JacksGhost
Got Bottle?
join:2002-12-29
Buffalo, NY
| reply to tmpchaos
Re: Enter, and sign in please
This thread looks/sounds like my old rehab ' group therapy ' meetings.
I have a couple macs now as I've recently come into recording again as well as being a prior agent for a broadband provider.. having days full of telling folks how to fix BSOD's , Spyware, Virilli, Malware and a slew of other rubbish.
Just wanted away from it all and couldn't;t be happier now.
Someone pass the bottle this way, will ya?
jAX, |
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richk_1957
If ..Then..Else
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join:2001-04-11
Minas Tirith
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I dare anything - how old are you, Deb?
Seriously, I am a die-hard PC user, but I getting so much flak from the Mac users & consultant and work [we put out a magazine] that I might even be tempted in to getting one! If they weren't so darn expensive!!
What's the minimum you need to run OSX - I've got *nix in my blood. |
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Crypto
Premium
join:2001-01-07
Saint Charles, MO
| reply to tmpchaos
My name is Chris, and I'm a professional sysadmin.
I have a 12" 1.5GHz powerbook, an ipod for me, and one for the wife.
I've had a mac for a while, but until a few years ago it ran linux.
OS X changed my view of macs from irrelevant plaything to brilliant workstation.
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Carl
Premium
join:2004-07-21
Krotz Springs, LA
 ·Charter Pipeline
| I'm carl, and I run CRStec.com.
I just started using macs again, and my current one is a G3 B/E, 300 MHz, 64 MB Ram, 8x CD-RW (added in), 6 Gig HDD, Mac OS 8.6, Zip 100 drive (disabled)....it's used, but it's the AV (Education) model.
I also have an LC II....took it out, works, do not know specs.
I love the Mac, and am buying a PowerBook or iBook soon. |
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orinoco
Are You Sirius?
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join:2003-06-29
irrelevant
| reply to tmpchaos
Name's Jaden. I have/had an old Macintosh and a Macintosh Classic II, both of which no longer work. I used Macs in school up until high school, which was mostly Windows. Current Mac is a Beige G3 running 10.3, 9.2, and 8.6. I picked up an iPod Photo a few weeks back too. I plan to purchase a new Mac this summer.
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splix
Premium
join:2002-02-19
Oakton, VA
| reply to tmpchaos
Hello, my name is Dave and I am a new switcher.
I just ordered a brand new 15" 1.67Ghz PowerBook to go along with my 2nd generation 10gig iPod that I already have. My PowerBook should be arriving sometime next week!
I love the beauty of OSX. Constantly trying to get people to understand Macs and do away with Windows. Not working. 
I look forward to visiting this forum often on my new PB! |
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ikon
join:2004-10-20
Whitehouse Station, NJ
| reply to tmpchaos
I've been around here for a few months, but never really bothered to "sign in". Ehh - what the heck!
My name is Steve and I'm 22. I have a 15" 1.5GHz PowerBook and a 3G 15GB iPod. Since getting my Mac in November of 2004, I have convinced 2 people to buy iPod mini's and one of them to buy a G4 iBook. (Aren't I special!?)
My next Mac purchase will most likely come within the next few months and be a G5 iMac.
Yeah, that's all!  |
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sbcs53
join:2003-12-03
Matawan, NJ
| reply to tmpchaos
Hey. I've been around here for quite awhile, but haven't signed in yet. I also need to find an avatar...
Anyway, I'm Brian, a high school student living in New Jersey. When I first came to my high school this year, I was introduced to Macs. Before I always had the 'ewww.... Macs' thought about them. I also had other silly misconceptions about them, such as 'you can't get software for them!' and other crap.
I soon grew a liking to the Macs, especially the G5 Dual 2.0's we have in one lab. Come November, I knew I wanted a Mac. First I was going to get an old PM G4, then an old eMac, then a refurb eMac, then a new eMac, then my mom thought portability would be good, so a new iBook. I decided to wait until after MWSF in January to see what it would hold. A week or so later, I ordered my Mac mini (1.42/512).
