My Titanium PowerBook G4 purchased in 2000 was my main machine for _everything_ for seven years or so. I used that machine HARD, for software development and wr

My Titanium PowerBook G4 purchased in 2000 was my main machine for _everything_ for seven years or so. I used that machine HARD, for software development and writing and even recording audio for my earliest podcasts. I went through several keyboards, several batteries, several power adapters, replacement internal battery, replacement hard drive... it was also just such a nicely designed, comfortable machine to work with. I still miss that thing. My 2008 Mac Pro is still my mail desktop machine for coding, scanning, photo editing, slide editing, video editing, music server, etc. It sits in my home office, though, and I sort of supplement it with some beat-up used ThinkPads like the one I'm typing on now. My ThinkPad T50 was a great, solid, workhorse laptop as well; that was my main working laptop for four years. I handed it off to my wife when her laptop died and it is now in rough shape since the kids bash on it. By comparison my scratch-built PCs are sort of like mayflies; after a few years they aren't even worth upgrading since I can't get a faster CPU with the right socket type.