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How much have you spent on Apple products?
- Thread starter tennismanclay
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Why do you need to remind us?
haha I can't tell if this is rhetorical or not.
But i was hoping i would get some of these
Now that this is a poll, It's depressing to see that I'm the only one in the 20.000+ category so far. Then again, I've been using macs for a pretty long time.
I've had:
2 MacBook Pros: $4000
1 MacBook: $1200
2 iMacs: $2500
2 iPod Nanos: $300
1 iPhone: $500
I've spend approximately $8500 on Apple products in the last few years. The thing is, I've sold most of that stuff off by now. I'm always upgrading, trading, and selling...
2 MacBook Pros: $4000
1 MacBook: $1200
2 iMacs: $2500
2 iPod Nanos: $300
1 iPhone: $500
I've spend approximately $8500 on Apple products in the last few years. The thing is, I've sold most of that stuff off by now. I'm always upgrading, trading, and selling...
A lot. Let's see:
- 15" Powerbook G4 (Ti): ~$2,000
- 15" Powerbook G4 (Alu): ~$2,000
- 13" Macbook Black: ~$1,500
- 40GB Ipod Photo: ~$300
- 1GB iPod Shuffle: ~$50
- 8Gb iPhone: ~$400
Total: ~$6,250
- 15" Powerbook G4 (Ti): ~$2,000
- 15" Powerbook G4 (Alu): ~$2,000
- 13" Macbook Black: ~$1,500
- 40GB Ipod Photo: ~$300
- 1GB iPod Shuffle: ~$50
- 8Gb iPhone: ~$400
Total: ~$6,250
Add the cost of a 900MHz iBook (that was the high end one) when it was still being sold, obviously, a 1GB iPod nano first gen (when they where new), a 1GB iPod shuffle first gen (when they where new), a iPod touch 8GB, and a 2.1GHz Penryn MacBook, and thats how much I spent.
Probably almost £2,000.
Probably almost £2,000.
Lets add it up.
iPod 1st Generation 10GB: $500
iPod 3rd Generation 10GB: $300
iBook G4 14" 1.42GHz: $1100 after rebate
iPod Color 20GB: Free, after rebate
ProCare: $100
.Mac: (2 years) $165...eBay
AppleCare for iBook: $189
iBook G4 Battery: $130
MacBook C2D 2.0GHz: $1200
AppleCare: $189
MacBook C2D 2.2GHz Black: $1400
AppleCare: $189
MacBook Pro C2D 2.2GHz: $1650
AppleCare: $200
iPhone: $400 (x3)
iPhone 3G: $300
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$8812....now some of that might be wrong, I dont remember the prices will all of them. I am sure I bought some other stuff, might be missing 2 iPods, I went from 10GB to 15GB to 20GB. Sales tax brings it to about $10,400. Its up there for me, and still climbing.
iPod 1st Generation 10GB: $500
iPod 3rd Generation 10GB: $300
iBook G4 14" 1.42GHz: $1100 after rebate
iPod Color 20GB: Free, after rebate
ProCare: $100
.Mac: (2 years) $165...eBay
AppleCare for iBook: $189
iBook G4 Battery: $130
MacBook C2D 2.0GHz: $1200
AppleCare: $189
MacBook C2D 2.2GHz Black: $1400
AppleCare: $189
MacBook Pro C2D 2.2GHz: $1650
AppleCare: $200
iPhone: $400 (x3)
iPhone 3G: $300
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$8812....now some of that might be wrong, I dont remember the prices will all of them. I am sure I bought some other stuff, might be missing 2 iPods, I went from 10GB to 15GB to 20GB. Sales tax brings it to about $10,400. Its up there for me, and still climbing.
OK, let's see.
4G 20 GB iPod -$300, I think.
1G 512 MB Shuffle. $80?
1G 1GB Shuffle- $100
5.5G iPod Video- $279
1.83 GHz Mac mini- $800
1.33 GHz iBook G4- $525
2G 4GB iPod mini - $100
Total = $2184. Oof, that's a lot more then I thought. Note to self, cut back on Apple purchases.
4G 20 GB iPod -$300, I think.
1G 512 MB Shuffle. $80?
1G 1GB Shuffle- $100
5.5G iPod Video- $279
1.83 GHz Mac mini- $800
1.33 GHz iBook G4- $525
2G 4GB iPod mini - $100
Total = $2184. Oof, that's a lot more then I thought. Note to self, cut back on Apple purchases.
