Your History with Apple

[TiMatt]

I just though it would be interesting to know everyone's history with Apple computers.

Apple IIplus
Macintosh (512k)
Mac IIci
PowerMac 8500
Powerbook G3 333MHz
iBook (500MHz w/combo)
Current: TiBook G4 (1GHz w/superdrive)

My Wife has had:
PowerBook 1400
iMac DV (400MHz Grape)
Current: iMac 17" (800MHz w/superdrive)

[mkrishnan]

My iBook G4 / 800 MHz is my first Apple, but I've used them before, so... :D

- Apple II's in elem. school (played the old school Castle Wolfenstein ;) and a couple of other stupid edutainment games) Also played extensively with my best friend's Franklin-branded Apple II clone. His parents got him Gauntlet cuz it was a multiplayer game so they figured he would socialize more :) and we did a lot of programming for fun.
- Apple IIgs in junior high school (played more stupid games, including Ultima I/II yay!, argued with CS teacher about needing to learn Appleworks when I knew how to do the same stuff on my Amiga)
- Original Mac -- only used occasionally.
- Mac IICI - my undergraduate student newspaper had two of these running PageMaker and MS Word 5.1 much later than reasonable...like in the Performa era. :( I used those soooo much. Hated the drunk mac boot icon soooo much. :)
- Performa-ish Mac (something with an 030 or 040) - we used these for part of freshman computing, just for MS apps
- big gap
- iBook G4, iPod, AEBS...lovin' it.

[Amani]

Is there a site where you can get a list of all of Apple's computers, with photos to accompany the list? There's two brands I can't remember the name of.

[mkrishnan]

Is there a site where you can get a list of all of Apple's computers, with photos to accompany the list? There's two brands I can't remember the name of.

http://www.apple-history.com/

[iBook]

Apple Macintosh
Apple ... Performa 6320CD
Apple ... PowerBook G3 ("Wallstreet")
Apple ... iBook G4 (800 MHz)

[Oirectine]

2002-2003: 700 MHz Flatpanel iMac G4

2003-????: 1 GHz 15" TiBook

[7on]

2003-????? 1Ghz Tibook DVI

I rule indeed.

7on high fives Oirectine

[Duff-Man]

Duff-man says....LCIII (now long gone)...LC630 (also long gone)...Motorola 3000/200 clone (gone too)...beige G3/300 desktop (gone)...Powermac G4 Dual 800 (soon to be retired in favour of G5 dual 2.5)......and portables...iBook 300 blueberry (gone)...Powerbook G4/867.....oh yeah!

[~Shard~]

Apple //e (1983)
Mac SE/30 (1989)
17" 1.25 GHz G4 iMac (2003)
RevB PowerMac G6 (2006/2007)

:cool:

[PlaceofDis]

my girlfriend and i both started using macs in the past year

both of use have rev. a 12" Powerbooks...

[windowsblowsass]

had a packard bell for ~2 days said omg there has to be a better way took it back and got the performa 635cd
then lime imac g3 333 mhz
now emac 1ghz super druve

[quagmire]

1994-2000 Powermac 6100(struck by lighting)

2000-???? Powermac G4 400 Mhz

2004-2008 Powerbook G4 12" 1 Ghz

[7on]

1994-2000 Powermac 6100(struck by lighting)

Geez, that would be the only reason Apple would do bad. Making computers that last 6 years, crazy. God looked down on you and said, "hells no, you be needs an upgrade sonny." And Shazzam!

[quagmire]

had a packard bell for ~2 days said omg there has to be a better way took it back and got the performa 635cd
then lime imac g3 33 mhz
now emac 1ghz super druve

Dude, my fried Powermac 6100 is faster then your imac G3.

[MacFan26]

all the macs between me and my parents:

Mac Se/30
Mac IIsi
PowerMac 7100
PowerMac 6500/250 (mine)
Original iMac
Powerbook G3 Lombard (mine)
17" flatscreen iMac
14" iBook/600
1 GHz TiBook (mine)

and the list will continue :D

[virividox]

2 apple plus
2 apple ii
power mac 76 something something
2 performas
original powerbook
ibook dual usb 500
17 inch powerbook rev a

[evil_santa]

started with a 7600
then got a used 5300 powerbook
then a clamshell ibook 300
next got a g4 733 (superdrive / digital audio)
fianly got given a imac rev A

the ibook / imac / g4 are used every day the 5300 will still work but battery life not good now.

if i ve got the money this year i will upgrade the ibook to a new 12" ibook or powerbook. & hopefully the g4 to a g5 in about a year.

before the macs i used atari st had about 4 of them.

[belair]

That apple-history site is very cool inded.

My first encounter with a work computer was a mac. I learned to type on a 1989 MAC portable my dad got for the office. I remember how impressive it was that it was a computer-to-go. This thing weight a ton and it came along with a huge case wich looked like you wanted to go on holiday for a week.

Then I got my dads old mac it was a 1992 PowerbookDuoDock. I still have that one. :D It is just so nice to look at. I will have to build a Mac shrine for my old machines. Mac has always had the best concepts, this one was defenitely ubercool.

