I've got an early 2008 MBP (which is currently in for repairs as the screen has all these hotspots everywhere) and an older Gateway on which I dual-boot Ubuntu and XP (but mainly run Ubuntu). My MBP is my main work machine where I do my coding (PHP/JSP) and whatnot as well as my Serato machine. My Ubuntu laptop is basically my emergency backup for when/if my MBP isn't available and also a fun project machine for learning Linux system administration and the like.
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Hrududu
macrumors 68020
Unfortunately, I can't afford a Mac Pro and since 10.6 won't run on the Powermac G5 I am stuck with my MacBook Pro as my main "desktop" system. It sits behind my display in clamshell mode and serves as my desktop mac 95% of the time. For most everything else, I have my 1.5GHz 12" Powerbook G4 to use as my mobile computer. Its really fast, and much lighter to carry around so its the one that tends to venture out with me. My Clamshell iBook is still used as my "in bed" Mac. Its dim screen makes it nice to use in a dark room, and the palm rest is the most comfortable Apple ever made. Lastly, my 233MHz Wallstreet is for nostalgic OS 9 use and the computer I use to sync with my Newtons. With 384Mb of RAM, its still VERY usable in OS 9.
17" uMBP as my primary machine. I do a bunch of photo work on it and an external display wouldn't work too well for me...
17" original CD MBP with a dead battery now used as a server/seedbox
and I'm really looking into picking up a netbook for school and such. I'm not sure which model yet, but ASUS seems promising. I really want to get OSX running on it as well
17" original CD MBP with a dead battery now used as a server/seedbox
and I'm really looking into picking up a netbook for school and such. I'm not sure which model yet, but ASUS seems promising. I really want to get OSX running on it as well
killerrobot
macrumors 68020
"USE" being the operative word. Reread your own posts. (Windows was also never implied or asked for in the question).
Read the post above your first post.🙄
netwalker
macrumors regular
My old 17" G4 PowerBook currently is being used as home server (documents, media, email, audio streaming, database applications). I like the laptop as a 'server'. Consumes less power than a desktop, uses less space, is quiet and can handle power outages. An even older 15" G4 PowerBook is my spare laptop in case my 15" MacBook Pro isn't available. It is still good enough for email, web-browsing and working with documents.
I use my late 2009 MacBook Pro as my primary everyday machine that I take to school, home, do work on, browse the internet, etc. I also have a desktop running Windows 7 at home that I built just for fun (and because I love AMD 😀 ) and I also have my old Dell Inspiron 6000 running Windows XP that I keep handy to test out software on or use when I need a Windows machine back home. (the folks are a few hours away and it's all Apple at their house 😎 )
a-m-k
macrumors 68000
You know, I was just thinking after reading this, for thoose of us who have non-funtioning old laptops or towers BEFORE our current macbooks or macminis (whatever) couldn't we all just break down the old stuff and sell out the parts that work. I never thought about this, but I think it's too late for me because I think that when our old laptop FINALLY died, it was "trashed" at an electronic recycling place. Just a thought.
Acorn
macrumors 68030
I don't use desktops anymore. Desktops are a thing of the past IMHO. Laptops have come so far these past five years I just don't see the point. I have a 11 inch air that was mainly used for travel and mobility but somehow it has been so responsive it has ended up being my primary machine. Contrary to most I love the smaller screen sizes. The second machine I have is a windows Asus machine. This will be sold in the summer since i run bootcamp now. Last is a 13 inch mbp. This was my old primary machine that will be sold soon as I can backup my recent data. I want to use the money for sandy bridge. So in the end it will just be a 11 inch and 13 inch.
mid 2007 Macbook pro (received ~9 months ago for free on CL): work (photos/videos/xcode/word processing/webdev/etc..)
Core Duo macbook (my first mac): light weight play (ie: internet)
I usually carry my MBP around with me. When I'm sure I won't be needing to do any work, I bring my macbook with me.
I prefer desktops, but I don't have the space for one and my MBP is more powerful than my mini. My mini is used mainly for running routine tasks with apple scripts at this point (backing up remote servers mostly), but the rare time I have free time, it's what I used to watch movies/shows on my TV.
Core Duo macbook (my first mac): light weight play (ie: internet)
I usually carry my MBP around with me. When I'm sure I won't be needing to do any work, I bring my macbook with me.
