Neowin Mac users

[VGVL]

I've been a Mac user since April 25th, I just never posted in this thread. :shifty:

Specs in my Sig. :D

I got no dead or stuck pixels, and none have developed so far. :happy:

I can't stand to have a monitor with dead pixels. I test my PowerBook for dead pixels every week. I told the guy at my local CompUSA that I am going to buy a 20" AppleStudio when they are updated (The current ones are too old, and I don't need it right now so I might as well wait), but I requested to test the monitor in-store first for dead pixels until I found one that was flawless. He agreed, lol. :p

[thetman]

just added another mac to my collection.

powermac G3 blue and white 300mhz

384mb pc100 ram

ati rage128 video

6gb hard drive

mac os x 10.3 (havnt hooked up to network for updates yet)

17" apple crt studio display (soon to be 20" apple crt)

I dont know whether or not to sell like this, upgrade and sell, or buy a zif card and keep it

[KeR]

dude you have a lot of macs there.....I also got a PowerMac G3 Blue & White 400MHz from eBay at the beginning of the month, and upgraded it using a G4 600MHz zif, runs much better now.

[unique]

Just bought my brand new 12" ibook for school (returning yet again)

iBook 12"

1ghz

768mb ram

30 gig HD

airport extreme

osx 10.3

buying a firewire lacie in the next 2 weeks!

Have to say, I have never been happier, osx is sexy.

[Southern Patriot]

I am still killing myself today for not having bought the Combo Drive.

Is it possible to change that? I know how to take my iBook apart, just, where the hell could I find the part >.<

Let me tell you from personal experience, changing the CD drive (or the hard drive for that matter) in an iBook is a royal pain in the a**. I have been repairing and rebuilding notebook computers for years, and that has got to be one of the hardest models I've ever laid hands on! You nearly have to take the entire notebook apart to get to the CD drive. Then there's the little matter of getting the thing back together and it still working. Tried it on a friend's 600Mhz iBook last year, and I just about went nuts trying to get things back together again. If you are really inclined to do it though, look for a UJDA710, 730, or 750 on eBay. You should be able to find one for under $100, depending on the model (the 710 is usually around $65). Those drives work really well, and are supported by iTunes and Toast. The only problem is getting the faceplate from your original drive to fit it, but it can be done with a little work and some superglue.

[thetman]

figure i should put up a master list of what I have

1)powerbook 15" revA aluminum 1.25ghz 512/80/SD/BT/AE w/mx900 mouse and Apple wireless KB (soon to be 1GB ram)

2)powerbook 12" revA aluminum 867mhz 640/40/combo/BT/AE w/kensington pocket mouse pro (fathers)

3)emac revA?? 700mhz 512pc133/160gb/combo apple keyboard and mx510 mouse

4)blue and white revB?? G3 300mhz 384pc100/6gb/cdrom/21" Apple crt (this thing is sweet it has four usb ports and mint cond)/usb KB and mouse

5)beige G3 266mhz ??ram/??hdd/cd-rw

everything is running 10.3.4 with the exception of the beige which will be running 10.2.8 when I get it back

sidenote: I am now an Apple Product Professional. Completed my apple online training now I get the good discounts :p

[Guybrush T]

Hi folks.

I bought a brand new iBook 12" the other day, and I am thrilled with it.

It's fantastic!

Haven't had any problems with it so far besides the fact that my Combodrive from time to time is extremely noisy when I load something in it - I better bring it to the shop soon :unsure:

Anyway, it's a great computer and I simply love it.

Cheers, Andreas

[TechGnosis]

Model

Powerbook 15" AL

Specs

G4 1.225

512 MB Ram

Superdrive

15" TFT

OS

OS X 10.3.4

Model

G4 Desktop

Specs

G4 500

768 MB Ram

CD-Rom

17" Viewsonic

OS

OS X Server 10.3.4

[mrelusive978]

My new system is very similar to mrelusive's Only a tich better (in most areas, exception being he's got more vid cards???). I had everything pretty much maxed out as much as apple would allow. I also have a stock G5 sittin around :D

Dual 2GHz G5

? 8GB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200:woot:t:

? 2x 250GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm

? ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

? 2x Apple Cinema Studio Displays

? Mac OS 10.3.4

Granted work paid for the system but it's technically "m:yes:uot; :yes:

:ninja:Dual 2 G:ninja:in :ninja:

I just upgraded to 1GB RAM (I'm usually using around 500Mb, except in Soundtrack.)

Ordered the Radeon 9800 Pro Special Edition 256Mb G5 model. Am posting this from an internet cafe in London where I am on vacation with my wife for our anniversary. The iPod is exploding over here (you literally cannot go for 2 blocks without seeing and iPod 'dancer' poster) and there are many many Macintosh stores (the best being Micro Anivika). Went to Amsterdam last friday...amusingly enough, Mac stores outnumber PC stores like 3-1 down there...seriously there is one every four or five blocks. The only issue I have here is that I cannot find the Tactile Pro keyboard from Matias...guess I will be buying that ADB/USB adapter for my Apple Extended Keyboard II when I get back to the states on Tuesday (soft touck keys suck for typing with any real speed or gaming).

--its hard to get used to these funky English keyboards. The keys aren't square, they slope to the left or right depending on the side of the keyboard they are on. A bunck of keys are moved. Not to speak of the fact that the home row bumps on the keys are on the F and J keys, not D and K...

