Is your current mac your first mac?

totallynaked-thought

i've got a mac classic.. 8 mhz of pure power...

internet_ambassador

The family got it's first mac back in 1994. I've never owned anything but.

recalcitrantid

I grew up building computers, and I had always been a PC man, reinforced by my experiences in middle in elementary school with OS 9. Then, senior year, I started composing on the school computers in garage band. I was sold on the interface, and couldn't believe how intuitive and intelligently designed it was. I then went to an apple store, and talked the nitty gritty with an apple nerd, resolving all my "apple can't do this" questions. (you can access the code just as easily, i wouldn't have to give up torrenting software, and worst case scenario, theres always parallels and boot camp) the only real reason not to get a mac, is lack of money. That said, I bought my first mac, the top of the line MBP in 2007. The first 3 months I had awful buyer's remorse. Trying to transition to the interface was hell, because I knew the windows OS in and out, and not being able to do the most simple tasks was infuriating. That's why, now, I try and answer any questions people have who are transitioning. They say once you go mac, you don't go back, it's true. Mac does occasionally have an issue, but it's not even close to the scale of windows ( i should give the disclaimer that I haven't used windows 7 yet, but it looks like they just jacked the mac UI once again). I've also become a designer, which helps, as that was the original field that macs were marketed to, and the only field, to my knowledge, that macs are the industry standard.

defpearlpilot

I'm on my third. As long as I have the means, I will be buying Macs. Well, as long as they don't make extremely bone-headed decisions. I'm looking forward to the iPad so I can read interactive books on it to my kids.

pdongen

I bought my MacBook Pro in may 2008, it's my first. I love it. I put in an Intel SSD (80 GB), it's fast as lightning. I have a startup time of about 20 sec, shutdown of 5-10. Photoshop is ready in 5-6 sec.

I have a Windows PC at work, I don't like it. It's way too slow in comparison, I hate the way the antivirus software kills startup speed. I've asked my boss to buy me an iMac, he's thinking about it.

The only thing I don't like about my MacBook is the left fan: it's noisy at default speed. I should replace it.

Goraidh

No. I've used Macs since I first started computing in the early '90s.

nullibicity

On my fourth since 1991.

NooneOfInterest

Yes it is, and I love it. 2 1/2 years old now.

Merwerdichliebe

The Mac I usually use is my second. However, I still possess my first Mac (several years old now) and it still works perfectly.

My first mac. I will never go back to windows. I can't wait till I am done all my school projects so I can uninstall boot camp and just stick with OS X.

stilesjp

My first mac was a Power Computing system. then I had a G4, for four years. I have a G5 desktop, and I have a MacBook that I do most of my work on, these days. I've been using macs since 1992.

njosnari

Apple ][e, mofos! Represent! ok, I was 5 at the time. Raised in an apple household. Damn you, jobs.

egypturnash

Fourth. My first was a Mac clone that was abandoned in the back of a computer shop a friend worked at.

Before that I was nursing along an aging Amiga 1200. I've always found Windows to be ugly and awkward, so I've never owned a Windows box.

dpadular

Bought this MBP last April because I was looking to finally get myself a laptop to accompany my Windows desktop. Well, I've barely touched the PC other than file transfers since. I love the Mac, I love OSX, and I really can't see myself purchasing anything other than a Mac from here on out.

Some rail against it, but for me the top-to-bottom consistency that you get from Apple designing the hardware and software for the machine is really incredible. "It just works" because most of the major applications seem to be built the same way, and third-party developers seem to follow the same philosophy as well. I don't know if that's due to the tools used to build software for Mac or what, but I like it.

Overall I expected to be impressed, but I was really blown away. They are awesome machines.

ps- I still have a pretty nice quad-core running Vista at work, and it serves me just fine. I can and do still get along with Windows, but given the choice, I'd rather not at this point.

I've been using Apple/Mac since the early 1980s. Family's first computer was an Apple II+ then an Apple IIe. Neighbors had a Lisa, which at the time was quite cool. I've used Mac's ever since, with a brief stint using an Atari ST2. I own a Windows box as well, mostly for games now, but at one time it was used for cross-platform stuff. Always had at least a tower and a few times both a tower and a laptop (both Mac), now I use laptop for everything, currently a MacBook Pro which I'll upgrade when the lines gets a make over.

ltx

Bought my first white Macbook in late 2008 for school after convincing both my brother and sister in 2007 to buy a Macbook/Macbook Pro (which they now love), and after having used a Hackintosh for 2 years. Sold my Macbook in mid-2009 so I could wait and buy a unibody MB during the next back-to-school promotion. The next update came in June, releasing the new 13" MBP, and I bought the base model in August. I have a Windows 7 desktop for gaming and heavy rendering, but I'll never go back to a Windows-only setup. Mac OS is just so pleasant to use. Everything is so unified, and most of the time it just works, whereas with my Windows 7 machine I already have occasional explorer.exe crashes (and the install is only 3 months old).

hjaltij

I've had a few. First was PPC Mac Mini (2004) that I mostly used as a server. Then I got an Intel MBP 15" (2006). In 2008 I got a 8-core Mac Pro that I'm currently using and the same year I also got an Intel Mac Mini for my TV. I've got an 24" iMac (2008) at work. All of them are working just fine and I've only replaced the battery in my MBP. The rest is original and the PPC Mac Mini is still kicking ass as a server.

BaboTron

My current Mac is a MBP 3,1 2.4GHz; before this I had a 12" PowerBook G4 1.5GHz.

I've still got the PB 'cause I love it too much to get rid of it.

