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What was your first Apple product?
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4th Gen Shuffle was the first Apple Product ive OWNED, but ive been using Apple stuff as long as i remember. It was the Second gen touch that really got me into Apple and iPods. I'll never forget the day i laid eyes on my friend Drew's brand new second gen ipod touch. I was so jealous. After that, i wanted one so bad. That was '08. I didnt get my First iPod till 2010 (4th gen Shuffle) I didnt get my first touch till 2012 (4th gen refurbed off ebay) 
The first Apple product I owned was a Macintosh Classic. I was given it around 2000, although I had used a Performa 5200 in the mid-late 1990s. I still have the Classic. 
The first one I personally owned was a PowerBook 5300c (still own it - center-right in this photo: https://i.imgur.com/bqv7L5xh.jpg ) I got it while in college. It was my dad's but he won a MacMall contest and got a brand-spanking-new PowerBook 1400cs, so he handed down his 5300c.
I had used Apple products much earlier (all the way back to an Apple ][+ in school,) and there had been Apple products owned in my household, but that was the first one that was firmly "mine." The first Apple product I paid my own money for would have been a used SE/30 a couple years later, bought out of nostalgia (and the beginning of my collection.)
The first Apple product I bought brand new would likely be either a boxed copy of Mac OS X 10.1 or the license key for QuickTime Pro; I don't know precisely which I bought first. The first hardware Apple product I bought brand new would have been the first-generation iPod shuffle. The first Apple computer I bought brand new was a first-generation aluminum 12" PowerBook G4. (I actually bought a refurbished one originally, but it broke hours later, so when I returned it, I paid the extra to upgrade to a new one rather than a refurbished one - front-right in the above picture.) I had owned one or two generation old Apple's before that, (saving money buying used,) but that was my first brand-new.
I had used Apple products much earlier (all the way back to an Apple ][+ in school,) and there had been Apple products owned in my household, but that was the first one that was firmly "mine." The first Apple product I paid my own money for would have been a used SE/30 a couple years later, bought out of nostalgia (and the beginning of my collection.)
The first Apple product I bought brand new would likely be either a boxed copy of Mac OS X 10.1 or the license key for QuickTime Pro; I don't know precisely which I bought first. The first hardware Apple product I bought brand new would have been the first-generation iPod shuffle. The first Apple computer I bought brand new was a first-generation aluminum 12" PowerBook G4. (I actually bought a refurbished one originally, but it broke hours later, so when I returned it, I paid the extra to upgrade to a new one rather than a refurbished one - front-right in the above picture.) I had owned one or two generation old Apple's before that, (saving money buying used,) but that was my first brand-new.
IPad 2 which was used when I bought it. Only 3 years later I'm up to a few (see below) Apple devices now.
30GB iPod Photo. I barely used it after purchase. I didn't get into it like I thought I would. It wasn't until the 160GB iPod came out in 2008 or so that I actually started using it.
That 30GB iPod Photo still holds a charge for a long time and runs for hours like it did new. I haven't charged it in a few years though.
That 30GB iPod Photo still holds a charge for a long time and runs for hours like it did new. I haven't charged it in a few years though.
The first I bought was the iPod Video before it was renamed the iPod Classic.
Black 30GB.
I still have it and have been thinking of buffing out the rear panel back to its mirror finish, atm it has "a few" swirls and scratches. It definitely got it's use.
Picked it up brand new at BestBuy Jan 2006 for $300. That gloss black front panel was more than I could resist.
Best portable music player I owned and on trips I wasn't driving Yes, I watched videos on that tiny little screen
I bought was the iPod Video before it was renamed the iPod Classic. Black 30GB.
I still have it and have been thinking of buffing out the rear panel back to its mirror finish, atm it has "a few" swirls and scratches. It definitely got it's use.
Picked it up brand new at BestBuy Jan 2006 for $300. That gloss black front panel was more than I could resist.
Best portable music player I owned and on trips I wasn't driving Yes, I watched videos on that tiny little screen
My First Apple: PowerBook 170
My first Apple product was a newly released PowerBook 170. I purchased it upon its release in October 1991.
As described by Apple:
"When it was released in October 1991, the PowerBook 170 was the premier PowerBook. The first PowerBook to include an active-matrix screen, the 170 also contained a slot for an optional internal modem, making it a truly mobile office computer. The PowerBook 170 sold for $4600, and was discontinued in October 1992, a year after its announcement."
http://www.apple-history.com/170
My first Apple product was a newly released PowerBook 170. I purchased it upon its release in October 1991.
As described by Apple:
"When it was released in October 1991, the PowerBook 170 was the premier PowerBook. The first PowerBook to include an active-matrix screen, the 170 also contained a slot for an optional internal modem, making it a truly mobile office computer. The PowerBook 170 sold for $4600, and was discontinued in October 1992, a year after its announcement."
http://www.apple-history.com/170
My first was a black 5th generation iPod classic. I remember getting it after my high school graduation as a gift to use in college while walking between classes. That's what started the Apple frenzy for me. I loved that thing!
I loved that thing!My first Apple product was an 80GB 5th Gen iPod.
First Mac was a 2007 20" Alu/Si iMac base model, still runs beautifully on Yosemite.
First Mac was a 2007 20" Alu/Si iMac base model, still runs beautifully on Yosemite.
Classic. I remember sitting in technology class in high school (around 2000-2001) and seeing a poster of this hanging in the classroom and just thinking it was the coolest piece of consumer tech. I had ever seen.