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Operating Systems => macOS => Topic started by: greencube on 5 March 2004, 11:14

Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: greencube on 5 March 2004, 11:14: Like the title says, if you own a Mac (or Macs) what are it's (their) specs? :D

I own a year old G3 dual USB iBook. I got it in February of 2003. (http://smile.gif)

It's specs are:

Processor: 800MHz G3
RAM: 128MB built in + 256MB added = 384 MB total
OS: Dual boot; Mac OS 9.2.2 and Mac OS X (10.2.8), as well as, I admit, Windows 98 SE (without Internet Explorer) running under Connectix VPC 6 (I use Win98 only to acsess old PC apps, I don't use it for anything else)
HD Capacity: 30GB Ultra ATA
Browsers: Mozilla 1.0 for OS 9, Mozilla 1.0, 1.7, Firefox, Camino, and Safari in OS X
Security: Norton Firewall, as well as the Mac OS' stability and few vulnerabilities (both in X and 9)

Not very impressive and a bit outdated by today's standards, I know (I still like to run OS 9)... (http://tongue.gif)

So, what do you people have? :D

[ March 05, 2004: Message edited by: greencube ]
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Claris on 7 March 2004, 06:07: 17" Inch iMac G4

1 Ghz PPC G4
80 GB Hard Drive
GeForce 4 MX
512 MB DDR-SDRAM
Superdrive
OS X 10.3.2

14" iBook G3

700 Mhz PPC G3
40GB Hard Drive
ATI Mobility M6
256 MB SDRAM
Combo Drive
OS X 10.3.2
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Pinkster on 17 March 2004, 05:45: Not bad, not bad...

What I Got

Mirrored Drive Door
Dual 1.25 Ghz PowerMac G4 Processor
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition 128MB
2GB DDR-SDRAM
4 x 250GB Maxtor 8mb L2 Cache 7200rpm
SuperDrive 4x DVD-R 24x CD-RW
250MB Zip Disk
OS X 10.3.2 "Panther"
4 USB Ports
2 800mb/sec FireWire
21" Cinima Display LCD (don't use it though)

All this is hooked up to a 35" HDTV
900 Watt Sony Surround Sound 5.1 Dolby Digital DTS

Virtual PC 6.1 (Windows 98SE, 2000, XP Home)

Heheh, only cost me about $800 for the base system, and $1700 for upgrades, Canadian Cash :D
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Stilly on 17 March 2004, 06:11: my macs:

iMac g3(blue)
350 mhz g3
384 mb ram
40 gb hd
mac os 9.1

tibook g4
667 mhz g4
256 mb ram
25 gb HD
mac os 10.2.8
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: skyman8081 on 17 March 2004, 06:33: My old mac:
Macintosh LC,
System 7.something

Newer one:
Basilisk II,
System 7.5.5

Eventually I will get a real mac.

one day.

[ March 16, 2004: Message edited by: Sauron The Deceiver ]
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Pinkster on 17 March 2004, 06:48: hehe, a real Mac indeed,
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Paladin9 on 17 March 2004, 08:01: 4 Macs:

Powermac 7100/66 (one of the first powermacs!)
66Mhz PPC 601 (G1)
255MB SCSI HD
slow ass CDROM
OS 7.5.5

iMac DV
400Mhz G3
10G ATA/66 HD
DVD ROM
OS 10.3.2 and OS 9.2.2

Powermac G5
1.6Ghz G5
80G SATA HD
Combo Drive
OS 10.3.2

Performa 400 (a friend gave this to me a year or so ago)
16Mhz 68030
80MB HD
No CDROM
OS 7.5.5

I got all of these macs new except for the perorma. I can not believe my old powermac is 10 years old now! It has been a great computer. Not bad for $2400(and that is with a student discount from when my mom went back to college, it was really priced at $2800).
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Pinkster on 17 March 2004, 08:25: Nice Collection, hehe alot of oldies, but goodies
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Claris on 18 March 2004, 06:35: I didn't know we were counting old Macs too. I've got an old performa around, no idea on speed. The predecessor to my current imac was an old 300mhz iMac DV, one of the few DVs made in the original colors and processor speed (it's orange, and most DVs were 350mhz or higher).
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: xyle_one on 18 March 2004, 06:46: MDD Dual 1ghz G4 w/512mb ram, 80gig hard drive, GeForce4 Ti 4600.