Hm.
MacBook Pro - Dhs. 8,900
MacBook - Dhs. 5,560
iMac G5 - Dhs. 1,500 (Second Hand.)
iPhone 16GB - Dhs. 3,200
iPod Nano - Dhs. 640
iPod Photo (When they were new.) - Dhs. 700
Total - Dhs. 20,500.
Meh.
MacBook Pro - Dhs. 8,900
MacBook - Dhs. 5,560
iMac G5 - Dhs. 1,500 (Second Hand.)
iPhone 16GB - Dhs. 3,200
iPod Nano - Dhs. 640
iPod Photo (When they were new.) - Dhs. 700
Total - Dhs. 20,500.
Meh.
Ok, first the Apple computers... i have gifted many of these on or gave them originally as gifts, but I think I still have about eight of them around here somewhere.
some Apple IIc or so thing for a nephew
mac 512k
powerbook 170
powerbook 1400c
two clamshells, tangerine one and the lime SE
one of those fruit colored G3 desktops, tangerine one
three g3 ibooks - 700Mhz, two 900MHz
two g4 ibooks - i think they were both 14"
a 15" Ti G4 powerbook
two 15" G4 powerbooks
three 12" G4 powerbooks
one MacBook Air (so far)
so... 19 Apple computers... about 9 of them refurbs.. they all still do work except the Apple IIc, i don't know what happened to that one, and one of the G3 powerbooks was destroyed in a house fire. The Mac512k has to warm up a little before the drive will read the boot disk which amazingly still works.
That must be around $20k with the applecares on a lot of them.
Then ipods, about 30 of them including gifts, probably about $6k under the bridge for all of that stuff and applecares on the high end ones.
So probably $30k by time i figure in OS buys, iLifes, some Appleworks, an iWork, cases for the pods and stuff like that. I always buy a single user license of latest OS the machine will take when I gift a machine onward. Wipe the machine, get with the new owners and set the machine up with them on their internet access point, so they get a good opening experience with their "new to them" Mac.
one or two good printers, bunch of crappy freebies.
And a bunch of external drives.... remember SCSI drives and Syquest carts?
Bunch of firewire and fw-usb drives, some flash drives.
And then there's the iTunes Store... gulp... they smile when they see me log in.
But so what. Some people plunk down $45k for one ol' pickup truck!
some Apple IIc or so thing for a nephew
mac 512k
powerbook 170
powerbook 1400c
two clamshells, tangerine one and the lime SE
one of those fruit colored G3 desktops, tangerine one
three g3 ibooks - 700Mhz, two 900MHz
two g4 ibooks - i think they were both 14"
a 15" Ti G4 powerbook
two 15" G4 powerbooks
three 12" G4 powerbooks
one MacBook Air (so far)
so... 19 Apple computers... about 9 of them refurbs.. they all still do work except the Apple IIc, i don't know what happened to that one, and one of the G3 powerbooks was destroyed in a house fire. The Mac512k has to warm up a little before the drive will read the boot disk which amazingly still works.
That must be around $20k with the applecares on a lot of them.
Then ipods, about 30 of them including gifts, probably about $6k under the bridge for all of that stuff and applecares on the high end ones.
So probably $30k by time i figure in OS buys, iLifes, some Appleworks, an iWork, cases for the pods and stuff like that. I always buy a single user license of latest OS the machine will take when I gift a machine onward. Wipe the machine, get with the new owners and set the machine up with them on their internet access point, so they get a good opening experience with their "new to them" Mac.
one or two good printers, bunch of crappy freebies.
And a bunch of external drives.... remember SCSI drives and Syquest carts?
Bunch of firewire and fw-usb drives, some flash drives.
And then there's the iTunes Store... gulp... they smile when they see me log in.
But so what. Some people plunk down $45k for one ol' pickup truck!
I personally have spent about $3500 total.
It'd be too hard to calculate how much my family has spent, but I know that last year alone, we spent $14000 at Apple, mostly on mid-range MacBook Pros.
It'd be too hard to calculate how much my family has spent, but I know that last year alone, we spent $14000 at Apple, mostly on mid-range MacBook Pros.