I'd love a 13" MBP and a Cinema Display, though!

sharkus

Macbook pro 1,1 here. It's my first :)

poopstankpooty

I really like how almost all of these answers are "yes".

peterjog

I bought my first mac in 2008, and I've only experienced one problem with my track pad and keyboard where it would stop respoding. Once I figured out how to get that problem to stop I was golden. I love my mac it's almost 2 years old and it's still running like brand new. I find it strange that with equally priced pc's that are brand new, they still have less performance than my two year old mac (when running windows)

sbchapm

Started w/ 512 (1991 or so? It was used) Then a Classic (1994-1998) Then Performa (1998-2001) Then bondi blue imac (2002-2003) Then really pretty dark blue imac (see through) (2003-2004) Then iMac 17" white (2004-2010 just died I think) Then iMac 24" (2008-2010) This is my rough memory--some dates may be wrong.

majnunredfoot

My ex-wife had a mac, which she gave to me when she went to grad school and got a PC. I thought it was okay at the time, but I thought it was a little slow, so I bought a PC when I went to law school. Within a year and a half, I had to switch back over to Mac. I have a MacBook pro and it's my favorite thing ever, except for maybe my iPhone.

jjrs

Yup. Vista pushed me over the edge. When I was offered a computer at work last year I chose a macbook under the reasoning that if I didn't like it, I could just keep it booting on windows xp. Leopard is great. As far as firefox, office and some other programs I use go, it's more or less the same.

I'm not a big "PC sucks" guy all of the sudden. I've bought a PC netbook and PC nettop as a htpc for my tv since then (though with vista wiped out and xp installed on both). But that said, my next major home pc will be a macbook pro. If you're into computers, going to mac is like upgrading to a benz or bmw.

fix3r

The first was an iBook G4, bought as soon as I saw OS X Tiger becoming a proper *nix. It's still around and has never failed me. I have never used OS9 or earlier (but I'm looking into buying a Color Classic to rectify that).

I have acquired quite a few other Macs since - I prefer the straightforward nature of OS X and attention to detail indie developers on Mac are showing. (But I would probably be almost-as-happy, and not much richer, with a Thinkpad running something like Ubuntu)

whiteman

My first, MBP bought in 2008. I've always liked windows and still do; I think it's amazing that it can work on so many different hardware platforms.

But as an electrical engineer I just love elegant design in electronics.

This MBP is gorgeous on so many levels that comparing the user experience between Windows and a Mac is like driving a '92 cavalier and a Lexus. They both take you from A to B, but one just makes the experience a beautiful thing. If you can't tell the difference (like me with cars) then don't waste the money, but if you can, it's easily worth it.

seydurin

First macbook pro. Its not as stable as the stereotype and mac fanatics will claim.

daelin

This is technically my third Mac.

My very first Mac, which I don't count, was a PowerBook G4 in 2001 that I owned for about a week before I returned. I absolutely hated OS 9, and you couldn't spend all your time in Mac OS X 10.0 because you couldn't even play DVDs. I loved the hardware though. It had an ultracapacitor in it so you could swap the battery while the machine was sleeping. I picked up a Sony PictureBook (the one with a Cruz processor) and kept that for two weeks before returning it because (1) they announced a HUGE upgrade the day after I paid for it, but before I even received it, and after I explicitly asked the sales rep if there was an upgrade imminent, and (2) the Sony software absolutely crippled an otherwise awesome little machine.

I got by without a laptop, until Mac OS X 10.2 came out in 2002, and Mac OS 9 was no longer included by default on new Macs. I bought an iBook G4. That tiny little white wonder served me for over five years, until I tripped over the cord for the last time and broke the charging circuit in early 2008. Before my iBook, I did everything on my home-built PCs. I ran Linux, and didn't even have Windows installed. I played games under Wine. After some time with my iBook, I realized that my PC had shut down during a long power outage possibly weeks ago, and I'd never noticed. I re-partitioned and set up dual-booting so I could play games on it. I realized my video card had video-in, and I started watching and recording TV on it. That was all I did with that desktop computer. I learned to program every language I know (C++, Java, C, Python…) on the iBook. I lived in that iBook. I learned LaTeX. I did physics. I diagnosed and fixed home and school networks, and repaired Windows computers with my iBook. I wore off the keys. The smooth case had the optical texture of brushed aluminum from all the micro scratches. It kept working flawlessly, except for a slight creak it developed, and a strange ability for the trackpad to detect movement at a distance. (Electrostatic buildup due to worn-through grounding, most likely.)

When it finally gave up the ghost, I got a 15" MacBook Pro (Intel). It was stolen a year later, and I registered for a student developer account to purchase the brand new unibody 17" MacBook Pro.

Losing my 15" was traumatic, but I had just gotten a Time Capsule as a gift that Christmas. Whoever stole it was smart enough to never take it online, and most likely wiped it. I was concerned about losing my personal information. When I got my brand new 17" MacBook Pro, I turned it on, told it to restore my data from the Time Capsule, and tada everything was as I left it. (I lost two weeks of data because I was on a trip at the time it was stolen, but otherwise it was magical.)

I would never purchase a Windows laptop ever again. I've owned three, and they were all steaming piles of shit, mostly because of the manufacturer's shitty pre-installs. The only time I've ever enjoyed a Windows laptop was when I wiped it and installed Linux. When I got my first Macs, I always thought I'd dual-boot to a PPC linux like Yellowdog (in 2001) or (today) Ubuntu, or a BSD. I never installed linux on my iBook. I never installed Linux on my MacBooks.

I mostly live in the Unix environment of OS X. I might build or buy a unix machine that's not a portable; a fileserver, or media center. I've kept an eye on Microsoft's offerings, and I've mostly felt embarrassment for Microsoft after reading these things. No, I'd never go back to Windows in the current environment. Maybe Windows 2020 will be a different story, but I doubt it. Microsoft appears to have cultivated an executive culture that breeds sucking.

pinderschmit

Bought mine a year ago, first one, love it.

iends

Yeah, I made the switch from gentoo to os x, and despite trying twice, I can't switch back to linux (despite dwm...)

