first mac?

[sheepguy42]

I was going to a private, Catholic school from 4th thru 8th grades, when in I believe 5th grade we began having computer lab classes where we were taught to type papers under Appleworks on Apple ][e's or gs's (not sure which). I hated it: it was easier to use a typewriter, or even write it by hand! I hated those stupid codes we had to type for bold or quotes or italics, grrrr....
Anyway, then they had a bunch of fundraisers, and bought a labful of LC II's. I sat down at one for the first time; I opened up The Writing Shop (or was it Workshop?) and began to type. Black text on a white background! Color that was bright and friendly! And I will never forget the first thought I had as I started to use my first Mac: "[u]THIS[/] is what using a computer should be like!"
Later on my mom got us a Performa 631CD (LC '040 processor) and that's what I used until freshman year of college (AKA Fall 2000) when I bought my Cube. I *wanted* a G4, but couldn't afford a tower. I like the Cube, but I would trade it for one of the new iMacs (the high-end only) readilly!

[serpicolugnut]

1st - Quadra 605 (actually had a Performa 475 for a few days before I returned it for the faster, cheaper Q605)
2nd - PowerMac 6100/66
3rd - PowerMac 8500/132
4th - PowerMac G3/266 Tower
5th - Powerbook G3/333 Lombard
6th - PowerMac G4/400 Sawtooth
7th - Powerbook G4/500
8th - PowerMac G4/800DP

[sequoiaman96]

My first Mac was a Mac IIci with uh 5 MB of RAM back in 1993 and it ran system 7.0, too. Nice little computer though

[changomarcelo]

My first Mac was a PowerMacintosh G3 350MHz, and it is also the Mac I still use today.

[Biff]

I used to be a real hardcore PC fan until I actually gave Apple a chance to prove that their OS was surperior to Windows. I knew within seconds of turning on my first mac that things would be better.

It all started three years ago with a PowerMac 6100/60 AV

[martinatkinson]

Hello!

Here is my families list of macs in order puchased:

--The dreaded reign of the PC in our family --
First Mac: Performa 630CD: My mothers macintosh
Second Mac: PowerMac 8500: My first personal macintosh
Third Mac: Mac IIcx: My sisters first computer
Fourth Mac: PowerMac G4 733Mhz: My second personal macintosh
--How it looks in the future: a dozen or so flat screen iMacs (for me to teach a class to homeschoolers), an iBook and PowerBook and maybe a D1Ghz PowerMac--

That's all folks.

Albert

[phatsharpie]

Quadra 660AV...

What an awesome computer! I had it in my college dorm room, and would hook up my VCR to it to watch TV and videos! Talk about avoiding clutter in a small space.

Now I use an iBook 500MHz dual USB. Love it!

-B

[Koelling]

First computer was a plus(the beige one) with no internal system disk. (Still works, in fact my dad gave it to my grandparents a year ago for their first computer because it was so reliable.) That sat side by side to a DOS machine and I formed my mac loyalty (I was about 6). Then we had a LCi 25mhz which I used for a LONG time. When I was in 6th grade my best friend and I were going to be computer game programmers so we both started saving our money. Anyone that knows me knows that I am very stingy but with a dollar a week allowance (and later mowing lawns) I finally had enough by my sophomore year in High school. I bought an iMac 266 which I am running OSX to write this now. I love the life span of apple computers.

Next up: I desperately need firewire and although 266 is fast enough for X, Rendering Infini-d would be a lot more fun with a DP ghz machine