The 1st Mac You Ever Used

XMARLTONX · XMARLTONX #1 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 07:27 PM

The first mac I ever used was in high school when I was a freshman. We had one of these babys:

It had some version of OS X on it, and I thought it was pretty cool, and really easy to use, with the exception of that darn puck mouse =) This is the mac that made me purchase my beloved macbook <3

eric · eric #2 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 07:31 PM

my dad bought one of these in the mid 80s. used the paint program a few times, maight have written a paper or two on it.

Ryan13 · Ryan13 #3 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 07:33 PM

I used the same one when I was in 1st grade. My mom got one for her birthday and we still have it today. But it's way past it's playing days!

PinkLemonade · PinkLemonade #4 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 07:40 PM

PowerMac 5500 in kindergarten

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #5 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 07:55 PM

One of these, A Mac Plus with 4 Megs RAM. In fact this very Mac as it's still set up here and working perfectly!

XMARLTONX · XMARLTONX #6 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 07:58 PM

Wow! What is that thing next to it? lol

cwa107 · cwa107 #7 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 08:00 PM

I believe it was a Mac LC in Jr. High School:

Prior to that we had the Apple IIe and IIgs.

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #8 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by XMARLTONX

Wow! What is that thing next to it? lol

Heathkit VFO (Variable Frequency Oscillator) used in Ham Radio in place of Crystals to select the frequency you transmit on.

I figured someone would ask!

rman · rman #9 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 08:35 PM

The first Apple computer was an Apple ][ plus, then original Macintosh.

iRye · iRye #10 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 08:48 PM

some Quadra... running OS 7

man that was painful

iKitten · iKitten #11 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 08:48 PM

I was a live-in nanny for a family who were Windows haters. They had what looked like the PowerMac 5500, was that mid-90s?

PinkLemonade · PinkLemonade #12 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 11:08 PM

Yeah, 96-97 or so I suppose. There were a lot of different PM's that looked exactly the same though.

Audio.Trench · Audio.Trench #13 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by cwa107

I believe it was a Mac LC in Jr. High School:

Prior to that we had the Apple IIe and IIgs.

I used to use these when I was in grade 2-5.. Then in grade 6 we got "cutting-edge" Pentium systems with Windows 95.

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #14 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 11:25 PM

Since the Title of this thread really is "What is the first Mac you ever used", I will have to say a Lisa. A friends dad bought one. I loved it. Then he sold it and bought a Plus. Got to use that also, and was so impressed I bought my own.

RazzLee · RazzLee #15 (**permalink**)

06-24-2007, 12:55 AM

When I was in second grade my dad came to my school and showed everyone in my class the brand new Apple 2e. That seems like eons ago!

XMARLTONX #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 14, 2007 Location: Marlton, NJ Posts: 852 Mac Specs: 3.06 iMac i3\|12GB\|500GB	06-23-2007, 07:27 PM The first mac I ever used was in high school when I was a freshman. We had one of these babys: It had some version of OS X on it, and I thought it was pretty cool, and really easy to use, with the exception of that darn puck mouse =) This is the mac that made me purchase my beloved macbook <3 Last edited by XMARLTONX; 06-23-2007 at 07:58 PM.
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Member Since: Dec 20, 2006 Location: Middletown, Pennsylvania Posts: 25,917 Mac Specs: 15" MBP, Core i7/2GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB Crucial M4 SSD	06-23-2007, 08:00 PM I believe it was a Mac LC in Jr. High School: Prior to that we had the Apple IIe and IIgs. Liquid and computers don't mix. It might seem simple, but we see an incredible amount of people post here about spills. Keep drinks and other liquids away from your expensive electronics!
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Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,816 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	06-23-2007, 11:25 PM Since the Title of this thread really is "What is the first Mac you ever used", I will have to say a Lisa. A friends dad bought one. I loved it. Then he sold it and bought a Plus. Got to use that also, and was so impressed I bought my own. ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines
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PinkLemonade #4 (permalink)
Member Since: May 24, 2007 Posts: 494	06-23-2007, 07:40 PM PowerMac 5500 in kindergarten
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XMARLTONX #6 (permalink)
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iRye #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 01, 2007 Location: Cow Town, Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,991 Mac Specs: PowerBook G4 15 inch 1.5 GHz, iMac	06-23-2007, 08:48 PM some Quadra... running OS 7 man that was painful
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PinkLemonade #12 (permalink)
Member Since: May 24, 2007 Posts: 494	06-23-2007, 11:08 PM Yeah, 96-97 or so I suppose. There were a lot of different PM's that looked exactly the same though.
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RazzLee #15 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 17, 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 41	06-24-2007, 12:55 AM When I was in second grade my dad came to my school and showed everyone in my class the brand new Apple 2e. That seems like eons ago!
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