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favorite mac?

Originally posted by Eniregnat
The best lap top I have ever owned is my revB iTang.
The color looks better as it ages.
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my blueberry ibook seems to be getting darker as time goes by

i love this machine but i will have to move up one day...i have my eye on the 12" inch powerbook...it has good power and is very light like the current ibooks...both things which are very appealing to me
 
My favorite Mac ever (and I've had a lot- I once owned a company that had more than 20) - is my current TiBook 800.

Second favorite- my old PowerBook 100. It was just so small and cool! At the time, of course.

Heh- black & white screen. Looking at images on AOL (pre-web, of course) was an exercise in imagination..."That sure LOOKS like...something..."

My favorite Mac-related thing ever is the Cinema Display HD I'm looking at right now. Best money I ever spent on a computer accessory (and I paid the original, full price).
 
CRT imac. A great value, a very cool and original design, and the machine that saved Apple. I'm not partial to the Bondi tho; the 5 "flavors" and graphite were better.
 
The original

I remember working with MacPaint and Macwrite right out of high school in 1984 on the original 128k Mac. Being able to effortlessly draw on a computer, then have it print out on an ImageWriter in all it's dot-matrix glory was a revelation for me.
To think at the time the two computers that got all the buzz were IBM's PCjr, which disappeared quickly, and the Macintosh, which is still going strong. Makes you wonder about the Powers That Be in the computer world, and how much they really know...
 
(In no particular order..)

Mac LC - the first Mac I owned. After owning a machine with a whopping 16MHz of computing power, you have to laugh when you read people whining about 200MHz speedbumps! :)

Performa 6300 - First PowerPC. 'Nuff said! (Plus it had a TV and remote!)

iMac 17" - Stunning, practical, and not a bad performer. I've already got a few switchers from showing mine off!

Mike.
 
A big "hell yeah" to you cube owners, and to those, who put the Cube as one of their favorite macs.

Another "hell yeah" to you Titanium/Aluminum Powerbook owners, or for those, who added the Ti/Al to your list.

The Cube is a great, compact machine. It fits in a nice sized luggage case, and it is the most compact supercomputer that has no fan. That is technology.

The Ti/Al powerbooks are incredible machines. The Ti may scratch easily, but it has a brilliant form factor and makes PCs look ugly as hell. The Aluminum Powerbooks have a virtually perfect keyboard and make even Yao Ming feel big. :D
 
A big [blow] to the job for that little blurb at the end. :eek:

Although I have to agree with the Quicksilver. Nice solid form factor.

The original model was a convience to look at. The newer models are breathing.

I'm not sure if I would buy a recent QS to look at myself, though. :D
 
Originally posted by King Cobra
A big [blow] to the job for that little blurb at the end. :eek:
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heheheh...heh. you suck. ;) :p :eek:

Stuff like that belongs in the old skool forum... :D

I'm not sure if I would buy a recent QS to look at myself, though. :D
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What if it had a 970? Eh? :p ;)

I wonder if you could gut an old Quicksilver for use with the 970. I guess if the motherboards are similar dimensions.
 
The Powermac 7500 was a real sweet spot, I thought. It was $1500, had one of the first cases that was easy to get into, very upgradeable. I put in a 604, bigger drive, more memory, and it competed well for several years until the B&W G3s. I think the G5s will hit a similar sweet spot next year.
 
1 GHz Titanium PowerBook, baby! This sucker is awesome! Fast, lightweight, beautiful. Everywhere I take, people are so amazed that it's actually a computer ("Are you sure? It doesn't look like a laptop."). Can't wait to see 15" AlBooks, but for now, and for awhile beyond, I'm sure, this is all I need.
 
not a mac....?

Does a mac clone count? If it did, it wouldn't be my favorite anyway....on a whim and a budget crunch, I had bought a Power Computing clone in 1997, and boy was that a mistake. But I got my Lombard G3 Powerbook to make up for that....So far, that's my favorite -- the hot-swappable bays was/is a brilliant idea.
 
Past: Powermac 9600

Present: iBook...my slut..:D

Future: 15 inch WHITE aluminum G powerbook G5
 
i would say my favorite is the powermac quicksilver, this is my 4th mac. being able to upgrade is such a good thing.through lightning strikes,2 ethernet cards 1 cpu upgrade and 1 video card upgrade it just keeps going. plus its cool looking.
 
Originally posted by jefhatfield
my blueberry ibook seems to be getting darker as time goes by

i love this machine but i will have to move up one day...i have my eye on the 12" inch powerbook...it has good power and is very light like the current ibooks...both things which are very appealing to me
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The Tangerine color is getting darker also. It looks good battle scars and all.

I also am looking at the 12"PB as a replacement. Apple won't run a three processer line for long, and I can't see staying with a G3 when there is a G5. I am not looking for a G5 PB, but would be happy with a G4 PB.
 
I never owned any particularily cool Macs, in my opinion- a Plus, an LC, a Quadra 660AV, a Moto StarMax 4000, and a desktop G3/233. Out of those, the Quadra and its robotic text-to-speech were probably the most fun.

I like cars and computers that are big, tough and considered ugly as sin by most other people. Therefore, my favorite Macs I've never owned are the Quadra 950, all of the third-party rackmountables (Sorry, Apple, less then 4U just doesn't do it for me) and the new G5. :)
 
My TiBook (Waipahu) is my favorite Mac, infact my first "real" Mac.

In order:
1)TiBook
2)G5
3)2G G4 (Pre Digital Sound)
4)Quadra 605
5)LC 575/580
6)Performa 5215CD (at 100Mhz, rated at 75Mhz with no user overclocking)
7)Clamshell iBook (w/ Firewire)
8)Mac Plus
9)PM7200
10)TAM

TEG
 
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