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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present!
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makisushi said:
I just received my second Dell LCD (the first one had a bad right side ... pink pixels everywhere; just on the right side???). 2005W ... nice monitor. Feels cheap compared to an Apple LCD, but it's much cheaper when on sale (even after the lowered price on Apple displays). The ability to flip the display and having multiple inputs are nice options (especially in Tiger).
It's way to bright though ... nice for movies, but when working late it can be a bit too intense.
I'll post my new setup after i move ... living alone well be a nice change for this digital geek.
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IanC said:Theres a powerbook?
yes, under the sheet of paper. You can see the distinctive exhaust vents and hinges from under the paper.
wrc fan said:
You're right. It's the wife's 12" powerbook hiding under there. I have to keep the thing up to date with software updates, etc. and she uses it to play mahjong, and we had such high ideals of her learning things when we bought it in 2003! She's starting to use the computer a bit more now that we have Tiger installed as she finds dashboard very helpful. She has a few world clocks open to tell her the best time to call our friends from overseas.
I have a 17" PB too but it's stuck in the carry case for now as I have no room for it. I wanted to eBay it but, it took a bad dent to the corner which wipes its resale value even though it still works like a charm.
Buckaroo said:
I still have a lot of finish work to do.
I would not want to pay your electric bill.
Past and Present
In the spirit of a past and present macs, I decided to post the following pic of the macs we use from the first (switch) machine to the last. I am not going to include the now broken PC which is sitting in the corner waiting until the garbage collection on Monday.
Ganymede is a Rev A 17" PB which was the reason I switched to the mac. I had a case of the "I gotta get me some o' that" syndrome so inherent when you become a Mac user. It has taken a bad fall to the left corner which has damaged its lustre but not its wow factor.
Leda is my wife's 1Ghz 12" PB that we got her to learn how to use computers with... so far Mahjohngg is the top application used, alongside Dashboard's world clocks and temperature.
The laptops just float around the lounge so we can check emails and surf while watching TV or keeping watch on the baby thanks to an Airport Extreme hiding behind the monitor.
Jupiter was my Christmas present to myself which I bought on the way back to Australia when I stopped off in Santa Monica. I dumped the 1 button mouse for the PM as I came across a good deal on the MX1000 and I have to say it is a cool mouse.
Since we bought so many macs, we had to come up with a naming theme to handle them on the network... "Jennie's 12" G4 PowerBook" and "Graeme's 17" G4 PowerBook" was not the way to go...
Do any other members use a "theme" to name their machines? Any other examples please?
In the spirit of a past and present macs, I decided to post the following pic of the macs we use from the first (switch) machine to the last. I am not going to include the now broken PC which is sitting in the corner waiting until the garbage collection on Monday.
Ganymede is a Rev A 17" PB which was the reason I switched to the mac. I had a case of the "I gotta get me some o' that" syndrome so inherent when you become a Mac user. It has taken a bad fall to the left corner which has damaged its lustre but not its wow factor.
Leda is my wife's 1Ghz 12" PB that we got her to learn how to use computers with... so far Mahjohngg is the top application used, alongside Dashboard's world clocks and temperature.
The laptops just float around the lounge so we can check emails and surf while watching TV or keeping watch on the baby thanks to an Airport Extreme hiding behind the monitor.
Jupiter was my Christmas present to myself which I bought on the way back to Australia when I stopped off in Santa Monica. I dumped the 1 button mouse for the PM as I came across a good deal on the MX1000 and I have to say it is a cool mouse.
Since we bought so many macs, we had to come up with a naming theme to handle them on the network... "Jennie's 12" G4 PowerBook" and "Graeme's 17" G4 PowerBook" was not the way to go...
Do any other members use a "theme" to name their machines? Any other examples please?
Graeme A said:In the spirit of a past and present macs, I decided to post the following pic of the macs we use from the first (switch) machine to the last. I am not going to include the now broken PC which is sitting in the corner waiting until the garbage collection on Monday.
Ganymede is a Rev A 17" PB which was the reason I switched to the mac. I had a case of the "I gotta get me some o' that" syndrome so inherent when you become a Mac user. It has taken a bad fall to the left corner which has damaged its lustre but not its wow factor.
Leda is my wife's 1Ghz 12" PB that we got her to learn how to use computers with... so far Mahjohngg is the top application used, alongside Dashboard's world clocks and temperature.
The laptops just float around the lounge so we can check emails and surf while watching TV or keeping watch on the baby thanks to an Airport Extreme hiding behind the monitor.
Jupiter was my Christmas present to myself which I bought on the way back to Australia when I stopped off in Santa Monica. I dumped the 1 button mouse for the PM as I came across a good deal on the MX1000 and I have to say it is a cool mouse.
Since we bought so many macs, we had to come up with a naming theme to handle them on the network... "Jennie's 12" G4 PowerBook" and "Graeme's 17" G4 PowerBook" was not the way to go...
Do any other members use a "theme" to name their machines? Any other examples please?
Nice.........you have a lot of macs there
toothpaste said:I would not want to pay your electric bill.
lol some how I think anyone who can afford that many LCD's and that kinda set up isn't too hard up for cash.
i do, although i broke it by naming my mini 'mini'Graeme A said:
Ex-main computer (PC) is called 'desty nova' with a 200 gig drive with 2 partitions 'koas' and 'junkyard'.
G3 is called 'ido'.
A Vaio C1 i used to use (i should work on getting linux to work again on that one) is 'alita'.
The theme is based on 'battle angel alita' or 'gunm'. A manga i really enjoy reading.
I normally don't name my computers/guitars/vehicles because i think it's a little on the hooky side but my one friend/fellow mac user was hasseling me that you can't name a tower so I told her my powermacs name is now "Steward The Great!" and he has speed holes that make him go faster.
Graeme A said:
Well, my Windows XP SP2 machine is named Bob...
thats my only computer so far...
I named it bob for the following reasons: 1) Bob is such a cool name! [though I'm happy its not MY name!] 2) Spongebob Squarepants!!!
When I get a Mac or a new computer, I dont know what I'll name it...
My iPods names: iPod and Shuffle
Phat_Pat said:I call my PM "The Beast"
And I call the PC in the corner "The POS", not so cool... before it broke, it was called asteroid as it kept crashing.
My Powerbook is "Mario" and my iPod is "Luigi." My PC is "Bowser" and the SSID on my router/WAP is "Mushroom Kingdom."Graeme A said:
My fiancee's laptop is named "Peach." Her 4GB iPod mini (in pink, no less) is "Peach's iPod."
I've got an HP that I'm considering dropping Linux on to rebuild as a fileserver. His name will probably be "Toad." If I opt for Windows 2000 Server (which is a possibility), it'll be "Bowser-Jr."
My sister and gramma both have computers in the house (and on the network), but they have boring names.
if i understand correctly those images were created by Jason Brooks and i think that those two specifically you can get packaged with the Hed Kandi CD
Graeme A said:
I used to.
My 12" iBook is "Hanyou" (japanese for half-demon).
My PC is "Youkai" (japanese for demon).
My iPod WAS "Oni" (japanese for ogre).
But I got my PowerBook, and named it Disaster Area (although that's liable to change), and renamed my iPod to Katana, so we'll see.
I'm trying to think of a new naming theme for everything.
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