Then my first bought computer just for myself was at the tender age of 20 years and it was a G3 Powermac 400 mhz with the 12 gig drive, and 640 RAM wich I still use today.

I was never really into computers untill I could use them artistically. I got the G3 for my design studies, it helped me a lot :p

But now its time for a change. I already ordered my 2,5 G5 with 1,5 gig of ram. IIIIIIhaaa :D

[belair]

The 1989 Mac portable sold for 6,500$ :eek:

I learned to type on the expensivest type machine ever.

Boy are we luky today.

[russed]

my first mac - 12" pb 1ghz.

i had never used a mac before (apart from in the apple store for about 5 mins) in that time i found the os so easy to use i knew i had to get one. (it was either apple or a vaio - i made the right decision)

[Mord]

powerbook 1000
lc475
g4 cube
iBook 16MB vram 600MHz 12"
B&W g3

those are in order and still have everyone of them and all of them still work

:D

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

1994: Performa 630CD
1996: PowerMac 7500 (later upgraded to G3)
2000: PowerBook G3 Firewire Pismo
2003: iBook G4 800

[MacFan26]

Then I got my dads old mac it was a 1992 PowerbookDuoDock. I still have that one. :D It is just so nice to look at. I will have to build a Mac shrine for my old machines. Mac has always had the best concepts, this one was defenitely ubercool.


Those things were cool! My friends dad had one of those while working for Motorola. He let me play with it every once in a while. I thought it was a great idea being able to have a desktop and then whenever you wanted a laptop, just pull it out of the machine. Cool stuff :cool:
And congrats on the new machine :D

[tekno_geek911]

2003-2004

12" 500MHz iBook G3
14" 700MHz iBook G3
12" 800MHz iBook G3
12" 867MHz PowerBook G4
12" 800MHz iBook G4
15" iMac G4
12" 867MHz PowerBook G4
14" 933MHz iBook G4
12" 1GHz PowerBook G4(current)

iNeed Help

[kwajo.com]

between my 2 brothers, my sister & I (list doesn't include iPods)

-LCII (me - present from my high school when i graduated)
-Ruby iMac DV 400MHz (sister)
-Blueberry iBook 300MHz (brother)
-iMac G4 800MHz 15" (me - sold now)
-Powerbook 17" 1GHz (me - for sale right now, contact me if you want it! :P )
-iBook G3 900MHz 14" (sister)
-iBook G4 933MHz (brother)
-Powerbook 12" 1.33GHz (other brother - he just switched last month from his Dell inspiron P.O.S. and couldn't be happier)
-Powerbook 15" 1.5GHz (me - current)
-eMac 1.25GHz

and that's it - for now..... ;)

[TednDi]

Apple ][
Apple ][e
Apple ][c
Macintosh
Macintosh iici
Powerbook 165c

Then I turned to the dark Side

Saw the light
Powerbook G4 1.5ghz 17" :D

[Les Kern]

About every major model since 85, perhaps 2 dozen. I even had the dreaded 6300CD, an eMate, a 5300 Powerbook, and my model M00001 still works perfectly.
My new G5 with 2GB ram, the upgraded card, and dual 250GB drives should be here today or Monday.
Ah, Apple. Where would I have gone without you? (Probably more time to work on my golf game)

[Jo-Kun]

at work:

(1) 9500 180/mp (2000) (I checked and I was wrong with the other model I did put here)
(2) got replaced with G4 500/MP (2002)
and then I quit there when they ordered the first 2X1.8Ghz G5

at home

(1)(feb2002)2nd hand Performa 5200 75Mhz, 2GB, 40Mb ram, cd-rom, i wanted to use it for MP3's but it was too slow
(oktober2002)gave the 5200 to a friend who wanted to use it for old mac games...
(2)(november2002)2nd hand B&W G3 300 768Mb ram 2x20GB internal drive new 48x cd-rw replaced the original drive + new external 80GB HD
(3)(march2003)2nd hand Ti-PB G4 400 1GB ram 20GB internal DVD-rom + new 52x external cd-rw
(dec2003)->sold B&W & got a new 30GB 3d gen iPod instead (B&W was only used for iTunes since I got the PB)

(jan2004)started my own photostudio so home changes to work ;-)

(4)(jan2004)2nd hand Classic received from a friend
(march2004)Ti-PB got stolen
(5)(april2004)bought a new 2X1.8 GHZ G5, 1,5GB ram, 160 sata, SuperDrive
(april2004)Sold the external 52x cd-rw
(6)(june2004)received a 2nd hand iMac DV 400, 64mb ram, 10GB HD, 24x cd-rom
(7)(june2004)received a 2nd hand Clamshell LimeGreen iBook SE 366, 128mb ram, 24x cd-rom (poweradaptor is broken, awaiting the replacement)
(june2004)selling the iMac on eBay now since I just want the iBook as harddrive/monitor for checking my digital images when needed on location. G5 delivers the speed I need ;-)

future??

when buisness goes well -> selling the iBook and getting a 12"PB or iBook (depending on funds and specs at the time I need it)

as you can see I bought mostly 2nd hand in the beginning, I didn't had the funds for a new one, but I wanted to switch to apple since I used it at work and my P2 450 sucked big time!!
it's a pity they stole the Ti-book, but my G5 is much smoother at doing things with Large files...

