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[Jim is Jim]

Ouch, I must be old...


When I first started using computers in high school, they were too expensive for individuals to own... my first was an IBM 360 in '69.

Next was in college in '72, a CDC 6700, blew the doors off of the IBM 360s.

Next up was PDP, don't remember which model.

Then came personal computers... naturally my first was an AAPL II...

Then a Mac Plus in '86... paid $2,300 for it and still have it and it still works -- though I had to replace the power supply twice and the video board once.

Then an SE/30... still have it, still works

Then a IIci... still have it... don't know if it works, but the 13" monitor I got with it does (loved those Sony Trinitron monitors)...

Then a Quadra 650... still have... worked last time I used it years ago... w/grayscale FPD that still works...

Then a PM6600AV... still have it, still works...

Then a PM7500... upgraded to 604e.... upgraded to G3, still have it, still works... on pile in garage with IIci, 650, 6600av....

Then a Beige G3... upgraded to G4... still have it, still use it occasionally to do file translations/transfers because it boots into 8.6, 9.X and OS X 10.2.8 and has functioning floppy, 100-meg Zip, and optical drive... w/still good Sony 17" CRT...

Gigabit Ethernet G4 Dualie... upgraded all around... still have it... use it as a file server on home LAN...

G5 iMac 17"... wife and daughter's machine...

G5 iMac 2.0GHz, 20" my main machine until I get a G5 dualie real soon now before they cease to exist and to ensure I can run my multi-thousands dollars ADBE and other software natively for at least another year or two or three...

Will be getting a MBP in the next month, probably with the 17" screen because portability isn't as important as screen real estate to me -- will use at home and take to work, using dual boot and/or virtualization... 30" CD at home, 21" Dell at work to hook it up to (yes, I finally got work to spring for a bigger screen for the pathetic 13" laptop they provided me with to write and publish for them.

Also getting a 15" MB for my Dad this month to replace an ancient Rev. B iMac (CRT G3) that finally bit the dust during a lightning strike to his home... and also to make supporting him easier on me.

Jim
(is Jim)