I know we have a mix here. Some people have been using Mac since the 80s. Other more recently. I'm just curious what people have now and have owned in the past.
Me, I (my dad really) had an Apple IIc and we used Apple (pre Macintosh) in school. After that, it was all DOS and Windows for years, in terms of ownership. (And a Texas Instruments computer with a tape drive and cartridges hooked up to an old black and white TV.)
I did get a chance to use one of the original Macintosh computers. It was just for a chemistry class to run a certain program, but I was amazed at how easy it was to use and how well it worked. It was over a decade old by then, yet felt strangely modern.
They actually had original iMacs at one of the schools I was at. Crazy thing is they had games on them. It was a computer lab, and the Macs were always free, so I used them. It was better than waiting for a PC to free up. I never understood why people hated them and refused to use them.
Fast forward and I got an iPad mini… and returned it. Didn't like it. Strange this is I got the Mini 2 next year and really liked it. Still have it and use it. That led to getting a 5C and later a 6S Plus.
I switched to Mac just after getting the 5C. I tried it out on other peoples computers and liked it. Better than Windows 7 and way better than 8. The MacBook Air is my first and only Mac. I plan on hanging on to it.
As for the future, I plan on getting the new iPad recently released. I also am hoping for a nice Mac Mini upgrade. The last one, I mean, you can't replace the HDD and it only has one. :\ At some point I'll upgrade my MacBook Air, but not for quite some time.
So how about everyone else? What have you guys used? What do you use now? What's collecting dust? What are you thinking about getting or hoping Apple comes out with?
Me, I (my dad really) had an Apple IIc and we used Apple (pre Macintosh) in school. After that, it was all DOS and Windows for years, in terms of ownership. (And a Texas Instruments computer with a tape drive and cartridges hooked up to an old black and white TV.)
I did get a chance to use one of the original Macintosh computers. It was just for a chemistry class to run a certain program, but I was amazed at how easy it was to use and how well it worked. It was over a decade old by then, yet felt strangely modern.
They actually had original iMacs at one of the schools I was at. Crazy thing is they had games on them. It was a computer lab, and the Macs were always free, so I used them. It was better than waiting for a PC to free up. I never understood why people hated them and refused to use them.
Fast forward and I got an iPad mini… and returned it. Didn't like it. Strange this is I got the Mini 2 next year and really liked it. Still have it and use it. That led to getting a 5C and later a 6S Plus.
I switched to Mac just after getting the 5C. I tried it out on other peoples computers and liked it. Better than Windows 7 and way better than 8. The MacBook Air is my first and only Mac. I plan on hanging on to it.
As for the future, I plan on getting the new iPad recently released. I also am hoping for a nice Mac Mini upgrade. The last one, I mean, you can't replace the HDD and it only has one. :\ At some point I'll upgrade my MacBook Air, but not for quite some time.
So how about everyone else? What have you guys used? What do you use now? What's collecting dust? What are you thinking about getting or hoping Apple comes out with?