How many Macs have you owned?

[reebzor]

12" iBook G3
15" Titanium G4
15" Powerbook G4
13" Macbook white
2006 Mac Mini
13" MBP
2009 Mac Mini

 

[dumoon]

How's this for the other extreme?

Macintosh IIcx
MacBook Pro - 2.2 GHz

I don't like to rush the upgrades! lol..ok, so I had one or two PCs in between.

 

[barkmonster]

300Mhz Beige G3 Desktop
800Mhz Quicksilver G4
Not sure what's coming after that one to be honest.
iPod Nano (first generation)
iPhone 3GS

I long for Apple to realise there's a hole in their range for a sub £1,100 desktop between the Mac Mini and the Mac Pro that's never being filled with the iMac because an entry level desktop with a limited amount of user expandable PCI slots and drive bays used to co-exist with the iMac just fine, even when specs overlapped.

Probably be adding either a used Mac Mini or a used Mac Pro to the list eventually.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

How's this for the other extreme?

Macintosh IIcx
MacBook Pro - 2.2 GHz

I don't like to rush the upgrades! lol..ok, so I had one or two PCs in between.

I went not nearly as far, but with nothing in between: PowerBook 5300c -> 12" PowerBook G4. Of course, that was just my "primary mobile" segment. I did have a number of desktops in between, along with what would now pass for a netbook.

And I know someone who honesty went from a Performa 600 (aka Macintosh IIvx,) directly to a Quicksilver Power Macintosh G4. Nothing in between. She was a writer, and only retired the Performa because her modem died, her printer crapped out, and then the floppy drive went belly-up. So all methods she had to get information off the computer disappeared. (I had to bring an old serial-port-and-Ethernet equipped PowerBook to move her files to my PowerBook, then move to her new Quicksilver.)

 

[tirerim]

Oh and to answer your question OP, Mac users tend to fall into two groups, those who upgrade infrequently (like me), and those who upgrade constantly. I knew a guy who upgraded his laptop every 4-6 months, basically every time Apple offered a speed bump or introduced a new product. He also usually had "one of each" of Apple's products, so he spent a good $20k a year on Apple hardware.

Strangely enough, there seem to be a lot of people like him on MacRumors, although I don't have any hard data on this. Hopefully this thread could shed some light on it.

Yeah, I'm with you -- five Macs over fifteen years (see my sig), and one of those (the PB 3400) I bought used, as a replacement when my iMac died. All of them are now working, though in the iMac's case a lot of the parts have been replaced, and it's running Linux.

 

[barebackbadger8]

2 mac mini's
2 white macbooks
1 13" macbook pro (only had it 1 week then was made redundant from work so had to sell it as i needed the money)

ipod shuffle
1st gen nano
ipod classic
3rd gen nano
3rd gen Ipod touch

iPhone 2g
iphone 3gs (white 16gb) (currently own)


luckily back in work now, so im saving up for another macbook pro.
can't put up with this asus eeepc 1000h for much longer, but im hoping that by the time i do have the money that the 13" MBP will have the iCore in it

 

[Sweetfeld28]

Personally owned, or Family Owned:

1. Macintosh Classic
2. PowerMac 6100/66MHz
3. PowerMac 6400/200MHz [My first computer, paid $2000]
4. PowerMac G3, MT 333MHz [loved how easy it was to access everything]
5. PowerMac G3, B&W 450MHz
6. PowerMac G4, Cube 450MHz [Amazing Design]
7. PowerMac G4, 450MHz [Velocity Engine!!]
8. iBook G3, 500MHz [Dual USB]
9. PowerBook G4, Titanium 1GHz
10. PowerBook G4, Aluminum 1.25GHz [FireWire 800]
11. PowerMac G4, DP 1.42GHz Windtunnel [Loved this machine]
12. PowerMac G5, DP 1.8GHz [Air-Cooled]
13. iMac, C2D 2.0GHz Aluminum
14. PowerMac G5, DP 2.5GHz [Liquid-Cooled, Liquids & Electronics don't mix Steve]
15. MacBook Pro, 2.16GHz C2D
16. MacBook Pro, 2.54GHz C2D Unibody
17. Mac Pro, 2.0GHz Quad, Woodcrest

iPods: iPod Photo 30GB, iPod Video 30GB 3.5G [Car Jukebox]

 

[Moodikar]

