Honest question for PPC Mac owners

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[InuNacho]

Can you expand on that - as one of the things I enjoyed when working as a designer using PPC, was that the end product was indiscernible from something made with a state of the art machine?

Sure! So I've been expirementing with Photoshop 1, Aldus Superpaint, Mac Paint, and other little freeware applications to give my work a more dated look and feel. Being restricted on resolution and amount of colors (if any) really makes me think how early digital art was done and whether or not it is still viable today.
I'm sure the same effect could be gotten on a phone app or latest version of Cloud but theres something about knowing that once you start to change a project, theres no going back. There is no layers or history, just one step back.
Anyhow thats my mumbo jumbo on why I purposely try to make my stuff look old.

 

[Dronecatcher]

Sure! So I've been expirementing with Photoshop 1, Aldus Superpaint, Mac Paint, and other little freeware applications to give my work a more dated look and feel. Being restricted on resolution and amount of colors (if any) really makes me think how early digital art was done and whether or not it is still viable today.
I'm sure the same effect could be gotten on a phone app or latest version of Cloud but theres something about knowing that once you start to change a project, theres no going back. There is no layers or history, just one step back.
Anyhow thats my mumbo jumbo on why I purposely try to make my stuff look old.

I understand that. Plus, regardless of output, there's a pleasure in getting the feel of how software was back then - or nostalgia in my case
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Sure! So I've been expirementing with Photoshop 1, Aldus Superpaint, Mac Paint, and other little freeware applications to give my work a more dated look and feel. Being restricted on resolution and amount of colors (if any) really makes me think how early digital art was done and whether or not it is still viable today.
I'm sure the same effect could be gotten on a phone app or latest version of Cloud but theres something about knowing that once you start to change a project, theres no going back. There is no layers or history, just one step back.
Anyhow thats my mumbo jumbo on why I purposely try to make my stuff look old.

I understand that. Plus, regardless of output, there's a pleasure in getting the feel of how software was back then - or nostalgia in my case

 

[oi!]

Double post?
OK, so I joined the Photoshop party pretty late, they'd already reached the dizzy heights of 2.5 when I fist encountered it. Not long after that, 3.0 was released - which remains my favorite version.

You cant do layers, but you can make multiple separate files and assemble the later.

You don't have multiple undos, but you can save regularly as different versions...
Photoshop-file
Photoshop-file1.1
Photoshop-file1.2

Who needs a history pallet?

I don't remember there was a greatly restricted color pallet, but as I said, it was 2.5 when I started, I've never tried version 1.

 

[SkyBell]

I just wanted to add, that 2006 MacBook Pro I mentioned at the start of this page lasted 10 years. The first component failed on it earlier this year, the backlight. Apart from that everything still worked, even the screen if you pointed a torch at it.

I think that puts the "PPC was built better" argument to death, the first ever 17" Intel MacBook Pro lasted 10 years. I used it every single day until it was handed off to the wife where she used it every single day until its backlight failed.

It's all anecdotal evidence, TBH. My Intel '06 Mac mini lasted two years. I had an '06 Intel iMac that lasted seven. A black MacBook that made it seven as well.

My 10 year old eMac is still kicking strong, same with my PowerBook G4. I've got a clamshell iBook G3 that's pushing 17. Hell, it's not a PPC, but my Apple IIc is past 30.

 

[macgeek18]

PPC is timeless. Just spent several hours at the kitchen table playing Rise Of Nations on my 1.67 06 PB G4. Had enough and now I'm on here. Didn't even switch machines. I have my iphone, iPad, Core i5 MBP, and Core i7 Thinkpad literally 5 feet away. But i know that the PB will do the job. I use PPC desktops more than my Core Duo Mini. That says something. PPC is what started this Mac experience for me, OSX Leopard was my first Mac OS. It's nice to go back to where it started. PPC is forever faithful in my opinion.

 

[ExcelTronic]

I enjoy making the most out of older computers, and with the PPC, I use a Dual Processor G5 model, the limitations of the modern web seem to increase my productivity. Away are the distractions of javascript heavy sites, and to remain active online, I resort to, now, ancient ways of communications. Using IRC, Google Talk (Hangouts) with iChat, and, very rarely, using the "write" terminal command. Even today, I can still listen to music, browse websites using Lynx, TenFour, or WebKit, Type papers and documents, edit photos, graph equations, and pretty much everything modern computers can do, all without distraction.

PowerPC, THE CHOICE OF A NEW GENERATION

 

[elf69]

I'll chime in....

My first ever mac was FREE.

A ibook G4 14"
one of the better models with a 1.42GHz CPU.

OK so it had some issues, it was free!

Had a bust screen so I got one on ebay for £13.
I maxed out ram, which was also free.
Then went to 10.5 but I think 10.4 was faster.
Then HDD failed, a m8 had a new still sealed IDE drive so that went in.
I bought a new battery as PRAM battery was dead which is in the main battery in these.
Then bought a refurb keyboard and charger as they failed too.

I still have it and my fiancee uses it.
I use tenfour fox on it.

I like it but my 2009 macbook gets more use as some things just don't work on it.
But my fiancee loves it.

Was free but with the repairs it still only cost me £58.

This machine is what made me love mac and got me to buy my 2009 macbook and 2007 imac

 

[AC910]

I enjoy making the most out of older computers, and with the PPC, I use a Dual Processor G5 model, the limitations of the modern web seem to increase my productivity. Away are the distractions of javascript heavy sites

This is the same reason I purchased a G5. I have a fantastic PC workstation with multiple monitors and top of the line components. But it is way too easy to get distracted. The quad g5 I have has plenty of horsepower to get my work done but with enough restrictions (due to the cpu arch and old OS) that I don't get distracted. I still need to use my pc for windows-only tasks but with less usage comes less opportunities to be distracted.