What was your first Apple Laptop?

[Stinkysteve]

I went with the 500 MHz PowerBook G3 Pismo from middle school up until my senior year of high school. I loved that machine. Expansion bay (Zip, SuperDisk, dual battery options, etc.), FireWire, good looks...man, it was tough letting that one go.

I've had a PowerBook G4 (aluminum) and now the most recent MacBook Pro, and while I certainly enjoy using the more updated laptops, I don't think anything will top the Pismo.

My first was the 500 MHz PowerBook G3 Pismo. That was a beautiful machine until the display started making those discolored lines.

The next in line was an iBook G4 800 MHz, that lasted for 4 years, now the girlfriend has it.

Now I have a MackBook Pro 2.6 GHz that I bought in the late Spring of 2008.

 

[jackiecanev2]

My parents bought me a special edition Graphite clamshell iBook in the 10th grade. This one isn't mine:

 

[Primejimbo]

I'm still using my first. It is a Early 2008 White MacBook.

That was my 1st one also

 

[Turmoil]

Powerbook G4 1GHz - it still runs 24-7. What a lovely machine. When it was time to shop for a new, day to day laptop last year, the high $$$ of the Macs scared me off and I bought an HP Pavillion. Used it for 3 weeks. Hated it!!! Just bought this MacBook Air 1.6Ghz HDD (i got in on the $999 refurb) and I'm in love all over again. I like spending time enjoying computing, not fighting with the computer

 

[JAJ]

Does an Apple IIe carried under the arm count as a laptop?

that was my first desktop too and she was a beauty. carmen sandiego was a great mistress.

aluminum g4 12inch powerbook(best machine they ever made) first build circa 2001

 

[ZDDP1273]

Aluminum MacBook. I just made the switch about 4 months ago.

 

[WinkWink726]

Mine was a 12" Powerbook G4... I loved that thing.

Its still around today (in my fiance's care), but its in horrible need of a new battery!
Over 250 cycles and I'm barely getting an hour out of a full charge these days!

 

[gglockner]

Powerbook Duo 210

Glad that I'm not the ONLY old-timer around here. I owned a Powerbook 160, which was my trusty computer for graduate school. It died about 10 days before I defended my dissertation, so I quickly replaced it with an all-in-one Powermac, which was awful. After years of PCs, I got an iMac and a MacBook in 2007 and I've been happy since.

 

[animaxcg]

2001 iBook 500MHz G3 with 64MB RAM & 10GB Hard Drive.

I eventually upgraded the RAM to 576MB and it ran OK with Tiger.

same hear

 

[leftroom]

Mid 2005 iBook G4 12" 1.33 GHz w/ 1,5 GB RAM, 60 GB harddrive I didn't have it for so long, only september - january

 

[therealdt]

WhiteBook, 2.1Ghz, C2D, 120GB hard drive, 1GB.

I upped her to 2GB.

 

[Owen Hyatt]

a black macbook, 2.4Ghz 250GB free space 2GB RAM. it's also the computer I use now. my next actual computer will be an imac. running Leopard.

 

[jbromer]

Powerbook 540c in 1994...

 

[IgnatiusTheKing]

12" PowerBook G4 867MHz, bought in 2003, sold in 2008. Great machine.

 

[JML42691]

late-2007 White MacBook

 

[macJC50640]

Bought it today!

The whole best notebook ever thread got me curious... what was your first Mac Laptop?

PowerBook 145 for me... anyone else?

Well, I just bought mt first Mac today in school. I bought my Spanish teacher's white iBook G3 (not clamshell) for only $40!

It has a few problems, though, the battery does not hold a charge anymore, and the shift key is broken (not the one I use anyway) It is running 10.2 Jaguar, and has no AirPort card. See my signature for specs.

For only $40, I thought it was a nice start to my hopefully soon Apple collection!

 

[TwinCities Dan]

iBook g4, down there in my sig

 

[iBookG4user]

I was late to the whole portable craze and my first laptop was a 14" iBook G4. The funny thing is that now I have more laptops than desktops.

 

[sushi]

PowerBook 170 in 1991.



I almost went with the PowerBook 100, but decided that I wanted the more powerful and better display of the 170. Purchased with the 80MB HD upgrade. Upgraded to a 120MB and later to a 213MB HD. Each HD upgrade cost an arm and a leg back then.

 

[Carl Abudephane]

The one I received this morning...!

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[NewMacbookPlz]

800mhz G4 iBook

Originally with 256MB RAM and 30GB HDD. Upgraded the RAM to the max of 640MB and then the HDD to 80GB when the 30 died after 4 years.

 

[hajime]

Powerbook Duo 280c. It still has several features that are desirable for modern laptop computers. The design, durability and portability are excellent!

 

[Roller]

Glad that I'm not the ONLY old-timer around here. I owned a Powerbook 160, which was my trusty computer for graduate school. It died about 10 days before I defended my dissertation, so I quickly replaced it with an all-in-one Powermac, which was awful. After years of PCs, I got an iMac and a MacBook in 2007 and I've been happy since.

No, you're definitely not the only old-timer. My first Apple laptop was a PowerBook 170, which cost over $4,000 in 1992. I used it until I got a 5300 about five years later. That one still works, although the battery died long ago.

 

[JamesGorman]

unibody 2.4ghz macbook

 

[Chase R]

unibody 2.4ghz macbook

X2!