What is your Primary Mac?

[72930]

Thanks for the tip. I wonder what level of geekiness and additional software (a copy of OS 9?) is required to install and use it on an Intel Mac. From a cursory glance at their website the answers still aren't obvious.

Its pretty easy, but somewhat ironically you need access to a PPC Mac to install, as one needed file can only be extracted with an OS 9 app!

They really should do something to that website...

 

[xUKHCx]

So far

Laptop 80% Intel
Desktop 80% Intel

Overall (yes you guessed it) 80% Intel

 

[flopticalcube]

..and 53% laptop.

 

[mward333]

What on earth do you do? Do you use all that screen real-estate?

I'm a professor.... My Mac Pro has been discussed (a lot) before:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/342246/

and here is a picture from when it first arrived:

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=82863&d=1187612761

 

[queshy]

White 24" iMac/2GB/250GB/128MB V-Ram = primary machine

2.2 Ghz SR MBP/2GB/120 GB HD/180MB V-ram = secondary machine

 

[Str8edgepunker]

I've got a 5 year old Powerbook G4 Titanium. I recently put a new 120gb hard drive and a Pioneer K05 DVD-RW drive in it just to bring it up to date a bit. I also have a Power Mac G4 Quicksilver.

 

[Taylor C]

Honestly, I use my MBP a hell of a lot more than my iMac.

 

[tbohlsennswssrg]

Primary Machine= Refurb Macbook (White) 2.0 Ghz/1.0 GB [DDR2 RAM]/Combo Drive

Secondary Machine= iMac G3 (Graphite) 700Mhz/512 MB [SDRAM]/CD-RW Drive

 

[Father Jack]

Primary Mac: 2.66 Mac Pro
Secondary Mac: Core duo Mac Mini (basic model)
Just in case !!: C2D Mac Book

FJ

 

[richard.mac]

MacBook Pro CD 2GHz 1.5GB ram

will buy a 23" apple display soon so my setup will be a laptop/desktop! perfect for uni!

 

[Muzzway]

As in sig...

Mac mini G4.

 

[VoidBoi]

All PPC here.

Primary:
Hostname: Colossus - OS: Mac OS X Server 10.4.10 - CPU: 2 x PPC G4 (866.67 MHz) - Uptime: 36d 8h 57m - RAM: 32.33% of 1536.00MB - HDD: 65.27% of 1621.97GB

Secondary:
Hostname: Foehammer - OS: Mac OS X Client 10.4.10 - CPU 1 x PPC G4 (1066.67Mhz) - Uptime: 12h - RAM: 60.45% of 512.00MB - HDD: 75.16% of 27.82GB

And a headless iMac G3.

 

[saxman]

I'm still on my first mac I switched to three years ago.

12" PB G4

 

[BornAgainMac]

Work: Powerbook G4 1.5 Ghz, 160GB, 2 GB
Home: Macbook Pro 2.4 Ghz, 160GB, 4 GB

 

[twoodcc]

All PPC here.

Primary:
Hostname: Colossus - OS: Mac OS X Server 10.4.10 - CPU: 2 x PPC G4 (866.67 MHz) - Uptime: 36d 8h 57m - RAM: 32.33% of 1536.00MB - HDD: 65.27% of 1621.97GB

Secondary:
Hostname: Foehammer - OS: Mac OS X Client 10.4.10 - CPU 1 x PPC G4 (1066.67Mhz) - Uptime: 12h - RAM: 60.45% of 512.00MB - HDD: 75.16% of 27.82GB

And a headless iMac G3.

just curious, but did you get those stats from a terminal command? or did you just type that in there?

 

[kiwi-in-uk]

Primary: PB 17" 1.33
Secondary: iMac CD 17" 1.83

 

[VoidBoi]

just curious, but did you get those stats from a terminal command? or did you just type that in there?

It's from a slightly modified version of sysinfo in terminal.

Here's a handy sysinfo script installer made by a friend.
http://www.box.net/shared/static/37bq393m8l.zip

It just installs the sysinfo perl script in /usr/bin (you can just grab the script from the package with Pacifist if you want to put it somewhere else or if you don't trust an unknown installer )

 

[hopejr]

See sig. I use the macbook more (my bro has hijacked the iMac).

 

[twoodcc]

It's from a slightly modified version of sysinfo in terminal.

Here's a handy sysinfo script installer made by a friend.
http://www.box.net/shared/static/37bq393m8l.zip

It just installs the sysinfo perl script in /usr/bin (you can just grab the script from the package with Pacifist if you want to put it somewhere else or if you don't trust an unknown installer )

thanks, i'll try it when i get home (i'm at work now). it does work with intel macs?

 

[OllyW]

Primary - Mac mini

Secondary - MacBook Pro

 

[miniConvert]

I voted Intel Desktop. I spend most of my time at my Mac Pro (2.66, OS X Server, 4GB RAM, AT X1900 XT, 30" ACD, WIFI, BT) with the new wired Apple keyboard that, I must say, is amazing compared to the old one!

Then there's my SR MBP (2.4, 4GB RAM) to keep me connected to my data (held on the Mac Pro) when I'm away from it.

I also have a Mac mini (1.66 CD, 2GB RAM, 23" ACD) at home that I use purely for music/photos/stuff like that.

I'm a child of the Intel generation!

 

[aross99]

MBP 2.33 C2D...

Mac Mini G4 1.25 for backup...

 

[mkjj]

1 Ghz G4 flat panel iMac (17") main machine

900 G3 iBook

Black MacBook 2CD (original model)

MacMini 1.83 CD

20th Anniversary Mac 500mhz G3

300mhz G3 Powerbook (Wall Street)

 

[twoodcc]

1 Ghz G4 flat panel iMac (17") main machine

900 G3 iBook

Black MacBook 2CD (original model)

MacMini 1.83 CD

20th Anniversary Mac 500mhz G3

300mhz G3 Powerbook (Wall Street)

why is your imac your main machine when you have a macbook and faster mac mini?

 

[danielhayter]

I'm using a two year old iBook G4, 1.33ghz, 768mb RAM.

However I have theory of sorts regarding laptop computers and their life expectancies. I really don't want to keep my old iBook G4 for much longer as I'm afraid it will soon break and I don't have Apple Care. I am looking to sell it soon on Ebay to get as much for it as I can while it's still working and then buy Macbook.