[Beasty]

I made the switch to the bright side! :D

Model:

Powerbook 15" AL

Specs:

G4 1.25

768 MB Ram

Superdrive

15" TFT

OS:

OS X 10.3.4

(This is my first post on my new baby :blush:)

[ericl]

Been some time since i've been back to NeoWin. Switched back in Dec '03 to an iBook G4 and recently purchased a PowerBook.

Powerbook 15" Aluminum

1.25 gHZ G4

768 MB RAM

SuperDrive

OS X 10.3.4

Airport Extreme Base Station

will be upgrading to 1g RAM soon.

Edited July 6, 2004 by E.Lo

[Silvorgold]

wow this thread is still alive, i posted my specs a long time ago back in '02, but i have:

800Mhz iBook G3

16x Combo drive

640MB SDRAM

30GB internal HD/60GB firewire HD

an hp digital cam lying around somewheres, and an hp printer

a 3g iPod 15GB... lovin' it so much :)

[Southern Patriot]

Not to speak of the fact that the home row bumps on the keys are on the F and J keys, not D and K...

That's actually the "normal" place for them to be, under your index fingers, even on most US keyboards. I never have understood why Apple chose to put the bumps on the D & K keys on some of their keyboards (such as the keyboard on my wife's 7300). The bumps are on the F & J keys on my PowerBook.

[Makki]

Model

EMac

Specs

1GHZ G4

128 SDRAM ( more coming very soon)

40 GB HDD

CDRW/DVD Combo Drive

ATI Radeon 16mb AGP

Aseccories

3MP Digital Camera

O.S

Mac OS X Panher 10.3.5 Prerelease

[redwingsmonk]

Quicksilver 2002

Dual 1 ghz G4

1.5 gb ram

8x Superdrive

Dual SATA 160 gb RAID

ATI Radeon 9800 pro 256 mb

Wireless Apple Pro Keyboard and Mouse

23" Apple Cinema Dsiplay

Mac OSX Panther 10.3.5 Pre Release Dual booted with Mac OSX Tiger 10.4 SDK

[BTallack]

So, I finally got sick of my desktop PC, so I decided I needed to buy a Power Mac to go with my Powerbook. Here's what I ended up buying used:

Quicksilver

800MHz G4

1GB RAM

2x40GB Hard drives

Radeon 7500 Video Card

CD-RW

Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro

Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0

Wacom Graphire 3 6x8 Tablet

Klipsch Promedia 5.1 Speakers (currently running in 2.1. :( )

I'm looking at replacing/upgrading the video card, sound card and the CD-RW first of all. I'm going to google a list of compatible DVD-RWs for Mac, and likely find a used PC Radeon 9000 and flash it.

In case anyone's forgotten, my Powerbook specs are as follows:

12" Al Powerbook

1 GHz G4

256MB of RAM (Soon to be upgraded)

40GB Hard Drive

Geforce FX5200go 32MB Video Card

Airport Extreme

Microsoft Intellimouse for Bluetooth

[esco]

Model

Powerbook Al. 15"

Specs

1.5GHz

2GB RAM

128MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

80GB 4200RPM HDD

250GB Firewire800 LaCie External HDD

SuperDrive

Backlit Keyboard

Klipsch 5.1 Ultra's (from my alienware, need to get an m-audio external sound card :( )

iSight

Logitech MX700

u can kinda see my alienware to the right...

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

1. eMac

OS: OS X "Panther" 10.3.3

CPU: 1.25Ghz G4

RAM: 256MB

HD: 80GB Segate

GFXCard: ATI Radeon 9200 with 32MB

2. Mac Plus

OS: System 6

CPU: Cant remember

RAM: Dont know

HD: Cant remember

GFXCard: some apple monochrome card

Been ages since i last played with the Plus, the hd's dead (it's the original drive) and the mouse was crushed in a freak accident

[cerbero]

Just got my new Mac yesterday, after selling my eMac last Sunday. This one's an 14" iBook G4 1GHz. I'm amazed at how quiet it is (never owned a laptop before :)). I'm a little irritated at the fact I don't have a small enough screw driver to remove the hatch in order to install more RAM (bought a 512 MB stick from another vendor). I'm gonna have to get one somewhere.

[robniep]

Power Mac G5 revB

Dual 2.0 GHZ

512MB ram

160GB hard drive

It's all stock :( I some what wish that I didnt hurry to buy it because I would of got a bigger hard drive and even more ram.

[jerry]

12" iBook G4 800MHz, 640RAM, Airport Extreme, 10.3.4 :)

[laz45]

14" iBook 1Ghz

ATI Radeon 9200

30 GB HDD

256MB RAM

Airport Extreme

Mac OS X 10.3.4

[hanxuuk]

Model

Powerbook Al. 15"

Specs

1.5GHz

512MB RAM

64MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

80GB 4200RPM HDD

120GB Maxtor External HDD

80GB WD External HDD

SuperDrive

Backlit Keyboard

[rstroud]

B&W G3 Rev. 1

G3 350

192 mb RAM

30 gb hard disk

16x10x40x CDRW

ATI Rage 128

ACARD ATA/66 PCI IDE Controller

I'm using this as my primary machine right now...over my 2 Ghz Wintel desktop and laptop!

(Seriously)

[MipScript]

I guess bout time I posted ah?

iBook

12inch

800Mhz

384MB ram (Not stuck in my 512 stick yet)

60GB HD

Bluetooth Modual Installed

Airport Extreme Modual Installed