XBHS1997
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Hi guys 
I'm finally starting my own "conquests" topic. I'll regularly update it, by posting one Mac after the other. And also try to keep the following posts shorter than this one.
First of all, I'm Nicolas, 18, from Switzerland. Macintosh trash-picker and computer hoarder since 2009.
I should also mention that I'm not really a focused collector: I'm rarely looking for particular models, I rather save Macs that need to be saved, if possible. That's why most of mine are trash picked, saved or at least indirectly saved. But of course, I also have my own "wish list".
About collecting old Macs: I have a lot(!) to learn, as this is not always my main hobby. Sometimes I'm connected here everyday, but it already happened that I didn't think of Macs for about a year... Often collecting seems more of a pointless obsession than a hobby to me. I fairly often struggle with finding an "use" in such a collection. But is there one? Well there were already some discussions about this question here...
Where did this start?
In 2000, my parents bought their first computer, a 1999 iMac DV SE 400 Mhz Graphite. I remember waiting in the car until they had finally bought this Mac, and later, I learned using a computer on this iMac, and it was actually my first computer. I also remember playing Bugdom and Amerzone (still got this game), and also have other nice memories of this iMac.
More or less at the same time, my father's cousin bought a DV 400 Mhz Lime which he still has (and the box too, if I'm not mistaken). I'll maybe get that one in the future. Of course it will also appear here.
Our DV SE was upgraded through the years: 10.4.11, max. 1 GB RAM, max. 120 GB HDD. Actually, its original 13 GB HDD replaced the 10 GB one in the previously mentioned "Lime". Amazing that this was done back then to get 3 more Gigabytes! :O
Today, it's still running fine. We kept the manuals and documents, the power cable, the keyboard, the mouse (which needs another cable in order to work), but not its original box.
When it was replaced by our 2009 iMac (which I'm using right now, with the Logitech mouse that rather quickly replaced our G3's original puck mouse, by the way), I got it. Slow, but still working perfectly. BUT it has some scars... without of which I would probably never have started collecting Macs: One day, its upper case was cracked. My father then opened it and "repaired" it with some glue. I must say that I'm still surprised that he actually did this; he repairs basically everything from cars to laundry machines etc., but this was probably the first and last time I saw him working on a computer.
We then bought another Graphite for the upper case, I think in 2009. Sadly I was forced to throw away its box, it was from a smoker's home, but still I regret it. But back to the iMac: I tested it and realized that it had a white power button light, another CPU speed (600 Mhz) and a different keyboard... and realized that there were many different models, and colours! Needless to say that I couldn't bring myself to disassemble this working iMac.
And that's how it all started, and how the iMac G3 became my favourite Mac. I have 15 of these now and will try to own at least every color... Also looking for at least one other Snow, any 700 Mhz model and a Bondi Blue (even if I definitely prefer the Slot Loaders).
Unfortunately, that's the only (iPad) pic of this DV SE 400 Mhz I got at the moment, as iPhoto is driving me mad at the moment...
Cheers
Nicolas
I'm finally starting my own "conquests" topic. I'll regularly update it, by posting one Mac after the other. And also try to keep the following posts shorter than this one.
First of all, I'm Nicolas, 18, from Switzerland. Macintosh trash-picker and computer hoarder since 2009.
I should also mention that I'm not really a focused collector: I'm rarely looking for particular models, I rather save Macs that need to be saved, if possible. That's why most of mine are trash picked, saved or at least indirectly saved. But of course, I also have my own "wish list".
About collecting old Macs: I have a lot(!) to learn, as this is not always my main hobby. Sometimes I'm connected here everyday, but it already happened that I didn't think of Macs for about a year... Often collecting seems more of a pointless obsession than a hobby to me. I fairly often struggle with finding an "use" in such a collection. But is there one? Well there were already some discussions about this question here...
Where did this start?
In 2000, my parents bought their first computer, a 1999 iMac DV SE 400 Mhz Graphite. I remember waiting in the car until they had finally bought this Mac, and later, I learned using a computer on this iMac, and it was actually my first computer. I also remember playing Bugdom and Amerzone (still got this game), and also have other nice memories of this iMac.
More or less at the same time, my father's cousin bought a DV 400 Mhz Lime which he still has (and the box too, if I'm not mistaken). I'll maybe get that one in the future. Of course it will also appear here.
Our DV SE was upgraded through the years: 10.4.11, max. 1 GB RAM, max. 120 GB HDD. Actually, its original 13 GB HDD replaced the 10 GB one in the previously mentioned "Lime". Amazing that this was done back then to get 3 more Gigabytes! :O
Today, it's still running fine. We kept the manuals and documents, the power cable, the keyboard, the mouse (which needs another cable in order to work), but not its original box.
When it was replaced by our 2009 iMac (which I'm using right now, with the Logitech mouse that rather quickly replaced our G3's original puck mouse, by the way), I got it. Slow, but still working perfectly. BUT it has some scars... without of which I would probably never have started collecting Macs: One day, its upper case was cracked. My father then opened it and "repaired" it with some glue. I must say that I'm still surprised that he actually did this; he repairs basically everything from cars to laundry machines etc., but this was probably the first and last time I saw him working on a computer.
We then bought another Graphite for the upper case, I think in 2009. Sadly I was forced to throw away its box, it was from a smoker's home, but still I regret it. But back to the iMac: I tested it and realized that it had a white power button light, another CPU speed (600 Mhz) and a different keyboard... and realized that there were many different models, and colours! Needless to say that I couldn't bring myself to disassemble this working iMac.
And that's how it all started, and how the iMac G3 became my favourite Mac. I have 15 of these now and will try to own at least every color... Also looking for at least one other Snow, any 700 Mhz model and a Bondi Blue (even if I definitely prefer the Slot Loaders).
Unfortunately, that's the only (iPad) pic of this DV SE 400 Mhz I got at the moment, as iPhoto is driving me mad at the moment...
Cheers
Nicolas
