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gta_bmx
02-13-2010, 01:01 AM
I was in college in the early 90's and needed something to write papers with. I had a circa-1986 non-hard drive Tandy 1000HX (8088 cpu), but it was painful to use, and I got tired of going to the college computer lab.
I answered an ad in the local Thrifty Nickel and bought a Macintosh Plus 2/20 (2mb RAM, 20 mb HD) for, I think, $250. What a difference. Word processing nirvana. Then I bought a Mac LCII a year or so later and gave the Plus to a friend.
phatlip
02-13-2010, 04:23 AM
I used Macs throughout most of all of my school. It wasn't until high school that we used PC's (I did at home of course). The first Apple computers I used was the Macintosh Classic. I believe we also used an Apple II every now and then (not very often, we only used this one math program on it).
In elementary school, I was actually the "Computer Helper" for my school. This is going to sound really nerdy, but every morning I would come into school early to set up all the computers in the Mac lab. That and I helped my classmates with their computer problems. At the end of the day, I would clean all of the screens. Come to think of it, I was sort of the computer lab teachers bitch. What most kids would normally do for detention, I did for fun I guess.
haha
I didn't actually own my own Mac until 2006 though. Every computer I personally owned prior to that were PC's. My first PC was running Windows 3.1
gta_bmx
02-13-2010, 04:29 PM
My first ever experience with a computer of any kind was in the late 1970's in first grade -- Apple IIe. The school had a computer lab full of them, and we played math/spelling games on them.
In middle school, the computer writing lab had a lot of the original Mac 128k's/512k's as well as the IIc which was a great looking machine. In high school, they had some Plus's and SE's.
ArmpitOfDeath
02-18-2010, 11:00 PM
First one I bought for myself was a IIci + Laserwriter IINTX + multilanguage font HDD. I seem to remember there were proper family cars cheaper than the combo.
vst_kills
03-10-2010, 12:58 AM
It was the Pismo model, the first PowerBook to have FireWire. 400MHz PPC G3 ATI with 8MB VRAM, and a DVD drive. It was an amazing laptop and the dual battery bays where great. 8 hours easy.
lordkanchi
03-10-2010, 03:09 PM
1st Mac I used was in grade school, an Apple II. Then when I went to college I had a Macintosh SE/30 with and external 10MB SCSI hard drive. lol
nat1982
06-01-2010, 09:17 AM
the 1st mac I used was in december 2008.. :) my MacBook Air Pro..!!!!!!
phatlip
06-02-2010, 03:21 AM
the 1st mac I used was in december 2008.. :) my MacBook Air Pro..!!!!!!
No such thing.
computoman
06-02-2010, 09:30 AM
Subliminal Freudian slip
tokenuser
06-02-2010, 02:23 PM
Subliminal Freudian slipHe has repressed sexual desires for his mother?
I used to love a pretty face, but know it's about whats under the hood.
computoman
06-05-2010, 10:52 AM
I think the original mac had a Motorola 68k up to at least the 68030, I think the newest of those I had was a 68020. It has been so long ago since I had one of those or worked on one.
ariastar
06-06-2010, 07:26 AM
Macbook Air Pro? Yeah. Sure. And I'm writing this from my iPhone 5GS.
When I was a kid, I used both PCs and old Macintosh computers without even realizing there was really a difference. As far as I saw it, the keyboards were just a little different, like different TV controls. The one we had at home in 1986, pretty early for home computers, was an old IBM with that neon green lettering. How impressed I was when there were four colors on some computers....
In high school, I started exclusively using PCs. A few years ago I wanted to change to a MacbookPro, but always there was something more pressing to spend the money on. Then intimidation with a new OX.
After my Dell died (damned Dell, paid too much for it to only last 13 months), I had the choice to use the desktop PC or the MacbookPro laptop. So Cody put a Windows partition on the MBP for me. Then we got a new MBP a couple months ago, and at that time I decide screw the world, no Windows, and have been using OSX since then. I still haven't figured out everything, but am getting there.
My website is done with a program only supported on PC, so I do have to access the Windows side of the other MBP sometimes. But otherwise...OSX. Runs so much better and smoother than anything Windows.
gta_bmx
07-14-2010, 08:02 PM
I was out in CA visiting some relatives. My brother is still stubbornly using an original iMac (233 mhz) that he bought 5 years ago on CL. It's slow as molasses and crashes a lot, and he doesn't have the system discs to reload the OS. It's bordering on the level of insanity. Sure he's not a technophile of any sorts, but, sheesh, time to move on to the 21st Century. I found a small form factor Dell 2.4 gigahertz PC on CL for like $30 about 2 miles away, but he refused it. I even found him a newer eMac, but no dice.
vahnx
07-19-2010, 07:32 AM
I never used a mac until they had them at college. Only used Garageband on them a couple times and did basic surfing. The mouse was awful, the keyboard was OK. The all in 1 design, I'm not a fan of.
But I've been using hackintosh machines for 2 years+. I rarely use OSX on my desktop but I use it on my netbook lots.
computoman
08-03-2010, 10:01 AM
I just gave all my ppc mac stuff to my brother who still has a g4. One less os to deal with.
revision3fan
08-29-2010, 05:07 AM
Helping someone use the Macintosh Classic II when it first came out around 1992.
I think the original mac had a Motorola 68k up to at least the 68030, I think the newest of those I had was a 68020. It has been so long ago since I had one of those or worked on one.
Motorola 68000 was used on the original Macintosh and the Macintosh Classic from 1990. Motorola 68030 was used on the SE/30 and the Classic II.