It suits me fine.

And there is an old performa in my closet w system 6 i believe.
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: hm_murdock on 18 March 2004, 07:49: Macintosh 512KE with 1MB RAM upgrade and SCSI (yes... the EXTREMELY FUCKING RARE Dove SCSI Card) <3

Macintosh SE 10MB HD, 1MB RAM, System 6.0.8

Macintosh SE/30, 64MB RAM, 500MB HD, System 7.5.5 <3

Macintosh IIfx, 80MB HD, 8MB RAM, Apple 8-24 Video Card, System 7.0

Macintosh IIci, stripped

Macintosh LC II, 4MB RAM, 80MB HD, System 7.1 Pro

Macintosh Quadra 610, 32MB RAM, 500MB HD, Mac OS 8.1

Macintosh Quadra 840av, 128MB RAM, 1G & 8GB HDs, Mac OS 8.1 <3

Macintosh PowerBook 1400cs, 32MB RAM, 1.2GB HD, Mac OS 9.1 <3

Power Macintosh 7200/120, 112MB RAM, 1.2GB HD, 166MHz Pentium PC Compatibility Card, 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI video card, Mac OS 9.1, and an experimental patched 9.2.2 install <3

Dead Power Mac 9500

Dead Blue G3 350

iMac G3 500, Indigo, 540MB RAM (yes, 540... I stuck a 32MB stick in it!), 20GB HD, CD burner, Mac OS X 10.3.3 <3

[ March 17, 2004: Message edited by: jimmyjames.sytes.net ]
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: skyman8081 on 18 March 2004, 10:37: quote:
Originally posted by jimmyjames.sytes.net:

Power Macintosh 7200/120, 112MB RAM, 1.2GB HD, 166MHz Pentium PC Compatibility Card, 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI video card, Mac OS 9.1, and an experimental patched 9.2.2 install <3

Ah yes, and it will kick your honor students ass!

(http://jimmyjames.sytes.net/images/compudeath.jpg)

By the way thanks to Jimmy for helping me figure out what kind of Mac I used to have.

[ March 18, 2004: Message edited by: Sauron The Deceiver ]
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Stilly on 18 March 2004, 12:00: the old performa in my house has gone to my granddad's house

his old screen ahd the "it is now safe to turn off your coputer" burned into it cause he was afraid of turning it off
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Paladin9 on 18 March 2004, 22:18: quote:
Originally posted by The Stiller:
the old performa in my house has gone to my granddad's house

his old screen ahd the "it is now safe to turn off your coputer" burned into it cause he was afraid of turning it off

Ha! So why was he afraid to turn it off? Is he one of those people who thinks it is harmful for your computer to turn it on and off too much. That it a HUGE myth. It is shocking how many people believe that myth. Even the people on tech TV are unsure on the issue. Believe me, IT IS NOT BAD FOR YOUR COMPUTER TO TURN IT ON AND OFF REGULARLY!!! (unless maybe if you push the power button on and off repeditly)

[ March 18, 2004: Message edited by: MindFlyer-Paladin9 ]
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Stilly on 18 March 2004, 23:30: i think he was afraid that the data would deteriorate slowly if he left it off. and he also left the monitor on for some reason.

old people can be funny
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: hm_murdock on 18 March 2004, 23:30: Well, remember, there's quite a few people that are simply afraid of computers. Afraid to the point that they, for some reason, cannot follow simple directions displayed on the screen. I've seen this so many times.

I got my grandparents a Power Mac G3 All In One. They were both sitting there with it, exploring for the first time, after learning how to use the mouse (they thought it was a dial that you rotated). They were afraid to DO ANYTHING. Even after being told numerous times that it WILL NOT LET YOU BREAK ANYTHING.

Then, they did something and a simple dialog box came up welcoming them to some program. It had an image of a friendly character that was smiling, and a large "WELCOME!" graphic. Grandma nearly jumped out of her seat and exclaimed "WHAT DID I DO?!"

"You ran the program, grandma."

"But it says I did something!"