Thats_Like

Mac Mini is (and still) my mac. I've been using Hackintosh on my NC10 a lot recently as well..

yeshuaD

I've had my PowerBook G4 since 2005, it has suffered a slight denting back in 05, but remains as fast and useful as ever. New battery, new power chord but things are still kicking. Though I may consider a new one in 2011.

DudeAsInCool

I've been using Macs since they were introduced in the eighties.

Mattyi

In college my roomate had a PPC with OS 9, and I got quite comfortable on it. I did a ton of Photoshop work there and the two of us wasted all of our spare time on Bryce 3D.

Last year, my wife and I got fed up with fighting our Dell Laptop and decided to buy an iMac. It was the best tech decision we've made, and that includes our awesome surround sound system with speakers built into the family room ceiling.

ents

Second. I got a white MacBook at discount through work, sold it for more than I paid a year later then bought a 27" iMac at discount! So fucking fast its retarded.

smellycoat

Yep. 15" MacBook Pro, my first mac.

I actually use lots of different OSs. Almost daily, in one way or another, I use: Windows (XP), OS X, FreeBSD and Linux (Ubuntu and Debian).

In terms of the OS alone, OS X is definitely the most polished and immediately usable convergence of the four. UNIXy things are hard work (or sometimes impossible) on Windows, and configuration can be painful on Linux/BSD (although usually possible, eventually).

OS X is light years ahead of Windows in terms of general usability and the cohesiveness of the interface. But, for me at least, it's definitely not perfect. I struggle a lot with the keyboard shortcuts, and even key locations, being different. I've sorted out most of them (with a combination of a few 3rd party programs, a custom keyboard map, and a custom cocoa shortcuts file), but not completely, and it does have an effect on my productivity. I still haven't found a text editor that satisfies all my needs, either.

The lack of a nice GUI for many customisation options (and some things actually being apparently impossible to customise) is one of the areas that bothers me slightly. But in all, it's a great machine. Lovely hardware, and out of the box OS X is miles ahead of anything else.

One thing that does bother me a little is Apple's "magic mouse". In almost every way it's harder to use than a typical mouse. While I consider my MacBook to be an excellent example of functional industrial design (and the trackpad is fucking amazing), the mouse seems like it's just style-over-substance.

srocco3

Yup. Macbook Pro from 2007. I had the recalled NVIDIA card glitch out on me two weeks so I thought I would be moving onto my second mac; however, apple replaced the logic board and payed for repairs...so im still using my first. Girlfriend still uses her first one from 2004.

Imac 20" 2.16ghz 2gb ram. I like it, I had reservations due to the price but find it easy to use and learn into. I purchased the extended warranty and am glad because I had a screen go in the second year. As far as a creative tool, it just feels right. I run snow leopard, LOVE keynote, not sure if I like imovie 09,or the new garage band. While I like my mac very much, I would like to try building a pc next with Ubuntu or something. Another mac might happen depending on durability of my current one. I hate to think about computer replacement any sooner than 5 years from purchase (07) and I do wish someone would make a desktop that was a ten year thing and built to sustain upgrades that would keep it viable in technologically fast changing world we live in. I just think its a waste at our current pace. I mean what else would spend the money we do on something that is outdated in the time frame we now have. But I dont want to go cloud either. In other words...maybe

hindesky

I've currently have my 3rd desktop, 1 MacBook, 2 iPods in my Apple history which started in 1995

Inverter

My current Mac is my 8th Mac (an iMac, plus I use my 7th Mac, a MacBook).

UnknownVariable

Using my first mac, a 2008 mac mini. Since I got it I haven't used my windows computer for anything but gaming. It being a *nix machine is one of the top reasons for the switch. I can be much much much more productive with a command line interface, especially for the programming work I do. And when I'm not programming and just futzing around, the OS X interface is aesthetically pleasing (which yes, is an important factor for me :p).

My mother needed a new computer recently and I talked her into getting an iMac. She says she'll never use a Windows computer again. :p

malte

I just got my first Mac last monday :) It's an iMac 27'' i7 with 8GB RAM and I'm really happy with it so far.

I work as a sysadmin and really have no big problem with Windows. However I wanted a monitor and a faster machine at home as my only home PC has been a Lenovo T60p for some years now. ( + I don't even own a tv).

So I ended up with the iMac because it beautiful, functional and it gives me the opportunity the learn my way around a new OS. Also I'm a photo nerd so it seamed natural on many levels.

I've installed Windows 7 on a bootcamp partition for a few games and other Windows centric needs. In OS X I've installed VMware Fusion so I can start up the bootcamp partition as a VM if I need. Plus I've install Ubuntu, FreeBSD and Mojo OS in other VMs to play around with.

Right now I'm looking at installing Plex as a media center solution.

Very happy with the everything so far.

brttf3

I am using the current (unibody) MBP. Before that, I had an original MBP, and before that I had a powerbook titanium G4. prior to that the original tangerine iBook (the first airport) and prior to that the powerbook 1400 with two hot swappable bays, before that the powerbook 190, which was the non power pc version of the powerbook 5300. When my first wife left me she took the IBM desktop with her. I've been on Mac laptops ever since, and happy ever since. coincidence? I think not.

somedirection

Nope, my first mac was a hand-me-down Quadra 700 from my Dad whose been a Mac-head since System 7.

I had a stint in my teenage years - college, but then I hopped back on, initally to F with ROR and TextMate and haven't looked back.

