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Imac's 3rd birthday!!!!!!
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I've often thought of Computer years something like Dog years: about 20:1. So my little 333 is about 50!!. Rev A's are about retirement age, athough it is possible to pull a 6 million dollar Mac on them to get roughly the performance of an Ibook. My little Imac is great but I think They're a 1 time buy. My next'll be a tower or TiBook. The Imac'll get it's original little drive back and become a Net Appliance. Now if I could just collect social security for it..............
I've often thought of Computer years something like Dog years: about 20:1. So my little 333 is about 50!!. Rev A's are about retirement age, athough it is possible to pull a 6 million dollar Mac on them to get roughly the performance of an Ibook. My little Imac is great but I think They're a 1 time buy. My next'll be a tower or TiBook. The Imac'll get it's original little drive back and become a Net Appliance. Now if I could just collect social security for it..............
Only 3?
I thought it was older than that. More like 4. mayby I am wrong. I have a Rev-A original Bondi blue iMac. Remeber when then came with the IR port in the front that was not compatable with almost any IR devices? It came with a 233Mhz G3, 32MB RAM, 4Gig DH, and one of those little tiny mouses that everyone hates. When I got it Epson was the only CO. that made a USB printer. I have a matching Bondi blue scanner, QPS CD-RW drive and USB hub. I dropped in a 466Mhz G3 and 192MB RAM to give it new life.
I love my iMac!
[Edited by evildead on 08-16-2001 at 12:01 PM]
I thought it was older than that. More like 4. mayby I am wrong. I have a Rev-A original Bondi blue iMac. Remeber when then came with the IR port in the front that was not compatable with almost any IR devices? It came with a 233Mhz G3, 32MB RAM, 4Gig DH, and one of those little tiny mouses that everyone hates. When I got it Epson was the only CO. that made a USB printer. I have a matching Bondi blue scanner, QPS CD-RW drive and USB hub. I dropped in a 466Mhz G3 and 192MB RAM to give it new life.
I love my iMac!
[Edited by evildead on 08-16-2001 at 12:01 PM]
iMacs Rule!
I don't have an iMac, but I still think they rule! They are one of the best desktop buys out there, especially for the consumer. This little baby turned Apple around, and I think we should all give thanks to it. If it wasn't for this all-in-one, colorful design, the company we love so very much might not exist today, so therefore, this forum and website wouldn't exist.
Sorry, just my little rant. Yes I know it's pretty corny, sue me.
I don't have an iMac, but I still think they rule! They are one of the best desktop buys out there, especially for the consumer. This little baby turned Apple around, and I think we should all give thanks to it. If it wasn't for this all-in-one, colorful design, the company we love so very much might not exist today, so therefore, this forum and website wouldn't exist.
Sorry, just my little rant. Yes I know it's pretty corny, sue me.
suits u sir
My Rev.a aint retiring yet, its still decent on the net. i only got 96 megs RAM though.
im waiting to upgrade it with a G3 & firewire product, i think sonnet is going to make it.... though im not sure. should cost £300 though, sounds good to me.
My Rev.a aint retiring yet, its still decent on the net. i only got 96 megs RAM though.
im waiting to upgrade it with a G3 & firewire product, i think sonnet is going to make it.... though im not sure. should cost £300 though, sounds good to me.
Although
Although the Imac saved the day for apple, I was never a fan. Never thought of buyuing it. ALways prefered apple's heavy duty products. They better put a g4 into the new ones before every user wakes up to realize that the G3 is gettin real old.
- old grouch Kela.
P.s Bah humbug.
Although the Imac saved the day for apple, I was never a fan. Never thought of buyuing it. ALways prefered apple's heavy duty products. They better put a g4 into the new ones before every user wakes up to realize that the G3 is gettin real old.
- old grouch Kela.
P.s Bah humbug.
If you love something, then let it go
I love my iMac but I am going to retire it today. I have been tracking my order from Apple and I should recive my 867 Quicksilver today! My Rev-A is still going to be in service... but its work load is going to be cut.
I love my iMac but I am going to retire it today. I have been tracking my order from Apple and I should recive my 867 Quicksilver today! My Rev-A is still going to be in service... but its work load is going to be cut.
not slower, no VRAM
The machine itself executes faster but the little guy has both a slower bus than the celeron and only 6(?)Mb of VRAM. I used to be sure but my copy of GURU has disappeared. Either way, it kinda short-changes all but the newest iMac buyers.
The machine itself executes faster but the little guy has both a slower bus than the celeron and only 6(?)Mb of VRAM. I used to be sure but my copy of GURU has disappeared. Either way, it kinda short-changes all but the newest iMac buyers.
interesting mr smeeg
interesting take on life as a whole
cant say i agree cos intel makes ***** chips
a G4 would eat a pentium at most things, apart from gaming probably.
however i see where u r coming from
AMDs best chip is £150 while a G4 is like double that.
im afraid the G4 is not as good at most things as an athlon.
and yet the athlon is cheaper
right now macs are not good value for money, infact they r very bad value for money.
but i have a feeling all that might change when the G5 comes along
actually the only macs that kick major ass are the laptops, just love em.
[Edited by spikey on 08-26-2001 at 05:49 PM]
interesting take on life as a whole
cant say i agree cos intel makes ***** chips
a G4 would eat a pentium at most things, apart from gaming probably.
however i see where u r coming from
AMDs best chip is £150 while a G4 is like double that.
im afraid the G4 is not as good at most things as an athlon.
and yet the athlon is cheaper
right now macs are not good value for money, infact they r very bad value for money.
but i have a feeling all that might change when the G5 comes along
actually the only macs that kick major ass are the laptops, just love em.
[Edited by spikey on 08-26-2001 at 05:49 PM]
what the???
Megaquad...whose side are you on man? You actually think that a DUAL G4 800 MHZ, running OSX 10.1 with 512 of ram is slower than any PC out there? I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT. MAybe Quake 3 gets 2 or three more frames on the local freak's PC, but thats it.
Megaquad...whose side are you on man? You actually think that a DUAL G4 800 MHZ, running OSX 10.1 with 512 of ram is slower than any PC out there? I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT. MAybe Quake 3 gets 2 or three more frames on the local freak's PC, but thats it.
no, u r wrong
Actually you are completely wrong.
Intel chips on a whole suck monkey dick.
They are **** chips which are cheaply made and yet sold at a higher price than AMD athlons.
The basic design of the pentium 3 for example has not changed since the Pentium 166. The new Pentium 4 is crap because intel trid to make a new design of chip, but to release it quickly they did not follow the original design, and implemented a 20 stage pipeline to it to give huge Hz improvements.
so in short you should stop looking at what other ****ing zealots are saying and you should find out info about chips yourself.
A dual 800 would kick a pentium 800's ass, both in gaming and in photoshop and in whatever programs you like to masturbate in.
If you want to compare a mac to a processor compare it to an athlon and stop believing the ***** u seem to take in from intel and their followers.
Actually you are completely wrong.
Intel chips on a whole suck monkey dick.
They are **** chips which are cheaply made and yet sold at a higher price than AMD athlons.
The basic design of the pentium 3 for example has not changed since the Pentium 166. The new Pentium 4 is crap because intel trid to make a new design of chip, but to release it quickly they did not follow the original design, and implemented a 20 stage pipeline to it to give huge Hz improvements.
so in short you should stop looking at what other ****ing zealots are saying and you should find out info about chips yourself.
A dual 800 would kick a pentium 800's ass, both in gaming and in photoshop and in whatever programs you like to masturbate in.
If you want to compare a mac to a processor compare it to an athlon and stop believing the ***** u seem to take in from intel and their followers.