I prefer desktops, but I don't have the space for one and my MBP is more powerful than my mini. My mini is used mainly for running routine tasks with apple scripts at this point (backing up remote servers mostly), but the rare time I have free time, it's what I used to watch movies/shows on my TV.
Why is there 2 different posts asking the same question from 2 different user names??? One is JamesRyanBell and the other from JRB363. Same initials, same question, but 2 different stories. But it's signed John at the bottom of JRB363's post.
STRANGE!
madoka
macrumors 6502a
- MBA 11"
- MBA 13"
- MBP 15"
- MBP 17"
- ipad 64gig x 2
- Acer 1410
- Dell 15"
- Sony 15"
- Dell 17"
- HP 18"
- Asus netbook x 2
I've got a laptop for every possible occassion. I keep the MBA 11" and an ipad by my bed. The MBP 17" is my main traveling work laptop. My HP is a desktop replacement. The MBA 13" is for when I travel light. I find I don't use the 15" laptops much. If you can afford to buy them and you like tech, hey why not? 😀
In terms of desktops, I've got about a 11 of those as well. My latest one is a watercooled SB i7, 8gb ram, 120gb SSD, XFX 6870 Black Edition x 2, and Corsair 850watt PS, which turned out to be an overheating beast. 🙁
- MBA 13"
- MBP 15"
- MBP 17"
- ipad 64gig x 2
- Acer 1410
- Dell 15"
- Sony 15"
- Dell 17"
- HP 18"
- Asus netbook x 2
I've got a laptop for every possible occassion. I keep the MBA 11" and an ipad by my bed. The MBP 17" is my main traveling work laptop. My HP is a desktop replacement. The MBA 13" is for when I travel light. I find I don't use the 15" laptops much. If you can afford to buy them and you like tech, hey why not? 😀
In terms of desktops, I've got about a 11 of those as well. My latest one is a watercooled SB i7, 8gb ram, 120gb SSD, XFX 6870 Black Edition x 2, and Corsair 850watt PS, which turned out to be an overheating beast. 🙁
Mintin8
macrumors 6502a
I can't tell if this is sarcasm(or in other words, a lie), but please can we get a picture of them all together. That would be awesome 😛
Funkymonk
macrumors 6502a
I've got three laptops, a desktop, a Mac Mini, and a few servers. My main laptop is my 15" first-gen MacBook Pro, which is extremely long in tooth and will be replaced immediately at this next refresh. I use it mainly as a desktop replacement that I can take with me if need be; it is generally at a desk with a nice set of speakers and a couple of external hard drives attached.
My second laptop is a 9" Dell Mini 9 with an extended 14 hour battery running Win 7 and Snow Leopard. This computer is light, has no moving parts (SSD, no optical drive, no fans) and can actually last all day. It's not powerful, but for light note-taking, Internet browsing, or command-line programming it certainly gets the job done. I would love to upgrade this machine to an 11" MacBook Air, but that will have to wait for a while.
My third laptop is a crappy Dell 15.6" computer running Win 7. It's my work-provided laptop and is good for running Windows-only applications or for doing program testing under Windows, but that's about it. It has a very crappy 1366x768 resolution 16:9 glossy panel, which is not fun at all to work on. I didn't pay for it and I don't own it, though, so I can't really complain all that much about it.
My desktop is an ancient Pentium 4B, 3.06ghz machine (something like 10 years old now, it was the very first chip with enabled hyperthreading) which is running Ubuntu. I mostly use this machine as a file server or for the occasional old computer game (under XP Pro). If I didn't have around 4 TB worth of hard drives and files in this thing (from back when a 120 GB drive was considered massive!), I probably would have retired it a while ago. I do wish to eventually have a modern desktop computer, but upgrading my ancient MBP is my priority at this time.
My second laptop is a 9" Dell Mini 9 with an extended 14 hour battery running Win 7 and Snow Leopard. This computer is light, has no moving parts (SSD, no optical drive, no fans) and can actually last all day. It's not powerful, but for light note-taking, Internet browsing, or command-line programming it certainly gets the job done. I would love to upgrade this machine to an 11" MacBook Air, but that will have to wait for a while.
My third laptop is a crappy Dell 15.6" computer running Win 7. It's my work-provided laptop and is good for running Windows-only applications or for doing program testing under Windows, but that's about it. It has a very crappy 1366x768 resolution 16:9 glossy panel, which is not fun at all to work on. I didn't pay for it and I don't own it, though, so I can't really complain all that much about it.
