What Macs have you always wanted?

[dmr727]

^^^ very cool! The 280c is a sweet machine to begin with. But clear? :: drool ::

 

[Archon Gold]

Or this cool clear Duo 280c:

This looks like the clear case powerbook they used in the movie "Hackers" (search it on youtube, you can find it posted there)

I really miss my iMac G4 17", the screen quality was amazing but it was such a shame that it was underpowered with that 1Ghz G4 processor, I sold that and bought my PowerBook G4 .

I'm still hunting for:
A G4 Cube
A Pismo
17" PowerBook G4/MacBook Pro (non uni) - best Macs ever designed IMO.

 

[Doctor Doom]

I've always wanted a 20" G5 iMac, but with all the reliability issues i just can't pull the trigger and buy one. Its a shame really, because it would kinda complete my collection of iMacs

 

[max¥¥]

Or this cool clear Duo 280c:

yet another mac prototype i want

 

[lacoste-rocker]

I have always wanted a 17" powerbook G4 I am trying to get one now.

 

[Archon Gold]

I have always wanted a 17" powerbook G4 I am trying to get one now.

Same, Screw the UniBody design, AluPowerBook and Oldskool MBP Design FTW!

 

[lacoste-rocker]

Same, Screw the UniBody design, AluPowerBook and Oldskool MBP Design FTW!

Well I do like the unibody design I have one lol
But I have always wanted a 17" G4 those are some great computers

 

[FoxMac]

I've always wanted an Apple II or IIe of some sort. I had my eyes set on one, but someone outbid me on eBay.

 

[Schicksal]

In 25 years of these things all I want are disk image backups of all the 140 / 400 / 800 / 1.4 disks and hard drives I've owned along with a steady stream of emulators to run these things on.

 

[mtbdudex]

Well, one time I did want a Mac IIFx because it was supposed to be "wicked fast"!! Gosh that was a long-long time ago....

 

[kbfr08]

Always wanted an iMac G4 (that works, probably my favorite computer design ever).
I also want another iMac G3 (we threw ours away after the crt went bust)
I also remember seeing an apple ///+ sitting on a filing cabinet in my 8th grade computer class, I should have asked the teacher for it since they just threw it away on the last day of school :O

The current line of (aluminum & white) iMacs are just unappealing and unimaginative, I'm not even sure that I'd take one for free.

 

[dmr727]

Well, one time I did want a Mac IIFx because it was supposed to be "wicked fast"!! Gosh that was a long-long time ago....

It was definitely wicked fast - especially when running System 6. I had one with 20 megs of RAM. Since 6.0.8 could only use 8 megs of it, I'd use the rest for a RAM disk. Booting to the RAM disk took only seconds, and to this day my old IIfx remained one of the most responsive Macs I've ever used.

 

[WardC]

Well, one time I did want a Mac IIFx because it was supposed to be "wicked fast"!! Gosh that was a long-long time ago....

I want a IIfx too, I've been scouring eBay trying to find a good one with no problems. These Macs are super fast and they are one of the best 68k Macs out there, hands down.

 

[steve2112]

Well I do like the unibody design I have one lol
But I have always wanted a 17" G4 those are some great computers

Maybe I should offer my 1.67 17" G4 for sale on here. I had no idea so many people wanted one!

 

[applegeek13]

Well, I wasn't really all that into legacy machine, but now I find my self the owner of 2-3, depending on how you count:

Power Book 170, mint condition. Boots FAST. Even today fast.

iMac G3- Bondi Blue, gonna do something cool with it; right now it's under my desk chillaxin' as an ottoman.

PowerMac G4 MDD FW800 - Main desktop, the red headed step child I'm currently wrestling into line. 23" Cinema display, too!

 

[student_trap]

Can't believe that I finally got one, and only £50! Specs are 17" (I think that they look the most 'balanced')/1Ghz/768MB/80GB. Is still in great condition, although i don't have the original box, but those go for up to 4 times as much cash on ebay!

