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#51 2003-10-15 11:39 am
- Tickle-Me-Eric
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
Beige G3 Desktop
Very Expandable, Fast, and Powerful
Same here, plus I have all the senitmental value of having saved up for it working at a Wal-Mart and it being my first major ($3000+) purchase.
It got me into Film and 3D, which got me into college and got me where I am today!
I love that little guy, he has retired to being the only Mac at an internet Cafe, in fact I am reinstalling OS X on him today...
I'll never part with him... Maybe I will bronze him once he is totally fried...
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#52 2003-10-17 4:54 pm
- MendoXJ
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
My 1.8ghz G5 Is my favorite for obvious reasons.
1.8ghz G5
Blue & White 350Mhz G3
500mhz G3 ibook
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#53 2003-10-23 8:08 am
- Sinister6
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
Apple IIe .. my first computer ever..
The new Powerbook G4 17".. reason:ITS SOOOO COOOOL 
but its sort of expensive..
G4 Dual 1.25GHz
iPod 20G
iBook 12"
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#54 2003-10-25 10:17 am
- ckm
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
CaptKevMan wrote:
Ultimate Mac collector's item: Clear SE/20
What is THAT ???
Did you click the link? It's a prototype SE in a clear case. By most accounts, only 10 or so cases were produced, and only a handful of those actually had machines put into them. There is one known working model for sale by a fellow in Japan (I believe that's the one in the QTVR link), and the current bid is around $12,000.
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#55 2003-10-27 7:58 pm
- macuser28
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
My 350 iMac (blueberry) until it died 
B&W G3 w/Sonnet G4 500 MHz upgrade, 1GB Ram, OS X 10.4.3
PowerBook G3 333 MHz, 512MB Ram, OS X 10.2
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#56 2003-10-28 10:42 am
- Mr. Bingley
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
Uh, I have an original Apple Laptop, aka, the Luggable. The damn thing was huge and 16 pounds. It ran okay, but you wouldn't want it on your lap, that's for sure. The battery is so utterly dead right now that you can't get it to start up.
Got you beat ... I have the original "luggable." The Singer Sewing machine model "Compaq" original. Green screened Dual Floppy (when they were really floppy) 28 lb portable!
a friend had one of those 'compaq' behemoths in college. we wasted so much time playing a game called 'ladder'. that's a game i'd love to find a mac version of 
is that a real poncho? i mean is it a mexican pocho or is it a sears poncho?
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#57 2003-10-28 4:07 pm
- Cleric
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
Compaq huh........ 
Mac Mini G4 1.25Ghz
160 GB Hard Drive
1 GB R.A.M.
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#58 2003-10-30 7:05 am
- Mr. Bingley
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
lemme tell ya, it was bitchin' in 1984 
but that was before i got my first se 
is that a real poncho? i mean is it a mexican pocho or is it a sears poncho?
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#59 2003-11-01 9:12 pm
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
Turn ons:
My brand new dual G5 
Cube's and TAM's 
Ti and Al books
Turn offs:
Yikes G4s
Performa 62xx and 52xx series
xxxxCs Powerbooks
Sorry, for me beauty comes from within. If a computer looks good, but is a #%&*!!! performer, then.. :bleech:
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#60 2003-11-10 2:57 am
Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
Powerbook G3 Wallstreet
Powermac 9600
Blue and White G3 (sonnet g4 500)
are my top macs i'll love forever
Powerbook G4 500 (wallstreet)
PowerMac G4 500 (Blue Tower}
PowerMac G4 500 (sold)
PowerMac G3 400 (9600
Ibook 300 (Blue)
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#61 2003-11-10 2:26 pm
Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
I'd say the B&W G3 towers were the best ever. First to have firewire. First to have the spiffy door. First to have the cool colors, etc. It's just an awesome machine!
Favorite portable: The iBook 466 SE. The keylime. Awesome.....
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#62 2003-11-10 3:31 pm
- im_electronic
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
TAM
apple III
lisa 2/mac XL
i have all these except the TAM
and about 25 other old macs
I relay like them all
betcha didnt know there was an apple III
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#63 2003-11-10 4:10 pm
- Cleric
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
Hmmmm Apple III huh?? 
I found no reference to that in any known Data track please elaborate.
