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Title: Your Daily Driver?
Post by: FBz on October 07, 2021, 04:30:55 PM
Let’s see em?

Let’s see what machine you use to access the forum & the setting in which it normally resides? Not everyone uses an OS 9 machine for this. (I know, shocking.)

Try to keep images between 9-12” inches in width (or even less).
Or embed 'em "clickable" to enlarge.

(http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6101.0;attach=9190;image)

This is the upstairs “portal” here - a Mid-2007 24” iMac. (No photography allowed downstairs in the PPC Zone @ present because it looks like a bomb went off down there.) *And you may notice the Fox Mulder inspired tape over the iMac’s camera and the G3 iBook in the foreground?

And threatening again to move all computers and computer-related itemz downstairs this year. (That OWC FW drive has all current iMac files freshly copied for eventual migration to a 27” iMac.)

This diversion brought to you per procrastination & temporary avoidance of Mac Mini upgrades that I’m supposed to be doing today… as new Quicksilver CPUs loom on the event horizon.

So, you have a task you’d like to put off or perhaps avoid for maybe a little while?
Let’s see what “portal” you use, und where.

(No DieHard, that’s not a wheelchair.)
And no critiques from anyone, unless they also submit a pic.

Okay, I’m headed downstairs!
Title: Re: Your Daily Driver?
Post by: mrhappy on October 08, 2021, 06:54:55 AM
Usually having some breakfast/lunch somewhere with a MacBook Pro 'hand me down' from my daughter after I bought her a new one... In this case a 2013(Catalina)... and I can totally relate to the 'bomb detonation' ;D
Title: Re: Your Daily Driver?
Post by: Knezzen on October 10, 2021, 06:35:41 AM
Daily driver machine is my 2021 MacBook Air with an M1 CPU. Lovely machine and it's insanely fast.
Other than that I mostly use my MDD or my PowerMac 5500 with Mac OS 9.2.2 and System 7.6.1.
Title: Re: Your Daily Driver?
Post by: Jacques on October 10, 2021, 10:18:37 AM
2012 Macbook Pro which will soon have an 'upgrade' to 10.15 Catalina. Up until the beginning of this year I used to use my 2010 Mac Pro dual 2.93 as my daily driver but I've decided to clean it up and sell it on.

I do most of my casual browsing on the sofa in the lounge. My desk is for work and gaming! :)
Title: Re: Your Daily Driver?
Post by: lepidotos on October 12, 2021, 10:01:44 PM
Power Mac G4, with my iBook G3 supplying it an Internet connection.
(http://i.imgur.com/xXU69b2m.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/xXU69b2.jpg)
Perfectly acceptable computing power for $36. I was using the Gerswhix theme then, but I'm using a Jaguar theme now.
Title: Re: Your Daily Driver?
Post by: lepidotos on October 23, 2021, 01:21:29 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/DnzINLgm.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/DnzINLg.jpg)
Have since taken in an iMac. It's going to displace my hp as my daily computer once I'm moved in somewhere until I can finally grab a Blackbird, but it's vindicating my attachment to CRTs, the display looks pretty terrible if I'm being honest.
Title: Re: Your Daily Driver?
Post by: FBz on October 24, 2021, 05:46:12 PM
“…vindicating my attachment to CRTs, the display looks pretty terrible…”

Clung to my CRTs forever for this very same reason - but the FPs have improved.
But still not as good for color critical work IMHO - (and according to my old eyes).

Have one LaCie CRT remaining & working here... treated w/ absolute kid gloves.
And a similar iMac to the one pictured & you’re correct, it’s absolutely horrible.
(Yet still, continue to seek a replacement screen for it.) ::)