1. Apple IIGS (family)
2. Macintosh SE30 (family)

Mine onward (All traded in to buy the next model):
3. PowerMac 6100/60MHz (My first mac, lease to own for $2400)
4. PowerMac 7600/80
5. Powerbook wallstreet,
6. Powerbook G3 Pismo
7. PowerMac G3 tower blue/white
8. 15inch Powerbook titanium
9. 17inch Powerbook Aluminum
10. 13inch Macbook (white core duo)
11. 13inch Macbook (black core 2 duo)
12. 13inch Macbook Air rev B 1.86ghz (trade-in with apple due to issues).
13. 15inch Macbook Pro 2.53 uni-body.
14. 13inch Macbook Air rev C 2.13ghz
15. 13inch Macbook Pro 2.66 uni-body (owned concurrently with above MBA).
16. 11inch Macbook Air rev D 1.6ghz (ultimate config)

The 11 inch is by far my favorite and the best. I think I will keep this one for a while although I will probably buy a iMac for the editing power.

 

[Moodikar]

Someone should create a poll with every Mac since 1984 and let people choose what they had. I'd be curious which model was the top model!!

 

[aross99]

Since 1988:

Mac Plus
Mac LC
Performa 635CD
Performa 6400
Powerbook 1400cs
Bondi Blue iMac (slot loading)/350
Indigo iMac/400
Blue Dalmatian iMac/500
PowerMac 8600/300
PowerMac G3 MiniTower/300
PowerMac G4 Dual/733 (Digital Audio)
Titanium PowerBook G4 15/864
Titanium PowerBook G4 15/1.0
Mac Mini G4/1.42
Aluminum PowerBook G4 17/1.67
iMac G5 17/1.9 (iSight) (two)
White Macbook CD 13/2.0
C2D Macbook Pro 17/2.33
Unibody Macbook C2D 13/2.16
Unibody Macbook Pro C2D 13/2.4

 

[DoFoT9]

would this thread be better with pictures?

 

[andiwm2003]

would this thread be better with pictures?

here you go:

my favorite mac ever
Powermac 6500 225MHz, 32MB Ram, 3GB HDD, ATI 3D Rage II chip set
VRAM: 2 MB SGRAM, built in subwoover,

 

[Jarbo]

Memories

Wow we're going back a ways here.

Apple IIc
Mac Plus (with HUGE external 20MB SCSI Drive)
LC II
Beige G3 266 Tower
Grey G4 466 Tower
Powerbook G3 533
Powerbook G4 1GHZ
Macbook Pro Core2 Duo 2.16
27" iMAC Core2 Duo 2.8

-- PS Apple. I'm ready for a new MBP Update please.

 

[izibo]

here you go:

my favorite mac ever
Powermac 6500 225MHz, 32MB Ram, 3GB HDD, ATI 3D Rage II chip set
VRAM: 2 MB SGRAM, built in subwoover,

The best part about that computer? You could turn it on with any Sony TV remote. It saved me lots of time when I just had to walk by the den and turn on the machine while waiting for my coffee!

 

[andiwm2003]

The best part about that computer? You could turn it on with any Sony TV remote. It saved me lots of time when I just had to walk by the den and turn on the machine while waiting for my coffee!

yeah, I still have it. Thought about gutting it and putting in a Mac Mini. Of course trying to keep the subwoover working and the infrared sensor. Just have to find the time.

 

[NicoleRichie]

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Between work and home...

4 iPhones
Every gen. Of iPod classic
3 nanos
2 shuffle
iMac snow g3 500mhz
Orange iBook
Ti PowerBook
Alum power book
iMac core duo 21
MacBook core duo 13.3
MacBook core 2 duo 13.3
Blackbook core 2 duo 13.3
MacBook pro 13.3
iMac core duo

 

[OzExige]

From 1978

Apple II + upgrade to 16K added $AU435.00
Apple IIe x 2 (not in use but in safe keeping)
Mac 128K
Mac SE30 with Graphics Card and 19" RGB monitor - a true work horse
Newton MessagePad 2000 (it still works!)
Apple eMate 300 (piece of junk!)
Power Macintosh 7300 x 3 (Hard Drive failed in all 3 after 18 months)
Bondi Blue iMac (not pristine - but in use - TODAY! - hehe)
iBook (pure white - in pristine condition)
eMac 1.0G x 4 (one still works - used as a fax server)
Mac Pro Dual 2.5G (my Pride & Joy with a brand new 30" ACD - wow!)
iMac - Pixar light model - hehe
iMac 15" x 2
iMac 17" x 2
MBP aluminium - graphics card still works - touch wood
iMac 20"
iMac 24"
iPhone 3G x 3
Mac Mini Server - hooked up to OLD 30" ACD (see Mac Pro 2.5G above)
iPhone 4 x 3

AND - an Apple QuickTake 150 - OMG

 

[iMpathetic]

would this thread be better with pictures?

