What the heck is this Mac?

[Antimatter]

What kind of a Mac is this? It was on the box for my laptop stand?
It looks like a Powerbook and an iBook reproduced...

Is it just a strange mockup? Or an actual computer?

 

[Eidorian]

Titanium PowerBook G4

Know your roots.

 

[StealthRider]

God, I feel like an old-timer now. Remember how amazing that was when it came out?

 

[Eidorian]

God, I feel like an old-timer now. Remember how amazing that was when it came out?

Remember how amazing WordPerfect was when it came out? There are users here that call it some old bizarre Word clone.

 

[dsnort]

Remember how amazing WordPerfect was when it came out? There are users here that call it some old bizarre Word clone.

Thats just not right. WordPerfect ruled!

 

[MacNut]

Oh please, Claris Works ruled all.

 

[Eidorian]

Oh please, Claris Works ruled all.

Some of us used DOS in those days.

WordPerfect 4.1 and 5.1 <3

 

[MacNut]

Wait DOS, you mean you didn't use a Mac back then. Traitor.

 

[tersono]

Titanium Powerbook G4 - it ain't exactly ancient tech either - hell, I only quit using mine about 6 months ago!

 

[ejb190]

Thanks for reminding me of my time spent in front of my Commodore 128 with geoWrite or WordWriter 128...

 

[Crawn2003]

God, I feel like an old-timer now. Remember how amazing that was when it came out?

That was actually my first newer Mac I'd ever purchased. PowerBook G4 Ti - 500mhz, 512mb memory, 20gig hard drive, and a slot loading dvd reader, not burner or even combo drive because those weren't even in a Apple laptop yet.

What was that? 7 years ago? No wonder hardly anyone recognizes it though, most of the users are converts from PC that only has paid attention to Apple products since 3rd generation iPods and MacIntel Inside.

~Crawn

 

[7on]

I was a cool guy, I had the 1Ghz Ti book with the Superdrive and 1GB of RAM in '03 intense! Mom has it now, but I might be getting ut back because she needs a pc

 

[Luis]

haha that was also my first Mac. Titanium PB 667mhz, pure gold.

 

[Eric Lewis]

my first mac was an imac

then 500mhz tit powerbook (this one)

then eMac

then Aluminum iMac

then Macbook Pro

Macbook air

12 inch powerbook

 

[Crawn2003]

then 500mhz tit powerbook (this one)

Wow, I wish Apple had sent me one of those in 2001!

I kid, I kid!

~Crawn

 

[Eric Lewis]

Wow, I wish Apple had sent me one of those in 2001!

I kid, I kid!

~Crawn

tit = titanium

not titties

 

[Crawn2003]

tit = titanium

not titties

Lol, I figured. I'm used to people saying Ti=Titanium, not tit=titanium. Just going with the periodic table.

~Crawn

 

[Eric Lewis]

Lol, I figured. I'm used to people saying Ti=Titanium, not tit=titanium. Just going with the periodic table.

~Crawn

i just like tit short for titanium lol

 

[mcavjame]

Thanks for reminding me of my time spent in front of my Commodore 128 with geoWrite or WordWriter 128...

How about your commodore 64 and Paperclip? Remember writing in the tags for your formatting and having to envision how your document would look before you printed it out?

The Titanium was my first Mac. I had been a PC tech guy my whole career and got a consulting job where I had to support Mac and PC users. I wasn't really hooked until OSX.2 (started out on OS 9).

 

[DJMastaWes]

Am I the only one who feels like this is one of Apples worst laptops designs?

 

[iTeen]

Am I the only one who feels like this is one of Apples worst laptops designs?

Yes, I think this design is simply awesome for the time at least.
looks like a very fat mba...

 

[Koodauw]

Am I the only one who feels like this is one of Apples worst laptops designs?

I think it was a good design, just didn't like the hinges on the back, as the had tendency to break.

 

[Marble]

Besides the hinges, I think this is one of Apple's best computers. It's certainly one of their most minimal designs. I prefer it to the next (current) gestalt, which is a little too sparkly for me. It's also got a nice strong chassis.

I still use my 1Ghz regularly.

 

[DJMastaWes]

Yes, I think this design is simply awesome for the time at least.
looks like a very fat mba...

I think it was a good design, just didn't like the hinges on the back, as the had tendency to break.

I don't know. I just don't like the silver with the black keyboard and the white edges. Reminds me too much of a dell or something.

 

[igucl]

I don't know. I just don't like the silver with the black keyboard and the white edges. Reminds me too much of a dell or something.

The edges weren't actually white; just a lighter shade of gray. But ok, you don't like it. I think that's because the time for it has passed. When Apple did it several years ago, it was an innovation, and it was THE machine to have at the time. If Dell has a similar design today, well, one might say that Dell is a bit far behind.

In my opinion, this Apple design from seven years ago still wins the appearance award over anything currently offered on the PC side.