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Oldest Mac you still use regularly
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My kids fire up one of these about once a week to play games on (old games). It's running 10.2, although one of these days I want to make it 9.2/10.2 dual. The one we have was actually rescued from the garbage and fixed up. It only had a dead HD.
240 MHz PPC 603e
it is actually quite small (10,4" screen)
impressive, it looks REALLY big on the picture.. pretty darn small then
before the MBA probably the smallest and lightest of all Apple notebooks. don't want to miss it
wow serious??? pretty powerful for its time!! just as powerful as the original iMacs... would run OS9 EASILY!!
wow serious??? pretty powerful for its time!! just as powerful as the original iMacs... would run OS9 EASILY!!
The iMac already had a G3 but both OSs run fine for what I do.
oh doesnt that have a G3 chip in it?? does it have one of the 68000's or something?? (checks MacTracker).
oh a 603, you already said it lol!
you know you can put 112MB into that thing??
iMac DV/SE, G3 400mhz, 1GB RAM, 320GB hard drive.
Runs 10.4 Server for gits and shiggles, but it has its uses as it's the only machine in the house I keep running 24/7. Never crashes, works well with monitoring external stuffs.
Graphite iMac DV 400mhz, 512GB RAM, 40GB HDD, looks like the one above.
I use the occasional older software on it. It's had Tiger on it and several different HDs but has 10.3 and 9.2 now.
We just recently gave an old iMac to my 2 nephews. My 3 kids are all grown up, now. The youngest one is in college.
My 6 year old 17" PowerBook is used on a daily basis. The 15"PB runs like a champ. However, I prefer the larger notebook.
Needless to say, these Mac computers have quite a life of their own. I cannot say the about my other computers via the "Other" platform.
My 6 year old 17" PowerBook is used on a daily basis. The 15"PB runs like a champ. However, I prefer the larger notebook.
Needless to say, these Mac computers have quite a life of their own. I cannot say the about my other computers via the "Other" platform.
iMac G3 400 MHz Graphite. The first computer in the US to tether on the iPhone over AT&T. My first Mac. I still use it every day. This is also the most important Mac I have ever used. This iMac will be partly responsible for introducing iPhone tethering. Whenever anyone tethers their iPhone someday, they will know what computer helped make it possible, my iMac G3
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Oldest mac Quadra 660AV
I use a Quadra 660AV (circa 1993) almost every week and sometimes everyday. I used to have a sign business and still use the plotter for making signs and in my artwork. The Quadras still had a physical FPU (floating point math coprocessor? I think) on the motherboard and my sign cutting software has a security key installed between the keyboard and the computer that looks for the actual FPU to drive my sign plotter. The powermacs, Performas and later, used a virtual FPU which was incompatible with my software so I kept the system going. Still runs just fine. I've had to replace the battery on the motherboard a few times but it's still running Illustrator 5 and a few other programs that I still use. I bridge the old system Quadra with a graphite G3 iMac running system 9.2/X so I can transfer files from my MB over to cut.
I also have an old powerbook 170 (also 1993) that I used for writing until I got a MB a year and a half ago. Still miss the trackball and the feel of the keyboard.
I use a Quadra 660AV (circa 1993) almost every week and sometimes everyday. I used to have a sign business and still use the plotter for making signs and in my artwork. The Quadras still had a physical FPU (floating point math coprocessor? I think) on the motherboard and my sign cutting software has a security key installed between the keyboard and the computer that looks for the actual FPU to drive my sign plotter. The powermacs, Performas and later, used a virtual FPU which was incompatible with my software so I kept the system going. Still runs just fine. I've had to replace the battery on the motherboard a few times but it's still running Illustrator 5 and a few other programs that I still use. I bridge the old system Quadra with a graphite G3 iMac running system 9.2/X so I can transfer files from my MB over to cut.
I also have an old powerbook 170 (also 1993) that I used for writing until I got a MB a year and a half ago. Still miss the trackball and the feel of the keyboard.
Today I benchmarked the PowerMac and PowerBook using Xbench and had interesting results. It appears the PowerBook outperformed in CPU and GPU departments, but as far as data writing/reading the PowerMac almost doubled the PowerBook, pushing it into the larger of the two final numbers.
PB is first attachment, PM is second fyi.
Both machines were running Leopard and had no applications open.
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very interesting results there.
as expected the PowerBook is much faster in CPU (threads) and graphics test, they are newer and easily flogg it..
what lets the PowerBook down would be the 4200RPM HD and it not being dual core - very interesting to see an 800MHz DC beat a 1.6 (??)GHz single core. thats what happens but i guess
thanks for posting the results
very interesting results there.
as expected the PowerBook is much faster in CPU (threads) and graphics test, they are newer and easily flogg it..
what lets the PowerBook down would be the 4200RPM HD and it not being dual core - very interesting to see an 800MHz DC beat a 1.6 (??)GHz single core. thats what happens but i guess
thanks for posting the results
Actually the PB has a 5.4krpm HD. I was surprised at the lack of performance in that area. My 12" 1.5ghz, 1.25ram will always hold a special place in my heart, especially after it passes on.
Actually the PB has a 5.4krpm HD. I was surprised at the lack of performance in that area. My 12" 1.5ghz, 1.25ram will always hold a special place in my heart, especially after it passes on.
oh a 5400RPM one, odd...
technology has increased SO much but. i recently upgraded my original 7200RPM MBP hard drive to a 5400RPM 500gb, the 500GB is FASTER at copying and reading, seek times are a tad slower but hey its better... thats teechnology for ya i guess..
you really get attached dont ya, had my iMac Graphite die not long ago, i miss it!