I love my Macs.

theimben

My PC is like my 12th PC

tell64

GoodMusicTaste

My Mac is my first, but I have had a lot of problems with Snow Leopard. So I downgraded to Leopard again. Also the battery time is hardly as advertised. I've formatted several times. That's a lot of hours wasted.

I don't play games and I just wanted a solid computer for web design, redditing, watching movies, etc, so I chose a MacBook Pro.

I want to like my Mac, but I don't know if it's worth the extra money. I will probably choose a Lenovo or something similar next time.

scoofy

first!

Osgood

Mine was a PowerBook 15" 1.5Ghz, right now I'm between Macs because of lack of cash but I plan on picking up a Macbook pro once the refresh happens. I'm only using a PC until more MMO's come out on Apple. APB i'm looking at you and maybe TOR.

EddieVanHelsing

I'm on my third macbook. My wife has my second, and my father has my first.

rjett

Mac SE was my first machine as well. I do not miss the days of swapping floppy diskettes to switch between OS and applications. :P

After that I had a Performa 410. Then, I switched to PCs for a while during the Apple dark ages. I jumped back with a 12" Powerbook in college and am now working on a C2D iMac.

Sadly, I'm becoming increasingly disappointed with the company and am seriously contemplating switching over to Linux for my next machine.

Janik93

yes i got mine before i started in my new school, in may 2009

aeoz

First Mac. And never looking bac.

kevinhoagland

MPB13"2.53GHz.

It's my first, it might be my last. We'll see how well the WinPho7/Zune/Win7/360 integration continues, and if I like it, I'll be ditching OS X. Otherwise, I'm not so sure.

Flow

No, I have two Macs.

wyo

Not by a long shot. I had a (hand me down) IIfx and a (also hand me down) Performa 600, though I can't remember which I got first. I also used my dad's PowerBook 180c for a time. This was all in the early 90s. Then I didn't get a new Mac until a PowerBook 1400cs in 1997, followed by an iMac G3 slot-loader in ~2000, a Pismo G3 lappy, a couple of tiBooks, a couple of aluminum PowerBook G4s, then an original MacBook Pro, a couple of Mac Minis, a non-Pro MacBook, and now a loaded MacBook Pro on the go and an iMac 20" at home.

And all this, even considering I used to work at Apple, I'm not even a fanboy. My business is principally run on Ubuntu boxen, and I have a PC at home for gaming. In fact, probably because I used to work at Apple, I hate Mac fanboys with a passion you probably don't want to see...

Aurash91

i got my 13" pro this past july and ive got an old power pc from the 90's

sovereign01

First was an Apple II (As a 3-4 year old), then LC475 and various performas and powerbooks until I started tinkering with PCs for years. I didn't really touch macs again outside of work until I bought a firstgen Macbook. Now I have a few more. :)

Sandaasu

Not using one much currently. My first was an original LC though. I've used various ones here and there since then, and still have a pastel G3 tower here for occasional tinkering.

They were nice, and I still end up using Macs, including the latest and greatest, fairly often as I help people with their computing troubles. It's just not for me anymore.

Crath

I'm waiting to get my first mac... once they update...

dxu

kopikat

Second Mac, first was a black MacBook (2007 model). Sold in last december for 800 bucks and bought a brand new aluminum MacBook Pro 13.3.

loginname

I posted this in another thread the other day, but it seems to fit better ...

I've used Microsoft based computers since I was 6 and DOS 3.2 came out. I have used Linux at work and on and off at home since 1998 (started with Redhat 5.0). I am also a sysamin for a 350 PC windows/linux/AIX environment at work.

Around the end of 2008 my XP machine decided that the hardware would start dying a slow death. I made the decision in March 2009 to make the jump to a Refurb 2.8Ghz 24" iMac for the new family computer. I had a friend who would buy refurbs from apple.com and said that they were just as good as new ones. I will NEVER go back to a PC at home. I've had my iMac for over a year now and have had NO problems with it what so ever. It still runs just as good (if not better thanks to Snow Leopard) as the day I got it. My wife and two kids also our iMac! I have a Drobo with two 1TB drives and a 1TB time machine drive hooked up to it and couldn't be happier! Now my wife would love to get a 13" Macbook Pro for the house as well. If the iPad was compatible with the site that she has to do her lesson plans on, I'm sure she would love to get one of those instead. I do run an older Dell M1330 at work with Windows 7 Pro on it, but I'm working on trying to get a Macbook Pro as a replacement. ;)

My Dad has had also switched to a new Macbook as his work computer about 6 months before I did. Although he needs Windows for his business, he just runs XP in Parallels and he said that it runs faster virtually than it did on his old Toshiba (I was also able to make a direct image for parallels of his old Toshiba, so he never had to reinstall anything). He has since upgraded to a Refurb 13" Macbook Pro and gave his Macbook to my Step-Mom and she loves it as well. She likes her's so much that she bought her Mom a new Macbook to replace her aging Toshiba laptop.

This Christmas, my Dad also purchased my 90/yo grandmother a Refurb Macbook Air as a replacement for her older Acer laptop and she loves it. With having really bad arthritis, the 15" Acer was way to heavy for her to lift into her lap on her recliner. She like to use her Macbook Air to video conference using Skype with relatives that are out of state.

My brother also used to be a PC person, but he went to film school where as part of the package he received a Macbook Pro. He is now a Mac person and loves his laptop.

We all were PC people a few years ago, and now most of my family are running Apple computers and I don't ever see them looking back. They are just so happy with the product experience and like how few problems they have with them. Of the few problems that did come up, having Applecare got the issue fixed very quickly.

I firmly believe that it has nothing to do with the power of the hardware or the tech specs, with Apple, it all has to do with the experience of using the product and having it be a pleasure to use.

I've used PC's since I was 6, bought my first Mac at 28, I don't EVER see myself going back.

