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James R. Stoup
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Posted: 18 August 2005 01:32 PM

Ok, I am running a G4 PowerMac (Sawtooth) at 600 MHz with 3/4 of a gig of RAM and a 40 GB RAID 0 HDD. Runs like a champ too.

     
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Chris Seibold
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Posted: 18 August 2005 07:05 PM

I’ve got a G5 running at 1.8 Ghz with 2 GBs of memory. I also use an iBook running at 1.0 Ghz with 768 Mbs of memory (wireless of course).
The G5 is a big improvement over the iBook in terms of speed (especially with Final Cut) but for day to day stuff the iBook is fine.
Other apple equipment: 20” monitor (excellent), iSight (excellent) and the Mighty Mouse (uh, not so good).

I have used a friends 1.42 Ghz mini fairly extensively and it is one very capable machine, worth every penny.

     
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Hadley Stern
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Posted: 24 August 2005 09:24 PM

Dang Chris, 2 GBs of memory? That is sweet. I spend my life on three machines.

The first: Dual 2ghz G5 with 1 gig of memory at a 160 gig hard drive. This thing smokes and is great for using photoshop with.

The second: My trust 12” 1ghz G4 powerbook. 512 of ram, and an 80 hard drive. This machine is my life! I wrote iPod and iTunes Hacks on it, many an Apple Matters article, quite a number of emails and iChat and even surfed the web a tad. I love the keyboard for writing, and it even survived a fall down the stairs

The third: A quicksilver G4 running at 766mhz with 512 of ram. Four internal hardrives, 80gig, 80 gig, 200 gig, and 180 gig. This is my music server where all my mp3/mp4’s are kept. I love it.

     
Chris Howard
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Posted: 08 September 2005 02:52 AM

Powerbook, Ti, 1Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 60Gb HDD, SuperDrive 1x, 15” LCD. Purchased August 2003

The machine that changed my life and killed my career in PC support (but I ain’t complainin!)

     
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Nathan
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Posted: 08 September 2005 02:43 PM

15in Aluminum 1.25GHz / 1GB RAM / 7200RPM HD / with all four rubber feet and nary a scratch.

23in Aluminum Cinema Display (which displays weird ghosting, possibly due to using it with my PB)

15in Titanium 550GHz / 1GB RAM / 5400RPM HD / with zero rubber feet, broken corner from a drop, 2 broken hinges, still works as my music server.

IBM T42 1.70GHz / 512 RAM / 40GB HD / still manages to be slower than my 1.25GHz PowerBook.

iPod mini / blue / new battery / the aftermarket higher capacity battery actually gets the 5 hours that was promised by Apple marketing.

     
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lspencer
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Posted: 11 September 2005 05:22 PM

Well until last Tuesday I had a Quicksilver 2002 which originally was 933Mhz. I upgraded it with a GigaDesigns 1.8Ghz processor. It had the max of 1.5Gb of memory and a USB 2.0 card with two ports (had to have that so my iPod Shuffle would load faster)

Tuesday I received my G5 2.3Ghz DP with 2Gb of memory and a 250Gb harddrive. I also got the internal modem so I can do faxes.

Peripherals that carried over from one system to the other are:
Epson 636 flatbed scanner
Apple 20” Cinema Display
iSight Cam (on top of the display)
Palm Tungsten T in a USB Dock
Casio 5MP camera in a USB Dock
160Gb hardrive in a Firewire enclosure (removed from the G4)
Epson C86 USB printer

And a new copy of The Sims 2 (wouldn’t run on the G4 because the display card wasn’t good enough).

Larry Spencer

     
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Posted: 11 September 2005 06:17 PM

I have a feeling that mentioning The Sims 2 on there makes the rest of it seem much worse somehow....

It’s not about how much you have; it’s about how you use it. smile

The reason I went 12” PowerBook was completely for portability.  I like being able to take it anywhere, which isn’t so much an option with a 17” screen.  If I run into trouble with 1.25 GB, I’ll have to consider picking up a home workstation other than the PB; for now, though, I’m happy as I’ve retired an old PC workstation in the process.