My Whole family's purchases
MacBook Pro 2006 (Mine)- 3100
MacBook Pro 2007 (Dad's)- 3200
MacBook (Mom's)- 2100
iPod 20gb U2- 400
iPod Shuffle 1st gen 1gb-130
iPhone 4gb- 500
Leopard- 120
iPhone 3g 16gb-300
Apple TV- 250
time Capsule 500gb- 300
Various Apple accessories- 250
iTunes purchases (whole Family)- $1250
Total- 11,900 and counting
MacBook Pro 2006 (Mine)- 3100
MacBook Pro 2007 (Dad's)- 3200
MacBook (Mom's)- 2100
iPod 20gb U2- 400
iPod Shuffle 1st gen 1gb-130
iPhone 4gb- 500
Leopard- 120
iPhone 3g 16gb-300
Apple TV- 250
time Capsule 500gb- 300
Various Apple accessories- 250
iTunes purchases (whole Family)- $1250
Total- 11,900 and counting
2006
iPod Nano $200
2007
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Macbook 1199 or 1299 one of the two (STOLEN)
Mighty Mouse $70
iPhone - $450
RAM Upgrade $110
3 different cases $150
OS X Leopard $150?
2008
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Macbook $1299
iPhone 3G 16 GB $300
iKlear $20
Nike headphones $25
2 incases $100 (one stolen)
ar Charger $25
So about $4200
iPod Nano $200
2007
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Macbook 1199 or 1299 one of the two (STOLEN)
Mighty Mouse $70
iPhone - $450
RAM Upgrade $110
3 different cases $150
OS X Leopard $150?
2008
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Macbook $1299
iPhone 3G 16 GB $300
iKlear $20
Nike headphones $25
2 incases $100 (one stolen)
ar Charger $25
So about $4200
My biggest fear after death......my wife sells my 
goodies at a price lower than I told her they were bought for
" Honest love, they were half price today "
goodies at a price lower than I told her they were bought for " Honest love, they were half price today
"
This is only the stuff i currently have, i've had many other macs and accessories which have come and gone...
Mighty Mouse £16.00
Airport Extreme Base Station £190.00
Aperture 2 £90.00
eMac 1.42, 1GB, 80GB £102.00
iLife '08 family pack £52.00
iMac G5 20" Rev B £1,200.00
iPod Component Cable £35.00
iPod Hi-Fi £230.00
iPod touch 32GB £329.00
Keyboard (Aluminium) for eMac £20.00
Keyboard (Aluminium) spare £25.00
Mac OS X 10.4.6 Retail £60.00
Mac OS X 10.5 Family Pack Retail £83.00
Apple Samsung 512MB DDR400 RAM £10.00
Wireless Keyboard (Aluminum) £42.00
Wireless Mighty Mouse £50.00
Total £2534
stuff i no longer have not counted above...
iMac G4 800 15" £1000
Mac Mini G4 1.42 £400 (i think)
A few powermac g4s £30 - £60 each
iBook G3 Indigo £140
eMac 1.2Ghz £120
iPod Nano rev b £100
iPod Shuffle rev a £50
Bye
Mighty Mouse £16.00
Airport Extreme Base Station £190.00
Aperture 2 £90.00
eMac 1.42, 1GB, 80GB £102.00
iLife '08 family pack £52.00
iMac G5 20" Rev B £1,200.00
iPod Component Cable £35.00
iPod Hi-Fi £230.00
iPod touch 32GB £329.00
Keyboard (Aluminium) for eMac £20.00
Keyboard (Aluminium) spare £25.00
Mac OS X 10.4.6 Retail £60.00
Mac OS X 10.5 Family Pack Retail £83.00
Apple Samsung 512MB DDR400 RAM £10.00
Wireless Keyboard (Aluminum) £42.00
Wireless Mighty Mouse £50.00
Total £2534
stuff i no longer have not counted above...
iMac G4 800 15" £1000
Mac Mini G4 1.42 £400 (i think)
A few powermac g4s £30 - £60 each
iBook G3 Indigo £140
eMac 1.2Ghz £120
iPod Nano rev b £100
iPod Shuffle rev a £50
Bye
Personally, probably about $90K over 2.5 years. Workwise, somewhere in the region of $800K over almost 3 years including service and development costs - but could be a lot more. They're just off the top of the head additions of things which stand out to me the most.
