Post Your Apple/Mac Collection!

My collection now stands at:

Computers:
1. MacBook White 2.1 with 4GB RAM, 120GB HDD and a Combo
2. PowerBook G4 1.67Ghz with 1.5GB RAM, 80GB HDD and a SuperDrive
3. eMac G4 700Mhz with 128MB RAM, 40GB HDD and a Combo (Server)
4. PowerMac G4 450Mhz with 1GB RAM, 120GB HDD and a SuperDrive
5. iMac G3 500Mhz with 384MB RAM, 20GB HDD and a CD-RW (ClassicServer)
6. iBook G3 300Mhz with 32MB RAM , 3.2GB HDD and a CD (Classic Machine)

iPods:
iPod Touch 8GB 1G
iPod Nano 16GB 5G
iPod Shuffle 1GB 2.5G

chrismacguy said:

My collection now stands at:

Computers:
1. MacBook White 2.1 with 4GB RAM, 120GB HDD and a Combo
2. PowerBook G4 1.67Ghz with 1.5GB RAM, 80GB HDD and a SuperDrive
3. eMac G4 700Mhz with 128MB RAM, 40GB HDD and a Combo (Server)
4. PowerMac G4 450Mhz with 1GB RAM, 120GB HDD and a SuperDrive
5. iMac G3 500Mhz with 384MB RAM, 20GB HDD and a CD-RW (ClassicServer)
6. iBook G3 300Mhz with 32MB RAM , 3.2GB HDD and a CD (Classic Machine)

iPods:
iPod Touch 8GB 1G
iPod Nano 16GB 5G
iPod Shuffle 1GB 2.5G

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Nice setup Chris.

My small collection:
iMac G3 333mhz/160mb ram/40GB HDD
15" PowerBook G4 1.25Ghz/1.5GB ram/Dead SuperDrive/original 80GB HDD
12" PowerBook G4 1.33Ghz/1.25GB ram/Combo Drive/160GB HDD
iPod 3rd Gen 15GB
iPod 4th Gen 20GB

...next week I'm trading four G4 Cube posters for *drum roll* 15" iMac G4 800mhz

I've owned just about every 68K at one time or another, but now I've scaled back and currently have:

68K Macs:
512K
Plus (upgraded from the original 128K)
Macintosh TV
LC
IIsi
IIcx
IIci (w/50MHz '030)
Quadra 605
Quadra 700
Quadra 840av
Quadra 950
Powerbook 170

Other Macs:
WGS 9150
8100av
Powerbook 5300ce

Newtons:
Sharp Expertpad
MessagePad
MessagePad 130
MessagePad 2100

These are all the Macs I've ever owned:

LC
LC2
LC3
Macintosh Classic
Macintosh Plus
iBook G3
iBook Clamshell
eMac G4
iMac G3
MacBook Pro 15"
MacBook Pro 13"
White iMac Intel
G3 Tower

colourclassic said:

I guess I'll post mine again:

Plus several original iMacs and G4 towers.

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wow very nice!

Well this is my current collection of working ipods! (I have a few others torn apart in a box) My shuffle is missing from the picture, it is a first gen. 512 MB

2nd Gen. 10GB
3rd Gen. 40GB
4th Gen. B&W 20Gb
4th Gen. B&W 40Gb
5th Gen. 80GB
5th Gen. 60GB
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2nd Gen. Touch
iPhone 3G
-
2nd Gen. Mini 4GB
1st Gen. Nano 1GB
1st Gen. Mini 4GB

And my computers, they are in my sig.

iPods I have:

1x iPod 2G 20GB
3x iPod 3G 20GB
2x iPod 4G Colour 20GB
1x iPod 5G 30GB
1x iPod 6G 120GB
1x iPod 2G Touch 32GB
1x iPod 1G mini 4GB
2x iPod 4G nano 8GB (Green, Blue)
1x iPod 1G Shuffle 512MB
4x iPod 2G Shuffle 1GB (Orange, red, wine red, blue)

Macs I have:

4x iMac G3 (ruby x2, indigo x1, blueberry x1)
1x iMac G4 17"

1x Mac mini 2.26Ghz

1x Powermac G4 Digital Audio
1x Mac Pro 8x2.28Ghz

2x iBook G3 (indigo, blueberry)

1x Powerbook G4 12" 1.5GHz
1x Macbook Pro 15" 2.33Ghz
1x Macbook 2.13Ghz

Given away or sold most I ever owned:

Mac Classic
Mac Classic II
Mac IIsi
Mac IIci
Mac LC
Mac IIfx
Centris 610
iMac G3 233
iMac G4 800
PMG4 dual 500MHz
PMG4 DA 466MHz
PMG3 400MHz
PBG4 500MHz
PBG3 333MHz "Lombard"
plus countless StyleWriter printers, StyleWriter II and 1200 were in there but there were others.

