How Old is your Current System?

[calyxman]

Next month, my G3 iceBook will be turning 4 years old--and still running strong. I'm on my 3rd hard drive, I've had to replace the reed switch, fix a trackpad issue, upgrade from Puma to Panther, and even ran windows via Virtual PC.

And you know what? I think this little machine can go for another at least 2-4 years. In fact I do plan on doing some minor additions to my machine. I plan on upping the ram from 384Mb to 640Mb. I found some memory at newegg.com that I might pick up. I'm also thinking of getting a set of speakers, perhaps the JBL Creature II's, to compensate for the tinny iBook speakers.

I don't plan on buying another mac until at least the rev B Intel Powerbooks are introduced--and that might be a very long time.

So how old is everybody else's current system?

 

[katie ta achoo]

7 months, minus four days, today.

omg, it's a dinosaur!


The iBook G3 is from 01 and still goin' strong! (just ignore that the speakers are dead. That was my dad's fault.)

 

[eva01]

my powermac and powerbook are both 4 months old.

Other powerbook is about 2 years old

 

[Plymouthbreezer]

My 17" iMac G4 is 2 years, 8 months, and my Sage G3 iMac is going on 5 years!

 

[PlaceofDis]

my powerbook is about two and a half years old now. i love this little baby.

 

[Eithanius]

8 days..... and counting.....

 

[mkrishnan]

Just a hair under two years.

 

[ryannel2003]

My current eMac is exactly: 1 year, 1 month, 3 days, 4 hours, 30 minutes, and 25 seconds old!

 

[ITASOR]

around 4 months

 

[alangyssler]

My 733 QuickSilver G4 (2001) just turned four, and I don't see why I can squeeze at least another year out of it. It chugs from time to time, but the increase in RAM certainly helped (just went from 768mbs to 1.25gbs). My 1.2 iBook is 1 year, 8 months old, and still plenty fast.

My iPod, on the other hand looks pretty lame in comparison to what's out there. It's a 3rd gen 10 gig. Not very impressive, but it still plays music which is all I really could ask for.

 

[deanwaterman]

10 Days & Counting

I go this 15" Powerbook on Nov 14th. I love it. I thought of the 17" upgrade but this seems like the perfect friend. I hope it lasts for years!

 

[dubbz]

My Powerbook is 1 year and a couple of of months old. Bought it in September, or maybe it was October, last year. Don't remember exactly.

 

[Xeem]

I got my iBook in September, and the Cube next to it in Christmas 2000. They share a Creative Soundblaster MP3+ USB soundcard, macally iKey keyboard, Kensington Optical Elite mouse, and Samsung LT-P1545 LCD TV (no KVM switch, just me plugging and unplugging VGA cable and USB hub). I plan to continue using them both for some time.

 

[Deepdale]

My computer is 5 years, 2 months and 18 days old.

 

[Chrispy]

I got my PowerMac used and it is about 2 years old from what I can tell from the Applecare

 

[joepunk]

Current system is over a year old. PB was purchased in August 04. The iMac was probably purchased in 2000?. Still runs.

 

[pknz]

My iMac is about 4-5 months old I'm guessing, iBook a bit longer than that and Compaq, well who really cares?

 

[Vader]

My G4 tower is over four years old, its a 733mhz.

 

[mad jew]

My iBook just turned two so we had cake.

My iMac is still merely six months old or so. We get cake next May.

 

[Will Cheyney]

My dual 2.7Ghz Power Mac G5 was 'born' between 23/05/2005 and 29/05/2005. So precisely six months.

(See attachment).

 

[MacsRgr8]

Just a hair under two years.

Excatly the same here (Dual 1.8 G5).

 

[Will Cheyney]

As much as I love the iBook, I still really love the G3 'icebook'. I like the transparent layer of plastic over the white.

Notice how the iPod originally had this 'look', phased out with 3G & 4G iPods, and brought it back with the 5G ones?
I hope they do they same with the next revision of iBooks.

 

[jadekitty24]

My iBook G3 is just under 3 years old and still runs great.

 

[mkrishnan]

My dual 2.7Ghz Power Mac G5 was 'born' between 23/05/2005 and 29/05/2005. So precisely six months.

(See attachment).

Neat! That little app is fun. I haven't tried my iPod on it yet, but it told me that my iBook was born in Taiwan. Of course, I think I already knew that.

http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutidentitycard/

 

[Bibulous]

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