RE: ATM - Off Topic

["Piner, John R. (Contractor - CG2)" <John.R.Piner@hwilms.rdec.redstone.army.mil>]

Just joined the ATM list and have used Macs for about 10 years. I did 3d
animations on a Mac at my previous job but use a PC now at work. Just no the
same "feel". Still use at home a 7500 and a Duo 230 for my Quickcam.
(Planning on cooling the CCD in the near future.)

Funny how 2MB of ram seemed like a lot back then. I bought a Mac Plus for my
son a few years ago for $50 and the OS takes only 100k of RAM. Still boots
off floppies.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: macaddicted [mailto:daviddesign@mac.com]
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 3:06 PM
To: ATM List
Subject: Re: ATM - Off Topic



> Dave,  How addicted???  I'm still working off of a 10 year old+ Quadra
> 650.  Does everything I need!!!!  And I don't have to worry about all
> the fruit cakes sending viruses around.
> 
> There are a few of us around; Doug Kniffen and Mike Coslo are on Macs
> too.
> 
> *****-----
> Dan F.
> Secretary/MAS
> Memphis, TN
> 
Dan,

Unbelievably addicted. In order I have owned since 1989:
SE
II si
Quadra 800
PowerBook 1500
Motorola StarMax 4000 (mac clone)
I also own a Newton- not a mac, but Apple built it. I like my Palm, but
somehow it's just not the same...

I currently use:
PowerBook G3/233- mostly for school. I'll finish my Masters if it kills me.
It probably will.
PowerMac G4/400- my business computer, I am a freelance graphic artist. If
you think astronomy is expensive, try graphic design. It costs more than
$1500 just for the three basic programs (Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator or
Freehand). Add more for web design (since you are doing my brochure can you
throw in a web site?). I have to keep buying the faster systems because time
is money (literally). Each computer usually lasts 2-3 years before Adobe
puts out its newest version of Photoshop that instantly makes your system
more obsolete than usual. I have 576Mb of memory JUST FOR PHOTOSHOP. It eats
memory alive.

Since you are still paying off your Quadra you should like this, when I
bought that first mac in 1989 the SE was $2750, and the Apple LaserWriter
IINT (first Adobe postcript laser printer for the mac) was $3500.

Keep the faith. If the most popular was the best than McDonald's would be
gourmet food.

Dave
Macaddicted since 1989