# \*sigh\* I want a mac. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146 "2004-10-25T23:48:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/1 "2004-10-25T23:48:12Z")
Man. I want one of the new iMac G5s. They’re so sleek and pretty and I want one and drool. I have a dell Inspiron 5100. Anyone want to trade me one of those or one of the sleek, tantalizing, pretty metally powerbooks? ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/2 "2004-10-25T23:54:03Z")
Oh, obligatory links. [iMac G5](http://www.apple.com/imac/) and [Powerbook](http://www.apple.com/powerbook/) ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/3 "2004-10-26T00:01:31Z")
Well, I’m currently using a 12" powerbook to prop up my 17" powerbook, but my wife might be a little miffed if I traded it away. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/4 "2004-10-26T00:13:28Z")
I have a PowerMac G4 and a iBook, but sadly no G5. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/5 "2004-10-26T00:29:26Z")
I’ve also got an (aging) G4 PowerMac tower, and lust for a brand, spanking new G5 tower! Those things are fabulous! ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/6 "2004-10-26T02:01:33Z")
I’ve got a 400 Mhz Pismo and have been considering a new Powerbook, mostly for digital photography. But they’re just a wee bit too damned expensive and not quite fast enough to make it worth giving up a perfectly good machine. (Also, I’m not enthralled with the flat metal look – it’s boring.) The G5’s, on the other hand, are fast enough, but you can’t lie on the couch and surf wirelessly with a G5. So I may have to wait until a G5 Powerbook comes out. On the bright side, I won’t be tempted to spend money and time on any games because pretty much every recent release requires more horsepower than the Pismo can provide. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/7 "2004-10-26T06:25:11Z")
My husband and I had matching ancient G-3s. His hard drive went south so he got a new g-5 and I’m stuck with this old relic. :dubious: Aren’t girls always suposed to get the new stuff? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/8 "2004-10-26T12:22:41Z")
Gee, we just upgraded the home Mac Clone 600 to an ancient G3 from the office cast-offs and we’re happy! At work they keep rolling around the idea of getting me one of the G5s but nothing so far. Not one to wait patiently, I have been modleing one out of clay to use as a voodoo/fetish. _Some day…some day…_ ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/9 "2004-10-26T12:29:19Z")
I got a G5 here at work. The whole office is slowly shifting away from PCs. I love it. When it’s time to get a new home computer, it’ll be Mac. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/10 "2004-10-26T12:42:54Z")
G5 at work, eMac G4 at home. I love it how neither computer is more than 4 months old and they decide to bring out those new bad boys. Boo! I’d bet on a new Powerbook/iBook being out in the new year too, judging by the bother I had ordering one the other week for work. ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/11 "2004-10-26T15:38:42Z")
The iBooks got a speed bump, _and_ wireless is now standard, _and_ a price drop last week. My iBook is less than 4 months old, and already they have a faster, cheaper, better model. Don’t get me started about G5 PowerMacs. 😉 At least I don’t have to use windows, except at work 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/12 "2004-10-26T17:14:26Z")
When most people plan to spend their lottery winnings, they start with a house, car, crap like that. I’m marching straight down to Market Street, to the Apple Store, and getting a dual G5 tower with a 30" wide-screen, flat-screen Apple cinema display with all the fixins. I will not be seen for at least seven months after that. As it is now, I have an aging G3 iMac, bondi blue. I had to choose between a CD burner or a DVD player. Before that, I had a Mac IIsi, a Mac Classic, and an Apple II clone. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/13 "2004-10-26T22:52:37Z")
So. My christmas list to my parents goes: G5 Powermac or iMac. I’m not picky. Powerbook. Or a lot of money so I can buy a G5 powerbook when they come out. (You know what’s bad is that I don’t even do graphics editing or video editing or play graphics-intensive games. well… one. DDR. I just can’t stand having a slow computer. ) ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/14 "2004-10-26T23:12:14Z")
I kind of want a Mac. To my left I have a mostly-gutted Performa 575 I’m probably going to turn into an art project. But I want a decent PowerMac or maybe an old iMac. Something about G4 power. I’m not going to run MacOS on it, though. During my brief experience with MacOS 9, I managed to crash it more often than I did my old Cyrix 233 running Windows 98 (which would not give me a blue screen of death, oh no, it would _spontaneously reboot_.) I hear Debian runs well on Apple hardware. ---
**Author:** ![Gest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Gest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gest)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/15 "2004-10-27T00:55:45Z")
OSX is a different kettle of fish to OS9. OS9 won’t run natively on a G5 but even if it did, Debian would still be more solid. It wouldn’t beat OSX though. ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/16 "2004-10-27T02:38:35Z")
Oooooh! [Looky!](http://www.apple.com/ipodphoto/) 🆒 So that’s why they were snapping up all of the new 60 gig drives from Toshiba. Like I haven’t spent enough money at Apple already. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-want-a-mac/271146/17 "2004-10-27T15:26:42Z")
Well, honestly, I just want a regular iPod. The color ones are so much more expensive. (Although it’s sad… even the 40gig iPods are bigger than my hard drive.