tiggerthehun Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 I used to have an old apple computer - I'm guessing it was around '82ish? Anyway, the whole unit was self contained - except for the keyboard, of course. It had a black and white monitor and was in a white casing. I couldn't find any pictures of it on the net - too much Apple II stuff. Anyone know what it was? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Sounds like one of the first Macintoshes, although they didn't come out until 1984. You can see a picture of the very first Macintosh here: http://www.thocp.net/timeline/1984.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggerthehun Posted January 10, 2005 Author Share Posted January 10, 2005 Yep - that first picture (with the cup of coffee) is the one. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 I used to have an old apple computer - I'm guessing it was around '82ish? Anyway, the whole unit was self contained - except for the keyboard, of course. It had a black and white monitor and was in a white casing. I couldn't find any pictures of it on the net - too much Apple II stuff. Anyone know what it was?Thanks! Hearing any Mac referred to as "vintage" just made me feel really, really old. To me, the whole Mac line is still the Apple II's more conservative little brother. (Or sister, depending on your view of the Mac.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 I remember that commercial's debut vividly. Hard to believe that it was 2 decades ago already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 I used that Mac in college for word processing. It's the only Mac I've ever used. I love how that site talks about the drop in price to the more affordable $2495. I guess that's why my parents bought me an 800XL in 1984 when I said I wanted a computer. Incidently, don't Macs today still cost about the same? I also love this from the site. The first Atari microcomputers Atari 400 and 800 came on the market. They offered 8 Kb RAM (expandable to 48 Kb), a full Keyboard and a Sound and Graphics chips that were designed by Joy Miner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Incidently, don't Macs today still cost about the same? A top-of-the-line Mac with a decent Apple-branded monitor will still run you in the neighborhood of $2000-$2500, yes. However, some iMac models run under $1000, and rumor has it that a sub-$500 (monitorless) Mac will be introduced in 2005. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 The rumor is now true. The Mac Mini was introduced at $499 although there are some things that you might wish to add to the system that will cause the price to go higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 A top-of-the-line Mac with a decent Apple-branded monitor will still run you in the neighborhood of $2000-$2500 $2500? What are you smoking? Top of the line Apple with a monitor will run you $3500-$4000. I priced it all out when I was getting my PC. My top of the line PC cost $2500 but only because I ended up getting 37% off it. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Are we talking TOP TOP TOP of the line? You can get ridiculous if you want to... But let's be realistic. I do Pro Tools recording, video editing, Photoshop, whathaveyou, and the standard iMac with DVD burner is just fine for my needs. (In fact, would be oustanding for me, since I have the old "hemisphere" model with an 800 MHz G4, not the new one with 1.8 GHz G5.) Price (excluding a <$100 RAM upgrade from http://www.ramjet.com): $1499. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebue Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 geeze, that's nuts it's the dual 30" LCD's that get you, though. That would be hard to get the space for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Dude, I was at the Apple Store at the Mall of America tonight, and I saw the 30-inch LCD. SWEEEEEEEET!!!! If you see it, you have to have it. Sure, they're $3000 bucks (and yes, that quoted price includes TWO of them), but... well... you just gotta have it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebue Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Dude, I was at the Apple Store at the Mall of America tonight, and I saw the 30-inch LCD. SWEEEEEEEET!!!! If you see it, you have to have it. Sure, they're $3000 bucks (and yes, that quoted price includes TWO of them), but... well... you just gotta have it! Yeah, when I look at the 20" tv and the 17" LCD I have in my room I have a hard time thinking of an LCD like mine bigger than my tv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Maybe next time I need a computer Ill get an Apple (in 3-4 years). Or if I need a laptop or something. For now my IIgs will have to do Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariman Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 geeze, that's nuts it's the dual 30" LCD's that get you, though. That would be hard to get the space for. hey! We threw in FREE SHIPPING! What more do you want?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 When I worked on a local newsrag, I used Macs with monitors which were the size of a full newspaper page spread out. That was some luxury. I once had a Powerbook fall out of a second story window onto the sidewalk and it remained operational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Just curious. Which model of Powerbook was it that fell from a window and survived? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebue Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Dude, I was at the Apple Store at the Mall of America tonight, and I saw the 30-inch LCD. SWEEEEEEEET!!!! If you see it, you have to have it. Sure, they're $3000 bucks (and yes, that quoted price includes TWO of them), but... well... you just gotta have it! well, I came in direct face-to-screen contact with one of those things at Micro Center. Wow. It is very nice. I wouldn't mind having one, but I'd have no place to put it, not to mention all the money needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I checked it out yesterday while I was at the Apple Store to check out the Mac Mini. It is so tiny that it is hard to believe that there is a computer in there. It reminds me of a candy box in terms of size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGnome Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 $499 for the mac mini is doable for me.. almost.. I can't put out any money untill after the wedding. but my question is this.. are mac monitors properitary? I meen I have a mac performa 630cd here and the monitor is pretty much..MAC only. well.. it doesn't say macintosh.. but the cord is defintly not VGA, so I can't use it for anything else.. of course..its only 17 inches.. and I'm useing 20 inch monitors everywhere else.. so I'm not heartbroken. now.. I'm going to have to take a picture of my Mac model# M001 tomorow in the daylight.. my wecam is for shit with artificial light. amazingly enough.. this M001 is fully functional except a eject problem with the internal floppy drive.. but I also have a second external. so thats okay. I just wonder if I could hunt down vintage software for this guy on the net..and if I do.. how would I get it on there.. this thing reads floppys for external programs.. how do I write disks for it with my PC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 $499 for the mac mini is doable for me.. almost.. I can't put out any money untill after the wedding. but my question is this.. are mac monitors properitary? Not anymore. Almost nothing about the Mac is proprietary anymore except for the G5 chip and the actual motherboard design (they design their own boards). The components on the board, though, are the same as PC's except for the CPU. Macs these days use the exact same graphics GPU's as PC's (there aren't as many available with Mac drivers, but the ones that do exist for Mac generally all exist for PC too, and it's mainly just a driver thing), and they just use either VGA or DVI outputs. Older Macs had their own connector, if I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebue Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 I believe older macs had a plug similar to game ports. It was still VGA, but with a different plug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Current Macs do not come with floppy drives systems anymore as floppies do not store a great deal of information. However it is possible to buy an external floppy drive for the Mac and Macs can write floppies than can be read by PCs. I have not checked in a while but the last time I remember checking I think external floppie drives were $400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGnome Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 yeah...thats all what I figured this old mac monitor is wider than a standard VGA, oh well..that monitor is for the performa.. I wont worry about that much. but as for macs and floppy..my question had nothing to do with current generation its the older ones..like this M001, or the performa.. I know theres emulation code for the computer itself.. but how do I grab the ROM image and drop it onto floppy from My PC, and still have it readable on the vintage Mac. I don't have a new mac.. so at this point.. I don't care about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 Current Macs do not come with floppy drives systems anymore as floppies do not store a great deal of information. However it is possible to buy an external floppy drive for the Mac and Macs can write floppies than can be read by PCs. I have not checked in a while but the last time I remember checking I think external floppie drives were $400. You don't need a floppy drive. Trust me. Even mentioning that Macs don't come with floppy drives anymore is akin to lamenting the fact that cell phones don't have rotary dials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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