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<blockquote data-quote="citystar2k" data-source="post: 40859" data-attributes="member: 3388"><p>For me, it was the magazine iCreate. I'd heard about iPods but didnt know too much about them, and when i was in the local newsagents buying a magazine, i saw issue 5 of iCreate, with the mini ipods on the cover, it was this that struck me so much, how clean the design of those ipods were. So i read the mag, and on remembering when i used macs at college years back and having a play with photoshop on some old g3 powermacs at my old workplace(beige and the blue and white models), i thought to myself how the **** did i miss apple out of my life? and i almost got an imac around 5 years ago, the red version but it fell through for some reason. On reading iCreate more, i marvelled at the iMac, the Powerbooks, iBooks, etc, even though i knew they were out there i didnt take much notice until i kept looking at all the ads in the magazine. </p><p></p><p> So i decided to look around at specs, buy different mac user magazines, check out my friends macs fully, and go onto the Apple website everyday and look at my future dream machine, an 12" iBook maxed out. But for some reason i held out buying the iBook, i dont know why, but then Apple upgraded both the iBook and Powerbook lines, and i realised that by spending a little more money, i could have a 12" Powerbook w/Superdrive and get a 1gig stick of memory. So i did go out and get one in the end, and i'm more than pleased with it.</p><p></p><p> I still use my Acer Laptop almost everyday, mostly coz i use certain apps that is not available for macs, but hopefully one day i'll be able to use my Powerbook for everything. Too bad i'm planning to move to Australia, i was going to get a G5 Powermac for xmas, but by the time i'll get settled, maybe there might be a G6 Powermac, hehe. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="citystar2k, post: 40859, member: 3388"] For me, it was the magazine iCreate. I'd heard about iPods but didnt know too much about them, and when i was in the local newsagents buying a magazine, i saw issue 5 of iCreate, with the mini ipods on the cover, it was this that struck me so much, how clean the design of those ipods were. So i read the mag, and on remembering when i used macs at college years back and having a play with photoshop on some old g3 powermacs at my old workplace(beige and the blue and white models), i thought to myself how the **** did i miss apple out of my life? and i almost got an imac around 5 years ago, the red version but it fell through for some reason. On reading iCreate more, i marvelled at the iMac, the Powerbooks, iBooks, etc, even though i knew they were out there i didnt take much notice until i kept looking at all the ads in the magazine. So i decided to look around at specs, buy different mac user magazines, check out my friends macs fully, and go onto the Apple website everyday and look at my future dream machine, an 12" iBook maxed out. But for some reason i held out buying the iBook, i dont know why, but then Apple upgraded both the iBook and Powerbook lines, and i realised that by spending a little more money, i could have a 12" Powerbook w/Superdrive and get a 1gig stick of memory. So i did go out and get one in the end, and i'm more than pleased with it. I still use my Acer Laptop almost everyday, mostly coz i use certain apps that is not available for macs, but hopefully one day i'll be able to use my Powerbook for everything. Too bad i'm planning to move to Australia, i was going to get a G5 Powermac for xmas, but by the time i'll get settled, maybe there might be a G6 Powermac, hehe. :D [/QUOTE]
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