In your opinion, what is the Greateat Mac of All Time?

[pRICE cUBE]

Set your own parameters and explain what you believe which Mac it is.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....the Greatest (Love) of All....

[Fritz]

MacPro1,1. Still going strong, on Mavs, 12 years later. When I get to the proc upgrade, a killer back-up box.

[mattkime]

Powerbook G5

Just look at those ports!

[p8712]

The Plus - overcame the first two mac model's limitations, and enshrined the 9 inch form factor as the mac's platonic ideal. It sold well, for years. It ensured there would be other macs, and that macs weren't just a sideshow to the Apple II.

Runner up: the original iMac. Without it Apple dies. No ipod, iphone, ipad, or billions of dollars. It was the perfect product at the the perfect time.

Second Runner Up: The Pismo. Classic, awesome laptop deign. If it had a retina display and an i7 CPU you know you'd buy five of them.

Going home with a years supply of Coco Puffs: the IIci. Super easy to work on, super powerful, and upgradeable to a PPC! It was like a IIfx you could afford.

[mrbigstuff]

The II series was pretty stout.

My iMac iLamp G4 is still going strong, the original drive lasted 12 years. I think the grandkids will be getting that one (my kids are just tweens).

[Z]

What - nobody is saying the TAM?

I'll second the Plus and Bondi iMac as the two key machines

[p8712]

What - nobody is saying the TAM?

Nice design, bad performance, horrific price. Made to look good on a shelf. Every mac from that era is less-than stellar. They should've produced a 30th anniversary mac done right.

[apocketfulofwry]

Mid-2010 iMac 27".

$1900 for a refurb.

Over the years, I had to replace the hard drive [SSD, baby], and the power supply, but despite an occasionally dodgy video card, paltry RAM, and being obsoleted to Sierra, it still does everything I need it to do [Knock on wood].


Runner Up: PowerMac 8500.

My Dad bought it for me shortly after my Mom passed away because she wanted me to have a computer.

It's a $4500+ doorstop, but I ain't ever getting rid of it.


2nd Runner-up: Titanium PowerBook G4

In its day, nothing could touch it. No, literally, you couldn't touch it or the hinges might crack.

[michaelb]

+ on the plus; to me, the best computer and the first real computer that could do everything.