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Nic Name · 01-13-2002, 06:26 PM

My first computer was a state of the art Mac II ... gotta luv the specs on that baby!

16 mhz
1 mb ram was standard, but i went nuts and ordered the 2 mb model
150 mb HD

State of the art in '87 for around US$5,000 for the CPU alone!

The 13" Trinitron monitor was about US$1,200.

I upgraded the ram to a screaming 5 mb because modules were only US$700 for each additional meg.

Like many business people, I broke down around 1992 when Apple was going down, bigtime, and switched to a Winbox. (By then the Mac II was a doorstop, anyway, if you know what I mean.)

We all know the pricing of today's stuff ... really cheap compared to really old equipment that most people wouldn't remember!

At today's prices I'd really love to have that Titanium Powerbook.

I still appreciate the superiority of the Mac, but I have a balanced respect for a good Windows setup and I appreciate the wider compatibility.

I now run Windows 2000 Pro on an AMD 1.1 ghz with 512 mb ram and a great 3D graphics accelerator, showing on a nice Hitachi 21' monitor. The monitor is a graphics industry model that works for PC and Mac, so I'm toying with the idea of adding a G4 Macbox, without monitor, if the prices drop because of the new designs.

With the ultimate luxury of a connection to you guys via DSL at home and T1 at the office, I appear to be online here more often than I actually am.

01-13-2002, 06:26 PM	#5
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	My first computer was a state of the art Mac II ... gotta luv the specs on that baby! 16 mhz 1 mb ram was standard, but i went nuts and ordered the 2 mb model 150 mb HD State of the art in '87 for around US$5,000 for the CPU alone! The 13" Trinitron monitor was about US$1,200. I upgraded the ram to a screaming 5 mb because modules were only US$700 for each additional meg. Like many business people, I broke down around 1992 when Apple was going down, bigtime, and switched to a Winbox. (By then the Mac II was a doorstop, anyway, if you know what I mean.) We all know the pricing of today's stuff ... really cheap compared to really old equipment that most people wouldn't remember! At today's prices I'd really love to have that Titanium Powerbook. I still appreciate the superiority of the Mac, but I have a balanced respect for a good Windows setup and I appreciate the wider compatibility. I now run Windows 2000 Pro on an AMD 1.1 ghz with 512 mb ram and a great 3D graphics accelerator, showing on a nice Hitachi 21' monitor. The monitor is a graphics industry model that works for PC and Mac, so I'm toying with the idea of adding a G4 Macbox, without monitor, if the prices drop because of the new designs. With the ultimate luxury of a connection to you guys via DSL at home and T1 at the office, I appear to be online here more often than I actually am. Last edited by Nic Name; 01-13-2002 at 08:27 PM.