How many Apple Mac computers do you have at home ?

[gmanterry]

I have 15 Macs.

1 original Mac upgraded to a Fat Mac
1 Mac Plus
1 SE 30
1 840 AV
2 6100
4 Yosemite G3
2 G4 Mirror & Quicksilver
1 G5
1 TiBook G4
1 MacBook Pro

 

[ihabime]

I answered 4, but really there's only one i use daily.

• eMac 1ghz G4
• SE/30
• LCIII
• Quadra 700 with daystar 50mhz accelerator, Photoshop DSP accelerator Nubus card.

The eMac I bought new 5 years ago, but the classic Macs are all from local university sales. I just can't resist a $5 Mac.

 

[bootedbear]

6 in active service. Over 10 if you count moth-balled.

 

[gcmexico]

Imac and MBA...does AppleTV count?

 

[fredsarran]

Imac and MBA...does AppleTV count?

Mmmm... No, Apple TV does not count. Sorry.

 

[Sweetfeld28]

1. iMac G3 400
2. PowerMac G4 DA 466
3. PowerBook G4 1.25
4. PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8

 

[Apple-Man23]

part-time use
grape colored iMac G3- just used for light games and simple stuff

active use
G4 eMac
G5 iMac

future purchases
either a macbook or a macbook pro haven't decided yet

 

[sushi]

By Mac computers, I mean : MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro, Mac Mini, and all the oldies of the past.

So this would include Newtons? After all, you can use them as a small demand home server.

For example, here is a Newton hosted site.

 

[naftalim]

Curious, what do you do with 4 minis?

4 Mac minis.
1 iMac.
1 Macbook Air.
1 PowerBook G4.

 

[WellRedd]

Just the one here, MacBook, although seriously considering getting an iMac in the near future, and waiting for an update on the Mini for the living room.

 

[hexonxonx]

Proud owner of four, listed in my signature.

 

[eXan]

3:

- Family (mostly mine) iMac G5
- My MacBook Core 2 Duo
- Dad's MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo (this one doesn't spend much time at home though).

 

[fredsarran]

So this would include Newtons? After all, you can use them as a small demand home server.

For example, here is a Newton hosted site.

I actually never heard about this Apple Newton device. I checked it on Google and I am sorry to say that I do not consider it for this thread.

It seems to be like a PDA. One could say that the iPhone is the Apple Newton advanced device. Never the less, those devices will never completely replace a laptop and desktop.

 

[ZiggyPastorius]

I put two, but only one is really used. I have my Macbook, which is my main computer, then I have an old Performa 631CD, which basically sits up in the attic, as I don't have a mouse and keyboard for it.

 

[queshy]

5.

 

[dibara2003]

these are what i actually have in the house, but not necessarily using

1. Performa 5200
2. iMac Snow DV
3. iBook
4. Ti Book
5. Powerbook 12"
6. Macbook Air

 

[ihabime]

I actually never heard about this Apple Newton device. I checked it on Google and I am sorry to say that I do not consider it for this thread.

It seems to be like a PDA. One could say that the iPhone is the Apple Newton advanced device. Never the less, those devices will never completely replace a laptop and desktop.

That seems like a rather limited view of what a computer is, the iPhone/iPod touch and the newton surpass the original Mac in almost every way, faster processors, more memory, more storage, higher resolution screens, more advanced OS, better APIs. The only thing they lack is a hardware keyboard. They can both be programmed to do anything the original Mac did and more.

Handhelds, smartphones and PDAs are already encroaching on the laptop space, just as laptops have moved into desktop territory. Remember when people said laptops would never replace desktops?

 

[DoFoT9]

hate to have 5.

my MBP
core duo 2.16ghz etcetc

imac
core 2 duo extreme 2.8ghz 750gb 4gb ram 2600

imac (graphite)
400mhz 12gb 768mb ram

ibook
1.2ghz 1.25gb 160gb

power mac 5500
275mhz 2gb hd 256mb ram

all are working and sweet as.

i also have a powerbook 150 which is not working at the moment (will fix eventually)

 

[DoFoT9]

I actually never heard about this Apple Newton device. I checked it on Google and I am sorry to say that I do not consider it for this thread.