Still got:
Mac SE FD/HD
PMG4 Cube (immaculate, still in box)
PMG4 MDD
PBG4 1.67GHz 17"
PMG4 QS 800MHz
PMG4 dual 533MHz
PMG5 dual 2.5GHz
Mac Pro 8-core 2.8GHz
a stack of iPods and iPod Touches and an Apple TV.

I only use the PMG5 just now, with the MDD for extra storage and up 24/7 as an everything server (MySQL, Oracle, iTunes, Retrospect, HTML, iTunes Audio, etc, etc.). My 3yo son uses my Mac Pro, put a big ding in the aluminium the first week I had it, I don't know how.
The QS and the DA dual 533MHz will go soon, maybe pay for a 2TB drive for the Mac Pro.

BertyBoy said:

Given away or sold most I ever owned:

Mac Classic
Mac Classic II
Mac IIsi
Mac IIci
Mac LC
Mac IIfx <------
Centris 610
iMac G3 233
iMac G4 800
PMG4 dual 500MHz
PMG4 DA 466MHz
PMG3 400MHz
PBG4 500MHz
PBG3 333MHz "Lombard"
plus countless StyleWriter printers, StyleWriter II and 1200 were in there but there were others.

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I reckon you should have kept this one.

awmazz said:

I reckon you should have kept this one.

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Me too. But the person I gave it to was going to use it, and I wasn't, so I gave it instead of the older IIsi / IIci at the time.

Wish I'd kept the Classic II also, instead of keeping my SO slow SE. But again, they were both on a shelf and they wanted a Mac to use.

Nearly gave away my brand new 1.67GHz PBG4 (unused BNIB) when I came to give away the old Lombard PBG3 to a retirement home, I loved it so. Common sense prevailed in the end.

Seen 2 IIfx's and a few Quadra 950's come up on eBay UK over the last few months. Very tempted, the Q950 went for only £2.50, but I already have more than I want. And if they're not being used, it's just a waste - my Cube is the exception, it's a thing of beauty.

Why have so much Apple.

My Apple products in chronological order:
1st-gen iPod Shuffle 512mb
23" Apple Cinema Display
1st-gen Mac Pro 1.1 2.66 quad
3rd-gen iPod Nano
mid-2007 1.83 Mac mini 2.1
20" Apple Cinema Display

in transit: 16gb 3G iPad

Also there's some Apple Keyboards, Mice and the peerless iSight.

All have been just great. The best "technology" products I've ever used.
Really wishing that I ignored the advice of others and started on Macs earlier. But... the computer guys always said Macs are a ripoff. I foolishly believed "them".


Oh well.
Better late than never!

Keri

I was offered an iMac G3 in blue a year or two ago but didn't take it.

Always wanted a G4 Cube.

i have:
macs:
mac plus (4mb ram, 250mb hdd, apple cd drive, 800k external floppy dive)
powermac g4 quicksilver (1.2ghz sonnet, 1.25gb ram, 160 gb hdd[only sees 128gb], non apple dvd burner[mac won't boot form this]
powermac g4 sawtooth (400mhz, 12gb hdd, 786mb ram)
imac g3 (333mhz, 256mb ram, 80gb hdd)
mac mini g4 (1.25ghz, 1gb ram, 120gb hdd)
powermac g5 (dp 2.5ghz, 3gb ram, 250gb hdd0
ipods:
ipod 2g 10gb
ipod touch 3g 8gb, jailbroken
Iwant:
g4 cube
another white ibook g3
powerbook g4
macbook pro

I have a very small collection. I had my iPods and a Newton, but I never owned an actual Mac. I was given an iMac G3 for free, and when I played with OS X for the first time, I was hooked.
So far:
- iMac G3 600 mHz, 256MB RAM, 30GB drive, running 10.4.11. I use it every day, despite its age. It's still faster than my laptop running Win XP, which is hilarious.
- 32GB iPod touch, 3G
- 80GB iPod classic (not shown)
- MessagePad 2000
- Macintosh Plus 1MB (actually the very first computer I ever used, back in 1987, that I saved from the scrap heap. It was going to be thrown away by a relative, despite the fact that it is in immaculate condition and still works after 23 years. )

^^^ nice collection. That's a fantastic looking Plus!

