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Oldest Mac You Have Operational

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Jan 5, 2008
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I've always wondered, since I'm still running a Performa, what is the oldest Mac anyone has that is still in use/operation, even for the most basic tasks.

Mine is a Performa 6360CD, it runs as my old Quark Xpress 4.1 Machine which I do a lot of my writing on ( I know, call it superstition)
 
My first Mac- 12" Rev.D PowerBook G4!

Still works like a charm. And Leopard works really well on it. Even shuts down faster than my new iMac!
 
Funny, I just fired up the IIGS and played ZorkII for an hour this week. I haven't touched the oldest one, a 128k, in a few years, but the last time I checked it functioned perfectly.
 
Bondi Blue iMac. The only thing wrong with it is that the tabs on the side panel door are broken off, so the door doesn't always stay closed. Other than that, it's in tip top condition! I still have the Mac OS 8.5 CDs as well as a bunch of old software. :D
 
I have tons of older systems, the oldest of which is a Macintosh IIcx (1989)... but the oldest of my systems that is set up and in regular use would most likely be my Quadra 950 (1992). If we are talking about daily use, then my PowerBook 3400c/200 (Feb. 1997) is my oldest laptop and my two Power Macintosh 8600/300s (Aug. 1997) are my oldest desktops (with my Power Macintosh G3 Mini Tower (Nov. 1997) following them pretty closely).

When looking at the system software they are all running, it pushes the dates forward a little for each...
Quadra 950..... Mac OS 8.1 (1998)
PowerBook 3400c..... Mac OS 8.6 (1999)
Power Macintosh 8600..... Mac OS 8.6 (1999)
Power Macintosh 8600..... Mac OS X Server 1.2 (2000)
Power Macintosh G3..... Mac OS X v10.3.9 (2003)​

And Mac OS 8.1 (January 1998) just edges out Rhapsody 5.1 (May 1998) as the oldest Apple operating system that I use regularly... unless you count OPENSTEP 4.2 (which was released by Apple in January 1997). I run both Rhapsody 5.1 and (every so often) OPENSTEP 4.2 on my IBM ThinkPad 760ED and OPENSTEP 4.2 on my Sun SPARCstation 10. I haven't had a need to run OPENSTEP on my ThinkPad ever since I got FrameMaker 6 for my Mac OS 8.6 systems (I was using FrameMaker 3.2 in OPENSTEP on my ThinkPad because their wasn't a SPARC version for that app to run on my SS10).

My newest system is a PowerMac G4 (1999) which replaced my iMac G3 (2000) as my newest system after I retired it. The newest system in our household is my wife's PowerBook G3 Pismo (2000), but I am hoping to be able to replace that system with a 14" iBook G3/900 (2003) for her in the next month or so.
 
12" G4 Powerbook which is the second Mac I bought. Still works like a charm. I also have an iMac G3 which is the first Mac I had. It still works but I don't use it anymore.
 
Well I have a Mac Plus (complete with 20gb external SCSI HD) that I bought in 1987 that still works just fine, but I rarely boot it, so I guess it doesn't count...

I do have an old B/W G3 in use as a server (alongside a G4-400). Both are still going strong =]
 
I still use a 867MHz 12" PowerBook which is just over 4.5 years old. I'm just waiting till Macworld to order a MacBook. :D

Also, my mum still uses a 500MHz iMac G3 SE, but she'll be using this PowerBook when I've finished with it.
 
A 2001 500MHz G4 Cube, upgraded somewhat (1.2GHz processor, 120GB HD, 1.25GB RAM), with a 22" Cinema Display, still in daily use. There's very little difference in speed between that and my 24" iMac.
 
My oldest is the Se/30 I get this out now and a gain to make sure everything is ok. Next is the Quadra 605 and finially the Powerbook G4 12 Inch.
 
I still have my Apple IIe running. Only play Pac Man on it.

A also have my Number Munchers machine a Performa 650. I have not turned that guy on in a year or so. So I can not say if it is operational or not.
 
900MHz iBook G3, the HD is dead but I can still run it off a live boot CD. I also have a Power Macintosh 7100/80 but im not sure if it works...
 
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