     
Chundles
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Posted: 12 September 2005 09:01 AM

I have a 12” 1.2GHz iBook with 512MB RAM, it’s sitting on a big lump of polystyrene with a sheet of cardboard on it to keep it cool.  My 3G 15GB iPod and 512MB iPod shuffle are sitting in handmade docks made by carving bits out of the polystyrene packing inserts of the Apple wired keyboard.

Got a Mighty Mouse and some 1st generation TDK nxt speakers + subwoofer.

Yeah it’s pretty pov but it works and I love it

     
michaelvincent
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Posted: 12 September 2005 10:02 AM

I make my music and do all my freelance design work on my Quicksilver (1.2ghz), 1.5 gig or ram, dual 19” CRT’s, Oxygen 8 Midi Controller, Pod XT, Mobile Pre USB…

Built the desk myself. smile

http://www.michaelvincentbrunetto.com/stuff/yay/desk.jpg

     
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NuSkool
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Posted: 12 September 2005 10:56 AM

I’m stuck on a 12” 800MHz G3 iBook, but it’s still going strong! But since my economic situation recently changed for the better, I’m planning to get a 15” Powerbook. I’ll just have to se what will happen at the Paris Expo!

     
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dwayneperry
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Posted: 12 September 2005 11:34 AM

First Gen. iMac G5 17 inch 1.6GHz with 1GB RAM and 80GB hard drive… it might not be a G5 Power Mac but it does every thing I want it to do and it does it QUICKLY!

     
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Posted: 12 September 2005 11:44 AM

1st Gen. iMac G5 1.6Ghz 17"monitor 160GB HD 1Gb Ram bluetooth mouse+keyboard, airport card,
OSX Tiger, iLife 05, Adobe CS2 Suite, Macromedia MX ‘04 Suite. I love it!

     
MagnusDredd
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Posted: 12 September 2005 12:06 PM

1) Mercury - 733Mhz G4 tower, OSX 10.4, 1GB RAM, 182GB storage from 4 Hard Drives, DVDRW, Adaptec 2940U2W, and a analog video -> firewire converter.

2) Atlas - 300Mhz G3 beige (now in a modded AT Rackmount case), OSX 10.1 Server, 384MB RAM, 220GB storage from 3 Hard Drives, 2x CDROM, Zip 100 drive.

3) unnamed (print server) - PM 6100/60, MacOS 8.1, 16MB RAM, 2GB storage, CDROM, LaserWriter Personal 320.

4) unnamed (instructional aid) - PM 6116/60 (I think), MacOS 7.5, 16MB RAM, 1.6GB storage, CDROM.  It’s modified for help with explaining how computers work.  Hard Drive, CDROM, Floppy Drive, all have clear lids.  Rounded drive ribbons, etc.

5) unnamed (A/UX) - Quadra 610, A/UX 3.1, 8MB RAM (I think), ??? Storage, has a CPU pulled from a Quadra 950.  I wanted to play with A/UX

6) Galadriel (Wife’s) - 400Mhz iMac DV, OSX 10.4, 384MB RAM, 12GB storage.

This does not include my non-Apple brand machines.  I also have a Daystar Genesis MP 800+, as well as a number of x86 machines.  I’m going to try to post some photos at some point, I’ve been sooo busy tho.

More info at http://Network.ScatteredBits.net/

     
JaredWhite
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Posted: 12 September 2005 01:46 PM

I have an iMac 17” 1.8GHz (latest model) with 768MB of RAM,
a Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5 with 1.5GB of RAM,
an ol’ PowerBook G4 500MHz with a busted Airport connection (Titanium still looks great!),
and two iPods, a 40GB iPod Photo and an original 5GB iPod (still workin’ fine!).

I was a PC luser until April 2001 when I got my PowerBook, and I’ve been an OS X maniac ever since!

Jared

     
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Posted: 12 September 2005 01:50 PM

Hopefully sooner rather than later a 12” PB.

I’m also revamping my home office, so I’ll post a pic up here when it’s all set up!

     
macmaniacttt
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Posted: 12 September 2005 06:34 PM

12” PowerBook G4 1.33 GHz 768 MB 60GB hard drive running 10.4.1. That thing is my life. Used it for 1 year + and couldn’t have picked a better machine.

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