Do you have more than one laptop???

[Obsidian6]

I have one right now. but im gonna be buying 4 or 5 pretty soon for an upcoming job.

im thinking early G4 iBooks? cheapest route right?

I am gonna need to sync them together, because im going to be shooting team & recital photos for a dance studio. and the shots will need to go out to the lobby as im shooting so parents can choose which ones they like.

anyone know how to sync them like that?

 

[munkees]

I have 4 apple notebooks

1 MBP (my mobile)
1 MB (my wifes)
1 iBook G3 700 (my remote located at parents overseas so they can ichat with grandchildren)
1 iBook G3 300 (used as a front end to a control system I am building, remote station).

 

[w_parietti22]

I personally only have one, my MBP.

But my family:

Me: 15" MBP
Mom: 17" G4 PB
Dad: HP Laptop
Brother 1: Sony Vaio Laptop
Brother 2: 15" MBP on Thursday. (I converted him!!!!)

 

[OldCorpse]

I have two - the iBook in my sig, and a Dell Inspiron. I already had the Inspiron, and then 7 months ago I bought the iBook. I thought I'd never use the Dell again, and indeed for some 4 months I didn't. I was thinking of donating it to a friend, but then reality hit. There are several programs that I have to run, which are windows only - and recently I've been made acutely aware of that. I was pretty infatuated with the whole mac experience, and I grew overconfident about not needing windows, but now I'm more balanced, and I realize that you can't get emotional about it, just use the tool that you need.

It is with great shock that I realized that the world of mac software is tiny, tiny, tiny. For example, once I finished editing my 140 minute video in FCP (which was a great experience - love FCP 4.5, love my iBook), I wanted to output it to a DVD. That's when the pain started. I don't have FCS, and so no DVDSP, and don't want to shell out $200 to get it (in an upgrade, otherwise it's $500, if you can even get it... it's been folded into FCS 5). Well, I couldn't believe it, but it looks like DVDSP is the ONLY app that will do a 140 minute DVD authoring! iDVD is limited to 2x60 or 120 minutes. Wow. There's some controversy as to whether you can do it in Toast 7 with any decent quality after importing from FCP, but that's also $$$. Meanwhile, google for windows DVD authoring software, and you've got a seemingly ENDLESS choice at all kinds of price-points and huge numbers absolutely FREE! Very humbling. So, I'll have to actually finish my work on a PC ... and this is in an area that Apple is supposed to be strong in - creative, multimedia etc. Imagine what happens when you look into more niche markets.

And I've had the same experience in more areas (for example encryption software - vastly more and way better software available for widows compared to mac), and by now, I've come to accept that OS X will always be a poor cousin in the software world. Therefore, having access to windows is an absolute necessity for vast numbers of users. Hence my Dell laptop will not be abandoned anytime soon. Then again, once I buy into the intel macs, there's always boot camp, so I may no longer have to keep a windows machine around ...

 

[tangerineyum]

i have a latest generation 14in ibook that is in my sig, and before that i used an ibook 700 mhz g3. i still own the g3 but i let the gf take it to school with her.

 

[RacerX]

Well, I own six. They pretty much all have different uses.

1. PowerBook G3 Wallstreet One of my primary Mac OS X systems and the system I spend most of my time on.
   
2. PowerBook G3 Pismo My wife's primary system.
   
3. IBM ThinkPad 760ED My mobile Rhapsody system which also has all my hardware documentation on it for service calls. It is also (when I switch out the hard drive) my primary OPENSTEP system.
   
4. PowerBook 3400c Primary Mac OS 8 system and training system.
   
5. PowerBook Duo 2300c This system is mainly for school and running my math apps while I spend time in the library.
   
6. PowerBook Duo 280 Currently this system is not operational.

 

[brikeh]

Powerbook g4
Sony Vaio c1-mgp
Dell...somtehing something(Its big, black, loud and reminds me of a diesel-truck)

 

[dmw007]

what do you use them for? do you keep them in sync?

