Greetings! My first Mac was a IIVX 32MZ processor, 3 gig HD. I paid just under 2000 dollars US including an HP printer. Then I decided to upgrade the memory. I paid 200 dollars for 20 mega bites of ram.That's right, 20 mega bites of ram. We have come a long way since then.
Cheers, Joe On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Bill Parker <re...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > > If only Bob. My first one was an SE or some such name. Megabytes > were unheard of. Nothing to do with telephones, ethernet or anything > else. The little beast just sat there on the desk but it was BLOODY > sight easier to use than the DOS machine my neighbour had. But I had > hypercard! > > And, I know someone who still uses OS8 because the music software is > better..... > > Sounds like a Monty Python sketch about licking t'road .......ey up > Obadiah....... > > Bill > > On 26/08/2009, at 8:25 PM, Robert Howells wrote: > > >> HI List , >> >> Just sharing a little experience with you .. >> >> Remember When >> >> We struggled with the older Mac's , Dial up Internet and frreezing screens >> >> when the latest Mac was something like a PPM 7600 with a whole 32 or 64 Mb >> of Ram >> the hard drive was 2 GB and you were lucky if you could burn a CD and >> the operating system got to be a magical OS9 on a 200 Mhz cpu ? >> >> REMEMBER !!!! >> >> SO now that you have that scene firmly fixed in your mind's eye >> >> FAST FORWARD >> >> and try to imagine the same OS9 working on :- >> >> Broadband >> RAM 1 GB >> Hard Drive 500 Gb >> CPU 1.8 Ghz >> on a G4 >> >> ??????? Imagine ??? >> >> Yep ! It goes like a rocket ! >> >> Cheers >> >> >> Bob >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> >> > Dr Bill Parker Editor > RENEW EDITORS & WRITERS > Box 111 Wooroloo 6558 > Western Australia > 0403 583 676 > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
