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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 5)

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techlover828 said:
huh? oh your on a emac, does that support extended desktop mode, if not then I have no idea, I've only used dual monitors on my macbook pro.
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Yea i didnt have to use screen spanning doctor, it did it on its own :eek: But heres a pic of it.

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I did this since i dont have enough money for a new computer so i made the best of my eMac just upgrading it little bit here and there and this is where i got to :p
 
desenso said:
You can try and rationalize this to death, but at the end of the day it's an irrational decision. If you have a portable computer, it is irrational to buy an importable computer that is less powerful than the portable.

The 12" PowerBook may be an economical choice for someone who would travel with it more regularly than a MacBook Pro, but that's a different story.

To reiterate, I'm not attempting to be inflammatory. But I don't agree that it is objectively rational to buy an old and slow desktop computer when you have a newer and more powerful laptop. That is not to say that all decisions need to be objectively rational, or a critique. We're merely having a discussion about why people buy the computers they do.
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i know the g4s are slow, but not to the point where their useless. i bought the imac g4 because i had always wanted one since they came out. i couldn't afford one back then. i just like having one because i always wanted one.

i collect sneakers too. all the jordans my mom wouldn't buy me when i was little, i have now. i've paid some ridiculous prices for some, but who cares? it's my money and i should be able to spend it on whatver i want. it doesn't have to be rational. it's my money. i like buying what i want. i live in an expensive studio too. i guess i should be looking for a place with bedrooms because a studio isn't good as house or an apt with bedrooms.

i use my imac g4 for web surfing and as a media server (streams to my ps3). sometimes i turn the screen to face my bed and i watch movies on it. it does those just as well as my mbp.

imo, i think the 12" pb is the ultimate portable laptop. this is my main computer. for what i use it for, it's great. my work got me a mb (to use with a lcd projector in my classroom), but i still prefer the pb. sadly, i cannot use my pb at work anymore. they don't want teachers using personal computers at work. i will be switching to the mb for work this fall. i also have a 20" imac g5 on my desk at work.

my mbp gets used for video rendering and heavy stuff like that.

i don't know what my point is. i just know, i like having my imac g4. it looks freaking cool. i'm typing this post on it. :)
 
Cassie said:
iBook G4 here. It ain't slow, not by most standards. Which seem to not apply on this forum.
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Yes but do u use photoshop and idvd imovie flash usually at the same time (mostly Flash and photoshop, maybe imovie 05 but idvd 08)

but w.e its not slow, i find it not fun how ur on this forum but not your own cough.
 
MacHappytjg said:
Yes but do u use photoshop and idvd imovie flash usually at the same time (mostly Flash and photoshop, maybe imovie 05 but idvd 08)

but w.e its not slow,
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I use GIMP and Flash and all the other usual things (Firefox, iTunes, iChat, MSN, etc.) at the same time. Granted, it slows down to an almost unusable speed, but that's because I have 512 MB of RAM. (I must be the last person on EARTH to have that amount of RAM for a main machine)
i find it not fun how ur on this forum but not your own cough.
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What can I say, things are kind of slow over there at the moment.
 
Cassie said:


I use GIMP and Flash and all the other usual things (Firefox, iTunes, iChat, MSN, etc.) at the same time. Granted, it slows down to an almost unusable speed, but that's because I have 512 MB of RAM. (I must be the last person on EARTH to have that amount of RAM for a main machine)
What can I say, things are kind of slow over there at the moment.
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THEN FIX IT YAY. but yea i have 768mb of ram on my main machine and ur not alone my brother still has 512 on his imac g5 running leopard :eek:
 
^Love the setup, I just love how there is the appearance of no wires whatsoever, so simple.
 
MacHappytjg said:
THEN FIX IT YAY. but yea i have 768mb of ram on my main machine and ur not alone my brother still has 512 on his imac g5 running leopard :eek:
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Yeah, I ran Leopard for a while. It sucked so bad, I went back to Tiger because it was nearly unusable.
joekix said:
my imac g5 at work has 512 and it's not that bad.
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Interesting.
MacHappytjg said:
leopard? cause i almost killed myself when i was using 512 for leopard
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Yes, what do you have you say to that?
joekix said:
yeah, leopard... it's a 20" 2.1 g5. it's actually quite zippy.
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Ah. A G5. A 2 GHz G5, too. That explains it.
MacHappytjg said:
is it the one with the isight
? i was looking for one of those before but coudlnt afford it ...
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Yeah, I was looking for a pre-iSight iMac G5, but they still go for $5-600.
joekix said:
yeah, it was the last revision and then they went intel.
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Cool, I wonder how much that would cost now?
 
Cassie said:

Yeah, I ran Leopard for a while. It sucked so bad, I went back to Tiger because it was nearly unusable.

Interesting.

Yes, what do you have you say to that?

Ah. A G5. A 2 GHz G5, too. That explains it.

Yeah, I was looking for a pre-iSight iMac G5, but they still go for $5-600.

Cool, I wonder how much that would cost now?
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TMF = Unusable as well

Joekix you should click the link in my sig and sign up :D i betya cassie would say the same...
 
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Ugly wallpaper with matching ugly curtains (came with the house), ugly chair (free from work), desk from the 80's (this used to hold my Apple //c and IIGS) and phone from the 90's :eek:
 
Sorry about the flash and blurriness, it's late. There's a printer on the right and an external HD behind it but they didn't need to be included.
 

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