You know your Mac is getting old when...

[Nova77]

... when your mac sticker says it came with 256 MB of ram.
... when you ask yourself if theres an ethernet port at the back (not mine but one I used).

 

[Starfighter]

...you look at this image and go "oh, that's normal".

 

[Paulywauly]

When you put an iBook G3 and a 2 year old iMac up for sale on the bulletin board at work. You get a dozen replies to the iMac and a bidding war starts within a few hours, then one reply for the iBook simply asking what it is....... 🙄

 

[mcmacker4]

When you cannot update to Leopard 10.5

 

[rjcalifornia]

When you cannot update to Leopard 10.5

That's just cruel...

 

[burnout8488]

When your professor repeatedly calls your 12" PowerBook a MacBook Pro, even after being corrected twice.

 

[adambrown2738]

... When people think your Apple badge is a fake (bring back the multicolor!)

 

[iDutchman]

... When someone is completely and utterly confused when you tell them you unfortunately can't Skype (..or FaceTime) because the Mac has no built in webcam. (Because every Mac has that, right?🙄)

... When your iMac G5 retired to be a kitchen computer but people rather pull out their phones or iPads because that's just so much quicker.

... When you had to climb mountains to get the paid license code (Tiger version) after you paid for Airfoil because Airfoil assumes you run at least Leopard.

... When people see your pristine condition iMac G4 and say it's so futuristic, it has to be a new model. Afterwards asking me what kind of sick specs this machine must have.

Ah, well. They're not my primary machines anymore. Nor kitchen computer.

 

[AQUADock]

... When your iMac G5 retired to be a kitchen computer but people rather pull out their phones or iPads because that's just so much quicker.

Come on its not that slow.

 

[iDutchman]

Come on its not that slow.

I agree. But people tend to get results faster using the Wifi network with their i.e. iPhone.

It's been stored away nowadays anyway.

 

[rabidz7]

Ram

When it costs 200 dollars for 2 gb of ram.

 

[AQUADock]

I agree. But people tend to get results faster using the Wifi network with their i.e. iPhone.

It's been stored away nowadays anyway.

Hopefully they wont yellow it would be ashame if they did especially if they are in pristine condition.

 

[PowerMacFan]

You know your mac is getting old when it starts to leak green pee all over the place... Wait a minute.... 😱

ROFL green pee

 

[PowerMacFan]

... when u use a G4 to replace your Socket AM2 system

 

[DarioPhantom]

...when you turn it on every now and then so "it doesn't feel forgotten".

...when booting it makes you feel nostalgic (especially if booting in OS9).

...when you get excited about finding an application that support PowerPC.

 

[WillThePlank]

When people ask how the hell you get the boot chime through external speakers 😛

 

[Jessica Lares]

When people ask how the hell you get the boot chime through external speakers 😛

My friends used to go in the photo lab at school in the morning, turn up all the speakers to max volume, and turn on all the Power Mac G5s on at the same time. 😀

 

[skateny]

When you get excited after reading on Apple's Web site that they're selling new G4s.

 

[PowerMacFan]

My friends used to go in the photo lab at school in the morning, turn up all the speakers to max volume, and turn on all the Power Mac G5s on at the same time. 😀

u still in school?

 

[Nermal]

your mac is too old when you see a picture of a beige computer and you wish yours would look pretty like that again, because now it's just fug yellow. 🙁

My Blue and White is more accurately a Green and White now 🙁

 

[Jessica Lares]

u still in school?

College now.

 

[FrozenMacUser]

When your "Mac" has Steve Woz Wozniak's signature on the case. 🙂

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_IIGS_Woz.png

 

[My iPhone3G]

when you look over the internet "how to speed up powerbook g4"

When Your friends laugh at the old computer

When your iphone 3g running ios 4 out runs your powerbook

 

[dukebound85]

when macrumors doesnt have a subforum for it anymore lol

 

[Intell]

when macrumors doesnt have a subforum for it anymore lol

There are still some good unlisted subforums:

https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/3/ - Apple, Inc. Rumors
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/29/ - MacRumors "Switch" Video Contest
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/39/ - MacRumors Old Skool
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/42/ - Switch Stories
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/49/ - Mac Scene
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/51/ - MacRumors' Link Shop - Items of Interest
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/56/ - Product Recommendations/Reviews
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/61/ - Mac OS X Panther
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/76/ - iPod Gear