Arrgh

No, but it might be my last, if they don't knock it off with the patent trolling.

analogicbomb

I was a long-time Windows user (and one of those dingbats who used to spew about Macs being "toy" computers that couldn't do this or that). My first Mac was an LC II I bought for $10 at a local computer shop back in 2001. Just wanted to see what Macs were like, and $10 for a complete setup was a steal. Today, it wouldn't be very practical to be using a 16mhz computer running System 7, but I was impressed with how much you could do with so little power - it seemed more responsive and more useful than a 16mhz 386 (not to mention System 7 looks a lot classier than Windows 3.x) . That sparked my curiosity which led me to switch. I only use Windows for games now.

ekmather

I've got the original 1.83 ghz silver MacBook Pro with 2gb of ram. Accidently left it in my checked baggage = huge dent on the outside. Accidently flung it out of my backpack, hitting the concrete = mangled metal by the power connection.

Still going strong and I would never go back to a PC.

btnheazy03

m3talsmith

Nope .. it's my sixth. I moved to the mac from windows even back when Windows XP came out and bombed.

SodaNim

I think I'm on my 7th! Started with a unibody Mac SE back in the day. Now using a "retired" iBook G4 as my couch netbook and TV machine, and an MB Pro as my work machine.

lukeydukey

Started with this MacBook 2007 before I left for college. Prior to that I was a gamer/tweaker type. Didn't have the cash to build my own pc, so I'd do my best to screw up whatever pc was sitting in the family area (read: tweak it as much as possible until I did something stupid). Aside from learning everything I knew about PCs then, I ended up being the one to maintain the computer 24/7. Somewhere between then and picking up the MB, I decided I didn't want to deal with maintenance on a constant basis, so I decided to go with a Macbook. I still use both when I'm home (windows 7 installed)

That and driving down to delaware with a student discount + no tax ended up saving me a boatload with their student deals (+ printer/ipod nano).

Yes, and it will not be my last.

mantra

One my 7th and 8th Mac. 1st Mac was a 7100 back in the mid-90s but I was using Macs earlier at HP (yes, really).

Just helped someone with a Windows problem: needless to say I was swearing under my breath every time yet another compounded, UI-unfriendly, dependent issue needed to be fixed: started with the goal of A (backing up some disk volume files onto a new external disk), but could not because B and C needed to be fixed. Couldn't get to B because D wasn't working which required de-installing E and F, then reinstalling them, but I had to find E's driver online (which wasn't easily available for the platform and version of XP) and E was then dependent on G, H and I being reconfigured. What should have been a 10 minute job took all day.

I thanked my good sense that my own machines are all Macs: on a Mac the same task is a 10 minute job and I know that because I've done the same a dozen times and it's reliably a 10 minute job without fuss or muss.

You couldn't pay me enough to return to Windows; I'd sooner go back to a VAX or Apollo Domain workstation, which were horrid in their own ways. As it is I'm pushing hard to port our software products to Mac (we have it already on Linux) and hopefully someday we can discontinue the Windows versions - I can dream (and plan). We can embed a Mac (Mini) as easily as we already embed a Wintel or Linux box but it will have a far smaller usability hazard footprint which translates into reduced support costs (better margins for us) and better product usability for customers (better adoption of our products).

akmjolnir

I'm using the first Apple I bought for myself; a 15" Powerbook G5 1.5GHz.

First Mac I ever used was obviously a IIe.

eloki

i got the macbook pro, and it's my first experience with an apple computer. Won't go back to windows. Ever.

manniac

No, this is my second mini :)

Sajkoism

I am using my first mac - 13" Macbook. I've had it since 2007. I find the OS to be much more intuitive, I can find plenty of free and interesting apps to personalise my use a lot easier. I love spaces. Viewing multiple windows at once has revolutionised the way I work on my computer. I can create simple artistic things like party invites and cards with ease. The terminal is great. Dashboard is a fantastic idea and makes all my work much more efficient. I haven't experienced any compatibility issues at all. Everything just works! Thank god! I don't have to worry about saving everything before walking away from my computer for fear of it crashing. I don't have to save links for fear of the browser crashing. That is probably the best thing - it works.

All in all I love it! And unless Windows brought out something that was better and more intuitive/productive no I would not go back.

phormality

My first was a 1.25Ghz G4 iMac back in '03 with Jaguar on it. Since then I've had in some way or another a G3 iBook, G4 eMac, MacBook Pro (1st Intel), MacBook Pro Unibody (current system), G4 Mini, and Intel Mini (current media center/server)

raznochinets

First mac. Last generation MacBook Pro 15".

RAM upgrade after about 6 months of use. HD upgrade once the warranty went (not a "sanctioned" upgrade on this model — had to open the whole unit).

Power button was sunken into its hole unevenly from the factory. Never bothered to get it corrected.

Top "lip" of the slot-loading DVD drive is slightly bent downward. Doesn't prevent discs loading, but they annoyingly get stuck half-way out when ejecting.

3 big discoloration spots on the screen around the Apple logo. Annoying, but manageable.

Big ugly gray splotches on the palm rests where I've worn them down.

Several keys, the worst being the left command key, have their coatings worn through almost completely.

Started with 10.4, then 10.5. now 10.6.

No AppleCare. No problems. No serious complaints.

LessRain

9th. 12th if you include three iPhones. I have no idea how to use a pc. they baffle me.

mrtherapist

Heh…

…I kind of went on a buying rampage with my Macs. I used windows/dos PCs from 1991-2006. and linux from 1997ish-2006. Then instead of buying a good graphic design monitor I purchased an iMac because adobe offered to upgrade me from my Windows Licence to a Mac one when I upgraded from CS to CS2.