It is currently running 10.2, which i'll have to upgrade to panther (my favourite OS generation)

 

[mooseboy101]

I still use a mac mini as my main mac, so a 20 inch imac would be nice. I would also like a G4 cube, Quicksilver, plus either a black macbook or a late 2007 macbook pro. Oh and an imac G3 running tiger would be awesome.

 

[DeepIn2U]

20th Anniversary Macintosh. I'd love to have one of those

or of course, an iMac G4

Out of many a Mac I loved the 20th Anniversary MacIntosh or TAM was THE pinnacle of art; a true Tour de Force for Apple and the ENTIRE computer industry when it debuted.

* First LCD screen used in a Desktop; or all-in-one almost a full DECADE before themselves, let alone the competition.
* First to come shipped with a SUB-WOOFER and decent mid/high speakers; REAL speakers.
* First to use software keyboard keys and detachable mouse-pad (which evolved in my mind to the Magic Mouse)
* THINNEST Desktop computer for almost 15years; actually its probably STILL thinner than even the TiBook G4 or the current MBP or iMac's!!!!

Lastly, owners at the time in the USA had this delivered via Limo and an Apple Credit card I thin for purchase approval along with authenticity letter. If I ever see one of these I'm buying so long as it boots or the shell is in immactual condition. They're numbered as a limited edition run and even the commercial is comparable as the best Apple has ever made - including 1984 debut of Macintosh.

Funny how the G4 iMac Lamp didn't get such a good reception at the unveiling UNTIL jobs rotated the screen!!! Then the crowd went nuts.

Right now its the iPhone 4 and the MacBook Pro's. I think I'll just get the iPhone 4 as a work-piece collectable. Unless RIM's 9800 Slider has even 1/3 the touch screen performance which it DOES look to hold its own; and if Apple gets into REAL corporate offices above 5'000 employees besides service providers and used for REAL corporate apps like Citrix, Sharepoint, Lotus Symphony then we may ACTUALLY see Apple get within 2% of RIM's USA marketshare and if those applications are challenged with OS X counterparts then we'll see a HUGE growth of acceptance of corporations purchasing Mac's.


Coders DON'T just focus on the iPhone apps but also on the desktop corporate alternatives.

 

[That-Is-Bull]

I've wanted a G4 iMac ever since I saw a commercial for it as a kid and thought "OMG, it follows your head movement? AWESOME!"

 

[gkarris]

Can't believe that I finally got one, and only £50! Specs are 17" (I think that they look the most 'balanced')/1Ghz/768MB/80GB. Is still in great condition, although i don't have the original box, but those go for up to 4 times as much cash on ebay!

It is currently running 10.2, which i'll have to upgrade to panther (my favourite OS generation)

Great find.

I paid $200 for mine last year and the unit only - no speakers, kb, or mouse...

I'd love one of the new Mini's...

 

[macgeek18]

I really want a dual 2.5 PM G5 right now,it would be my work load machine.

 

[666sheep]

I've always wanted:

- Clamshell (got one)
- Cube (got one)
- PB G4 17" (got one)
- TAM (someday)
- iMac Lamp 20" (my dream since saw it first time "live")
- PM G5 Quad (i'll pass, don't need it really)

 

[nwcs]

Growing up I really wanted the IIfx when it came out. Of course, when the Quadras came out the Quadra 900 was the thing. I ended up being able to work on a Quadra 700 during college and that was really cool. Those two I wanted a lot more than the others I wanted along the way like the IIsi, LC, and the first powerbook.

 

[dmr727]

I ended up being able to work on a Quadra 700 during college and that was really cool.

The 700 is my favorite 68K Mac. Sure there are more powerful '040s, but I always thought the Quadra 700 had the perfect combination of speed and design. I love that case.

 

[AC Rempt]

PowerBook 540C. I used to dream about that machine, and even now, I'd love to get my hands on one. Such a groundbreaking design.