I can at least try:

 

[OzExige]

I've only owned one Mac. I'm a fairly new Mac user.

MBP 13.3" 2.4Ghz - October 28th - Present

OMG - We all wish you the best and pray that you don't catch this terrible disease, by associating with us

 

[opeter]

I owned 4 Macs:

- Apple PowerMac G4 Digital Audio, 466 MHz -> latter upgraded with an 1,2 GHz Sonnet CPU card
- PowerMac G5 DP 1,8 GHz
- Mac mini 2007, 1,83 GHz C2D
- Mac mini 2009 2,26 GHz

Right now I don't have any Apple products and don't plan to buy one, unless the Mac mini get's upgraded to an i3/i5 ...

 

[SuperBrown]

Holy crap! Some of you folks are real mac addicts! Awesome! So far I've only had five:

- Apple ][c
- iMac G3/400 DV SE (my baby, best college computer ever.)
- iBook G4/1.0 ghz
- eMac G4/1.25 ghz
- MacBook Pro 4,1

- iPod Touch Wheel 15gb
- iPod Touch 2nd Gen

 

[bobnugget]

Quite a long one then, only got the 4 at the moment (ones in my sig + a spare pismo for parts that kind of works):

Performa 400 (LC II)
Performa 450 (LC III)
Powerbook 190
Powerbook 190cs
Powerbook 5300
Powerbook 5300cs
Powerbook 5300c
Powerbook 1400/117 "EPIC" Prototype
Powerbook 1400/166
Powerbook Duo 270 Prototype
Pippin Developer Unit
Powerbook G3 Pismo
Powerbook Titanium 400 Mhz
iBook G3 700 Mhz
Powerbook 12" 867 Mhz
Powerbook 17" 1.5 Ghz
MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo 2.16 Ghz
MacBook Unibody Aluminium 2.0 Ghz

iDevices
iPod 30 GB
iPod Photo 60 GB
iPod 80 GB
iPod Touch 2nd Gen 16 GB
iPhone 3GS 32 GB

 

[DoFoT9]

here you go:

my favorite mac ever
Powermac 6500 225MHz, 32MB Ram, 3GB HDD, ATI 3D Rage II chip set
VRAM: 2 MB SGRAM, built in subwoover,

impressive! what OS was that running? OS8/9 i guess? seems about that time? never used it before so just a bit too old for me.

The best part about that computer? You could turn it on with any Sony TV remote. It saved me lots of time when I just had to walk by the den and turn on the machine while waiting for my coffee!

HA! now thats a good feature

I can at least try:

*images*

NICE! ive seen those before - but it NEVER looses its impact

 

[sushi]

My first (of many) Apple laptops was a PowerBook 170, one of the original "notebook" class computers. It had a really large trackball right in the middle of the palm rest and I really enjoyed it.

That was my first Apple laptop.

Almost bit on the original Apple portable computer, but it was too expensive. Then they introduced the 100, 150 and 170. It was a hard decision between the 100 and 170 for me. Reminds me of the MBA 11 and 13 discussions. Ha ha!

Finally went with the 170. It had 4MB of RAM and an 80MB HD. Upgraded the HD to 120MB for about $500 a year later. Then upgraded to 213MB about a year later. Upgrade the RAM to 8MB and it was expensive. I was doing development at the time and needed all the HD space that I could get. My main computer was an 840av Quadra. It finally died on me. But the 170 still works, or did. It's been about a year since I fired it up. Guess I should check and see if it still works.

Ohhh god. Am I really gonna try this??

<snip list>

And this is since around 2007, when I was 13.

So if I understand you correctly, you purchased all these in the past 3 years.

If true, then you really didn't pay the "Apple Tax."

Just joking. Seriously, that is a nice historical Mac collection.

 

[kazmac]

5 for me

I don't remember the PowerMac I bought in 1996 but that was my first.

iMac teal tube (1998)
iMac g4 (2002)
iMac g5 (2007)
iMac (2010)

iPhone 3GS, 2 first gen iPod shuffles 3 second gen iPod shuffles and last years Nano. I was a notorious iPod killer until I got the phone.

Will eventually get a portable to write on as a secondary computer (Not that I need it). But as long as Apple makes computers (and may they always do, I'll buy 'em).

I am impressed by the folks who have all of their older machines. My only regret: getting rid of the 2007 iMac.