I'm still surprised that it was going to be thrown away. All i had to do was wipe the casing off and it was perfect. No scratches, no smoke residue, nothing. It's strange to still be able to use a computer I played games on when I was 5 years old.
The disks all still work, too. I'm wary, though, since they're 23 years old and I don't have any blanks to back them up. I've heard that 25 years is near the upper limit of life on floppies.

^^^ Get yourself an old SCSI Zip drive - it makes a nice substitute for failing floppies, and when compared to an external hard drive, has the added advantage of being silent when not reading or writing.

jparenti said:

it is in immaculate condition and still works after 23 years.

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Better to have a few in good condition than a lot in poor condition. A lot of these were in schools or offices etc so have discolouration, scratches, stickers, even writing and other damage on many of them.

Near perfect condition is very hard to come by, usually exactly as in your situation, somebody who used it a bit personally then it went into storage for 2 decades. And again as per your situaton, many of those people just junk them anyway when they eventually do clear the attic/garage out so you have to be johnny on the spot or it's gone forever.

jparenti said:

I have a very small collection. I had my iPods and a Newton, but I never owned an actual Mac. I was given an iMac G3 for free, and when I played with OS X for the first time, I was hooked.
So far:
- iMac G3 600 mHz, 256MB RAM, 30GB drive, running 10.4.11. I use it every day, despite its age. It's still faster than my laptop running Win XP, which is hilarious.
- 32GB iPod touch, 3G
- 80GB iPod classic (not shown)
- MessagePad 2000
- Macintosh Plus 1MB (actually the very first computer I ever used, back in 1987, that I saved from the scrap heap. It was going to be thrown away by a relative, despite the fact that it is in immaculate condition and still works after 23 years. )

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nice macs

dmr727 said:

^^^ Get yourself an old SCSI Zip drive - it makes a nice substitute for failing floppies, and when compared to an external hard drive, has the added advantage of being silent when not reading or writing.

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I really didn't think about that. I'll have to acquire one soon and start the copying process. As long as it's a SCSI Zip drive, it will work?
It was starting to worry me that I may end up with a machine that works, but no disks to put in it.

iMac G3 DV-SE Graphite (passed onto family member, still in perfect order)
PowerBook G3 Wall Street (RIP)
PowerBook G3 Pismo (RIP)
PowerMac G4 Cube (Alive, in use and in excellent health)
PowerBook G4 Titanium 'Mercury' (Alive, in use and in excellent health)
PowerBook G4 Alu 12" 1.0GHz (RIP *sniff*)
PowerBook G4 Alu 15" 1.5GHz (Very much alive, bit frail due to recent loss of lower RAM slot function)
PowerMac G5 (old faithful cheese grater, soon to be sold due to house move)
MacBook Pro 15" Intel Alu non-unibody (fantastic machine, really upped the bar )
MacBook Alu 13" (hated it, sold within 2 months)
MacBook Air 1.86 SSD (Probably my favourite of all the laptops but sadly all three returned due to various QC issues, patiently awaiting rev.D)

iPod 1st generation FW 5GB (RIP, regrettably sold)
iPod 4th generation clickwheel colour (now my CarPod)
iPod nano (silver) gen before current one, post-Fatboy (4th?)
iPhone 3G (soon to be upgraded to 4G/HD)

Apple ACD 20" acrylic
Apple LED 24" display
Apple TC 500GB
Apple Airport 'UFO' Base station (graphite)

WANTED:
iMac G4 'Luxo' 17 or 20" (probably the last Apple design to make me smile)
New MBA and iPhone releases

jparenti said:

I really didn't think about that. I'll have to acquire one soon and start the copying process. As long as it's a SCSI Zip drive, it will work?

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Yep! It'll take a little work to get it going, though. Here's a page that details it all out:

http://www.jagshouse.com/zipMacPlus.html

I'm still working on my collection:

Macs:
White MacBook
(Soon to be) MacBook Pro 13 inch

Displays:
HP 2009M

iPods:
iPod Classic 120GB
iPod Classic 80GB
iPod Video U2 30GB
iPod Touch 1st Gen 16GB
iPod Mini 4GB Silver
iPod Nano 1st Gen 4GB