I'm happy with my Mac. I plan on making the rest of my computing purchases Mac - except for maybe a pc fileserver here and there, since I still keep up support for a large network of PCs in my home. Soon, I don't know how soon, but before September 2006, I will be buying a 15" Powerbook. As of now I have a Dell laptop, but while it does the job OK when it works, I'd be much happier with the Powerbook. I won't be taking any more CAD classes until college after Sept 2006, so I won't be bringing my PC laptop any more after that point. Cisco is happily cross-platform.
I probably will stay with Apple portables. Instead of buying a seperate iMac or PM G5, I'd probably buy a nice monitor for my PB and continue upgrading it. Come time for college in the Fall of 2008 (or a couple of years later if I wait to get the pb now), I probably would leave my Powerbook with my family and purchase a new one for college. I don't think a desktop would be the best idea, since I'll be going to school for engineering. Maybe I'd want a PC-based desktop for some of the engineering apps, but probably nothing fancy. Once I get out of college, I may end up just upgrading my Powerbook, as I very well may end up in a career with a large amount of permanent travel.
Anyway, no iPods here. I don't listen to enough music to warrant it. I continue encouraging mac use, and helped a friend choose a G4 iBook.
That's about it.
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Nemokrad
join:2002-04-24
Miami, FL
| reply to tmpchaos
I first used an Apple II playing Oregon Trail in elementary school. Then the school upgraded to LCII's and I got a Performa at my house, which I used for a while but then got neglected for years once we got an IBM clone. Then I discovered a game on a Mac at school called Bolo that was super popular about 10 years ago because it was one of the first good multiplayer games for the Mac, and we all played it on the Appletalk network at school (I still play the Windows version of it from time to time because it has gathered a faithful community. About 5 people play the original Mac version regularly, it's more like a cult). After that I pretty much used Windows until about '03 when I got a job installing/setting up new Macs in schools, then teaching teachers about their iBooks (funny thing is most teachers don't like to learn new things). Fell in love with OS X doing that, but I still use my Windows box for gaming. Trying to get more Macs around the house, but converting people is hard work. |
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jtk7
The Beast And Dragon, Adored
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join:2004-04-02
Wheaton, IL
| reply to tmpchaos
I'm Justin. I have a hybrid job... tech support/graphics/advertising all at once. This is a new position for me, and because of it I inheirited a G4 for use when an advertiser sends us Mac format files for an ad (they almost always include their fonts; for me to output a correct PDF, I need the fonts, and it's easier to just use a Mac than try to track down/convert all those fonts for use on PC). So using the G4 planted the seed. My PC crashes all the time, but the Mac will sit there with Acrobat/Quark/Photoshop/Illustrator all open at one time for a month. I love that stability.
I started out with a Classic in 1990. I still have it, and I think it still works. In 1995 I got a job where they only had PCs. Pretty soon I had gotten a PC as well. I've upgraded a ton of times, including fairly recently, to an Athlon64. It's super unstable, and every other day something new seems to go wrong with it. Now that I'm doing things like spyware removal at work, I just don't want to deal with that crap at home. Plus I do some video work in my spare time, and I'm not real happy with Premiere (especially after having used Final Cut a little bit).
I'm will be keeping a journal of sorts about my experience switching...it's at »www.jdeare.com
My PowerMac arrives tomorrow, so that's when the fun starts...
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chibianh
join:2002-04-14
Denver, CO
·Comcast
| reply to tmpchaos
Hello. My name is Anh. I've lurked here on BBR for a while now and sometimes post in other forums. I've never actually paid attention to this forum until recently because I never noticed it. lol. Anyways, I'm in beautiful Colorado, work and attend school part time. Been a Mac user for a little over 10 years now, but I'm also not anti-pc. I use both platforms daily, but at the end of the day, I come home to my 1.6ghz G5 Power Mac with an awesome 20" Dell widescreen display. I have a personal website at my .mac page which I try to update every now and then - »homepage.mac.com/chibianh |
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Styvas
Go Canucks Go
Premium
join:2004-09-15
Waterloo, ON
·Shaw
 ·Primus Talkbroadband
| reply to tmpchaos
I just noticed this thread in the links. Might as well introduce myself sometime after the fact.
