MACINTOSH

 
 I am indebted to Macintosh computers for their friendy ease of use and reliable systems. Although I used Windows for many years all day long in a networked corporate environment, when my own time and money are on the line, I'll take a Mac.

Performa 200

My first Mac was a Performa 200 (aka Classic II) which I increased to 10MB RAM.

Specs: The Apple Macintosh Performa 200 features a 16 MHz 68030 processor, 2 MB of RAM, and either a 40 MB or an 80 MB hard drive in a sleek, compact all-in-one case with a 9" monochrome display.

 

 

PowerMac 6100

The second was a PowerMac 6100/60 with upgrades of 40MB RAM, 1MB L2 cache and a 1GB drive, and a 486 DOS card with 16MB RAM running Win95.

Specs: "The Apple Power Macintosh 6100/60 (PC), based on the PDM (Piltdown Man) architecture, features a 60 MHz PowerPC 601 processor, 8 MB or 16 MB of RAM, and a 160 MB or 250 MB hard drive in a compact, desktop case. The Power Macintosh 6100/60 PC-Compatible ships with a 66 MHz 486DX2 processor card that can have a maximum of 32 MB of RAM dedicated to the DOS/Windows operating system."

 

 PowerMac G3

The third Mac was a G3 266 Desktop with self-installed upgrades of 768MB RAM, 8MB VRAM, a USB card, a FireWire card, a 40 GB 7200 RPM hard drive, and a 500 MHz processor running the latest OS X system. The peripherals running on OS9 and OSX included laser and inkjet printers, phone and cable modems, flat bed and film scanners, a SCSI external disk drive and a Firewire and USB CD-RW drives.

Original Specs: "The Apple Power Macintosh G3/266 DT, based on the ultra-compact Gossamer logic board, features a 266 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) processor, 32 MB of RAM, a 4.0 GB hard drive, floppy drive, CD-ROM drive, Zip drive, ATI 3D Rage II+ graphics acceleration, and the standard "Whisper" personality card with audio input/output, in an easily expandable desktop case."

 

PowerMac G4

The 1997 G3 was retired in 2003 and replaced with a G4 tower with enough expandability to have the same lifespan as its predecessor.

Dual 1.25GHz G4 processors
1MB L3 cache/processor
1.25GB DDR333 SDRAM
40GB and 80GB internal hard drives
CD-RW/DVD-R and DVD-RW drives
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card
64MB DDR video memory
FireWire 400 and 800
Bluetooth Ready

20" Apple flat display

iBook 12

In 2004 an iBook 12 was added for traveling and was still in use in 2011.

1.2 GHz PowerPC G4 processor
3 MB L2 cache/processor
768MB DDR SDRAM
30 MB hard drive, CD-RW drive
ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 graphics processor with 32 MB VRAM
USB, FireWire, DVI, VGA

 

iMac 20

The 2003 G4 was retired in 2007 and replaced with an iMac 20" all-in-one.

2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
1MB L3 cache/processor
2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
320GB hard drive
DVD-RW drive
ATI Radeon HD2600 graphics card
256MB VRAM video memory
USB and FireWire

 

MacBook Air 11

In 2010 a MacBook Air 11 was added for traveling.

1.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
2GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM
128GB flash drive
DVD-RW drive
NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with
256MB SDRAM shared video memory
USB, DVI, VGA, HDMI

 

iMac 21.5

In 2011 an iMac 21.5 was added and the iMac 20 was passed to Elsie, replacing the iBook.

2.5 GHz Quad Core Intel Core i5 processor.
4GB 1133 MHz DDR3 SDRAM.
500GB 7200 RPM hard drive.
DVD-RW optical drive.
AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with
512MB VRAM.
Ethernet, USB, FireWire 800, Thunderbolt, SD card reader.

 

 

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