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After spending thousands on 3 Macs in the last 5 years, I'd say that my obsession is pretty bad.

iMac DV+ $1299
iBook $950
Power Mac G4 $1423
Studio Display $770
Gray Creature Speakers $99
MS Office (could have waited for iWork though) $150
MS cheepo Basic Optical Mouse $7 (never use it, for non-Mac visitors only)
OTHER JUNK

I know that after accessories and software purchases, this G4 has put a $2400 hole in my pocket. (400 of that was payed by my aunt on this beautiful Studio Display).

So...I have the Mac obsession bad!

Last edited by MacAddict2000 (2005-03-24 10:12 pm)

iBook G3 - 450
eMac - 750
Powerbook - 1500
iPod 20GB 4G - 300
iPod Mini 2G - 300

About 3300

My total is looking like $5078. Somewhere around there. I included all 3 Macs, both EPSON and Lexmark printers, new keyboards and mice, speakers, and more expensive software.

The whole Power Mac G4 system alone makes up nearly half of that $5078.

Last edited by MacAddict2000 (2005-03-25 11:00 am)

I could start all the way back with my Perfoma 400 but lord only knows what that cost anymore

batman_dan wrote:

YA Was that a good book, it translates into like 60 CNDs so I was a little hesitant to purchace it.  Did you like it?? was it storys or just images?  Was it worth the cash you spent??

It's a really good book, lots of stories and information, not so much about macs, as the people that use them, overall I'm satisfied with the purchase.

As have I

I carry two cult memberships:
Cult of Macintosh
Cult of Newton

MacAddict2000 wrote:

After spending thousands on 3 Macs in the last 5 years, I'd say that my obsession is pretty bad.

Obsession is not measured by any monetary value; we're talking body art!

Marc wrote:

Performa 400 w/ Apple 15" CRT  ... still runs and in use, extra ram added
PowerMac 7600 w/ 19" Viewsonic ...gone
PowerBook 1700c (?)   ...gone
PowerMac G4 450mhz Sawtooth w/ Apple 22" CRT  ..gone, extra ram added
Ti PowerBook - 550mhz - gone
Ti PowerBook - 600mhz
PowerMac G5 Dual 2ghz rev A w/ Apple 17" LCD  --extra ram, 9800, 3 HDs ...my baby, ordered 1st day available after watching WWDC keynote at Apple store
17" PowerBook 1.5ghz
14" iBook 1ghz


Apple ink-jet printer, BT keyboard, iSight, 3 iPods,  AirPort BaseStation (snow), AirPort Basestation Extreme, every OS from System 7.5 to OS 10.3 including 10.0 beta, AppleWorks, iLife both 04 and 05, QuickTime Pro twice.

I want to live with you!!, no on second thought I want to live with your computers, never-mind , i'll just stay here:)

good god, lets see...
powerbook 540c, newertech 603ev upgrade, 12mb ram upgrade, 340mb hd, extra battery, external micronet 4x scsi cd-rom

umax s900/200, viewsonic 17", nec 17", 96mb upgrade, 9gb scsi hd, 2gb scsi hd, scsi 2x cd-rw, kensington trackball, macalley ir keyboard, ix micro pci video card, ati wonder video card, one of those external serial port expanders

powerbook g3/400, xlr8 g4 upgrade, usb 4x cd-rw, extra battery, 10gb hd replacement, 384 mb upgrade, 18gb lacie pocket drive, farallon wireless card

powermac g4/DP500, 22" cinema display, a couple acard raid pci cards, two 60gb hd, two 120gb hds, a 40gb hd, 1.5gb ram upgrade, two aftermarket superdrives, wacom intuos 2, contour av shuttle pro, griffin powermate, keyspan ir remote, 17" lcd studio display, gforce 4 ti, hp laserjet 1200

ibook g3/500, 340mb ram upgrade, 30gb firewire drive

powerbook g4/1ghz, 768mb ram upgrade, 60gb firewire drive, apple bt mouse, isight

powermac g5/DP2ghz, 2gb ram upgrade, two 160gb hds, external 200gb and 250gb, wacom intuos3, two external dvd-roms, ati 9800
-stuff taken from the powermac g4: the two 120gb hds from the g4 and the 22" cinema display

through all of that, i'm guessing around 10 mice, 7 keyboards and three fairly nice ht setups, not counting my purchases for family and friends. i'm sure i'm forgetting tons of stuff...

fizzwinkus wrote:

good god, lets see...
powerbook 540c, newertech 603ev upgrade, 12mb ram upgrade, 340mb hd, extra battery, external micronet 4x scsi cd-rom

umax s900/200, viewsonic 17", nec 17", 96mb upgrade, 9gb scsi hd, 2gb scsi hd, scsi 2x cd-rw, kensington trackball, macalley ir keyboard, ix micro pci video card, ati wonder video card, one of those external serial port expanders

powerbook g3/400, xlr8 g4 upgrade, usb 4x cd-rw, extra battery, 10gb hd replacement, 384 mb upgrade, 18gb lacie pocket drive, farallon wireless card

powermac g4/DP500, 22" cinema display, a couple acard raid pci cards, two 60gb hd, two 120gb hds, a 40gb hd, 1.5gb ram upgrade, two aftermarket superdrives, wacom intuos 2, contour av shuttle pro, griffin powermate, keyspan ir remote, 17" lcd studio display, gforce 4 ti, hp laserjet 1200

ibook g3/500, 340mb ram upgrade, 30gb firewire drive

powerbook g4/1ghz, 768mb ram upgrade, 60gb firewire drive, apple bt mouse, isight

powermac g5/DP2ghz, 2gb ram upgrade, two 160gb hds, external 200gb and 250gb, wacom intuos3, two external dvd-roms, ati 9800
-stuff taken from the powermac g4: the two 120gb hds from the g4 and the 22" cinema display

through all of that, i'm guessing around 10 mice, 7 keyboards and three fairly nice ht setups, not counting my purchases for family and friends. i'm sure i'm forgetting tons of stuff...

I hate you, sorry just kidding

A cult eh?  Lets slaughter a PeeCee user and then use his blood to polish our Macs.  And wear hooded bathrobes.  And sandals....