I'm Steve. I started with Apple on my friend's IIc and we got a IIe shortly after. Unfortunately, Apple has outgrown my wallet, so my latest machine is a lowly eMac G4 1.42Ghz instead of the dual processor G5 I'd have liked to buy. I converted my wife to Apple as soon we were hitched. I think it might have been in our wedding vows, but I could be wrong. 
Steve
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chriskay
Premium
join:2004-03-09
Toronto, ON
| reply to tmpchaos
Hey, I just remembered this topic, too!
I've been lurking in this forum for a few months now, but I only acquired my first Mac a few days ago. I've been thinking about replacing my Dell notebook with a Powerbook sometime this fall, but the opportunity came up the other day for a $65 G4 (AGP) 450Mhz w/640MB RAM. How could I say no?!
I think I'm becoming a convert, which is scary and exciting at the same time. 
-Chris
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T_Wrecks
The Truth Doesn't Make A Noise
Premium
join:2003-08-21
Garden State
| reply to tmpchaos
Wow. I've been hanging around here for almost 2 years and I've never contributed to this thread.
At this point, it seems silly for me to introduce myself. Everyone must know me by now from all of my questions
Uh, anyway, I have a Mac. I like it.
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I learned fast how to keep my head up 'cause I know there is this side of me that wants to grab the yoke from the pilot and just fly the whole mess into the sea. |
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cbrigante2
Cubs 20??
Premium
join:2002-11-22
North Aurora, IL
| reply to tmpchaos
Hi...My name is Jeff and I'm a Mac Addict!
I started with Apple back in the day when my father bought an Apple II. I also remember playing games like Choplifter and Wizardry (back before you needed a number on the end!). I even enjoyed a fine product from subLOGIC called Flight Simulator before MS bought it.
I drifted away from the Apple family after the Apple IIe got long in the tooth and never had a Mac until this past November. It started like so many others these days with the purchase of a 3G iPod. I was so impressed with the style, function, and ease of use I decided to take a look at the new iMacs that were just coming out.
Now I own a 17" iMac, converted my brother to a 12" iBook G4. Converted my brother-in-law to a 17" iMac G5. I love what I produce with my Mac (photo albums, dvds, etc.)
I still use a pc as well (I work with all pcs) and I find myself less and less inclined to boot that old dog up anymore for anything but gaming.
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blueOne
Super Mega Xtreme Adrenaline Manwich
join:2002-12-23
Alameda, CA
| OK fine...you guys got me. I always saw this thread floating around, but never did "sign in". So here it goes:
The first computer that I ever used was my brother's Commodore 64 back in '82 when I was only 5 years old. I really didn't know how to do much, other than one line of code that would make a sentence tile and scroll down. Also played a couple of games on it that loaded from a cassette tape!! Next up was the Commodore Amiga, which was mainly a gaming machine. This thing put out bad-ass graphics for its time (64 bit I believe?) and all my friends would come over and play games on it.
Then there was a HUGE gap between the Amiga and my next computer, which would be an Apple PowerPC 7200/200. That thing was a tank! I kept that for a few years, and now I own a 450 Sawtooth pumped up to 1ghz and 1.67 Powerbook.
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Windows: n. 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. |
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brk3b2
Clarinetist
join:2004-04-12
Brooklyn, NY
| reply to tmpchaos
My name is Brian today was my last day of high school (James Madison High School In Brooklyn if anyone cared) I live in Brooklyn and am going to Hunter college for music this fall. I have a 15 inch 1.5ghz PowerBook which become exactly one month old today. I also convinced my almost computer illiterate mom to get a iBook or mac mini in a month or so.
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Ive stopped wondering why my windows reinstall cd has melted and started wondering why my male dog doesent lift his leg up when he pees. |
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T_Wrecks
The Truth Doesn't Make A Noise
Premium
join:2003-08-21
Garden State
| said by brk3b2  :My name is Brian today was my last day of high school Congrats! |
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NOCMan
Verizon Fios User
Premium
join:2004-09-30
Flower Mound, TX | reply to tmpchaos
My name is Corey and I'm the proud owner of a full his and hers mini set.. 2x Mac Mini and Ipod Mini's for me and the wife. |
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hkellogg
Premium
join:2001-10-08
New Brunswick, NJ
clubs: | reply to tmpchaos
just added an imac g5 to the clan last sunday but I am a previous ibook owner |
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