Re: OK, wreckers. It's 'fess up time!

[email protected] writes:
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>I still recall driving from Windsor ON to Buffalo NY to look at a hard
>drive. Hooked up to a Mac Plus, the thing came to life and plopped
>itself on the desktop, the room gasped. I put my $795.00US down and
>bought one on the spot. I waited for 3 weeks to get it. It was heaven.
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>5 MB

Seems that is in the neighborhood of what I paid for my 10-MB external
drive for my Epson QX-10 (CPM, much better than DOS, had the opportunity
to compare). Like yours, it was heaven. (1984, 85?)
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>I still have my first 128K Mac. WITH extra floppy drive.
>sn 4016. I am NOT going to say what I paid for that (new) should my ex
>ever read this and explain why she didn't get that swimming-pool that
>year....(Wringing hands with glee) Yessir.. 128K of whopping RAM (more
>in my watch now)

Understood. I still have both of my original QX-10 machines. But then I
also have all of the DOS and later Windows machines I bought in addition
to my Macs. I don't even want to think of how many computers are in this
house/basement/garage! Must remember, however, computers were the base of
my secretarial/bookkeeping service bureau, and I had to buy newer/better
to keep current. Now, my computers are mostly just for fun. :-) (It is
nice to choose when to buy new rather than be "forced" into it by market.)
Though what started out as fun has helped me immensely at work. No
kidding, I designed my granddaughter's bedside table on InDesign, not even
that kind of program, it's a page layout program (publishing, newspapers,
magazines). Like a hammer and saw, it all depends on the user what can be
created, inventive can result in some unusual results. Note: I *do not*
recommend using what is a intricate word processing program for furniture
design! I did it more for the challenge than for practical use; but I
don't have any type of drafting program, and it worked.<g>
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>I'm happy with Panther also, but with my wife's XPpro on a big Dell...
>not enough of a difference to matter. The biggest reason why my Mac is
>still my #1 box, is that all my Filemaker RDBMS stuff and CAD docs are
>accessed every day. But the days of having the best computer by miles
>are gone. So I hung my smug face up next to my Fender Telecaster.

LOL. Methinks the diehard Mac users have something to be satisfied with;
like any, it's how it's used that matters. I made the switch in 2000 for
iMovie because of my interest in Video. I taught DOS and Windows (all
flavors)through my business, two school districts' community ed programs,
then at Computer City at Jantzen Beach in Portland until they went
bye-bye. Now it's only an occasional Mac class at PMUG (taught one last
night) and was college dean for a year or so (that one is volunteer!)
until I went to work where I am now. I could not list all of the programs
I've taught and even fewer of all that I've used; no one would believe it
anyway. My eldest son has even more but started later than me, and hates
Windows (refers all Windows requests to other consultants). Each O/S has
its place and its champions.

What CAD programs do you use on your Mac?
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>This coming April, this box (G3 B&W) will have been on and running for 4
>years

My G-4 (this one) has been on my desk since August 2004. On it, I've
learned iMovie (simple), FinalCut Pro, FileMaker Pro, PhotoShop, InDesign
(preceded by FrameMaker and Quark), QuickBooks, and on and on and on.<g>
Versatility can be both a blessing and a curse. It's like hobbies, what
takes priority, the shop, the garden, the yard, the sewing machine, what?
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>*whispers* (psssst... she finishes her presentations off at home, MS
>Powerpoint, on her Mac G-4 Powerbook

LOL, I won't tell. I know folks that run emulators so they can use their
Macs for business-specific programs (inspectors, florists, etc.) that are
part of a corporation environment.

>.... and don't tell anybody, but
>Bill Gates' 'Residential Compound' was designed on Macs...fact.)
>Hell, if Mary Matlin and James Carville can live together, I can have a
>PC and a Mac in my house, right?

They both have their place. Both my desktop PC and Mac (OS 9 and X) are
on their respective desks and powered up most of the time. The laptop
(which has Panther installed, previously Jaguar) doesn't get as much use
since I have Panther at work. *And* I'm spoiled at work with dual
monitors!!!

Windows 3.1 for Workgroups is what I went back to on my PC as it is so
much more stable than all the others. I didn't even take 98 out of the box
and wasn't interested in the others after I explored them. It does what I
need there, *and* I have my Mac for the "fancy" stuff. :-)

All of them have served me well.
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>Okay.. tea is ready...*poof*

Enjoy.

BTW, are you aware of any low-end drafting type programs to be used for
simple projects for the Mac? (Middle son, P.E., is a mite busy with work,
family and church so not much time to draw for me, and I like to do stuff
myself anyway, maybe let him refine it.)

Glenna