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Re:Apple Power Macintosh G5: Flame On by travisl12 on Monday November 27, 2017 @01:24PM (#15789704)
The G5 is cool and all, but my fanboy dreams really started with the 8100/110.

601 PowerPC baby.

Re:Apple Power Macintosh G5: Flame On by trm42 on Monday November 27, 2017 @03:16PM (#15790797)
I have fond memories of the first PPC gen 8100/80. They really did amazing perf feats with the PPC CPUs. Apple managed to get lots of "faster than Pentium" ads out of those CPUs.

Also m68k IIci was really durable and upgradeable computer. They also lasted a lot longer than they were really needed <3

Been thinking of buys 6100/60 with PC Compatibility Card so I could have a retro gaming station with two different architectures.

Apple had bunch DOS/PC compatibility cards for handling best of the both worlds. The recent ones run even Windows 98...

Re:Apple Power Macintosh G5: Flame On by pmarreck on Monday November 27, 2017 @05:51PM (#15792407)
I owned a 6100/60 at some point.

I remember seeing the first texture-mapped 3D demo ever on it. I was in awe.

I think that was also around the time I played a lot of Escape Velocity and Giants: Citizen Kabuto...

Re:Apple Power Macintosh G5: Flame On by danaliv on Monday November 27, 2017 @03:47PM (#15791168)
Those things screamed. We made the M68k → PPC jump with a 7100, and I used to sit there just opening and closing windows in awe of how fast it was.
Re:Apple Power Macintosh G5: Flame On by justherefortart on Monday November 27, 2017 @09:07PM (#15793651)
My favorite Apple computer was my G4 Quicksilver where the side folded out.

My first Apple was a //e in 1983, my last apple was a Mac Mini in 2007.