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I remember playing with the OS X Beta. We'd install it on a friends Powerbook G3 and after a couple days go back to OS 9 because it was so much faster and it di
by bluedino 4y ago
I remember playing with the OS X Beta. We'd install it on a friends Powerbook G3 and after a couple days go back to OS 9 because it was so much faster and it didn't use all your memory.
Not too soon after that, I bought a Powerbook G4. 867MHz, and Mac Mall doubled the RAM back then so I had 256 or 512MB, I forget. It was still pretty slow and after fumbling around with it for a few months, I sold it. Was nice for playing with iMovie using a Firewire VHS-C camera, though.
Then around 2006, a friend purchased one of the first Intel MacBook models. We had fun trying to get all of his old PowerPC era stuff working on it. It was still slow, and hot.
Finally, in 2010 I bought a 13" MacBook Pro and was in love ever since. Not sure how everyone else stuck around so long.
- m_mueller 4y agoG4 Powerbooks around 2005 on OSX 10.4 were very nice to work on. Applications weren’t very RAM hungry and it was simple enough to keep tabs on what uses which system resource. As an engineering student the small but capable 12inch was a perfect fit.
- drewzero1 4y agoMy friend had a 12" Powerbook G4 running OSX 10.5 that I really, really wanted. I could only afford an iBook which got me through a few years of school just fine. I still have it and use it occasionally; if nothing else, it's still a great DVD player that can connect to bluetooth headphones!