Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Whats the oldest Apple product you still use often?
- Thread starter yoyo5280
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Hmm...on a personal level, probably my 17in Powerbook 1.67 or my 30GB 5th gen iPod. At work, I use a dual 2.2 G5 Power G5 Mac, but I am in the process of transferring to a Macbook Pro.
My PowerBook G4 12". I'll keep using it until death (of the laptop, I hope) do us part.
Same here! But maybe going to change it soon. Even for doing simple internet tasks, with all those flash and video sites, it is becoming slower every day!
Replace? I'd just say add to the family
-Omi
And start a collection like everyone else on here.
lol. in the yr 2016. a new ipod museum.
I beat you.
My PowerMac G3 is about 11 years old and still being used everyday (7 days a week for at least a few hours each day) for my own self-employed business. The only problem with it is that the floppy drive doesn't work any more (probably just needs a good clean and re-alignment).
Awesome, I loved the B&W G3. Even if the floppy drive doesn't work it's a standard drive so you could easily fix that... now my zip drive is another issue. I remember when they meant something, now I don't know what to do with them!
My iBook G3 from 1999. (Listed in sig.) I use it every three weeks or so. I really love the way OS 9 looks and works, maybe even more so then OS X.
I would kill for a clamshell iBook / iMac G4 running OS 9. I don't like the way it looks, but I like using it.
-omi
Lots of OS 9 capable machines can be found very cheap or free. The machines, and the OS are a real blast from the past.
(or at least mine, anyway.)
Cassie, if you want a blast from the past you can have my Mac Classic in all it's System 6 glory.
Thanks, but I already have one.
I just don't use it much. (It's before my time anyway, it's three years older then me. )
Lots of OS 9 capable machines can be found very cheap or free. The machines, and the OS are a real blast from the past.
I don't want to be online, and so far the shops I have found here want to rip me off. Mac classic for the equivalent of $60!
I really am tempted though
-Omi
I still use my 3G iPhone daily.
I've wanted to use my 3G iPod but I can't seem to locate a proper FW>USB charging cable.
I've wanted to use my 3G iPod but I can't seem to locate a proper FW>USB charging cable.
Macbook Pro 2.4, classic, right before the unibody.
Have a dual 1ghz MDD powermac, but it isn't running. Trying to figure that one out.
Have a dual 1ghz MDD powermac, but it isn't running. Trying to figure that one out.
If it still works (or even if just the case and screen are in good condition), you could sell that on somewhere like eBay. Many people still see the Newton as a great PDA that is way ahead of any of the competition.
Nope. Mine's the even older beige G3 (I don't think the B&W G3 has a floppy drive) running Mac OS 9.2 ... and the Zip drive still works and gets used from time to time. I used to use it when taking files to the print shop, (now I use a CD-RW disc via an external writer), but I still have some Zip disks with some shareware / freeware games, an "emergency" boot disk and utilities disk, and a "backup" disk (which rarely actually gets backed up to).
My 12" 1.5 G4 powerbook was my main computer until last November when someone broke into my house expressly to steal it and the Acer upstairs. I had been hoping to put it into semi retirement 'couch computer' status in a few months. Such a great computer.
Other than that I still occasionally use the keyboard from my Lime G3 iMac DV...hooked into my unibody MBP 15.
I had been hoping to put it into semi retirement 'couch computer' status in a few months. Such a great computer.Other than that I still occasionally use the keyboard from my Lime G3 iMac DV...hooked into my unibody MBP 15.
My PowerBook G4 1.33 came with me to college, and will remain with me likely until it dies.
My oldest unit in use a bunch is either the 400MHz Pismo or the 700MHz G3 iBook. The iBook is easily the most used computer in the house, while the Pismo sees limited web browsing/iChat/iTunes action
PowerBook G4 is still trucking along with Quartz Composer and other modern applications though!
My oldest unit in use a bunch is either the 400MHz Pismo or the 700MHz G3 iBook. The iBook is easily the most used computer in the house, while the Pismo sees limited web browsing/iChat/iTunes action
PowerBook G4 is still trucking along with Quartz Composer and other modern applications though!
512mb iPod Shuffle (1st generation)
...for quick walks around the neighborhood when I'm wearing shorts that have no pockets.
...for quick walks around the neighborhood when I'm wearing shorts that have no pockets.
