Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

What's your processor?

  • Intel

    Votes: 92 63.4%
  • G3/G4/G5

    Votes: 75 51.7%
  • Older PowerPC, 68k, or earlier processor

    Votes: 10 6.9%

  • Total voters
    145

iMacZealot

macrumors 68020
Original poster
Mar 11, 2005
2,237
3
I was curious to know what kind of processor everybody is using. It seems like so many people are using Intels now that I feel out of date with my iMac G5!

Vote.
 

Father Jack

macrumors 68020
Jan 1, 2007
2,481
1
Ireland
I was curious to know what kind of processor everybody is using. It seems like so many people are using Intels now that I feel out of date with my iMac G5!

Vote.

I have three Intel macs here, but will still use my 2 Ghz Power Mac G5 when I need to do serious work. :)

G5's rock ......... still !!


FJ
 

iMacZealot

macrumors 68020
Original poster
Mar 11, 2005
2,237
3
I'm thinking about buying a MacBook, but that's a ways off. I still love my G5, even though the hard disk died about a year ago, and while all of my data came back, iPhoto not only added in all the thumbnails and originals of my photos, but they're also all out of order.

Still, I love my G5, too! :apple:
 

iMacZealot

macrumors 68020
Original poster
Mar 11, 2005
2,237
3
68030, G3, and Core 2. One from each of the categories :D

They didn't make very many 68030's, either, did they?

~*~*~

I also have an iMac G3, although I'm happy to say that my mom's switching from her PC to that. :) My brother and one of my sisters have PowerBook G4's. The other two sisters and my dad still using PC laptops.
 

iMacZealot

macrumors 68020
Original poster
Mar 11, 2005
2,237
3
I've always wanted to get an iMac G4 so I could do a photoshoot with my G3, G4, and G5 and tilt the screens to the same angle a la the iMac G5 "From the Creators of iPod" photo.
 

RacerX

macrumors 65832
Aug 2, 2004
1,504
4
iMacZealot said:
They didn't make very many 68030's, either, did they?
That was the top of the line processor from 1988 to 1991, and was the main processor for early PowerBooks until mid 1994.


As for the question... I have lots of different processors.
G4 at 1.2 GHz, 256k L2, 2 MB of L3 (in PowerMac G4 Sawtooth)
G4 at 533 MHz, 1 MB of L2 (in Beige G3 MiniTower)
G4 at 500 MHz, 1 MB of L2 (in PowerBook G3 Wallstreet)
G4 at 400 MHz, 1 MB of L2 (in dead Titanium G4)
G3 at 500 MHz, 1 MB of L2 (in PowerMac 8100av)
G3 at 450 MHz, 1 MB of L2 (in PowerMac 8600)
G3 at 400 MHz, 1 MB of L2 (in PowerBook G3 Pismo)
G3 at 400 MHz, 1 MB of L2 (in PowerBook G3 Lombard)
G3 at 350 MHz, 512k of L2 (in dead iMac G3)
G3 at 266 MHz, 1 MB of L2 (in PowerMac 7100)
G3 at 266 MHz, 512 MB of L2 (in Beige G3 MiniTower)
PowerPC 604ev at 300 MHz, 1 MB of L2 (in PowerMac 8600)
PowerPC 604e at 225 MHz, 512k of L2 (in PowerTower Pro)
PowerPC 604e at 210 MHz, 256k of L2 (in PowerMac 7500)
PowerPC 603e at 200 MHz, 256k of L2 (in PowerBook 3400c)
PowerPC 604 at 132 MHz, 256k of L2 (in PowerMac 8500)
PowerPC 603e at 100 MHz (in PowerBook Duo 2300c)
PowerPC 601 at 66 MHz, 1 MB of L2 (in Quadra 950)
MC 68040 at 33 MHz (in Macintosh IIci)
MC 680LC40 at 33 MHz (in PowerBook Duo 280)
MC 68040 at 25 MHz (in Quadra 700)
MC 68030 at 20 MHz (in Macintosh IIsi)
MC 68030 at 16 MHz (in Macintosh LC II)
MC 68030 at 16 MHz (in Macintosh IIcx)

