrong with red LED's...

leet1: get yourself a li... I mean mac :p
MoparShaha
Dec 10, 2003, 02:21 AM
Originally posted by etoiles
How about a very dark gray, with little red LEDs ? You can't go wrong with red LED's... Yeah, dark grey would be great. Don't get me wrong, it'd still be metal, just anodized. Everyone thinks metal has to be silver :rolleyes:. And yes, red LED's are cool.
caveman_uk
Dec 10, 2003, 03:24 AM
How about a mac with a holographic screen...a little too far fetched???? Hmmmm... a G5 12" powerbook with a 8 hour battery life? Black metal though - like some Zippos - none of this nasty plastic stuff Dell uses.

I was just thinking this morning. Wouldn't a black ipod be cool....
stoid
Dec 10, 2003, 03:40 AM
hehehe, well if I turn off all the lights, I already have a black PBook and black iPod.

and thanks to the backlit keyboard I can still use it then too! :D :D :D
CmdrLaForge
Dec 10, 2003, 04:15 AM
Well - what is perfect ?

On my perfect Mac I would never ever have to wait for the machine. It should perform every task immediatly. Even rendering stuff etc...

Thats the machine I am waiting for.
wdlove
Dec 12, 2003, 01:48 PM
Currently the Mac that I have is perfect for my use. I agree with CmdrLaForge on his signature, "Mac OS X 10.2.8 - never change a running system :-)." For me that is just the way that I feel about my Mac OS 9.2.2.
Mac til death
Dec 12, 2003, 02:31 PM
a black mac?

hmm... brings this to mind...
etoiles
Dec 12, 2003, 03:06 PM
Originally posted by Mac til death
a black mac?

hmm... brings this to mind...

cool ! Welcome to the dark side...use the force !
Dros
Dec 12, 2003, 03:21 PM
I'd use something like this... if it had dual 3 GHz G5s.

http://monstermosaics.com/gallery/images/glass_cube_plastic.jpg
wdlove
Dec 12, 2003, 08:09 PM
Originally posted by Dros
I'd use something like this... if it had dual 3 GHz G5s.

http://monstermosaics.com/gallery/images/glass_cube_plastic.jpg

Is that your vision for a Cube design?
jefhatfield
Dec 12, 2003, 09:47 PM
this really can't be shown visually, but what about G5s in all powerbooks and a dual G4 option for all ibooks for x-amount of dollars more...well heck, how about G5s in all apple portables across the board...now that would be cool:p
Dont Hurt Me
Dec 12, 2003, 10:09 PM
I didnt make it but thought there may be those that like this
ITR 81
Dec 12, 2003, 11:44 PM
Quad G5 4GHz with 4GHz FSB
10GB of DDRII
1-terabyte of HD space via 4 HD raid
Graphics card with 1GB of ram onboard.
Touchscreen 40inch LCD /w built in iSight.
THX 7.1 sound card.
slot loading dual optical drives.
kettle
Dec 13, 2003, 12:53 AM
Originally posted by MoparShaha
I'm not even going to bother with Photoshop.....I'll spare you all the agony. I would love a -- hold your breath -- BLACK Powerbook! Silver is so played out.

That's the badger!

and not black plastic either, why do people think plastic when you say black, and when you say metal , think silver?:confused:
kettle
Dec 13, 2003, 01:01 AM
Originally posted by leet1
My Perfect Mac:

AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 Processor@ 2.2 Ghz
2GB Corsair XMS DDR SDRAM PC-3200 Registered ECC - 4 x 512MB Module
500GB Western Digital Caviar SE Serial ATA RAID 0 Array
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256MB
Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro - 7.1
Samsung 52x24x52x16x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive

With bootable Windows xp/OS X / Linux Fedora :D

HA HA! where do I start? I'll just laugh some more instead. he he he
jefhatfield
Dec 13, 2003, 10:13 AM
Originally posted by kettle
HA HA! where do I start? I'll just laugh some more instead. he he he

though i would want a g5 more than anything else, i think an athlon 64 machine is a great tool and it would honestly be the best gaming machine out there for the money

macworld's benchmarks showed an athlon 64 machine to be more powerful than the g5 powermac, but i think the factor which makes me favor the powermac is osx

and before that, classic mac os beat the tar out of windows 98 and windows 95

in the end, it's the interface between the user and the operating system which gives one a good or bad experience
King Cobra
Dec 13, 2003, 11:07 AM
Current dream machine sounds stupid, but realistic:

12 inch Aluminum Powerbook with current specs... but able to boot into OS 9 with full and complete software integration with OS 9 apps, a small 1MB L3 cache, and strictly a DVD-ROM drive, no CD-RW.

Also, I don't want to have to clean the Aluminum, but I also don't want the alloy to absorb a lot of dirt. Something of a different, shinny alloy would be nice.
jeff.macaddict
Dec 13, 2003, 06:23 PM
my idea for a desktop replacement, although not extrmely practical for travel. It has G5 processor(s), 2 GB pc3200 RAM, 128MB VRAM etc...
latergator116
Dec 13, 2003, 07:10 PM
This is a bit off topic, but speaking of os 9, can my iBook 700mhz opague 16mb vram boot into os 9? I would just love to go back someday and remember some old times
howard
Dec 13, 2003, 07:19 PM
Originally posted by latergator116
This is a bit off topic, but speaking of os 9, can my iBook 700mhz opague 16mb vram boot into os 9? I would just love to go back someday and remember some old times

it sure can!

i have an ibook 700mhz and had os 9 on it for awhile
latergator116
Dec 13, 2003, 08:04 PM
it sure can!

i have an ibook 700mhz and had os 9 on it for awhil

Oh Great! thanks! I think im going to go and try it out. Did Steve Jobs ever keep his word about haveing all macs being able to boot only into OS X?
etoiles
Dec 13, 2003, 08:20 PM
Originally posted by jeff.macaddict
my idea for a desktop replacement, although not extrmely practical for travel. It has G5 processor(s), 2 GB pc3200 RAM, 128MB VRAM etc...

how does this hinge work ?
jeff.macaddict
Dec 14, 2003, 01:15 AM
(see my previous post-pict attached)

The hinge design is very complicated but kinda makes sense, if you can get inside my head. It is possible through a series of stiff hinges and a crazy designer.

Some rough sketches of the closing operation are attached. As you can see, it is not as cleen or rugidly designed as the aluminum books or ibooks. I think it looks cool when it is open and operating-the same way the iMac G4 looks cool, with the arm (monitor hinge) thing and all.