Jo

[ftaok]

Here's my whole life experience with Apples.

1984 - We had Apple IIe's in 6th grade computer class.
1989 - My brother and sister bought a Mac SE/30 for college that I had access to.
1993 - At work (co-op), I used a Mac IIci
1994 - I bought a Mac LC575.
2001 - I bought an iBook 500mhz Dual USB

I've also owned (or shared) an Atari 400, 2 Atari 800XL's, a Commodore 64, a Commodore Amiga 500, and a Toshiba Satellite laptop.

[blue&whiteman]

1. color classic
2. powerbook 540c w/603e 117mhz newertech upgrade
3. performa 6400 180
4. powermac G3 b&w
5. ibook G4 12" 1ghz
6. dual 1.8 G5

[blue&whiteman]

Making computers that last 6 years, crazy.

my b&w gave me 5 years of 24/7 service. just sold it. has at least 2-3 more years use left I would say. the b&w was one of the most stable products apple ever made.

[AmigoMac]

PB 12" rev a. Combo (april 2003)
Emac 1GHz SD (Feb. 04)
Ibook 1GHz (Some weeks ago)...

Man! I'm aiming a G5 iMac... :eek:

P.S I used mac years ago but mostly Twice/Semester :(

[Amani]

http://www.apple-history.com/

Thanks, mkrishnan.

Mac Classic
PowerBook G3
iMac
iBook G3 Dual USB
PowerBook G5 Dual Processor

It's only with last two compters that I really started to understand and learn about Apple computers and compter culture and technology. Before that, Apple computers were just something to type out papers and other projects. iLife applications and OS X have changed all that.

[jeremy.king]

Powermac 6100/66 DOS Card - Recently parted out and sold
Performa 6400/180 - Sold on eBay 1999
Powerbook G3/333 - Sold on eBay 2002
Powerbook G4/867 - Sold for $$$ reasons, stupid sick cat :(
PowerMac DP 867 - Current machine

[Windowlicker]

Chronologically:

Apple Macintosh (!!) Colour Classic
Performa 6400/180
G4/733 Quicksilver
G3/266 Beige DT
G5/2x1.8

actually only the G5 is _my_ computer. all the others are for the whole family..

[Counterfit]

1987 - Dec. 1993: IIgs (parents)
Dec. 1993 - Dec. 2000: LC520 (parents)
Dec. 2000 - current: 333MHz Lime imac (Parents)
June 2003 - current: 400MHz Beige G3 (mine)
September 2003 - current: 1.25GHz 15" PowerBook (mine)
June 1998 - current: UMAX S900 clone (brother's)
June 2004 - Current: 1.5GHz 17" PowerBook (brother's)

[MacsRgr8]

1st Mac: PowerMac 6100 w/ DOS compatibility card (later added NewerTech G3 card)
2nd Mac: Blue & White G3 350 (later added 3Dfx Voodoo 5 grfx card)
3rd Mac: G4 Sawtooth 400 (later added Radeon 8500)
4th Mac: G4 Mirror Drive Door FW 800 Dual 1.25 (later added Radeon 9800 Pro)
5th Mac: G5 Dual 1.8 (with OEM Radeon 9800... will add X800 if ever comes to the Mac;) )

I have kept all my Macs and added a dozen or so for absoloutely no reason at all, but fun. :)

[willmg]

Apple IIE
Apple IIGS
LC40?( I thnk thats what it was)
First All in One mac with CDRW(used a caddy)
Centris 660AV
Performa 5200
Powermac 6100 with DOS card
Performa 6300CD
Powerbook 520C
Powerbook G3 wallstreet 233
Powerbook Pismo 500
Powerbook G4 1.25
In the market for a next Gen powerbook (G5, or maybe Moto with a real FSB)

[MattG]

Bought my first Mac in early 2002, a Rev. A iMac G4 Flat-Panel 15". Since then, I have purchased (and sold) several other models:

1. iBook G3 14" 700mhz (sold)
2. iMac G4 17" 800?mhz (sold)
3. Powerbook G4 15" 667mhz (sold)
4. iMac G5 15" 800mhz (sold)
5. Powerbook G4 12" 867mhz (sold)
6. Powermac G5 1.8ghz (defective, so I bought...)
7. Powermac G4 Dual 1.25ghz (sold)
8. Powerbook G4 1.25ghz

The only one I still have is the last one! All others have been eBayed/sold to friends. That's a lot of computers for only two years!

[kgarner]

Since I started using Macs at home I will include every Mac I have used at home and the one I have purchased.