No, they are not in sync, I really just use my MacBook Pro. But I turn on one of my older PowerBooks when I want a nostalgic trip down Mac memory lane.

 

[joshwest]

yep MBP 2.0 MB 2.0

 

[bbrosemer]

I own one the fam on the other hand has 4 laptops, 5 desktops, 2 servers, for 4 people that makes 12 computers for 4 people including my MBP which is the only mac.

 

[m-dogg]

Question is very simple. How many people out there actually have more than one laptop? I would think that only one would be really needed, but I have seen other posters in the forum than have more than one laptop in their sigs. Do you have more than one laptop? Advantages/Disadvantages. Oh, and fyi, I am not referring to owning one laptop and using another work-owned laptop (sure, I guess that counts too, but not as much).

I voted yes before I read this post...but I guess I should have voted no. I have my own laptop + one that I get through work.

 

[ironic23]

MBP 15.4" 2.0GHz

Toshiba Satellite M30

 

[count chocula]

i have my macbook that i use for everything and a clamshell that i dont use at all. i might give the clamshell to my sister.

 

[dextertangocci]

I have 2 notebooks. A 2Ghz white MB, and a last rev. iBook (soon to be just a MB, when I can find a buyer for my iBook).

 

[dmw007]

I own one the fam on the other hand has 4 laptops, 5 desktops, 2 servers, for 4 people that makes 12 computers for 4 people including my MBP which is the only mac.

Which means out of 12 computers for 4 people, there is only one computer that is worth using.

 

[drake]

Macbook, Compaq Aero and a Model 100

 

[OutThere]

I have an iBook G4 and a 12" PowerBook. The iBook is quite busted up and needs a new hinge, a new hard drive and a new battery, but it runs an Ubuntu live CD.

 

[rdp5008]

12" 1.5ghz Powerbook (recently purchased from someone on this site)
a 4 year old HP ze1210 (not sure what I'll do with it now, but I'll probably use it for trips when I don't want to lose/damage the PB)

 

[Silentwave]

two....or three?

I've got my Macbook Pro 2.16 core duo/2gb RAM which is my main system. I have my old HP laptop with a 3.2GHz P4 and 1gig RAM that I use for windows gaming (don't feel like using boot camp), and a 2.4GHz P4 Toshiba laptop that is now used at my mother's office.

 

[miniConvert]

Ultraportable for mobility and then something a bit beefier for when it's required. If only Apple would make an ultraportable.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I have a couple of laptops at the moment:*

- MacBook 2.0 (my main machine)
- iBook G4 800 (backup)
- PowerBook G3 400 Pismo (I have 2 broken ones that I have vague plans to make into one working one)

 

[dpaanlka]

I've lost count. From memory, I *believe* my collection as it currently stands is:

PowerBook G4 17" 1ghz
PowerBook 1400c/133
PowerBook Duo 2300c
Powerbook Duo 280c
PowerBook Duo 280
PowerBook Duo 230
PowerBook 540c
PowerBook 540c
PowerBook 520c
PowerBook 520
PowerBook 520
PowerBook 520
PowerBook 180c
PowerBook 180

If not exact, that list is very close. This does not include parts machines.

 

[EAH22]

Yep three

see my invisi sig.

thats awesome.

Why do people complain about your sig though?

 

[munkees]

Which means out of 12 computers for 4 people, there is only one computer that is worth using.

LOL

 

[munkees]

I've lost count. From memory, I *believe* my collection as it currently stands is:

PowerBook G4 17" 1ghz
PowerBook 1400c/133
PowerBook Duo 2300c
Powerbook Duo 280c
PowerBook Duo 280
PowerBook Duo 230
PowerBook 540c
PowerBook 540c
PowerBook 520c
PowerBook 520
PowerBook 520
PowerBook 520
PowerBook 180c
PowerBook 180

If not exact, that list is very close. This does not include parts machines.

wow, do you use most of these like RacerX, that guy is my hero, he uses old computers with old top apps like matlab, which he get for cheap. Smart man. He has a really cool living room