I bought my iMac in 06 and loved it so much that I replaced my Toshiba notebook with a MBP and bought aapl stock. I bought an asus for a good price in 07 and had tons of hardware issues. I bought a macbook for corporate training in 2007. I bought a iMac late 08, then a 13 inch macbook pro in 2009.

So despite buying a lot of apple devices I could still be using my 06 MBP and iMac for most of my work. I just went buying crazy because I had money and love my apple machines.

I still have a PC for gaming but all of my other stuff is all mac now.

Ad_the_Inhaler

its my first mac, after being a PC user since i can remember. i'd never go back to PC for personal use, but for business use i'm so used to PC's shortcuts that I find Mac's cumbersome in the business world.

jackyang

My grandma had OS 6 when I was a kid, my family got OS 8 and 9, I'm now in college and have my first, personally.

bullx2

I got unixed up about 6 yrs ago...never, ever a wintel machine in this life for me.

wingedgopher

dwils27

I'm using my first mac. I've had it for 3 years, and I'll probably never buy another pc unless the mac is unrealistically more expensive.

Danimope

I'm on my first Mac, it's a unibody Macbook, had it just over a year and if you literally offered me a free PC every year for the rest of my life I wouldn't take it. In my experience PC's are high maintenance, I'm not a geek, I want a computer that can keep up with me, that's all. My Macbook hasn't let me down in the whole year I've had it.

FooFighter828

I have switched my house over to all Macs and Linux macines over the past year and a half (after a lifetime of building my own Windows machines or buying cheapo compaq/ hp machines), and I have been extremely satisfied with the results. I started with a craigslisted head-less print and file-serving powermac g4 (now retired), added another craigslisted 17 inch iMac g5 which is my girlfriend's desktop, a 20 inch intel iMac for myself, and then a pair of new Macbooks for each of us. There are also a couple linux towers that serve as 3d (Blender) rendering boxes or torrenting machines.

Seeing this all written out makes me realize that I am a freaking nerd.

xmnstr

First real mac was an iBook back in 2003. Gone through a few since, most are still in service, the ones left after upgrades have been inherited by other people. I have only sold one mac ever, and that was my first. Don't see why I should get rid of perfectly functional computers!

jpjandrade

Yes. But instead of being a Windows convert, I was a Linux convert. I gave up on Windows in 2006, when I got into college, and never went back to Windows (except for games). Except that I got tired of solving every problem it had with drivers and general bugs, and the situation got unbearable when I got a HP notebook and the wireless driver was unstable. I knew the OS X was also based on Unix, so I decided to give it a try. So far, I'm able to do everything that I did on linux, no problem, and OS X is really amazing.

pdc

My Macintosh Performa 5260 is 12 years old and still in perfect working order, but unbearably slow by modern standards, so nowadays it just takes up space in my office. I got a 12" PowerBook in 2003 that is still running, though its disk and battery have been replaced over the years. I can use it to do web development in cafés, but it can’t quite keep up with Flash video. My current main computer is a shiny iMac.

cebeling

There are very very few PC's that can match the construction and design of the Macbook Pro. I was sold right away.

However if I were to buy a PC laptop Lenovo would be my choice.

cebeling

I got a Macbook Pro 2.5ghz with 8 gigs of ram running VMWare Fusion with 4 different linux distros and Windows 7/Server 08 setup and running...... This is the best/highest quality laptop I've ever owned/seen.

Bottom line, I would recommend one to any IT professional who needs to practice with multiple operating systems.... Gotta stay sharp and this is the easiest way to do it...

quackattack

I started off on a desktop PC running XP, had some problems, moved to a laptop running Vista, had major problems, and now I've been working on a MacBook Pro 13" current edition, since about October 2009, and it's excellent. If it wasn't for the exorbitant pricing, I would be a diehard Mac user, but it's going to be a tough decision when I get a new computer. Hopefully it won't be for a while!

zpweeks

Prodigal Mac son here, returned after a decade-long hiatus. I'm OS agnostic overall, and since so many things have moved to web apps, I'm able to take a base install of most any OS and turn it into something I can be productive with after minimal customization.

That said, since my MacBook Pro is my first OS X machine, I have to say that I'm incredibly happy with my choice to switch. I love having a Unix shell accessible and an OS that is completely designed for my hardware (I don't knock Windows, but most OEMS suck ass at integrating their hardware with the OS). I've had the Mac for 9 months now, which is usually the point at which I have to rebuild Windows because of all the stuff I've installed on it.

dacracot

My first Mac was actually a Lisa in 1984.

cypherus

I have an iMac 3.06 GHZ Intel Extreme. This is my first mac that I've used full time. We had a Mac Classic that I played around with, but never used as my main computer. I am building a Windows 7 box for gaming, but no, I don't foresee me going back full time to Windows. I do deal with Windows and Linux full time at work though. I am a system administrator.

jpclex

Yes! I bought mine (1.8 GHz PowerPC G5 iMac 19 in.) in 2004 after buying a Macbook for my daughter going to college. It still works great. My work computer is an IBM System i with Windows XP machines attached. The Windows boxes have to be upgraded every 3 years...

jstewa63

I acquired an iMac last december, it is my first Mac and i would never ever considering going back to a windows pc! I have 5 GBs of storage left (out of 250) and no RAM udgrades and it runs as smooth as the day i got it!

you_are_wrong

I don't have one, never have, never will. I am forced to work on one at my office.

CJSchmidt

Final-gen G4 iBook iPod Mini 21" intel iMac 15" MBP iPod Nano 13" unibody MacBook AppleTV iPod Touch MacMini 2nd Gen iPad :-)

norwegianrich

this is my third mac desktop since 2002, i stil have all 3 and they all still work.

Stingray88

My current Mac is my first Mac... bought it because I am a video production major and Final Cut is basically the industry standard. (Unless you use Avid, which I'm not fond of. And Premier is laughable.)