Mac 128K (1st sold in our sales region!)
Mac Plus
Centris 610
Quadra 630 (mine)
Power Tower Pro 180
Rev A iMac
Rev B iMac (mine)
G4 500 MHz (not mine, but currently using)
Graphite iMac 600 MHz
12" 800 MHz G3 iBook

Currently saving for a Powerbook.

[mkrishnan]

It's only with last two compters that I really started to understand and learn about Apple computers and compter culture and technology. Before that, Apple computers were just something to type out papers and other projects. iLife applications and OS X have changed all that.

Yeah, I always used Mac's cuz they were what was available / used by others on specific projects until I bought my iBook G4. My heaviest Mac use before the G4 was that pair of IIci's that we wrote our newspaper on. They weren't mine but I probably used them more than any of my own computers since my Amiga. ;)

OS X was the first time I really *wanted* a Mac, and there wasn't such a convenient opportunity to buy an OS X Mac between the initial release and just now. So I had been using PCs and sorta forgot about it. Then I saw Panther and iLife and my decision became a lot easier.

[matthewr]

So far, I've not seen anyone mention the Lisa. I've never owned anything but apple:

-Lisa (borrowed from my Dad's office)
-Apple II
-Original Mac (128k)
-Mac SE
-Mac SE 20
-Powerbook 5300
-Pismo (400 Mhz) (current 'book, but not for long - I think it's about time to upgrade to a 15 inch PB)

[rendezvouscp]

LC III in 1994
PM 8500 in 1999
PM G5 in 2003 :D
–Chase

[FightTheFuture]

Apple IIe
Macintosh (512k)

/jump ahead ~ 15 years/

ipod 1st gen 5gig
ibook 500 - sold for
tibook 667

/jump ahead ~ 5 years/

newton3 tablet G6 1thz/ blueray HDsuperdrive
ipod micro 3rd gen 3terabyte ;)

[FightTheFuture]

whoops! sorry for the double post!

[rendezvouscp]

3 terabytes...Seriously, we could probably have somewhere around 1 TB iPods if Apple wanted to go that far in 5 years.
–Chase

[Amani]

OS X was the first time I really *wanted* a Mac, and there wasn't such a convenient opportunity to buy an OS X Mac between the initial release and just now. So I had been using PCs and sorta forgot about it. Then I saw Panther and iLife and my decision became a lot easier.

Yeah, it seems like since Apple started making multimedia applications for us average and wantabe professional users, an evolution or revolution is in the making in terms of computer usage.

I've always been drawn to the style of Apple computers, even before I recognized they were Apple. I remember going to a campus bookstore back in 1990 to buy a computer. I don't think I really knew anything about computers back then--in terms of Mac vs. PC. I just grafitated toward the then Mac Classic because it looked better.

When the second version of iMovie came out, that simple application took me to another level of computer use. No longer just using the computer to produce light weight newsletters and fliers. Now I could produce edited vidoes.

Since then, I've been wanting to learn as many multimedia applications as I can. OS X certaintly compliments media creations--with its look, style, and functionality. Being able to have 5 or 6 carbonized and cocoa applications opened at the same time and actually importing/exporting and exchanging files between them. That's all awsome. Has made me not even look back at Classic.

It's going to be interesting to see what's coming. I get frustrated at times with computer bugs and the cost of that comes with updating stuff, but in the long run it's worth it.

[leftbanke7]

1996-1997 - Powerbook 190
1997-1998 - Mac LC
1998 - Present - Mac Beige G3
2001 - Present - Occational use of Mother's iMac G3 DV
August 2004 - ??? - Some variation of iBook G4 (or Powerbook if money allows)

[IJ Reilly]

http://www.apple-history.com/

Also,

http://www.everymac.com/

[IJ Reilly]

Mac 128k (Two of them, the first in Feb. 1985) later upgraded to "fat mac"
Mac Plus
Mac SE (purchased two with LaserWriter for office)
Mac IIx (build myself out of stock parts!)
Mac 660av
Performa 630 (upgraded to 6300)
PB 140
PowerMac 9600
G3 PB "Pismo"
G4 Cube
G4 iMac 17"
G4 PB 12"

...and never even a note of thanks from Steve (or John, or Mike, or Gil...) ;)

[jsw]

1983: Apple ][e (school lab)
1986: Macintosh Plus (roommate's)
1988: Macintosh II (school lab)
1990: IIci (my first Mac purchase)
1999: G3 Lombard PB (via work)
2002: 17" iMac
2003: dual-2.0 Rev A G5

[JLaFrance]

G3 333, workhorse, going on 6 years with no problems yet

eMac 1GHz, just enough to run all the cool games. ;)

[StrangeQuark]

Mac Plus (2000-2003)
Mac SE (2000-2004)
Mac IIsi (2004)
Powerbook 100 (1992-1998)
Performa 6116CD (1996-2002)
iMac DV+ (2000-2004)
Powerbook 12" Rev C (2004-2008)

[jaw04005]

