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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Hi everyone,
I will shortly upgrading my powerbook in 2005, well, after MWSF anyway. It will be my first upgrade since 1999. Just curious how often people on these boards upgrade their gear. Either Desktop or Portable. Regards |
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Im in the same boat you are, but I am going to hold off until the end of summer/beginning of the next school year before I buy a new PB. My last PB was purchased in the summer of 2003.
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I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Washington, DC
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I got my blueberry iBook in fall 1999, and upgraded to a friend's G3 iceBook in... oh, spring of 2003, maybe.
The biggest thing I need now is a larger HD, and I can get that done without buying a whole new iBook. |
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Apple Historian
Join Date: May 2004
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iMac G4 in 2002, upgraded to a 15'' PowerBook in May 2004. I'll probably update agin in late 2005 or early 2006.
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About every 12-18 months, iBook in Nov 2002, 12" PB in Oct 2003, next PB in ??? (depending on revision upgrades)
Where's Murbot? |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Here's a history of Apple computers I've owned.
198?: Apple IIc 1992: Macintosh SE/30 (used) 1994: Performa 638CD 1997: PowerMac 8600/250 2000: PowerMac G4 Dual 500 2004: PowerBook 12" My father ran a local computer business; so, even as a child I had my own Apple IIc and later he gave me one of his Mac SE/30s. The rest were more truly my own Macs. The PowerBook I am currently using is a very nice machine, but I can easy see myself buying a replacement for it in just two, maybe three more years. It just doesn't "wow" me with speed and power like my last three Macs did. I suppose that may also have something to do with the fact that going from the Performa to 8600 gave a 7x chip speed boost and from the 8600 to the Dual 500 a 4x boost, among other technological advances. The PowerBook feels like just a portable version of my Dual 500. It's barely any faster, not even 2x, and has nothing else very special about it. But I digress... The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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You forgot about me... I'm probably the second most compulsive upgrader here.
1995 - IIcx 1997 - Quadra 610 1999 - PowerMac 7100/80 Fall 2001 - PowerMac 8100/100 Spring 2002 - Wallstreet PowerBook Fall 2002 - Dual 500 MHz G4 Winter 2002 - iBook G3/800 Fall 2003 - eMac 1 GHz Winter 2003 - Dual 450 MHz G4 (later upgraded to 1.3 GHz) Spring 2004 - Quicksilver G4 (1.3 GHz upgrade transferred over) Fall 2004 - Home-built *secondary* PC w/ Athlon XP 2400+ Fall 2004 - Home-built PC w/ Athlon 64 3000+ Yeah, it really started when I got that Wallstreet in 2002. That was the last machine my parents gave to me after upgrading their own computers. After I got that one, I got the upgrade bug and wanted to run OS X, so I bought that dual 500. In retrospect I should have just stayed with it, but I wanted portability so I got the iBook. It was slower than the PowerMac, but I put up with it anyway, until finally I decided that I wanted a fast desktop again. I stupidly passed up the opportunity to get another nice PowerMac and bought a brand new eMac from Apple this time. I got sick of the eMac within a month or two and ended up getting a dual 450 G4 instead. I put a few upgrades into the dual 450, and eventually found someone selling a Quicksilver 733 for really cheap. I bought it and threw all my dual 450's upgrades into it, and kept it for a while. I decided I wanted a PC to use just for games and stuff, so I built a PC on the cheap using a lot of lightly used parts. For some reason I ended up using the PC all the time and I didn't mind it at all... in fact I never used the Mac even though I have been a Mac user all my life. After a couple weeks of that, I sold the Mac and used the money to buy much nicer parts for my PC. I replaced essentially the entire thing, and now I have a very nice home-built PC. I'll probably buy another Mac sometime in the next two years. For now, though, I'm totally fine with the PC. |
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Apple Historian
Join Date: May 2004
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Messiahtosh Mac History
1995 Performa something (I was 10 and not so into computers) 2000 iMac Indigo 450 Mhz G3, DVD, 20 GB, 256 MB RAM 2000 G4 Cube 450 Mhz G4, DVD, 20 GB, 256 MB RAM 2002 iMac 800 Mhz G4, Superdrive, 60 GB, 512 MB RAM 2004 PowerBook 15'' 1.5 GHz G4, Superdrive, 80 GB, 128 VRAM, 1 GB RAM "We are reviewing some 9,000 recent UNHCR referrals from Syria. We are receiving roughly a thousand new ones each month, and we expect admissions from Syria to surge in 2015 and beyond." - Anne C. Richard, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Chicago
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This 12" PB I'm on now was the first computer that I've owned by myself, like actually bought with my own money and all that. The rest of them have been family computers starting with an Apple II, Mac +, LC, 6400, Cube, and now this.
I don't upgrade a lot, I haven't been a power user until recently when I started editing video and photos and stuff like that. So my upgrades have been few and far between, but they may get closer together now. Come waste your time with me |
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Location: Washington, DC
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SO, anyway... Among all the computers I ended up using, when it came time to graduate I shopped around as fairly as I could, and I still ended up going with Mac. In the school labs, they worked logically, and worked more often than the breeds of Windows boxes. Plus, I got more for my money with that blueberry iBook, and I've even been wireless ever since. You could say that I "played the field" for many years before buying my own stuff. |
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Join Date: May 2004
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1995-2000 LC630
2000-2004 Sage iMac DV+ 2004-200x Pain and Sorrow I seem to be on the five year upgrade plan. And I don't know what to get next. Hence, the pain and sorrow. |
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Fishhead Family Reunited
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Slightly Off Center
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I'm gonna buck the trend and work my way backwards, it's easier to remember that way...
early 2004 - 20" iMac G4 (current) mid 2002 - 800 MHz PB G4 Ti (current) late 2001 - 667 MHz PB G4 Ti early 2001 - iBook Dual USB late 2000 - Dual 450 Mhz Power Mac G4 Mid 1999 - Lombard PowerBook G3/400 Late 1998 - Wallstreet PDQ PowerBook G3/266 Mid 1998 - Wallstreet PowerBook G3/250 Late 1997 - PowerBook 3400c Early 1997 - PowerBook 1400c 1996 - PowerBook 5300c 1995 - PowerBook 540c 1993 - Quadra 605 1991 - SE/30 |
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can't read sarcasm.
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Toronto, Canada
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Glad to see so many other old timers who grew up along with Apple since '84.
I forget the years but you get an idea based on the model. -Apple IIe -Macintosh 512e -Mac II -Mac IIcx -Mac LC -Performa VX -PowerMac 8500 -PowerBook (lombard) -PowerMac 400 (sawtooth) -iMac FP/700 |
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