Why did you join MR (What inspired you)

[dcv]

Why did I join MR?

I was in the market for a new notebook earlier this year and was originally looking at buying an iBook. I lurked for quite a while and started checking back regularly to see what the latest rumours were. My first post was in the "New iBooks Next Tuesday?" mega-thread! That seemed to go on forever and I got fed up of waiting for the iBook update and went and bought a PowerBook instead. I still checked the forums anyway and just somehow got hooked.



Oh and I heard that the MR Moderators get together each year to do a Calendar shoot specially for the MR ladies

Ok... I actually heard no such rumour... but I'd like to *start* that rumour

 

[katie ta achoo]

Oh and I heard that the MR Moderators get together each year to do a Calendar shoot specially for the MR ladies

Ok... I actually heard no such rumour... but I'd like to *start* that rumour

How much are these calendars?
Are some of the Demi-gods involved in this, too?

I would glady pay about $3 for such a calendar!

I like your ideas, share more with us!

 

[edesignuk]

Oh and I heard that the MR Moderators get together each year to do a Calendar shoot specially for the MR ladies

Who told you that!?

I would glady pay about $3 for such a calendar!

$3!?! That all you think it would be worth?

 

[ibook30]

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I lurked around MR for nearly a year. When the Intel announcement was made I got swept up in the excitement and started posting. Kind of.

 

[dcv]

How much are these calendars?
Are some of the Demi-gods involved in this, too?

I would glady pay about $3 for such a calendar!

I like your ideas, share more with us!

Hehehehe

Well let's see... there are 11 mods. We just need another (or a group photo?) for December...

 

[3rdpath]

i was searching for info regarding the fabled G5 introduction. got sucked into a rather heated debate about "why all software should be free" and have been here ever since. btw, all apple introduced at the time was the MDD g4's...so I bought a QS dualie 1ghz. man, it took forever to witness the real G5.

ahh, the old days of alphatech, beej, mcrain, dukestreet( oh wait... ) and slyhunter/voltron.

ntm, apple's legal affairs seemed a little slower on the draw back then...

 

[buryyourbrideau]

I wanted a website to find information when I needed to applying to my iBook. Then I made some friends here, and I guess it has become sort of an online hobby.

I am for sure happy that I found this site. Always provides some entertainment when I am online

 

[maestro55]

I joined because I don't have a new mac, but felt that joining the mac forums would help me get more in touch with the Apple users group. Also I had nothing better to do, and I wanted to comment on the "Post your Powerbook set-up" thread where I was busy drooling over all the wonderful looking Powerbooks.

 

[ham_man]

Spanish was boring, and we were in the computer lab...

 

[iGav]

but igav, i am still here!!

You've been here long enough to be considered 'fixtures and fittings' mate, if arn ever sells up you'll be included in the deal

and you and maybe only three other people currently active know my real identity

Indeed I do.

 

[Vader]

Joined because my brother told me to stop asking him questions about my mac, and go ask here.

 

[iPhil]

I lurked about 6 months to a year before i bought my iMac G3 and i though my brother <not Vader>, wouldn't have time to walk me thru Mac world..

And i thought i should join MR to bounce some Q's off the members and share my experiances with the Mac so far..



iphil

 

[katie ta achoo]

$3!?! That all you think it would be worth?

Ok, ok!
$3.99!
That's my final offer!

 

[Lau]

I first visited for my powerbook buying dilemmas last summer, and lurked for a fair while, but somewhere along the line I got sucked in...

...blimey. Where am I?!




Seriously, I think I started because everyone seemed pretty cool, and there were some good conversations and the like. It must be a MacRumors thing, because I don't really post on any other forums. Aw, you're all just so darn funny and entertaining....

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Oh and I heard that the MR Moderators get together each year to do a Calendar shoot specially for the MR ladies

Ok... I actually heard no such rumour... but I'd like to *start* that rumour

Excellent rumor starting. We have 4 weeks to badger them incessantly about it....