Apple IIc - (Long Gone)
Apple Performa 450 - (Long Gone)
Apple iMac DV (Blueberry) - (Gone, Shipped back to Apple for repair.... UPS dropped it and busted it to pieces, THAT was a sad day)
Apple G3 B&W 450Mhz - (Still In Operation)
Apple iMac FP G4 800Mhz 15" - (Still In Operation)
Apple iBook 800Mhz G3 - (Gone)
Apple Powerbook 1Ghz TI - (Gone)
Apple Powerbook 12" 1Ghz DVI - (Gone)
Apple Powerbook 15.2" 1.5Ghz - (Current)

[aussie_geek]

As below

aussie_geek

[LaMerVipere]

1 • iMac G3 (MY FIRST MAC! and still my fav, it was purple! :p )

2 • Power Mac G4 (still going strong, its the only mac I've owned that hasn't had any problems that needed to be repaired!)

3 • 12" PowerBook G4 (BLECH, had problems from the start)

4 • eMac Superdrive (I hated how the display would ripple and distort when playing music using the internal speakers, i complained to apple, and they sent me some free creature speakers)

5 • Titanium PowerBook G4 (gah, loved that thing, was a little video editing powerhouse! :) )

6 • 12" iBook G4 (my current computer, sent off to apple as of now for stuck pixels and a malfunctioning trackpad)

I'm hoping that my next mac is an iMac G5 or 15" AlBook! preferably problem free :rolleyes:

> click here for some pics of my macs (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=75540)

[actripxl]

Ibook 800mhz g3
PowerBook 1.25ghz G4
2G IPod
3G Ipod

[edesignuk]

Not much history here...

Power Mac G4 400MHz AGP
Power Mac G4 1GHz DP Quicksilver
G1 10GB iPod
G3 20GB iPod

[musicpyrite]

Macintosh SE
Macintosh SE/30 (I have 2 of them)
Macintosh LC III
Macintosh Preforma 400
iMac G3
iMac G4

Running OS 6.1, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 9.2. and 10.3.4

They all work perfectly and I still use all of them. :cool:

iPod G3 15 GB
AirPort Extreme
Various software

[vga4life]

My first Apple was a //e, purchased in 1984; how I loved it so.
I was just 4 when we got it, and I used the hell out of it - to this day my handwriting is atrocious but I can type 90wpm because I typed every school assignment I ever had (in MultiScribe - props to anyone who remembers that word processor!). It had an 80-column/128KB card, duo-disk 5 1/4" drive unit, and a Grappler+ parallel interface.

In 1988 I got my first experience with Macs and the internet (Bitnet, really), using a 1200 baud Apple Cat on a Mac Plus at school to dial into the local university's IBM mainframe and hang out on Bitnet RELAY (which would later evolve into IRC) - at the time, the notion of chatting with people around the world in near-real-time for "free" made me giddy.

I owned a succession of PC's over the next few years (the beloved Apple //e was finally given away in 1994 or so) but when I got into college I managed to pick up an (already way-obsolete by 1995) Mac SE/30. I was beginning to get into UNIX and ended up running NetBSD on it - it freaked people out when they'd try and sit down to use my Mac only to discover a text-mode login prompt!

I lugged that SE/30 around for a year (in a swank Apple carrying case dating from the pre-powerbook era) until its analog board finally gave out, and ended up replacing it with a NeXTstation that I bought for $270 in 1996 - at the time I was taking a class in digital music synthesis where much of our classwork required using the crusty old '030-based Cube in the synth lab. It was worth spending a few hundred bucks to have a faster machine at home to work on.

I loved NEXTSTEP, and sold that NeXTstation it to a friend a year later in order to upgrade to a NeXTstation TurboColor with a NeXT Laser Printer(both of which I still have!). That TurboColor was my sole machine for the next 3 years, until I broke down in 2000 and bought a used Thinkpad because Omniweb 2.7 on a 33 MHz 68040 was no longer cutting it as a web surfing platform!

I've owned a succession of PC laptops (and briefly, a desktop) since then, mostly running Linux, but all the while I'd been tinkering with OS X whenever I could get my hands on it. (My girlfriend of almost 2 years had a 600 MHz ibook until recently) Finally, I could wait no longer - I needed a new desktop and the $849 refurb deal on the 1.25 GHz emac w/ superdrive was too good to pass up. It's due to arrive tuesday, and I couldn't be more excited.

-vga4life

[abhishekit]

iBook G4 800 12", sold it after 2 months, because I needed bluetooth
Again, iBook G4 800 12" , with bluetooth :) , my greatest machine uptill now...perfect
iPod mini, blue, sold it, too less storage
iPod 15 GB, sold after 1 month, because I was saving for Powerbook.
Sold the iBook today!!! I am going to Apple store to buy a Powerbook, in 15 minutes!!!! :D :cool:

cheers

[cheekyspanky]

A 3G 20GB iPod

..yup thats it, one day I'll get something else, if only they made Pro Engineer Wildfire for Mac, then it'd give me an excuse to buy a Powermac G5!

