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Poll: How many Macs do you actually use?

How many Macs do you actually use on a regular basis?

  • 1

    Votes: 45 32.4%

  • 2

    Votes: 44 31.7%

  • 3

    Votes: 29 20.9%

  • 4

    Votes: 11 7.9%

  • 5

    Votes: 1 0.7%

  • 6

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 7 or more

    Votes: 3 2.2%

  • none

    Votes: 6 4.3%
  • Total voters
    139
Sesshi said:
Why else would I hang out here, and why else would I complain they crap out all the time? :p

It might also be fair to assume that someone who has >$500,000's worth of XServes might know what they're doing, and perhaps have some heavy-duty needs. Or at least the people he employs might. The Apple or Apple-contract engineers... not so sure.
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Sesshi, what's your most favourite Mac that you have?
 
Three at the moment.

iMac G5 - main workstation.
MacBook and Pismo PB - spread around the house as wireless permits.
 
Sesshi said:
Why else would I hang out here, and why else would I complain they crap out all the time? :p
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Because you don't have any idea what you are doing and are hoping to glean some insight from those of us who do. But that is just my guess.

It might also be fair to assume that someone who has >$500,000's worth of XServes might know what they're doing, and perhaps have some heavy-duty needs. Or at least the people he employs might. The Apple or Apple-contract engineers... not so sure.
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Actually, I don't think that is a fair assumption. There are many people who would spend that much and think that because they put the money down that the knowledge to use those machines would automatically materialize in their heads (which is obviously your problem in this case).

As for heavy-duty needs, servers sit and do what they do... they shouldn't need a lot of input by people, so having servers doesn't demonstrate that mysterious set of abilities you eluded to with your metaphorical driving license.

Besides, I've found that the higher up the ladder you get, the fewer abilities you end up having (Bill Gates is a good case in point). Sure, your employees may know a thing or two, but that doesn't have any reflection on what you know.

And just so you don't think I'm picking on you... remember that the original poster's question to us was:
"How many Macs do you actually use on a regular basis, and what do you use each one for?"​
Inquiring minds want to know. ;)
 
MBP 2.4 as professional tool, 17" iPod, mobile communication device, and more.

iMac 2.16 for photo editing and for when MBP is booted into the other os for games.

PowerMac G4 Dual 800 with 5 HDs as server.


RacerX said:
Ummm... isn't that actually a rather large leap to draw the conclusion that Sesshi is actually using something just because he says that he is sitting in front of it.

For all the information that he has supplied, he could be sitting in front of them just trying to figure out how to turn them on. How do we know that he isn't attempting to figure out where to put his metaphorical driving key into these systems so that he might (someday) take advantage of his metaphorical driving license. We just don't know. :eek:


:rolleyes: So, Sesshi, what do you do on those 11 computers? Those of us whom you classified as having a very limited workaday repertoire would like to know.
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Exactly.

Sesshi claims he is "sitting in front" of Macs. That is different than taking a few hours to learn the basics on how to use something he is unfamiliar with. I can sit in front of the IBM Road Runner or IBM Blue Gene. Doesn't mean I know how to operate it properly.

From his posting history, it is apparent that he is definitely not a proficient user of OS X. I can put money on that Sesshi has no professional certification nor proper training on professional OS X usage. (Can someone say unqualified...)

Btw, there are people that purchase $5000 cameras and their photos still look like snapshots taken with a $200 camera.
 
3 total.

1 G3 600mhz iMac for writing/web based research/watching Doctor Who when I should be writing.....

1 G3 500mhz iMac for storage/web browsing/mp3 jukebox. Thinking of turning this one into a server.

1 G3 900mhz iBook for video/photo editing, web design, writing on the go, vegging out on the couch and web surfing, watching movies/tv shows. Whopper the iBook is really my right hand computer, but sometimes the 12" screen causes me to default to one of the iMacs.
 
Three

I use 3

I use My MacBook Pro for most of my school work.

And at school I'll use The Mac Pros if I need to use a program that I don't have yet.

And then if there's a day I don't need my MacBook Pro for class and I want to use a computer on break I'll go into a computer lab and use an iMac.

I don't own the last two but I still use them just about every week.

I mainly use my MacBook Pro though.
 
I use two regularly.

1) g3 pismo
400mhz, 512mb ram, 20gb, tiger for internet,iChat, and iTunes

2) Powermac g4 Quicksilver
733mhz, 1gb ram, 200gb for photoshop, iMovie, and media backups

and I also use a PC for work stuff

Dell Precision 360
2.8ghz p4
512mb ram
80gb hard drive
DVD/CD burner
 
Consultant said:
Exactly.

Sesshi claims he is "sitting in front" of Macs. That is different than taking a few hours to learn the basics on how to use something he is unfamiliar with. I can sit in front of the IBM Road Runner or IBM Blue Gene. Doesn't mean I know how to operate it properly.

From his posting history, it is apparent that he is definitely not a proficient user of OS X. I can put money on that Sesshi has no professional certification nor proper training on professional OS X usage. (Can someone say unqualified...)

Btw, there are people that purchase $5000 cameras and their photos still look like snapshots taken with a $200 camera.
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Ah... how sweet. The chihuahua to the poodle.

Sitting in front of = stuff I actually use on a fairly regular basis. I do admit I don't nerd out on an OS.
 
Sesshi said:
Ah... how sweet. The chihuahua to the poodle.
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Here's what I think Sesshi does with his Macs:
MacBook Pro: Uses it but makes fun of it once in a while because it's like crap to him.
Mac Pro: Calls it an "advanced home computer." Uses mostly his other "workstations" for "worsktation" tasks.

