How come nobody has mentioned the Beige G3 Tower? Beautiful design, inside and out, and for its time it was WAY more powerful than any other personal computer on the market.
My MacBook Air is coming to live here Feb 11... my two little 12" G4 Powerbooks are trembling.
They don't understand that the incoming airhead is not going to replace them in my heart of hearts.
Of course they also don't understand that I still love my 1985 unenhanced Mac512k the best. You know, when you boot a machine you've never started up before, you have about as open a mind as you'll ever have with it. So starting up a Mac for the first time back then, and being accustomed to DOS boot scenery... wow. Welcome to Macintosh, indeed!
it was a g4 cube until i owned one. the external power supply was a bit big, and i didn't like the usb-->speaker thing. i'll always have a soft spot for the classic ii since it was my first, but my all-time favorite will be the ibook g4. it was rock solid.
Here goes another vote for the 12" powerbook. I had the 1.33ghz version as my first ever mac and I regret selling it. I constantly consider picking another one up.
I think you're thinking of the 7100, not the 7500. The 7100 shared the case design with the 650. The 7500 is similar, but more rounded, and much easier to open up.