[oreo]

Feb g3 iPod 20GB
June G4 iBook 14"

[Ambrose Chapel]

Apple ][c
Apple ][GS
LC II
Color Classic
LC 475
7200
5200
5400
Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio)
TiBook (DVI)

later next year i will hopefully be able to get a revB PBG5...

[MacDawg]

SE
SE accelerated
SE30
2 x Mac II (still have them)
Mac Portable
Powerbook 160
PowerCenter 604 150 clone (still up and running)
iMac 17" 800 Panther (current)

Wish I still had them all...

Also had a Corona PC luggable
Micron Pentium II
Glad they are gone...

[charlesc]

in reverse order;

2003 - PB 12" rev. a 867mhz/640 ram/ae/combo
2003 - 30gb iPod
2002 - Quicksilver dual 1ghz/1.5gb ram/airport
2002 - 17" Apple Studio display
1998 - G3 233mhz beige twr/768 ram/80gb hd
1994 - Performa 550 33mhz/5mb ram/500mb hd
1988 - Sears IIC+ clone 4mhz/512kb ram (gone)

Still own all but the IIC+ clone. After graduation next year a G5 will be in my immediate future.

[FelixDerKater]

My first computer at home was an Apple ][+ that didn't really have any software except some sort of database program and ProDOS. We got it at the flea market.

At school we had a bunch of Apple ][e computers. I was the first person at my elementary school to beat Oregon Trail :-)

[panic]

macintosh quadra 610
imac - 333mhz (tangerine)
imac - 600mhz (graphite)
next: emac, unless the imac becomes a g5 soon. or maybe a power mac g5, if i feel like spending that much.

[Jovian9]

My lineup in order:

Blueberry iMac G3 233MHz CD
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=imac

Blueberry Clamshell iBook G3 300MHz CD
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=ibook

Graphite SE Clamshell iBook G3 366MHz CD
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=ibookse

iMac G4 800MHz 15" SuperDrive
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=imac_flat

iBook Dual USB G3 500MHz CD-RW/DVD-ROM
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=ibook_dual_usb

iPod 2G 10GB

iMac G4 1GHz 17" SuperDrive (still have)
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=imac_early_2003

iPod 2G 10GB(for my wife)
iPod 2G 20GB

iBook G4 800MHz 12" Combo Drive
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=ibook_g4

PowerBook G4 1.33GHz 17" SuperDrive (still have)
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=pg4_17_133

iPod 3G 20GB (for my wife) (still have)
iPod 3G 40GB (still have)

20" G5 iMac......soon

[~Shard~]

My lineup in order:

Blueberry iMac G3 233MHz CD
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=imac

Blueberry Clamshell iBook G3 300MHz CD
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=ibook

Graphite SE Clamshell iBook G3 366MHz CD
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=ibookse

iMac G4 800MHz 15" SuperDrive
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=imac_flat

iBook Dual USB G3 500MHz CD-RW/DVD-ROM
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=ibook_dual_usb

iPod 2G 10GB

iMac G4 1GHz 17" SuperDrive (still have)
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=imac_early_2003

iPod 2G 10GB(for my wife)
iPod 2G 20GB

iBook G4 800MHz 12" Combo Drive
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=ibook_g4

PowerBook G4 1.33GHz 17" SuperDrive (still have)
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=pg4_17_133

iPod 3G 20GB (for my wife) (still have)
iPod 3G 40GB (still have)

20" G5 iMac......soon

So, do you buy a new machine every year, or what? Can you buy me one? ;) :cool:

[Golem]

Apple 2+
2e
2c with LCD screen ala Space oddysey 2010 Phoar!!!:)

Mac128
512
SE
Mac II
CX
CI
6100/60
8100/110
9500/132 <--- Open transport 1.0:(
PowerTower 180 <--- Fast, impressive reliable from day to day But had a faulty internal SCSI cable that corrupted the hard drive every 2-3 month until it was figured out a year after purchase:(
G3/G4 300 mhz? Blue and White tower anyway.
Cube
G4 800
G4 866
G5 1.6
17'' 1.33
G5 Dual 1.8

[Doraemon]

Also,

http://www.everymac.com/

Also,

http://www.theapplemuseum.com

and the always handy

http://www.mactracker.ca


As for my lineup, see my signature. :)

[Nermal]

OK, let's see:

All of 1994: Classic, at school
All of 1995: LC, at school
First Half 1996: Classic II, at school
Late 1998: "Fusion" emulator for DOS (emulated a 68040)
Mid 2002: My brother borrowed a Classic II
Jan 2003: Bought my first "real" Mac, an iBook* (sold after a year)
Early 2003: Brother bought a Colour Classic (sold at a profit)
Mid 2003: Bought an LC III (sold at a profit)
Dec 2003: Bought a Power Mac G4**
Mar 2004: Brother bought a Performa 5260CD

*"14.1 LCD 32 VRAM" model, if you must know :rolleyes:
**MDD 2003

[cazlar]

I've been with Apple just about all my (computing) life, but only upgrade occasionally:

Classic II - small but great - lasted many years
Performa 580CD - OK but just about the last 68k machine when everything went PPC
rev D iMac 333 (red) - great - still running Panther at my parents place
rev B 12" PowerBook G4 - my current baby

[bartelby]

When I was a kid my mates dad was an Apple dealer and the first contact I had was with an Apple ][e. I wanted an Apple from then on, I took me a while to get there though.

