14 Jan
2003
14 Jan
'03
8:12 a.m.
Hi,
I have an old macintosh portable I bought in 1995. I have no idea what
it is worth but I love it. I am also not very computer literate. I also
own a macintosh preforma 6360. I now own an imac. Maryann DeMatthews
15 Jan
15 Jan
4:39 a.m.
Maryann;
The portable should have a model number somewhere. That could give me some
info as to processor and speed. Need that first.
The "Performa" line was an attempt by Apple to sell through non-traditional
stores like Sears and such. It was super easy to buy. It came preconfigured
and was sold as a total package including mon. and printer.
I believe the 6360 may be a "Power PC" and faster than the older Macs. It
may also have remote infrared capabilities. You could see that in the small
red window on the front.
I am glad that you stuck with Mac an got an iMac.
Wanna sell the 6360???
Paul Mika
6:51 a.m.
on 1/15/03 9:42 AM, Paul Mika at pdm4606(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:
The "Performa" line was an attempt by Apple
to sell through non-traditional
stores like Sears and such. It was super easy to buy. It came preconfigured
and was sold as a total package including mon. and printer.
And usually a modem and microphone. They were definitely geared towards home
users who wanted a packaged, all-in-one solution. Not a bad marketing
strategy really, but the naming conventions got way out of hand. Performa,
Quadra, Centris, LC, with meaningless numbers tacked on the end... The
PowerMac line took back control over the naming of the systems.
The first Mac I ever had in my home was a PowerMac 6100/60 that my mom
bought for desktop publishing work back when the PowerMac line was brand
new. It was amazing to see Windows 3.1 running faster under emulation than
on my friend's top of the line, custom built 486. Yes, seriously.
I believe the 6360 may be a "Power PC" and
faster than the older Macs. It
may also have remote infrared capabilities. You could see that in the small
red window on the front.
I have a 200Mhz 6400 tower. Pretty nice machine, except that it lacks
ethernet. I've got it running MacOS 8.0, and until recently, I also had BeOS
on it. Runs both really well. Has a built in subwoofer for incredibly rich
sound. My main complaint: Other than adding RAM or PCI cards, upgrades are
nearly impossible with that impenetrable case.
More info on the 6360 can be found at:
http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/6360.shtml
I am glad that you stuck with Mac an got an iMac.
Yes, that was a wise move in my opinion. I never used to think much of Macs
until I got one. I loved it so much I moved everything to Mac. Now all my
main computers are Macs. And I am, as the book says, learning Cocoa with
Objective-C.
--
Owen Robertson
10:09 a.m.
I have a 200Mhz 6400 tower. Pretty nice machine,
except that it lacks
ethernet. I've got it running MacOS 8.0, and until recently, I also had BeOS
on it. Runs both really well. Has a built in subwoofer for incredibly rich
sound. My main complaint: Other than adding RAM or PCI cards, upgrades are
nearly impossible with that impenetrable case.
Yeah, I'm not wild about that case either. Personally, other than the new
Apple cases which have the swing-out motherboard (it was a joy to add cards
and RAM to my new dual G4), I liked the case of the 72-73-75-7600 series,
since it slid off and opened up with minimal effort.
My 7300 is still my main Mac, too (but with a 60GB ATA/133, 512MB RAM, a
16MB Rage 128 card and a G3/500, it's hardly stock anymore ;-).
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6:37 p.m.
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Owen Robertson wrote:
on 1/15/03 9:42 AM, Paul Mika at pdm4606(a)sbcglobal.net
wrote:
I have a 200Mhz 6400 tower. Pretty nice machine,
except that it lacks
ethernet. I've got it running MacOS 8.0, and until recently, I also had BeOS
on it. Runs both really well. Has a built in subwoofer for incredibly rich
sound. My main complaint: Other than adding RAM or PCI cards, upgrades are
nearly impossible with that impenetrable case.
I'm pretty sure I have an ethernet adapter for that guy. The
low-profile-funny-fingers card, right? Want it for the price of
postage?
Doc
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