"No, it says 'Welcome!' Read what it says before you get worried about a message!"

It said:

"Welcome to Piece Of Software. Since this is the first time you've run Piece Of Software, you need to personalize it. Please tell us your name! Just type your name in the text box below!"

And the designers were geniuses. The text box was a custom button that said "Click here to type your name". The button was fashioned to look like a text box. You click the button, and its replaced by a text box. You type your name and then click "Next"

They sat there looking at it for about a minute, then my grandma said "what if I break it?"

:-o

Yeah. Older people are afraid of things, because they constantly worry that they're going to "break it". I'm not sure why.
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Paladin9 on 19 March 2004, 06:36: quote:
Originally posted by The Stiller:
i think he was afraid that the data would deteriorate slowly if he left it off. and he also left the monitor on for some reason.

old people can be funny

Actually, I heard that if a hard drive does not run for a long time (like several year) the data will actually get messed up. But, you could turn a compuer off for many months and should not have any problems.

As for jimmyjames post: This reminds me of a VERY important rule people need to keep in mind when creating a program; MAKE IT IDIOT PROOF!!!! That way no one will get confused as to how to use the fucking program. Jimmyjames said that it was genius or something that the program said "click here to type your name" and he is right! Programs do need to be made like that so old gammy can write her emails or do whatever old people do on computers.
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Pinkster on 19 March 2004, 07:31: HEHEH.. i see some people have about FIFTY Mac computers, thats cool and all but, its not quantity that counts.. itd QUALITY.. in which i win suckers!!!! HEHE.... but seriously though, i wish i had more macs, i have a DCM mhz iBook Geforce Ti card (XXXIImb) DXII mb ram, XL gb hdd,,, but my fiance uses it. so... it isnt mine no more ehe..so, i have II macs , a few more to go.. i.e GV,, wooot.. goota get a blimey Dual II.VIII ghz VIII gb ram All-in-wonder CCLVI mb video card II TB hardrves.. that would soooo rule.. not to mention double my GIV... i can dream, cant i...
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: skyman8081 on 19 March 2004, 21:32: quote:
Originally posted by Pinkster:
HEHEH.. i see some people have about FIFTY Mac computers, thats cool and all but, its not quantity that counts.. itd QUALITY.. in which i win suckers!!!! HEHE.... but seriously though, i wish i had more macs, i have a 1400 mhz iBook Geforce Ti card (32mb) 512 mb ram, 40 gb hdd,,, but my fiance uses it. so... it isnt mine no more ehe..so, i have 2 macs , a few more to go.. i.e G5,, wooot.. goota get a blimey Dual 2.8 ghz 8 gb ram All-in-wonder 256 mb video card 2 TB hardrves.. that would soooo rule.. not to mention double my G4... i can dream, cant i...

Fixed with modern (Arabic) numerals
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Stilly on 19 March 2004, 21:40: hooray or sauron!
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: jtpenrod on 19 March 2004, 10:01: quote:

Ha! So why was he afraid to turn it off? Is he one of those people who thinks it is harmful for your computer to turn it on and off too much. That it a HUGE myth. It is shocking how many people believe that myth. Even the people on tech TV are unsure on the issue. Believe me, IT IS NOT BAD FOR YOUR COMPUTER TO TURN IT ON AND OFF REGULARLY!!! (unless maybe if you push the power button on and off repeditly)

Depending on exactly how old he is, this idea may very well be a hold-over from the vacuum tube days. Indeed, with vacuum tube based equipment, it was indeed better to leave it on all the time. A cold start will cause strong surge currents that could indeed damage the heaters and/or filter capacitors. It's not the problem that it was with modern solid state devices.