The one's I own are:

PowerMac 7500/100 (with G3 375MHz upgrade)
PowerBook G3 Wallstreet
iMac 350
G4 733Mhz Quicksilver

No plans to get rid of them, I still used them all.

Just waiting for the G4 iPods and the G5 Powerbooks (I may have saved some money by the time these get released)

[Jovian9]

So, do you buy a new machine every year, or what? Can you buy me one? ;) :cool:

Pretty much. My wife and I have been in college/grad school since late '96 so we get the student discounts (though that just ended in May with her finishing her masters). They used Macs exclusively in her Masters program so she always used a laptop and I always use a desktop. Plus we have both worked full time while going to school. I usually sell my machines about a year after getting them and upgrade. Macs hold their value pretty well so after a year you can still get a good amount out of them and only spend about 25% of the cost of a new machine + what you make selling them. I'm a little bit obsessed with keeping my machine pretty current. Though I have had my 1GHz 17" iMac for almost 1 1/2 years......waiting for the G5 iMac.

[whooleytoo]

Apple II (first machine I programmed on, in secondary school).
Mac Plus (first Mac I used, in college. Oh, the floppy shuffle!)
Mac LC (first Mac I owned!!)
Performa 6300 (with TV tuner & remote control)
PowerMac G3 (Beige)
PowerMac G3 B&W (At the time, the closest I ever was to 'top of the range')
iMac 17" (Fave machine of them all, apart from the "first")

Next..

PowerMac G5 2x2? (Fingers crossed)

[fleaworld]

Since my college days and my days working in Tech Support at a college, I have work on the following Macs:

Apple II
Apple Macintosh IIci
Apple Macintosh IIsi
Apple Macintosh IIvi
Apple Macintosh Plus
Apple Macintosh SE
Apple Macintosh SE 30
Apple Macintosh Classic
Apple Mac LC
Apple Mac LC II
Apple Mac Performa 5200/5400/6200
Apple Mac Centris 610/660AV
Apple Mac Quadra 840AV
Power Macintosh 6100
Power Macintosh 7100
Power Macintosh 7100AV
Power Macintosh 7200
Power Macintosh 8100 AV
Power Macintosh 8500
Power Macintosh 8600
Power Macintosh 9600
Power Macintosh G3 (Numerous Processor Speeds)
Power Macintosh G4 (Numerous Processor Speeds)
Power Macintosh G5 (Numerous Processor Speeds)
iMac (original) (Numerous Processor Speeds)
iMac (LCD) (Numerous Processor Speeds)
eMac (Numerous Processor Speeds)
Powerbook 110
Powerbook 140
Powerbook 1400c
Powerbook 5300
Powerbook G3 (Numerous Processor Speeds)
Powerbook G4 (Numerous Processor Speeds)
IPods
Newtons
Apple Laserwriters II/IINT
Apple Stylewriter I/II/Colour 1200

And probably a few other models that I can't remember. It's been 16 years since I first used a Apple computer, and it ain't alf changed.

[Aoide]

1995: Performa 6115CD
2000: iMac DV Graphite
2003: Powerbook 12"

[Stevp1]

Originally owned:
LCII

Collected along the way:
Mac Plus
Mac II
'nother LCII

Currently own:
17" PB

Still have all of the above (wife just shakes her head...)

[Studawg7]

my history has just started with my new iBook G4 1GHz and I couldn't be more pleased!

[bryanc]

I had an Apple ][ + back in the early 80's (I really wish I'd held onto that machine...it would be really cool to have it now). But, with the emergence of the cheap and (for the time) powerful IBM PC, I bought a 4.77 MHz PC (with a *hard disk*...what a luxury!) in 1984, and owned exclusively PC's from then until recently. When OS X was introduced, I'd been using various flavours of Linux and FreeBSD on my PCs, which re-ignited my interest in Apple computers.

I bought a 15" 667MHz TiBook a couple of years ago now, and have been completely converted. I don't think I'll ever buy another PC. I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of the G5 PowerBook, which will be my next computer.

Interesting thread.

Cheers

[J.J. Sefton]

I migrated to Apple after my Amiga 500 died. (RIP)

Performa 6116
Sawtooth G4 350 mhz *
iBook G3 600 mhz
Quicksilver G4 933 mhz*
TiBook 867 mhz
AlBook 1Ghz*

*Still in use

[Apple Hobo]

I've used a bunch of Apple IIe machines in my early school days. I still remember the big floppy disks and "beep...rata-tat-tat-tat" when you turned the IIe on. I've also used a bunch of old Macs that I don't remember too well. They might have been early Performas or LC models.

As far as personal Macs...