So I've had my macbook pro for 2 years and have worked IT for 4 years. I support 800 PCs at work.

The combination of loving my macbook pro and hating my job has made me never want to us PCs ever again. But I probably will.

MJ13

I'm on my second. It would still be my first if some miscreant had not broken into my apartment and taken mac#1, and all of my other electronics.

dafones

Other than the old school LC that the family had in 1990 or so ... the beauty MacBook Pro I'm rocking at the moment is my first Mac. And loving it.

Love/hate the fact that, for all intents and purposes, games aren't developed for it.

zekel

Mac Classic. I can't imagine the circumstances that could make me switch. Well, maybe if they ported Lunatic Fringe and Dark Castle to Windows 7....

mobyhead1

I have now purchased 3 Mac Minis and one MacBook Pro since 2005, and I've loved them all. I'm never going back to windows.

IslamicRageBoy

My first Mac depends on your definition of Mac. I started out with an Apple II+, then a IIc. In college I used a Quadra 650 (still my favorite for some reason) and a Performa 6400. If you really stretch the meaning of Mac, I'd been running a stable 10.5.2 Kalyway until last week when I finally got 10.6.2 running. Somewhere in my basement I've got two Mac classics hanging around that need boot discs. Between the Hackintosh, I was running Windows 2000 at home but Macs at work. It was the constant reinstalling of Windows and associated headaches that pushed me to build my Mac.

DivineJustice

I'm still on my first one. It's three and half years old now. It's a second generation black macbook. I have had two PC laptops before it and they always imploded in some way after about a year. I am glad Macs are built to last. I want to get another one, but this one is actually still up to snuff, so I'll probably hold out.

blatant_lie

I'm using an early 2007 model Macbook and it's the first Mac I've ever owned. I enjoy the simplicity of the OS and the hardware itself is fine. The only complaint I have is the Intel GMA 950 graphics are pretty much crap (though I knew this when I bought it). I could easily see myself getting several more years out of this laptop before I upgrade again though.

When I do decide to upgrade I'm not sure which path I'm going to take. I would like to get one of the i7 Macbook Pros if/when they ever come out but the more I think about the cost the less I want to upgrade. I've been using Windows 7 at work for the last few months and I really like it and I can easily get a laptop running Windows 7 with the i7 processor for at least half of what I could get a Macbook Pro for. Decisions, decisions....

fabjan

This Macbook is the first one I bought in a store. In 1995, my family bought our first mac. I think my mom had used them a lot at work (biotech). In 2004, I bought a G4 AGP from an Australian for a case of lager. I also have an SE and an SE/30 that I found dumpster-diving.

cscwian

This is my first mac - a 2 year old white macbook. Always had PCs before that, built my own, ran all sorts of OSs (linux distros, pretty much all of the Windows' since 3.1)... I went with linux as my desktop for several years before getting a MacBook as a gift.

I quite like OSX. It's basically a greatly polished up and usable version of what I was slowly building in linux environment. The actual macbook - the build quality is pretty mediocre, and plastic started to peel off after about 6-7 months (got to get that replaced...). It still runs like a champ, and stood up to lots of abuse and a very "active" lifestyle - it's always in my backpack, and I tend to bike/run/jump etc with it.

I'm looking at the new aluminum case MBP now, but also considering other hardware as well - not sure if I'm willing to support Apple further. It's a shame though, OSX is a great OS...

Benny_Lava

No, my first Mac was the original 128K Macintosh. That wasn't even my first Apple computer either--that award goes to my Apple II+ (both of which I still have, BTW). There have been quite a few other Macs along the way to my current one, a recent white MacBook.

uberamd

My first real Mac was a MacBook I purchased in 2007. I bought it after I saw so many people using Macs around my college campus.

After I got my MacBook I realized that I would love the laptop even more with a larger screen, so I upgraded to a 15" MacBook Pro. That served me very well for over a year until I once again decided that I wanted a larger screen. In September I purchased a 17" uMBP, it is an amazing machine. It is powerful, thin, has a 1920x1200 display, and 1TB of storage (I removed my DVD drive).

I have a Lenovo too so I can do my 'PC' stuff without needing to haul around my 17" and run bootcamp.

v1nn13

Still on my first Mac from about a year ago. Don't know if I'll ever by another one due to the overpriced hardware (or maybe you're just paying more for the OS). I love the OS, but I think I'll probably buy another brand next time just avoid the price gouge. Hopefully I'll find something that I can make into a Hackintosh. I don't use it to record music or design anything so I wouldn't be missing much. I do love not having to worry as much about anti-virus protection and going through lengthy system scans.

0l33l

I got my Macbook Air (1.8GHz non Nvidia with the 64GB SSD) as payment for services. I'm pretty happy with it, except it is slow when playing high-def youtube videos. The thing I like the most is SPACES! I like having all of my windows logically organized based on my needs.

diecast

second. had an ibook G3 for a while then switched to an Intel MacbookPro a little after they first appeared... still on that machine.

startfragment

by no means is this my first mac, I used them when they were cool, then when they weren't cool, and since they have become cool again!

Apple IIgs
Mac classic
Mac LC
Mac LC II
Performa 6800
Powerbook (some super old one, I can't remember which)
G3 Tower
G4 Tower
iBook
PowerBook
MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro (unibody)
MacPro (at work)

I still have them all and they all still work :)

neoform3

Nope...

