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Who Has A Real Mac? PPC

I used to rehab old Macs and sell them for up to $200. Don't do that anymore but I do have:
An Apple III with color screen
A Macintosh (runs system 6)
A Macintosh SE30 (runs system 7.5)
A Macintosh Quadra 840
2 Macintosh IIci runs 7.6
a macintosh LC 580 (pizza box) runs 7.5
An 8600 with Cd drive, zip drive and and floppy drive
A Bondi Blue Rev B with all Bondi Blue accessories
An iMac G5
A Mac Pro Quicksilver which has been upgraded an multiple number of times and runs Leopard

Notebooks:

a Powerbook 170
a Powerbook 190
A Ti Book
2 Mac book Pros

I LOVE them all.

They all work and I consider them a great history of design.
Would LOVE: a clamshell iBook
a G4 Cube

I guess you can tell that I "heart" Apple Computers and Apple, Inc.
don't get me started on iPods. :D

PS Gotta go, pizza's getting cold.
 
drichards said:
Well, a PPC Mac can use an ADC monitor, sometimes. Can an Intel Mac do that?
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yea, an intel mac can connect to an ADC monitor; you just have to supply $99 for an adaptor

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MacsRgr8 said:
Yep.
The intro of the G5 (what a gr8 WWDC that was..!!!) seemed like the PPC had made a turn for the better.
A superb new Power Mac with excellent specs, and it looked like IBM had saved the PowerPC.
However, it never made the 3 GHz, and as it was impossible to get it into a laptop (or IBM wasn't bothered enough to really, really try... dunno...), and so we got another superb WWDC: Intel announcement.
I remember some "Threw up a bit in my mouth™" remarks back then, but man, hasn't it been a brilliant move! Alongside Boot Camp and Parallels, it just leaped us back into the lead really.

I do agree with Intel being more or less being a monopolist. Usually a bad thing in the long run...
I just wonder if Apple still are doing a secret dual binary of their OS...? You know, "Marklar", but then the other way around: Mac OS X 10.6 (and later) on PPC, but not officially, and certainly not released.... but deep down in the basements of 1 Infinite Loop....
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I imagine Apple has OS X running on every architecture there is, even PPC, just in case.
 
I have a Powermac Dual G5 1.8ghz the one with 8 memory slots :D and a Powerbook G4 1.5ghz that i gave to my brother when i got my 2.4ghz Macbook Pro 15"

One thing i REALLY REALLY REALLY miss from the Powerbook is the ability to switch battery's without switching off the damn computer, just close lid and swap battery's and carry on.
 
garybUK said:
One thing i REALLY REALLY REALLY miss from the Powerbook is the ability to switch battery's without switching off the damn computer, just close lid and swap battery's and carry on.
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The Powerbook could do that? Wouldn't it switch off as soon as the battery was disconnected?
Now I'm tempted to try this :D
 
dukebound85 said:
sorry but what a pointless thread
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FunkyMonkey said:
Sadly, the only two computers in the house are PPC. One day I will upgrade...

And yes this is a pointless thread.
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Actually, I think this thread has more of a "point" than many of the garbage threads that poison forums. PPC and before processors are an integral part of Apple's history and legacy. It's a pretty huge testament to those machines to see how many people still use them to this day as a daily computer.

I think often how much I wish I still had my old "all-in-one" Macintosh. That was the king of computers for me and I used that beauty for a very very long time. My Apple IIe & Macintosh probably lasted a combined 15 years. I miss those babies. :)
 
I own 2. Gigabit Ethernet PowerMac G4 and Dual 1 GHz Mirror Drive Door. The MDD is used every day.
 
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