 

[Blue Velvet]

Well let's see... there are 11 mods. We just need another (or a group photo?) for December...

Mod election by looks. We better dive into the Picture Gallery before Onizuka nominates himself...

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

I came to MR for help transitioning to my PB a few years back.

Liked the the community feel here, and "joined" at the first opportunity by sending a few dollars their way to keep this board alive.

A benefit of really "joining" MR is not to have to worry about your post count ratings. Anyone that gets benefit from MR should try and become a Dem-God/Contributer.

 

[rockthecasbah]

i came for a month or two before i officially joined, i liked reading everyone's posts but realized it would be more enjoyable to respond once in a while

 

[OutThere]

You've been here long enough to be considered 'fixtures and fittings' mate, if arn ever sells up you'll be included in the deal

It is true, though, that there are only a few people around who were active and had avatars when I first arrived...jefhatfield was definitely one of them...so many people have come and gone in the aging of the community...to me it seems that while we've lost quite a few great guys, though the best of them have stuck around.

 

[DeepIn2U]

Well for me it all started way back in 2002; a friend of mine allowed me to use his PowerMac G4 733mhz QuickSilver for 3 months. Yes I know I claimed I owned one but the truth is it was on loan. Lucky for him I did take the offer his house was robbed of his stereo zip drives & Cds & DVDs & his Projection TVs.

Well he wouldnt teach me nothing about it ... said I had to learn about it right! he knew I would because my Compaq P3 laptop had a bum HDD wouldnt boot & I didnt have $400 at that time to replace it. I did an AltaVista search and found Macosrumors but it didnt help much.

Then I found this site! Been hooked ever since! (but I think I found this site before that outta boardem but never really fully understood Mac OS.

Funny enough with 5 different jobs and 3 different moves around 2 cities I'm finaly in a position were I can purchase a used QuickSilver or Cube to start me on Mac OS X indefinately! I cant see myself saving for 5 months for a PowerMac G5 or even a RevB iMac G5 ... too many cellular phones to buy & other Nintendo DS Xmas systems & games in the next 3 mths. It hurts but giving help & gifts of love is what I do best in this world even if it means I dont dress like a player, or a full business person like my work peers.

I'm humble like that. I've got big aspirations for my family but 1 step at a time.

 

[Plymouthbreezer]

I was looking for information about this new "headless" Mac that was rumored to be coming out... you may know it as the Mac mini.

Me too. Google got me here.

I didn't register until a while later...

 

[nbs2]

I joined MR because I was trying to figure out what I was doing with the PB that I had just bought, forcing me out of lurking status. I started lurking because a friend at school suggested I use the buying guide to gauge my purchase of the PB that I was lusting after (Rev A alBook, Apple released the Rev B 11 days after I received it).

I now spend enough time on MR that my wife makes fun of me and any time that I disappear, she assumes that I'm here. It is really embarassing. But I really do love it here. A lot of the people that I talk to and even a lot of the people I don't talk to feel like extended family. I look forward to figuring out where my wife and I will end up after I graduate and asking for location advice.

 

[andysmith]

I'd just bought my first Mac, and had a ton of questions - I asked in another forum, and was given a link to MR

 

[w_parietti22]

Hmmm... lets see:

As far as I remember I heard about MR, AI, and TS in an article talking about Apple and lawsuits. I visited all of them on got hooked on the rumors. Little did I know there was an entire community under the "forum" tab. I joined... didn't post muched and then... I got really into it. Apple- Thanks for sueing TS.

 

[2nyRiggz]

i joined cuz i wanted to find people that use macs and be able to get help when i need it.......oh and i was bored.

Bless

 

[ATD]

I have been coming here for years on a daily basis to read the page 1 news. Like some people read the morning paper, this and a number of other sites are my daily paper. One day a few months ago I got bored of just reading the front page, went into the forums and starting posting.