It seems to be like a PDA. One could say that the iPhone is the Apple Newton advanced device. Never the less, those devices will never completely replace a laptop and desktop.

nawww come on. sure it was a total flop, but its still an apple computer technically.

it is apples attempt at a PDA.

and i disagree with you, i reckon that PDAs/smartphones etc will become very close to the power of laptop computers. they mightnt replace them, but will come very very close.

 

[fredsarran]

That seems like a rather limited view of what a computer is, the iPhone/iPod touch and the newton surpass the original Mac in almost every way, faster processors, more memory, more storage, higher resolution screens, more advanced OS, better APIs. The only thing they lack is a hardware keyboard. They can both be programmed to do anything the original Mac did and more.

Handhelds, smartphones and PDAs are already encroaching on the laptop space, just as laptops have moved into desktop territory. Remember when people said laptops would never replace desktops?

I do agree with you and I did not create this thread to argue what is a computer. Now a days, anything that is electronic can be called a computer. A computer is a device that computes.

For me, when I think Apple, I think iMac, but then the other old models, and the laptops, pro workstations, etc... This is what I am looking at. I definitively don't think Apple TV or Time Capsule.

I created this thread in order to have a general view of how many Apple "computers" people own.

 

[Tosser]

We have two. I have an MBP, my gf an iBook.

 

[neonblue2]

Four.

My MBP
2.0GHz Core Duo
1.5GB RAM
128MB Mobility Radeon X1600
80GB HDD
Mac OS X 10.5.4

My parents' iMac
2.0GHz G5
1.5GB RAM
128MB Radeon 9600
320GB HDD
Mac OS X 10.5.4

My sister's MBP
2.2GHz Core 2 Duo
2.0GB RAM
128MB GeForce 8600M
120GB HDD
Mac OS X 10.5.3

My old PowerBook
1.5GHz G4
1.0GB RAM
64MB Mobility Radeon 9700
80GB HDD
Mac OS X 10.4.11 and Mac OS X 10.5.2(?)

 

[hood]

Three here:

MBP and mini for myself and a macbook for Dad.

 

[sushi]

I actually never heard about this Apple Newton device. I checked it on Google and I am sorry to say that I do not consider it for this thread.

It seems to be like a PDA. One could say that the iPhone is the Apple Newton advanced device. Never the less, those devices will never completely replace a laptop and desktop.

Some comments for you to consider.

At the time, a Newton could easily replace your desktop or laptop computer. It was extremely handy for those who traveled extensively compared to a laptop. Remember, the Newton was discontinued over 10 years ago and yet many still use their Newton devices today.

The Newton was Apple's first attempt at a PDA way before others in the industry. By the Newton 2100, Apple had perfected many of the shortcomings of the prior models. Even the handwriting recognition worked extremely well. Unfortunately, by then it was too late.

Now here is something that you may not be aware of. One reason that SJ killed the Newton upon his return to Apple is that the Newton OS and the Mac OS were getting to the point of competing with each other resource wise within Apple and SJ wanted to focus their efforts. This was very reminiscent of the Apple IIgs and the Mac OS in the early days of the Mac. The Newton OS is scalable and object oriented. While the Newton never went color, the Newton OS supported color and you could drive external color displays with an PCMCIA adapter.

There was also an external keyboard for the Newton which allowed it to be used like a laptop. Additionally, there were many desktop type applications for the Newton such as word processing, spreadsheet, database, time management, graphics, photo, audio recording with limited editing, web browser, e-mail, communications, and even a server application (which you can see in my link above). And the cut and paste function between applications was very advanced. There was a nice PowerPoint type presentation software application (was a Beta tester). Using this software you could connect the Newton to a LCD display for presenting your presentation. There were even some 2 & 3D games that were fun to play.

The Newton could print via infrared printing to typical laser printers of the day. Sending and receiving faxes with an optional PCMCIA card modem was a synch.

One area that the Newton excelled and is still popular to use is for note taking. The handwriting recognition is very good and fast. And you can write now and interpret later as well which is handy.

Last but not least, you may be surprised that some Newton technologies are part of Mac OS X such as Inkwell and the dock for example.

Anyhow, I would venture to say that if you tried using a Newton for a while you would change your opinion. But that's just me.

 

[Zwhaler]

2.33ghz iMac 20" (White), 2.16 BlackBook, 2.4 MacBook Pro