My desktop is an ancient Pentium 4B, 3.06ghz machine (something like 10 years old now, it was the very first chip with enabled hyperthreading) which is running Ubuntu. I mostly use this machine as a file server or for the occasional old computer game (under XP Pro). If I didn't have around 4 TB worth of hard drives and files in this thing (from back when a 120 GB drive was considered massive!), I probably would have retired it a while ago. I do wish to eventually have a modern desktop computer, but upgrading my ancient MBP is my priority at this time.
Apple OC
macrumors 68040
I have two Dell Latitudes. One for school and one for play. The school one works fine. The play one is fizzled out! 🙂
Previously I used an iMac, MBP 13.3" and iPad for portfolio and mobile solution. After traveling so much I realized I no longer have quick access to my iMac (london 2 weeks ago, LA before that, and now I'm in LA again while my brand new 27" iMac was at home collecting dust). I needed a mobile powerhouse to be with me and just leave it at the place I'm staying at - regardless of the city.
I also need a smaller machine to take on-location when I shoot (fashion photographer) to transfer files, review images, and work on mass amounts of emails. The MBA Ultimate is the perfect machine for that. It's powerful and capable of those tasks, quick and easy to turn on, and with a great screen size and full keyboard and OSX - it's exactly what my wishful thinking was hoping to iPad would be.
So last week I sold my Core i3 iMac 27" for $1500, 13.3" MBP for $960 (before new one comes out and drive down prices - I only lost $140 after using it for 1 year) and iPad 16Gb unlimited 3G for $850 (somone really wanted the unlimited plan. I picked up an Air Ultimate for $1100 and haven't put it down since. It was more than capable (though a bit slow) for editing 35mb RAW images for now until the new 17" MBP is released!
I also need a smaller machine to take on-location when I shoot (fashion photographer) to transfer files, review images, and work on mass amounts of emails. The MBA Ultimate is the perfect machine for that. It's powerful and capable of those tasks, quick and easy to turn on, and with a great screen size and full keyboard and OSX - it's exactly what my wishful thinking was hoping to iPad would be.
So last week I sold my Core i3 iMac 27" for $1500, 13.3" MBP for $960 (before new one comes out and drive down prices - I only lost $140 after using it for 1 year) and iPad 16Gb unlimited 3G for $850 (somone really wanted the unlimited plan. I picked up an Air Ultimate for $1100 and haven't put it down since. It was more than capable (though a bit slow) for editing 35mb RAW images for now until the new 17" MBP is released!
I have the 2008 black MacBook and a 2004 G5 iMac. I used to keep my older powerbooks too, but I sold them on eBay. They were gathering dust, my closest friends/family are PC users and weren't interested.
Thinking of upgrading to the MBA or 13" MBP this year, as I do travel with my laptop. If I do, I will keep this MacBook for a few months until I know the newest one is reliable. The iMac is mostly for watching TV (with eyeTV dongle), DVDs or BBC iPlayer.
Thinking of upgrading to the MBA or 13" MBP this year, as I do travel with my laptop. If I do, I will keep this MacBook for a few months until I know the newest one is reliable. The iMac is mostly for watching TV (with eyeTV dongle), DVDs or BBC iPlayer.
JoJoCal19
macrumors 65816
13" MacBook (2006) is my primary laptop and desktop via clamshell mode.
15" Toshiba i3 laptop is my technology and professional application laptop that I use to run virtual machines and a virtual network for my technology certification studies and to run real estate related apps.
10" Lenovo is the wifes laptop.
I'll be getting a new 13" MacBook Pro when they are refreshed and my wife will inherit my 13" MacBook, which will be her first Mac.
15" Toshiba i3 laptop is my technology and professional application laptop that I use to run virtual machines and a virtual network for my technology certification studies and to run real estate related apps.
10" Lenovo is the wifes laptop.
I'll be getting a new 13" MacBook Pro when they are refreshed and my wife will inherit my 13" MacBook, which will be her first Mac.
My MBP 13" is the primary laptop I use at home. Also have an Acer netbook and a 17" Dell Studio that I keep in a spare bedroom for guests to use.
My company provides me a Dell laptop. I don't use any of my personal equipment for work.
My company provides me a Dell laptop. I don't use any of my personal equipment for work.