Mac Classic
Performa 580
iMac Rev A
G4 350Mhz
G4 Quicksilver (2x667Mhz)
iBook G4 1.3Mhz
Mac Pro Dual-Dual-Core 3.0
MacBook 2.26Ghz

I should note that I had a number of PC's over the years, and I currently have 5 computers that I use (two are Fedora boxes and one Win7 computer for gaming).

ashkendo

I'm now on my fourth since '99. Started with a B&W PowerMac G3.

mrricecookgood

I own a Powerbook and used to own a first gen white Macbook (which got stolen)

After makin the switch a few years ago, I can never imagine myself going back. Macs are just so much more user friendly and intuitively designed. And iWork is much better than Office at creatin anything from presentations to posters.

I'm hoping the next MBP comes out soon!

laffmakr

I'm on #8, I believe.

Mac SE

Mac SE30

Mac LCII

Mac 7300

Mac G3 MT

Mac G4 Quicksilver

Emac

iMac

The iMac is my current workhorse. And I still use the SE30, Emac and G3 MT (now upgraded to G4)

klafka

no but it may very well be my last one with the way the company is turning.

kitsuneudon

Posting this from my new iMac which is the first Apple computer I've owned. I've been a "PC" person for years, but as a software developer have reached the point where the unix tooling in OS X just makes more sense. I also like the fact that this machine is a single discrete object that I can hand off to someone else if it breaks. I've tinkered with PC hardware for years but no longer have the time or inclination to do it any more.

livedog

First one this year...

pmhacker

My first mac was an apple II e back in 1984. I now have a iMac 27" I've had many others in between.

opie2

My first Mac was back in 1984. It had two programs, MacWrite and MacDraw. It was turbo-powered with 128 KB of RAM. It blew away the competition and was the most awesome thing we had seen since the fluffernutter....

JaxEden

I'm using my first, a MacBook. I also have several PCs.

sosullivan

First computer I ever owned as a Mac +. 1 MB RAM (eventually upgraded to 4!), no internal HD (got an external 30 MB drive for ~$700.00!) and one flopy. Loved it looong time.

Went over to Windows, and have been back with Mac for a food ten years or so....

Currently I have a Mac Mini, and a MacBook.... Drank the Kool Aid big time.... :)

directionzero

biyabo

Yes, and I love it. 2008 Apple iMac 20" (Radeon HD 2600). I'm aware that the video card is already ancient by 2009's standards but I can right now play StarCraft 2 Beta a little above Medium preset settings with 60 FPS. Boot Camping Windows 7 for gaming, and Snow Leopard for everything else. I could have easily gotten a PC with almost twice the specs for the same price and I would have regretted that.

tonitereprise

No! My current macs imac, and mac book pro will be my last macs.

ibirchyou

I am still using the Ibook G4 I bought in 2003....It is old and duck taped but keeps on ticking. I plan on it being replaced this year sometime (w/a newer macbook), but I will be sad to see it go.

antipoet

The Mac I use is my first. It's off the first intel Core Duo line of MacBook Pro laptops. It's starting to get old but Apple still hasn't given me a reason to buy a new MBP. This has been the most reliable and pleasant experience I have ever had with a computer. Apple is going to really have to mess something up to scare me off.

thefugue

I"m on my 2nd desktop and 1st laptop.

meismariah

it's not my first mac, but it's my first new one. i've had several hand me downs for about 6 years and for one year i had a toshiba with vista. it makes me cringe just to think about that horrible experience... i would never go back. love macs :) edit: i would still have the macs i started with too, they all would still work. we donated one to my old church, gave one to my cousin and the other one got water spilled on it, worked for two weeks or so and then i didn't have a comp for a few months until i got my toshiba.

I traded Mortal Kombat 2 for snes for my first Apple 2e waaaay back. And years later I threw down thousands on a Powermac G5 that was obsolete a month later ( Damn you Intel switch! ) and then a few months ago I got a mac mini.

boymangodshit

Kind of... I bought my first non-hand-built PC in the fall of 2003. At this time, I was still a hardcore gamer but loved the powerbooks. I debated heavily between the 1.0Ghz TiBook with ATI 9000 and 1280x854 or (what I ended up getting) a Dell Inspiron 8500 with Geforce 4200 (vastly superior to the 9000) and 1920x1200. I wish I had gotten the TiBook, thank god I got the accidental damage warranty on the Dell. In the 6 years I used the Dell, I replaced: the motherboard twice, the DVDRW three times, two hard drives, the ram, two power bricks and had the screen hinge and power plug break in its final year.

Now I have a 13" unibody and love it. The construction quality is so much higher than that of my Dell. My only wish is that the screen resolution were higher. 1280x800 just doesn't cut it for me on a screen this size. 1440x900 or better yet, 1680x1050 OPTIONS would be a great thing.

EDIT: I forgot to mention I had a Power Mac G3 that I installed Yellow Dog on...

androohoops

This is my first mac, a late 2007 model MacBook Pro. Before the factory 1 yr warranty expired, the video card died, the power adapter stopped working and they sent me the wrong part, even when I told AppleCare I needed the part with the power adapter attached and magsafe connector, NOT the three prong extension to the wall or the two prong adapter. The woman could have just been retarded or high; I'm over it. Next to go wrong was the keyboard and trackpad would stop working intermittently. Feeling more problems lie ahead, I bought the AppleCare extended plan for two more years of protection. The keyboard and trackpad finally quit working altogether and so I sent it off for the second time. They replaced the top case, so I got a new keyboard and trackpad and speaker grilles so everything feels new to type on again. Seven months later, the logic board (or motherboard) stopped working. Even with all of these problems, I LOVE my mac. All 3 times I shipped my computer off for repair, it was back in my hands in less than 45 hours. The repair center is in Houston, I live in Nashville. I've read in forums of some people's repairs taking much longer. The speedy service has upheld my opinion of apple. I will certainly buy another macbook pro; the 15.4 inch screen is the perfect size. I dislike the windows OS. I don't think I can ever go back.

dkramer73

no, it isn't.

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