How many years using the mac?

[Rhino_G3]

I was a die hard mac basher until I used my roomates mac 6 years ago. Even at 75 Mhz it was faster than my 233 PI. Around that time was the first time I was introduced to NEW apple hardware. we watched the macworld webcast giving the world the first look at the B&W G3. 3 months after that I had one sitting on my desk. I've been in love ever since.

[evildan]

I had Karateka as well!

I forgot about it until just now...

[yoyo1234]

Been using the Mac since 1986. Everything from a 512Ke, IIci, IIfx, IIsi, LC LCII, SE, SE/30, 7200, Beige G3, B&W G3, G4, iMac 333 and iBook.

[mindbend]

My first Mac was an SE in '87. They were practically giving them away for $3,000.
Before that it was an Apple II. I still have them both and will keep them forever.

[toast]

First Mac: Performa 5400/160 (still at my parents' place, excellent desktop machine)

Second Mac: iMac G3/500 (actual, perfect thing )

Third Mac: anything fast and nice to look at (future ! )

[jsepeta]

I guess for better or for worse I have most of you beat. My dad works at Notre Dame (go Irish!) and we were one of the first 12 universities in the country to get the Mac. My brother and I were excited to get a computer for the home, but were sadly disappointed that the Mac didn't have color or a built-in BASIC compiler like the Apple II's we had been using for a couple of years. It took a while for me to "get" how important the Mac was -- but my dad knew right away that it changed EVERYTHING. Being the alpha geek that he is, he'd keep the 128k Mac chugging away for weeks at a time running mathematical equations in MacPascal or Microsoft's BASIC for the Mac (I just donated the diskettes & BASIC manuals this year). We still have the casette tutorial and MacWrite/MacPaint package, but alas, the 128k Mac was upgraded to a Plus in '89 and up to 4MB RAM/100GB HD in '90, and was sold to a buddy of mine for maybe $100 (along with a MIDI interface, MIDIBasic, and EZ Vision) in '93 when I bought a MacII (which was promptly upgraded to 20 MB RAM and a 33mhz 030). Last I heard, my buddy called collect from Mexico city -- I think the Mac died in a blaze of glory, but there was no way I was about to take a collect phone call from the guy because he only made me a partial payment before leaving the country.

Now, several Macs later, I'm running a dual 500 G4 / 1.5GB RAM / 2 * 60GB HD along with a ton of USB devices, Jaguar, and 100% working MacOS 9.22. Here comes my gripe...

I like OSX, but I'm frustrated. When Emagic dropped support for VSTi, they dropped support for over $1500 worth of plugins I've purchased the last 2 years. And Digidesign & Microtek are taking FOREVER to release OSX drivers for my Digi001 and scanner, respectively. To be perfectly honest, without the ability to boot back into OS9, I'd have more luck running my peripherals from a PeeCee. Thank Goodness I don't have to count on compatibility mode, which is far too slow for MIDI.

[Jeffo]

I started using macs on system 6 when i was a freshman in highschool which was 89. I have been using apples since the IIe with that great monochrome screen. just to be picky macs were introduced in 84 and apple was around before that. i currently have only 4 macs, but in total i have had 14 macs (plus the ones i have had at work that i do not actually own) and 1 PC which was an old gateway used for a very specific purpose for a short time and then i got rid of it. i find this interesting. i know someone that still has a Lisa, for those of you oldies that know what that is. I still have every operating system for the mac on disk from 6.0.3 through X.1.5 and they are legal too.

jeffo

[mniessen]

I started in 1986 (I think) with a IIci, then moved on (after a long time) to a PPC PowerTower 180, which is still going strong. I do most my current stuff on a Tangerine iBook, the most recent descendant of a long line of PowerBooks (100, 160, 5300).
Now running OS X 1.5, loving it, and looking forward to getting Jaguar soon.

Still have every mac I ever owned, getting to be quite a museum.