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#64 2003-11-10 5:38 pm
- stonysleep
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
You're all wrong, clear winner is the Genesis Daystar MP 932+
That thing kicked arse
Check it out:
http://www.everymac.com/systems/daystar … _plus.html
I so wanted one of them 6/7 years ago - meanwhile i was stuck with a performa 6200
he DayStar Genesis MP 932+, based on the Tsunami architecture, features four 225 MHz PowerPC 604e processors, 32 MB of RAM, and a 4.0 GB hard drive in an expandable
| Motorola G4 7400@450MHz | Sawtooth Motherboard | ATX Case | Hitachi GD3000 DVD | LiteOn 48125S CDRW | Maxtor 120Gig HD | Zip 100 | Samsung 128MB SD PC100 Hyundai 256MB SD PC133 | 17" Sony LCD Monitor | WinFast Geforce 2MX 32MB | Mac OSX 10.2.8 |
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#65 2003-11-10 5:44 pm
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
My favorite mac of all time is the G3 B&W.
I like it because it is the first machine that made me lust for a machine it made me say I gotta get it.
my second fav is the iMac "G4"
My favorite Mac is my Beige G3 desktop. I've added 768 megs of RAM, a modern hard disk drive, a modern video card, USB, and a CD burner. This week sometime, my G4/1000 ZIF upgrade should be showing up. I like the machine so much that I have a spare (a Beige G3 tower) as a backup should anything happen to this one...
My second favorite Mac is the white iBook G3/700/800/900. I've had a G3/800 version of the laptop for a while now, and I'm going to sell it and replace it with the G3/900 version hoping for a little extra speed bump.
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#66 2003-11-11 2:04 pm
- El Light Borus
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
You didn't know about the Apple III? Would have been the best computer Apple made if it had been backward-compatible with the Apple IIs. However, it flopped because of a lack of software and hardware problems. One of the troubleshooting procedures was to drop the machine from 3 inches to reseat loose chips. 
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#67 2003-11-11 10:32 pm
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
i wish i wish i wish i had a pismo G3 laptop. the look of those puppies makes me fall over. they are soo awesome. Apple hit it on the head with the case design.
ahhh long live the two drive bays!!!!!! 
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#68 2003-11-12 12:15 am
- im_electronic
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
check out http://www.apple-history.com
most all my macs work, im going to post a list sometime
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#69 2003-11-29 11:48 pm
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
G4
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#70 2003-11-30 4:59 am
- ironhawk
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
The Pismo revision Powerbook G3 (the last black model) was definitely the most elegant design for a laptop ever.
And, expandability is a virtue for these things. There's a new multi-drive, which can burn DVD RAM, DVDRW, and CDRW, as well as a 900mhz G3 upgrade for this 'Book. I know of no other PowerBook with such potential.
The most innovative and efficient, has to be either the 12" iBook or 12" albook....all those features in such a small package
In addition to the Daystar, I'll throw in a vote for the Umax S900. It had a much better case design, tho, and also had six PCI slots, as well as three SCSI contollers, one of which was 68 pin SCSI 3 (if you had the ethernet upgrade card). It would be nice to see another quad-processor machine. A quad-G5 would simply scream.
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#71 2003-11-30 6:22 am
- John Stalberg
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
Virginia Techs Big Mac wich is number three on this list
I would have it to play chess with and at the same time it could warm up the house I live in. 
I like my G4 466 MHz Digital Audio but I must say that the G5 duals both have the juice and the silence I want. I have owned an LC II but I can
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#72 2003-11-30 10:56 am
- Cleric
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
The 8600 has a place in my heart to.
my first mac was a 6500/225 it had great sound.
the 8600/250 was so damn expandable some times I wish I kept it. I never had a prob with it at all. never had the pleasure of using a 9600.
I hear they were great work horses to.
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#73 2003-11-30 5:37 pm
- PowerMacMan
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
In no particular order, my favorite Macs that I have owned:
Pismo PowerBook G3
B&W G3
IIsi
LC III
UMAX SuperMac S900
MacBook / 2GHz C2D / 2GB / 250GB / SuperDrive / GeForce 9400M / Mac OS 10.5
PowerBook 3400c / 180MHz 603ev / 48MBs / 1.3GB / 12x CD-ROM / Mac OS 8.6
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#74 2003-12-19 4:50 pm
- Kobs Field
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
I gotta say that i absolutely love my cube for college cuz its small and really freakin quiet for typin papers all night while my roomie tries to sleep.
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#75 2003-12-20 4:48 pm
- stonysleep
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Re: What Was or is Your Favorite Macintosh Computer?
At the moment am doing a lot of bits and pieces to my customised G4 - think it might regain a programmers switch and then some add ons sooner or later. Am determined to make it last at least another 6 months - guess that means it's gonna need a processor upgrade
| Motorola G4 7400@450MHz | Sawtooth Motherboard | ATX Case | Hitachi GD3000 DVD | LiteOn 48125S CDRW | Maxtor 120Gig HD | Zip 100 | Samsung 128MB SD PC100 Hyundai 256MB SD PC133 | 17" Sony LCD Monitor | WinFast Geforce 2MX 32MB | Mac OSX 10.2.8 |
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