What's your favorite Mac of all time?

[angusslo]

id totally buy 24" iLamp if they would sell one!

 

[wesrk]

not receiving a lot of love here, but count me for the Mac Mini.

 

[macgeek18]

Here's my favorite,it's also my computers but ya,my favs are mine,not just because there mine but I love the iBook Clamshells and Power Mac G4's.

 

[Blue Sun]

+1 iMac G4

I don't mind the White MacBook either......both are such clean designs.

 

[alleycat]

I think my favorite was the Mac SE. I used that all the way through high school and part of college…in the 1990's! What a solid little machine.

 

[Archon Gold]

PowerBook G4 17" 1.5Ghz (not the 1.67 since those had screen problems)

 

[DeepIn2U]

For me its really hard to say. Maybe its because it took me SOO long to finally own a Mac - personal hardships and excuses asside.

Pismo (Powerbook G3) was awesome and featured in so many movies you couldn't ignore it if you tried. Come to think of it, I cannot think of more than 1 PC laptop that came close to its performance.

A friend of mine teased me with the PowerMac G4 733Mhz QuickSilver for 3 mths on loan. Man Cheetah & Puma (I upgraded it) where horrible yet so inviting that it was just beautiful. Free classes to learn the basics at CPUsed on Dupont helped. I was a great machine - best with Dual 1Ghz G4; and gets a worthy mention. This was what the G4 should've launched with.

But its THIS machine that just did it for me. Like the first girl at high school that I had a crush, no, obsession with. I walked to the nearest Apple retailer (both Apple & Palm/Psion retailer), and this machine had a lineup for people just to touch it, see it in action. THIS machine made OS X a real dream to enjoy, crushing the long time favorite the Pismo; it's only achilles heel to massive appeal was the price, and case pealing. I vowed I would own one, and I finally bought one last month. I'm happy with it, considering its age.


Next up will be a MB 13" Unibody and hopefuly a Mac Pro 8Core late 2008; I got 2 sweet 17" & 20" Dell LCD's just waiting for them.

 

[dmmcintyre3]

(not the 1.67 since those had screen problems)

If it had the 1680x1050 screen it would not have the screen problems. All of the 1440x900 screens could have it if the screen was replaced

 

[Bennieboy©]

my old PPC G5, proper workhorse that stumbled at nothing lol

 

[surgedc5]

one of my all time favs

 

[joshwest]

a toss up between the two, the iMac was my first really nice mac and i always loved the original design now when the i7's ship i'll have one of those on my desk

 

[macfrik]

one of my all time favs

No doubt. That is also my all time favourite!

 

[Patdt13]

Mines the 13 inch MacBook Pro, it's my first Mac, so I guess it has some meaning

 

[mousouchop]

Unibody Macbook Pro 15" is my favorite, as that is what I now own. I also find this design to be the best of anything I have seen from Apple. Beats the hell out of all of the iBooks, Powerbooks, Non-Uni MBPs and Macbooks (Had a Blackbook, hated the sharp seam at where the top case met the bottom case).

Also, the Power Mac G5/Mac Pro design is simply beautiful. I was going to get a Mac Pro instead of the 15" MBP, but I need my computer to be portable and speedy.

 

[diotav]

MacBook Air followed by the Mac Pro.

 

[Perrumpo]

Unibody Macbook Pro 15" is my favorite, as that is what I now own. I also find this design to be the best of anything I have seen from Apple. Beats the hell out of all of the iBooks, Powerbooks, Non-Uni MBPs and Macbooks (Had a Blackbook, hated the sharp seam at where the top case met the bottom case).

Also, the iMac G5/Mac Pro design is simply beautiful. I was going to get a Mac Pro instead of the 15" MBP, but I need my computer to be portable and speedy.

Now on the unibodies, there's not a sharp seam, just a super-sharp edge.

 

[mousouchop]

Now on the unibodies, there's not a sharp seam, just a super-sharp edge.

I don't find the edge of the unibodies to be very sharp at all. Not nearly as sharp as the plastic seam. That thing hurt like hell when I first got my Macbook. I had to put electrical tape over the edges at first until I got used to it. My wrists were always raw. The edge on the unibodies is more refined, smoothed and what not.

 

[msjones]

My first proper mac was a g5 dual 2GHZ

I love this machine, I have it sat in its box in the corner of the room, can't bring myself to sell it..... not been used in over a year.

 

[Queso]

The LC in particular was just so stylish for the time. Nothing else looked anywhere near that good. With the iMac DV the appeal is the refinement of the original fruity iMacs. Better screen resolution, no fan, no drive tray, easy to reach ports. Beautiful, especially the graphite one.

However, for the utter practicality and functionality the PB12 wins hands down. I bought one of the first gen ones and everybody was blown over by it even before I mentioned the built-in Bluetooth, 802.11g (rarity at the time), and the DVD burner. Mine is still in regular use, although I gave it to a friend last year so it's not really mine now. My current MBP 15" just doesn't inspire the same love.

 

[toolbox]

I've always loved the SE/30, it's such a clean design, everything in a nice tight little package.

So do i in fact i still have mine.

 

[alphaod]

I love the current Mac Pro; every time I open it up to clean, I marvel at its magnificence.

 

[Xavier]

This has been my most reliable mac, and it is still up and running.

I have the dual 1 GHZ version

 

[Decrepit]

Mac? The Mac Mini.

Apple Computer? The Apple IIc. This was the first case of computer envy I ever had. I had a II+. My friend had a IIc, and I was enamored.

 

[bobbytomorow]

oooohhhh hard pick

never had one but always went to the store to admire the 'cube

my second iMac, I actually had 2 of these. I still think they look modern as heck!

Spent lots of time on the Classic back in elementary school

and of course the Unibodies are simply gorgeous

 

[kelau09]

iMac G4 (Lamp), the most practical monitor arm all-time.
it's a shame they discontinued the design.