Just wanted to give a shout out to an App I use quite often! (Mactracker)

[rezwits]

I know this may be lame, but honestly how many times a day do you fire up Mactracker?

I mean Apple-Space m a c t and enter?

If it wasn't for this guys app I would have been lost a long time ago.

I used to work at an Apple Authorized dealer back in 1994, (a mom and pop shop), and back then I had every model MEmOrizeD!

I left that place did some photoshop work at a lab etc, and around 1999 I just said forget remembering all the machines, and I never I mean never even tried to learn the Performas.  I said hell no.  But yeah after 1999 with the net I gave up among other reasons.

But I did find MacTracker a while ago, and I have used that program quite often.

But I thought about it and doesn't every one this forum reference this App?  I finally made a donation in the middle of the night one time, I was like what am I doing, I am giving this guy SOME money.

Just a message I wanted to send out.  It's hellza useful, right?

Laters...

 

[Floofies]

Considering I do not use any Mac OS past 9, and don't own an iPhone, I can't use MacTracker. I'm sure this is the case for others as well.

Instead, I use http://www.everymac.com/ which is a far more accessible source of information.

 

[rezwits]

I use everymac.com also.

 

[Cory5412]

I use EveryMac to look up fiddly details, mactracker never appealed to me because even though it's a good "build a 'dex" programming experiment, back when I started, I could just remember the specs of all or nearly all of the Macs.

Usually, "in the field" (aka at a surplus or thrift shop) I just needed to remember enough to know whether or not a system was interesting. See a Performa 600/IIvi/IIvx sitting there? The main things I wanted to know were approximately what CPU in it, what kind of expandability it had, and what OS I'd be looking at. (As an example.)

Today, I'd probably use it more for looking up different Intel models (2012/2013 SNB/IVB Mac lineup anyone?) or exact differences in the G4 family.

Mactracker is available on the iPhone as well, but I haven't bothered to get it there, which is perhaps interesting because I do have Intel Ark on my iPhone. I might look at it again at some point. When I first found out about it, the applications seemed limited because I had a physically printed book with most Mac specs up through like the mid '90s in it, and because if I was at home on my computer, I could dial up to the Internet and go to everymac.

Today, it would probably be more relevant on an iPhone or iPod Touch just so that I can find out exactly which '030 the P600/IIvi/IIvx have and what exact ram they take. (As an example.)