tmpchaos
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Re: Enter, and sign in please
As one of my first 'official' acts, I decided to make this 'sticky', so that our new people can see it, and reply to it if they wish...
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The Dv8or
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I never put my little bio on here
Okay, here's the dirt, because YOU wanted to hear it!
Hi, Im Mike, living in Danbury, Connecticut. I just turned 25 on April 13. I grew up in the Queens and Long Island areas of New York. Im sure you all are very familiar with what I do for a living (i.e. Stupid Mac Help Desk Calls of the Week posts), but for those who dont know, I am part of a call center for Pearson, a large publishing/media company. For just over 3 years now I am a proud and active member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
I own a Mac B/W G3, courtesy of donation from the JohnnyLundy I Feel Sorry For You Foundation. I also own a PC desktop that acts as a server, and a Dell laptop (yes, PCs, get over it). Ive owned a computer since I was 6 years old, starting out with a Commodore 64. I pretty much had the 64, and also this major antiquated Zenith "laptop" from the US Government. That puppy had an 8088 processor, a 2 color LCD screen, and was heavy as hell. The thing was built in 1982! However, the shocker was that it had a 1200 baud modem, and I was able to get into my shell acct using a telecom program that was built right into ROM on the board--no OS needed! In 1995 I got a Gateway (which I set fire to twice). The rest is history. Oh yeah, I forgot that I also had a Mac Plus for 6 something years.
Anything else you want to know? Just msg me!
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MacThrasher
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Re: Hey, why hasn't TXLongHorn tried yet...
said by Phorte:
Do you guys know about RC5?
I have looked into it, but the only machine running OS X in my house right now, and that's my TiPowerbook. That is not always on and not always even at my home. When I go out to a client site, it goes with me.
Hmmm... maybe I can run it on my 8100/80 running 8.6?
 sorry TXlonghorn
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hyperjoe
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Re: Enter, and sign in please
Joe
33 Male
Social Worker
Video/Design/Web
Imac 800 Flat P
2 PeeCees...yuck!
gota get to work!! Ciao
-hyper
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JoshNJ
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said by tmpchaos:
As one of my first 'official' acts, I decided to make this 'sticky', so that our new people can see it, and reply to it if they wish...
thumbs down!
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Cornstalkk
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G'Day mates! I used to work for a major PC Support/Sales company. I started skinning PC's about a year ago with Stardock apps, creating and converting OSX icons, with a web page dedicated to the skinning of PC's (»www.osxp.net)decided that skinning a PC and changing the icons would never replace the stability and actual functionality of a Mac. I quit my job and got a brand new Flat Panel iMac in March and have been OSX user ever since. Thinking about getting a 2nd Mac and networking them. |
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MacTech2
join:2002-01-16
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My name is Steve, I am a Sys Admin for a educational software company. Had the first Mac 128k delivered to Erie in 1984. Have owned many Macs and waiting to buy a faster G4 or G5, this summer. I also write Mac software, have since 1984 when I ported code I wrote on a TRS80. |
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Roundel
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Im one of those new faces here,
My name is Sam, im 15, and i am a Mac and PC User, I like computers of everykind, so neither bothers me much, (except the BSOD) Right now I have three macs, 2 are old, they were my first computers. an LC II and a Performa 6300. But i am giving to a home they will be happy in, Quarex's. I have an original Imac, 233 mhz, with the original blueish color, its a nice little system, i use it for seti and as a second computer, Needs more memory though, a litte sluggish on 32 MB. I would relly like to get a new Emac or Imac. But cant afford it right now, saving up for a Monster Gateway system. maybe next year, i will be around the forum asking stupid questions, so see ya there.
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The Dv8or
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said by MacTech:
My name is Steve, I am a Sys Admin for a educational software company. Had the first Mac 128k delivered to Erie in 1984. Have owned many Macs and waiting to buy a faster G4 or G5, this summer. I also write Mac software, have since 1984 when I ported code I wrote on a TRS80.
I wonder if this guy's last name is Jobs or Ballmer.
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elias
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Hello,
I'm Elias, and I'm a PC user, that appreciates Macs as well.
I don't have a Mac right now, but if I could find a bare-bones one for cheap, I'd jump on it.
I mostly lurk, since I don't have too many Mac experiences to talk about, but that's okay.
I started using Apples in elementary school. We used to play games like Oregon Trail, Odell Lake, BC, etc. I learned how to do some programming in Basic, Graffix, and Logo Logic back then. That was back in the days of the Apple ][e and later the ][gs (had a 3.5" floppy drive).
Later, in 8th grade, I became an assistant to the newspaper editor, and worked on a Mac Performa with OS 7.5. It didn't take long to learn the OS inside-out, and I learned that Macs can indeed crash, but overall work pretty well.
Recently (a year ago already), I used one of the first Titanium Powerbooks, with Wireless LAN at a customer's house. I sat by his pool and configured his Netopia router from there.
-- Elias
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neuronbob
Health Care Reform Now
join:2000-03-30
Bedford, OH
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I am an old, occasionally posting face. Happy to reintro myself, though! The sticky must be new here at DSLReports, it's a great idea.