MacBook Air: Has a 2nd one just in case the first one breaks. His least favourite ultra-portable.

Xserve: I have no idea. I never really seen Sesshi talk about his Xserves. I guess he thinks they are good though.
:p
 
MacBook - anything while I am watching TV, I also keep most of my stuff on there and its where my iPod is synced
iMac 24'' - for anything I need more power for, like Parallels, encoding etc. plus that screen... Its just so big... Perfect for DVDs/YouTube/BBC iPlayer/AllSP!
 
I use two macs

Black Macbook This stays at my desk, i surf web, type emails, watch movies and listen to music. it doesn't get moved around the house unless my powerbook is flat. This has my documents, movies, music and pictures

12inch Powerbook G4 This one is used daily. I take this everywhere around the house if i don't want to be at my desk. I don't like moving my macbook as it cost me a lot of money and i don't want it scratched or broken. The power book also has a copy of everything thing that is on the macbook, documents, pictures, music. Being this system is running Tiger, i use rsync to copy over all the information from the macbook to the powerbook. And then if i make changes on the powerbook i will rsync the changes over.
 
I have a Mac Mini (1.5 PPC) as my main computer, then rotate between my G3 and G4 iBooks. Really should sell the G3, but its still so much fun! :eek:
 
I totally forgot one!

motulist said:
1) powerbook G4 1ghz - for all my work and studying stuff, and my general purposes like photos, web surfing, etc.

2) quicksilver 933 MHz - for my music composition stuff, audio recording, soft synths, midi sequencing

3) powermac G4 dark blue & white 400 MHz - server duties, does big downloads, holds my media on the attached external drive and serves up my music and movies wirelessly to my laptop, is a printing station for wireless printing, scanner station, general web surfing in my kitchen

4) powermac G3 light blue & white 350 MHz - for when I really need to do writing or studying that I can't be distracted from, because this machine has no network card so it isn't on the net, and it's too underpowered to play videos, run games or other distractions
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5) powermac 8500 / 120 MHZ upgraded to ~ 300 MHz G3 - acts as a dedicated software music synthesizer in my music studio for a soft synth that never got ported over to OS X.
 
3.

1) Penryn MBP 2.4 C2D, work and school.
2) Mac Mini 1.5 Core Solo, pretty much a server and backup or quick browsing at main house.
3) and not so much 1.25 G4 eMac, backup at other house and Mac the Ripper Machine. (Its faster for rips than the MBP, I don't really believe 3.0 rc14 is Universal.)

edit: But if we were talking dusty in the closet, add another 8 or so:)
 
I use 2.

iMac for use at home, and then a Macbook for use while I'm at the university or when I don't want to be confined to my room while "studying."
 
Graphite iMac mostly for music playback and storage and the occasional DVD playback.

1 Ghz PM G4 which is still up to most main tasks although streaming video is getting choppy now at times. Has Office, Photoshop, iMovie, iDVD, iTunes and Garageband, all in active use.

iBook, delightful white 12", although at present my niece is using it.

These last two are soon to be replaced by one Intel Mac, model yet to be determined. I'll need a new CS suite or at least Elements when I do get around to it.(as opposed to a square tuit.)
 
Sesshi said:
11 that I actually sit in front of on a regular basis - mix of Pros, MBP's 17/15 and the Air + spare (which has been needed as soon as I picked it up)

3 x Pros @ home: General noodling. One Boot Camps Vista, but not all the time
4 x Pros @ work: Reviewing and modelling crunched data from the servers, related stuff
Air +spare @ everywhere: Mostly presentation - combined with notetaking, messageing and related stuff. Spare acquired recently, already in use while other one gets Applecared yet again :rolleyes:
1 x 17" Macbook Pro @ home: More home noodling. The purchased spare is collecting dust so far, which has to be some kind of record
1 x 15" Macbook Pro @ work: Research collaboration, and also general office automation - everyone has one. We have plenty of spares to go around for the regular occasions when something goes wrong

Everything else is done under Windows.
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Things have changed quite a way in the three months, during which the Vista-frontended / Linux backended replacement application suite to our OS X front/backended suite has reached the Vista frontend milestone.

And in terms of everything else remotely work-orientated we'd already switched back to Windows a while back, while for home / entertainment uses the only thing I genuinely need a Mac for is scriptable iTunes and EyeTV (for easy export of the TV to the Touch), as almost everything else I can get - musicmaking, media consumption, graphics, design, games, etc - is the same or superior under Windows.

Now:
One Pro @ home and the other two destined for disposal. Still same use but two have already been effectively replaced by Dell T7400's, and are consequently packed up awaiting sale. Right now, just haggling for best price from the brokers. and if I don't get it I'll put it up for private sale.
0 x Pros - yes, zero - at work. All brokered, and replaced by a mix of HP xw's and Dell Precisions which we already had kicking around.
0 x Airs - spare sold, remaining unit also packed up and up for sale.
0 x Macbook Pros - Gave 17" away to relative, and finally brokered all of our (in saleable condition) SR 15"s at work. The rest we sold back to staff, but the response was predictably lukewarm - with all of them apparently going to spouses, kids and suchlike.
I forgot to mention the iMac the last time. I now have a 20" iMac in the kitchen which nestles perfectly in it's nook, unlike the 24" before it.

The rest - a bunch of Sony's, HP's and Dells - are all (obviously) running Vista.

So this means I'm nearly free, and OS X is where it should be - doing completely unimportant stuff - at least on the desktop. The XServes are destined to be around for a while - but at least I don't have to sit in front of them.
 
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