MIPS R10000 at 175 MHz, 2 MB of L2 (in SGI Indigo2 Workstation)
MIPS R4400sc at 175 MHz, 1 MB of L2 (in SGI Indy Workstation)
MIPS R3000 at 33 MHz (in SGI IRIS Indigo Workstation)
MIPS R3000 at 33 MHz (in SGI IRIS Indigo Workstation)

SuperSPARC at 50 MHz (in Sun SPARCstation 10)
MicroSPARC at 50 MHz (in Sun SPARCclassic)
MicroSPARC at 50 MHz (in Sun SPARCclassic)

Dual Pentiums at 166 MHz (in DEC Celebris XL5133)
Pentium at 133 MHz, 256k of L2 (in IBM ThinkPad 760ED)​
...And that is just the processors actually in systems, I have a bunch of others around here too. :D
 

jimN

macrumors 6502a
Jun 23, 2005
941
17
London
I'm running a G4 1Ghz. No plans to update anytime soon, I'm hanging in for an ultra-portable partly because I don't want a super powerful computer - I'd just end up gaming all of the time!
 

siurpeeman

macrumors 603
Dec 2, 2006
6,321
24
the OC
i currently use an 800 mhz g4 and a 2.0 ghz core 2 duo. i used to have 16 mhz 68030, 25 mhz 68040, 200 mhz 603e, 266 mhz g3, 500 mhz g3, 450 mhz g4 and a dual 2.0 ghz g5.
 

7254278

macrumors 68020
Apr 11, 2004
2,365
0
NYC
1.6 Ghz G4 and 1.2 Ghz G4. they are in an iBook and a sawtooth. . . I plan on owning a C2D before summer.
 

Ish

macrumors 68020
Nov 30, 2004
2,241
795
UK
1.67 G4 PB

I know someone always seems to have a different idea :rolleyes: when there are poll options, so apologies in advance, but it might be interesting to separate out the G3 from the G4/5 to get a better idea of how many people hang on to their 'tried and trusted' and for how long.
 

Mitthrawnuruodo

Moderator emeritus
Mar 10, 2004
14,678
1,500
Bergen, Norway
Voted Intel, only.

I only use the MacBook for day-to-day computing, but I still keep my old iBook G4 as a backup machine (which was good when the MacBook's HD died just before Christmas) and for the very occasional classic game.
 

zap2

macrumors 604
Mar 8, 2005
7,252
8
Washington D.C
Intel for my desktop...Core Duo, and PowerPC G4 for my laptop


I can't see myself replace my iBook just because its small and not a heavy as the MacBook.

Maybe oneday I'll replace my Mac Mini and iBook with a MacBook Pro, but that would be a while off.
 

Sesshi

macrumors G3
Jun 3, 2006
8,113
1
One Nation Under Gordon
What a coincidence, just casting around my home PC's for another thread.

QX6800 3.2 (Dell XPS 710 H2C)
QX6800 2.66 (Dell XPS 710)
Dual 5160 3.0 (Dell Precision 490)
5150 2.66 (DIY Server)
Core 2 Duo 2.33 (Dell XPS M1710)
Core 2 Duo 2.33 (Lenovo Thinkpad T60P)
Core 2 Duo 2.33 (Dell Latitude D620)
Core 2 Duo 2.33 (Macbook Pro 15")
Core 2 Duo 2.0 (Samsung Q35)
Core 2 Duo 2.0 (HTPC)
Core 2 Duo 2.16 (HP nx9420)
Core Duo 2.16 (Sony VGN-SZ2VP)
Core Duo 2.16 (Macbook Pro 17")

I wonder if the Celeron / XScale in my NASs count as processors :p

More elsewhere.
 

devilot

Moderator emeritus
May 1, 2005
15,584
1
Just my trusty ol' 1.33GHz G4 iBook and 2.0GHz G5 iMac. iLust after the 24" iMac though. :eek:
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.