The other problem is that he could simply have been misinformed as to how memory works. If he heard about "volatile" memory, he could have assumed that all the computer's memory was volatile, and all his data would be lost. It would be natural to assume that if one didn't know about ROM. (Indeed, I read a Sci-Fi story back in the 1970s about a civilization whose entire fate, culture, and knowledge hung by a thread, as they had to keep the one remaining computer up-and-running, lest they lose all their knowledge to a power failure.)
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Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Pinkster on 19 March 2004, 18:35: Originally posted by Deceiver::
HEHEH.. i see some people have about FIFTY Mac computers, thats cool and all but, its not quantity that counts.. itd QUALITY.. in which i win suckers!!!! HEHE.... but seriously though, i wish i had more macs, i have a 1400 mhz iBook Geforce Ti card (32mb) 512 mb ram, 40 gb hdd,,, but my fiance uses it. so... it isnt mine no more ehe..so, i have 2 macs , a few more to go.. i.e G5,, wooot.. goota get a blimey Dual 2.8 ghz 8 gb ram All-in-wonder 256 mb video card 2 TB hardrves.. that would soooo rule.. not to mention double my G4... i can dream, cant i...

actually.... CM Mhz, we were both wrong .. my bad... its 900, not 1400
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Mandrake on 21 March 2004, 15:51: 1.25Ghz G4, 512mb ram, Radeon 9000, 80GB HD with the standard Apple keyboard, a Logitech USB mouse, 19" CRT, runs Panther.

[ March 21, 2004: Message edited by: Mandrake ]
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: preacher on 21 March 2004, 17:46: 433mhz celeron, 288mb sdram, 32mb nvidia geforce 2 mx200(I have 6 nvidia cards, they are awesome!!!!)

Operating System: Soon to be GNU Darwin......WOOOHOOOO!!!!!
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: hm_murdock on 22 March 2004, 00:28: Darwin isn't GNU! :-o

It's close enough, though!
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: flap on 22 March 2004, 01:13: quote:
Originally posted by JimmyJames: GenSTEP Founder:
Darwin isn't GNU! :-o

It's close enough, though!

He means this (http://gnu-darwin.org).
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Annorax on 22 March 2004, 02:49: I've got an old PowerMac 7100/66av that's currently sitting in my garage due to lack of physical space to set it up.

Since it's extremely out of date, more so than me, and my hatred of this Win98SE box I'm currently using grows by the day... is there an emulator that'll allow dual-boot or just run MacOS on Wintel hardware yet??

[ March 21, 2004: Message edited by: Annorax, Temporal Revisionist ]
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Paladin9 on 22 March 2004, 03:01: So you have the AV version huh? If you hate your pc so much, but linux on it. Otherwise, you can get and ethernet adapter for your old mac and run OS9 on it. It would be pretty slow, but I would work, and could go on the internet. Of course, you could also just buy another computer.
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: typhoon_311 on 22 March 2004, 04:18: 1.25 ghz PowerMac G4
768mb Ram
80 gig HD
Mac OS 10.3

867 mhz 12 inch PowerBook G4
768mb Ram
40 gig HD
Mac OS 10.3

400mhz PowerMac G4 (looking for CPU upgrade)
768mb ram
40 gig HD
Mac OS 10.3

266mhz PowerMac G3 (my old comp)
320mb ram
20 gig HD
Mac OS 10.3
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: hm_murdock on 22 March 2004, 07:01: That gnu-darwin link just took me to a login page asking for $15 so they could provide web services.

How about a link that tells me about the fucking thing!?!
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Paladin9 on 22 March 2004, 08:49: Nice macs typhoon. I wish I had that many macs that were capable of running OSX.
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: flap on 22 March 2004, 12:49: quote:
Originally posted by JimmyJames: GenSTEP Founder:
That gnu-darwin link just took me to a login page asking for $15 so they could provide web services.

How about a link that tells me about the fucking thing!?!

Sorry. http://www.gnu-darwin.org (http://www.gnu-darwin.org)
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Greenbaron76 on 22 March 2004, 18:18: Next week I am converting over to a Macintosh Quadra 650, 40MB RAM ,250MB HD (with a 1 GB external harddrive), Mac OS 8.0 (planning to upgrade to 8.1 once I receive it)

I know,I'm essentially setting myself back to the early days of net computing! LOL

[ March 22, 2004: Message edited by: OS 8.0 Quad ]
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: preacher on 22 March 2004, 18:40: quote:
Originally posted by JimmyJames: GenSTEP Founder:
That gnu-darwin link just took me to a login page asking for $15 so they could provide web services.

How about a link that tells me about the fucking thing!?!