My family's first computer was a Performa 6300CD. That thing had a whopping 100MHz PPC and about 1GB of HD space. It's amazing how a family of four could store all of their files & programs on a single gig of space and still have room to spare.

My sister got an original Bondi iMac several years later when she went off to college. I remember how powerful it seemed compared to the Performa. :D

The family computer later got upgraded to a blue & white 300MHz G3 tower. I inherited the Performa with that upgrade.

Fast forward to 2000. I upgraded to a Summer 2000 Ruby 400MHz G3 iMac, which I'm still using right now. This little champ keeps on chugging 24/7 without skipping a beat.

My sister recently upgraded her Bondi iMac to a 1GHz G4 FP iMac.

And most recently, the BW G3 tower was replaced with a 1.25GHz G4 Superdrive eMac. Nice machine for the price.

I'm glad to be part of a Mac only family! :cool: :D

[Santiago]

Mac II
PowerBook 180c
PowerMac 7200
UMAX c600
iBook (Dual USB)
PowerBook G4 (Titanium)

[sinisterdesign]

interesting. i've thought about this before, but never put it in order. let's see:

Mac Classic - didn't really own it, but i used to play w/ it in Macy's every time i went to the mall. this is where i first b/c a Mac fan

Macintosh LC - half the graphic design class wanted to get the markers out for our first project, the other half couldn't stay out of the computer lab. guess which half i was in?

Powermac 8100/66 - upgrades to the graphic's computer lab

Powermac 7100/80 AV - first Mac of my very own (begging & pleading w/ the parents for this. their investment paid off)

Powermac 8500 - work computer @ CNN.com (actually went through a few computers there. don't remember them all)

changed jobs - went to PC for a little while :eek:

Powermac G3/300 - talked an all PC dept in my NEW job to pony up for this. it was pretty sweet: floppy, CD AND Zip!

bought a Gateway for myself. what was i thinking? oh, right, "free" software from work.

Powermac G3 B&W/400 - went to work for Apple!

Powermac G4/450 - one of the first groups w/in Apple (that i knew of) to get the G4. ye-ah.

Powermac G4/400 GE - bought this & a Cinema Display w/ my employee discount on my way out the door to a dot.com

Powerbook G4/400 - dot.com bought this for me. still with me (consolation prize along w/ the Cinema) ;)

Powermac G4/dual 1.25 (MDD) - bought this for myself. it was time for an upgrade

Powermac G5/1.6 - talked current job into upgrading from painfully slow G4/400 a couple months ago

i'm sure there are a couple work computers i missed, but i think i've provided a pretty good revenue stream for Apple over the past 8-10 years.

now i just need to upgrade my iPod...

[jimjiminyjim]

As per my signature.

The Performa 580 now keeps dairy cow records at the family farm.
I use the iMac with Panther at work, and the eMac at home.
The first two computers had about 5-6 years use before moving on. I expect the eMac to give the same.

[yippy]

My families first mac was a PowerMac 6500/225.

We then got a FW800 single 1Ghz and I got the 6500 to myself.

For playing around with I got another 6500/275 and my mom brought home an old Powermac 6100 from her work that they were getting rid of. Didn't use either much or keep them for very long.

Now I have my own 1.5Ghz 15" PowerBook. Best computer I have ever used. :D

[MoparShaha]

Been a Mac user since 12/27/94! Yes, I remember the date :D. Here are my Macs, with specs (amazing how far we've come):


• Performa 630CD - 33MHz 68LC040 (no FPU :eek: ), 8MB RAM, 250MB HD, 1MB VRAM

• PowerMac 7100 - 66MHz PPC601, 16MB RAM, 500MB HD (SCSI!), 2MB VRAM

• iMac DV SE - 400MHz G3, 768MB RAM, 80GB HD, 8MB VRAM

• PowerMac MDD - dual 1.25GHz G4, 768MB RAM, 160GB HD, 64MB VRAM

• PowerBook 12" - 1GHz G4, 768MB RAM, 80GB HD, 32MB VRAM


I've been very happy with all my Macs. None have given me significant problems. The 7100 has a dead hard drive, but that's understandable, and the combo drive in my MDD died the first week, but Apple took care of that. I'd love to add a IIfx to my stable, and perhaps an SE/30. Maybe one day when I have more room...:rolleyes:

[happo]

(1) Macintosh Plus /w 4MB RAM & 20MB external HD
Borrowed it for a while in early 90's, went back to Windows 3.1 when I had to return it.

(2) Macintosh Performa 460 /w 8MB RAM & 160MB HD
My first own Mac. Saved all my money for a year to get it. Finally bought one in 1994.

(3) PowerMac G4 400MHz (Gigabit Ethernet) /w 640MB RAM & 2x80GB HD
True beast at the time I bought it (in July 2000). Lasted until last Christmas, when was replaced by G5.

(4) PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8GHz /w 2.5GB RAM, 2x250GB HD & 20" Cinema Display
Bought it to get a true Audio workstation (in December 2003), as G4 started to show its age.

These have been the only Macs among my family members or friends. All the others are on the dark side. :(