I am a Mac guy from way back. I started out with an Atari 800XL in high school in the mid-'80s, but graduated to Macintosh with matriculation at Stanford in 1986. I've been hooked ever since. I have owned:
Classic II '93-'95
Performa (nee LC) 575CD
Performa 6110 (nee PM 6100/60)
Beige G3/266 (current home machine, upgraded to G3/468 MHz)
Lombard 333 (current office machine, upgraded to G4/500)
iBook 300 (wife's machine)
iMac G3/266 (current office machine, thinking of upgrading to new iMac)
Built my own WinAMD 1Ghz PC, which mainly sits in the corner and gathers dust, but works great when I choose to use it
I am a neurologist by trade and run my office totally on Macintosh, using MS Office X for patient reports, Filemaker Pro for OS X/Mobile for Palm to catalog patient visits, and Palm Desktop to carry my patient schedule with me. The "lime" (closer to apple green to me) iMac makes a great conversation piece with patients!
The best thing about using Macs is that I AM I.T.!! I haven't had to hire computer help, well.....ever! My office is even networked, and I did it for the most part myself! If Apple wants to profile current users in ads, they need to pick me!
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MacTech2
join:2002-01-16
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said by The Dv8or:
I wonder if this guy's last name is Jobs or Ballmer.
Hey, now that Ballmer quip is insulting  No, it is Crossman! |
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landon101
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I've had my imac for over a year now and i love it |
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jcallari
The future is unwritten.
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Here's an update to my story...
Since my May 4th post, I've added a 533 MHz G4 tower and a
17" Apple Studio Display CRT. Needless to say, I've totally
dumped my old Windows machine...
I'm going to Macworld NY with the Mrs., hoping to see some new
hardware introduced. Maybe I can convince my wife to let me
get one of those crazy 1 GHz Powermacs and sell the 533 on
eBay.
John
I'm now an addict. |
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JoshNJ
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Maybe I can convince my wife to let me
get one of those crazy 1 GHz Powermacs and sell the 533 on
eBay.
Just sell her then use the money to buy the 1ghz, then you have 2 powermacs
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jcallari
The future is unwritten.
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Just sell her then use the money to buy the 1ghz, then you have 2 powermacs
I need to keep her around to take care of the baby... So, I can't
sell her.
John |
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Brendan
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join:2000-07-14
Littleton, CO
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said by jcallari:
Maybe I can convince my wife to let me
get one of those crazy 1 GHz Powermacs and sell the 533 on
eBay.
John
I'm now an addict.
I'll take the tower. What do you want for it?
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Thinkdiff
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Hey,
I'm not really that "new" here, but I'll put a little bio up.
My name is Dylan, and I've been using apple computers since the LCII. (ahhh, what joy it was to run Mac OS 6, or was it 7, on 4MB of RAM). I now have the following:
PowerMac G4 400 AGP (early model, sawtooth)
PowerMacintosh 9500/180 MP
Performa 6360/160
Ti Powerbook G4/667 (model JUST before the combo drive  )
iMac 233 Rev B
I use OS X, 9, 8.6, BeOS, and a little Linux (waiting for YDL 2.3 to come out)
I have gone to the previous 4 MacWorlds (this will be my 5th) in NY. I also have about 50-70 apple posters (thank you eBay).
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HotFries
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In a nutshell...
I'm a fun chic known here as "HotFries" and I'm passionate about IT and music. They are both battling for the top spot in my life. I have 6 years of IT consulting experience in PC Desktop & Networking technical support. Consulting has allowed me the opportunity to work at various companies from the Midwest to the Southeast. I've even independently consulted. Btw, I still love Novell NetWare and always will. I had fun supporting it at client sites so don't talk to me about NT/2000 servers! I'm itching to play with NetWare 6 Beta on an old server soon that I picked up. Sorry to digress, bad habit. 
Since I haven't done hands on support in awhile, I've gotten a bit rusty so I'm constantly reading, asking questions and researching things to get back up to speed. I enjoy attending all types of seminars, especially those that are IT, music and electronics-related. I'm looking forward to another fun year at Networld+Interop this September, especially since Comdex will be a part of it.
I'm on ATM to lurk and learn but also help out when I can. I had a Mac IIvx many years ago and all I remember using on it was eWorld! It was fun while it lasted, I ended up selling it and bought an IBM Aptiva PC. I wished I had kept it to convert my vinyl to digital audio since I'm a "bedroom" vinyl DJ. Perhaps I'll pick up an old useful Mac for that purpose only and ask you nice people here on how to set it up. I've forgotten alot of the old Mac stuff. Nevertheless, the more I brush up, the more it's coming back. However, OS X is a new thang!
I'm planning to bring a new Mac & Cinema display into my life hopefully by years end, as OS X has definitely piqued my curiosity and I want in. I also wouldn't mind teaching new Mac owners OS X but of course I have to first know it inside and out.
Thanks for being such a great and welcoming forum!
HF
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BellBoy
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I've used an Apple II, a circa 1987 Macintosh, and now I've just bought a used G3 Blue and White Tower and a 21" Studio Display.
I'm trying to wean myself off of Bill Gates' teat, but unfortunately my work environment is into Wintel like a bunch of heroin addicts.
I hopefully won't bore all of you with too many re-newbie questions, but it's good to know that this forum exists.
Thanks
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