I saw it on linuxiso.org and had to download it.
http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=61 (http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=61)

I know its not a mac, but it will probably be the closest thing to a mac I will ever have.
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: hm_murdock on 23 March 2004, 02:13: lol

Doubtful! Darwin is a UNIX, and doesn't act at all like OS X. If you want something that acts like Mac OS, then find Rhapsody for x86.
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Pantso on 23 March 2004, 02:44: Previous owner of an:

iBook 600 2002 model dual USB 384MB RAM 12" display

(R.I.P due to HD failure)

Current owner of an:

iBook G4 at 933MHz 14" display with 256MBs DDR RAM (soon to be maxed out to 640MBs)

and of course OS X.3.3

I also have an HP Pavilion laptop dual-booting Win 2k and SuSE Linux Pro 9.0, but this is a Macs only thread so... (http://smile.gif)
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Paladin9 on 23 March 2004, 03:27: quote:
Originally posted by Panos:
iBook 600 2002 model dual USB 384MB RAM 12" display

(R.I.P due to HD failure)

You know, you can probably replace that HD and save your iBook. A 600Mhz iBook that is out of comision only becuase of a dead HD seems like a waste to me. If you do not want to get a new HD, then maybe you could give me the iBook if you do not need it anymore? (http://smile.gif)
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: hm_murdock on 23 March 2004, 05:31: boot that baby up with Gentoo Live!
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Pantso on 23 March 2004, 17:44: quote:

You know, you can probably replace that HD and save your iBook. A 600Mhz iBook that is out of comision only becuase of a dead HD seems like a waste to me. If you do not want to get a new HD, then maybe you could give me the iBook if you do not need it anymore?

Ooops, I forgot to mention that it's been sold (http://redface.gif) At a minimal price, due to the HD failure, but it helped nonetheless to buy the new one.

I agree with you that it a 600MHz iBook is in no way out of commission because of an HD failure. I just wanted the new one so bad though that I couldn't resist. I had also saved a decent amount of money, so I decided to go for it :D

quote:

boot that baby up with Gentoo Live!

LOL! Will do Jimmy. It's still very new and I haven't had much time to 'play' with it yet, but I will start experimenting (as usual) when I get the chance :D
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Paladin9 on 23 March 2004, 21:47: I, also at one time had a decent amount of money, but that was before this G5 was sitting on my desk.
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: preacher on 23 March 2004, 23:38: quote:
Originally posted by JimmyJames: GenSTEP Founder:
lol

Doubtful! Darwin is a UNIX, and doesn't act at all like OS X. If you want something that acts like Mac OS, then find Rhapsody for x86.

I know its a Unix, but Im not getting Rhapsody, so it will still be the closest thing to a mac I will ever have.
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: Pantso on 24 March 2004, 01:10: quote:
Originally posted by MindFlyer-Paladin9:
I, also at one time had a decent amount of money, but that was before this G5 was sitting on my desk.

LOL!! If only I could afford one myself, believe me! I am certain that your investment was more than just worth it. :D
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: hm_murdock on 24 March 2004, 04:20: quote:
I know its a Unix, but Im not getting Rhapsody, so it will still be the closest thing to a mac I will ever have.

If you could get your hands on Rhapsody, it's REEEEALLLY nice. Better hardware support than OPENSTEP 4.3. Mac OS 8.5 style UI.

OPENSTEP 4.3 is also very good. Also easier to come by.

Both OSes have been growing in popularity of late.
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: psyjax on 24 March 2004, 04:26: My Macs:

Apple IIe with 10MB HD! and 2 (two) 128k Floppy Drives MOS Technologies 6502 1Mhz and 128k RAM!!!

Macintosh IIsi 68k 35Mhz

Centris 650 with CD-ROM! WOW! 68k 60Mhz

PowerMac 7500 PPC 601e 100Mhz

2 (two) Bondi Blue iMacs, G3 233Mhz Revision A.

A Rhasberry iMac, G3 333Mhz Revision B.

G4 400Mhz PowerBook

finaly:

a G4 Tower dual 800Mhz
Title: What are your Mac's specs?
Post by: hm_murdock on 24 March 2004, 04:39: You chipped your iisi and Centris? niiice.

I've thought about chipping my 840av and running it at 80MHz, since apparently the 040 that's in there will do it.