Just curious - Who here owns a mac?

aphex

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And if so, what model?

My current rig;

2.2ghz White Macbook (Santa Rosa)
4gb RAM
200gb 7200rpm HD

with a 24" Acer LCD & 1TB Hitachi External via FW
 

ChAoTiCpInOy

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2.1 Ghz iMac G5
512mb RAM -> upgrading to 1.5gb
250gb 7200rpm HD
20" LCD screen
500GB Western Digital External via FW
 

Viper0329

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15" 2.4ghz MBP Santa Rosa
4gb Ram
140gb 5400 RPM (i think)
500gb external via eSata
250gb external via fw800
 

keeleysam

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15.4" 2.2GHz MacBook Pro
-4GB DDR2
-500GB Samsung M6 5400RPM drive
-Matte

12" 1.5GHz PowerBook G4
-1.25GB DDR
-250GB WD Scorpio drive
2.5GHz PowerMac G5 Quad
-8GB DDR2
-7800GT 256MB
-2 x 500GB Seagate 7200.11

I have others, but these are the ones I use every day.
 

TangoJuliet

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24" iMac
3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS w/512MB GDDR3
750GB Serial ATA Drive
 

Pabster

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24" iMac
3.06 Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM
nVidia Geforce 8800GS 512MB
1TB Serial ATA Drive

That's my main Mac workstation. I also have a pair of Mini's, one Core Duo, one C2D.
 

TangoJuliet

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Originally posted by: Pabster
24" iMac
3.06 Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM
nVidia Geforce 8800GS 512MB
1TB Serial ATA Drive

That's my main Mac workstation. I also have a pair of Mini's, one Core Duo, one C2D.

nice rig. How much performance do you see with the 4gb vs the 2gb?
 

Keitero

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15" Macbook Pro
2.5GHz Core 2 Duo w/ 6MB Cache(Penryn)
4GB DDR2-667
nVidia 8600GT 512MB
250GB Hitachi SATA HD
120GB Seagate 5400.3 Firewire 400 External HD

iMac 15" LCD
800MHz G4
768MB RAM
16x SuperDrive

Powerbook G4
500MHz
512MB RAM
Combo DVD/CD-RW

G4 Cube
500MHz
DVD-ROM
768MB RAM
 

EGGO

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2x 2.8GHz Quad-Core 2008 Mac Pro
4GB RAM
blah blah blah with 2 LCD screens
 

Parasitic

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2.2 GHz SR MBP, 120GB HDD, 4GB memory, 128MB 8600M
1.8 GHz CD Mini. 80GB HDD, SuperDrive, 2GB memory
 

ItsPat

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30" Apple Cinema Display
2008 Mac Pro Quad Core 2x2.8 ghz
8 GB RAM
 

Pabster

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Originally posted by: TangoJuliet
nice rig. How much performance do you see with the 4gb vs the 2gb?

Pretty noticeable when I'm working in a virtual machine. (I run Vista in Fusion).

Otherwise, not so much.
 

TheStu

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1.83 GHz Core Duo MacBook, White, 1GB RAM, 100 GB HDD

Had a 1GHz G4 12" PowerBook, 768MB RAM, 80 GB HDD, but I gave that to my sister
 

satyajitmenon

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2.1 GHz C2D Macbook, White, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB HDD. Bought it just last week.

Picking up 2 X 2GB Kingston RAM next week. And a WD 320 Gig External HDD for time machine and media storage.

 

Megatomic

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My first Mac:

2.2GHz Santa Rosa Blackbook
2GB RAM
160GB 5400RPM HDD
Superdrive
Leopard

I love this machine, I wish I hadn't taken so long to get my Mac.
 

Tyranicus

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15.4" 2.0GHz Core Duo MacBook Pro. 120GB HDD, 2GB RAM

I used to have a 12.1" 800MHz iBook G4. 40GB HDD, 640MB RAM.
 

Kaido

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Mac Mini (me) + MacBook (wife). Plus some Hackintoshes.

Oh, and my baby - upgraded G4 Cube. I will love it forever :)