WOW, first my Macbook of 9 years bit the dust

[nadinbrzezinski]

then my hubby's I-phone of six bit the dust. Now about to die is the Windows Gaming machine.

What is funny is that after almost nine years it is starting to do exactly the same thing my loved MacBook did. It is starting slower than molasses, take it's time with video issues. Hey, we tend to use all our electronics things until they well, byte the proverbial dust. This one is about to.

This is the gaming machine, so no way around it, and will have to upgrade it. Thankfully we have a local store that does that, and we employ a few people in the deal. But it is time. Oh and no way in hell I am putting Win 8 on it. Though an OS re-install is in the horizon. I like it though, we have a local place that can and will rebuild it for cheaper than buying a new machine at Fryes, with better components for the budget. And yes, we will do our usual. Buy the best we can for the budget with the aim of surviving two to three generations.

[NYC_SKP]

1. My Mac G3 Powerbook Pismo and G4 Titaniums still work...

The Titanium still rocks the best design of any manufacturer of it's time.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. My macbook ran for nine solid years. One day it simply went poof

and would not turn again. It actually went off in the middle of an essay, since I run the backup I lost three paragraphs, literally. So I went and got the Macbook I am currently using, an Macbook pro.

Nine years, is not too shabby for electronics.

This particular computer, we bought it as a gaming machine at a specialized place and had some issues. They never ever honored the guarantee. It's had a few components replaced. We literally had this place that is local and works on win machines recommended. Anybody in San Diego with a Win machine, I would have no problem recommending them.

They are top notch. So in January we will drop it off, or rather I will on a Monday, and by Wednesday or Thursday Tom will have a new gaming rig that should last him a few years again, perhaps even close to a decade. Since he games a lot, and Mac is still playing catchup with that market... otherwise we would get a Mac for that too.

[onehandle]

3. Those are the same two 'old Macs' I chose to retain. nt

[Jenoch]

5. I still use a G4 Titanium at home.

It has the best keyboard feel of any laptop I've used. I helped my father buy a new Windows machine. He had a Dell that, with my help, lasted for 8 years. He wanted a new Dell. It has the crappiest keyboard ever. It doesn't bother my father since he uses only 3 fingers to type. When I have used it, the cursor flies all over the desktop because my right thumb which I use on the space bar, hits the trackpad. What a terrible design.

[NYC_SKP]

6. Tiny bezel, great design. An apple employee told me some inside history.

Supposedly the design team was challenged to make a super heavy duty and compact package and when one of the designers said, tongue in cheek, we'll make it from titanium, Jobs said, "do it!".

And they did.

Turns out that titanium is really hard to work with and it shields the wifi signal more than other metals so later units were aluminum.

[elfin]

10. I LOVED that keyboard!

Sadly, that went kaput after 8 years. Using an inexpensive external one now.

Did get a new laptop MacBook Pro for other reasons that I really, really, like, but the keyboard just does not have the same "touch" quality, but better than all others.

[enough]

4. We treat our old macs like our old cars and trucks. Each one has its own particular uses.

They get handed down when somebody needs a computer but can't afford. They live long, very long, and are occasionally (not often) joined in the family by something new, beautiful and amazingly more powerful. NYC_SKP's two pictured are among my favorites.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. I am trying to see how many I have here.

One ancient (half circle ancient mac) in one office, it still works.
one iMac that runs my office. it is only 2 yrs old, but runs sweet.
One Mac laptop that needs a new battery, but still runs like a workhorse.
Another laptop that Honey adopted, and plays games, writes japanese, and does a lot of inter tube searches.
Then an ancient laptop that lost its old fashioned power plug. Not the cord, the actual plug in the computer. things broke off in it after 7 years, and I cannot power it up. It was great while it lasted.
Unfortunately, we have three iPads, including the Air, and the last two. The earlier one was shipped to sonny. He may be getting 3 or 4 soon, if Honey wants the Mini.

When i think about it, I have far more computing than NASA did when they reached the lunar surface. Wow.

[Jenoch]

8. I have a still-working

Powerbook 520C circa 1995. It's amazing how long it takes to boot up.

I remember paying $2,000 for a 1 gig external hard drive for a Quadra 950.

A couple years later we paid about $8,000 for an array that totaled 56 gigs.

That makes me wonder even more what we can expect in technology in the future.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Hubby's new 5S...hell my IPod Touch 3

Are more power than nasa during the Apollo program. I recycled his old phone today, and the win machine is getting upgraded to latest and greatest gaming specs. Should last another three to four generations.