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I can't believe it's been fifteen years since I first started playing around with OS X and a little less time since I got my first Apple hardware *blush*. Earlier this year I thought it'd be interesting to write a list of what I've used over the years and how I got into the Apple ecosystem and so here it is. I've not included things like iPods, iPhones, AppleTV, HomePods, AirPods, etc.
November 2007
Started running OS X 10.4 Tiger in a VM and playing around with it like that.
March 2008
Set up a Dell laptop as a hackintosh with Leopard 10.5.2 at work, this took a week but it worked. Then I configured my Gigabit motherboard and a new hard drive as a hackintosh. It worked really well and this was the end of my time using Windows at home.
15 August 2008
Bought a second hand (but like new) Mac Pro from @Talbs13. Fitted an 8800 graphics card and extra memory straight away
September 2008
Sold my Windows PC. I'd specced and built this for Vista and because it was decent hardware, it worked perfectly
2 March 2009
Bought a 15" MacBook Pro
13 January 2010
Bought a Mac Mini C2D as a 'family computer' - It's still being used now (2022) with having swapped the HD for an SSD as a headless Windows XP box for some ham radio software
April 2010
Bought an original iPad. I got it from the USA so had it a few weeks before they reached the UK.
May 2010
Sold my MacBook Pro
1st March 2011
Sold my iPad
11th March 2011
Bought iPad 2 (still using it for a clock in my shack). I did the whole 'queue up at the store on launch day' to get this.
29th June 2011
Mac Pro destroyed by lightning
19th July 2011
Ordered base spec 27" i5 iMac
26th October 2011
Bought 27" 3.4GHz i7 iMac with 2Tb HD, 256Gb SSD and AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2Gb that I combined into a Fusion drive, then swapped the 2Tb HD for a 4Tb HD and finally split the Fusion drive.
Delivered 2nd November, the 2Tb HD was noisy and vibrated through the case.
Spoke to AppleCare who ordered a replacement unit.
Noisy iMac collected 7th November, replacement delivered 8th November.
14th Dec 2016
Bought m7 MacBook refurb from Apple
10th August 2017
Bought i7 27" 5k Retina iMac. Top spec 4.2GHz, quad core, Radeon Pro 580 with 8Gb and 1Tb SSD. Added an extra 32Gb RAM to take it to 40Gb.
19th October 2017
Sold the 2011 i7 iMac to @Captain
November 2019
Sold the 2011 i5 iMac to my mate Pete
10th November 2020 (launch date)
Bought M1 MacBook Air 8/8/16/512 (delivered 23rd November)
1st December 2020
Sold 2016 MacBook
26th April 2022
Ordered Mac Studio Ultra with 2Tb SSD
Mac Studio display with height/tilt stand
21st June 2022
Bought Studio display with standard tilt stand
22nd July 2022
Mac Studio delivered and set up
iMac moved from radio shack to office where I now use it to RDP into work laptop
I don't expect to be buying anything else for the foreseeable future, what I've got should last me quite a while.
All this from initially trying out OS X in a VM
What Macs have you owned over the years? I expect a lot have had older machines than me and it'll be interesting to see what you've had (I don't expect a list like this).
November 2007
Started running OS X 10.4 Tiger in a VM and playing around with it like that.
March 2008
Set up a Dell laptop as a hackintosh with Leopard 10.5.2 at work, this took a week but it worked. Then I configured my Gigabit motherboard and a new hard drive as a hackintosh. It worked really well and this was the end of my time using Windows at home.
15 August 2008
Bought a second hand (but like new) Mac Pro from @Talbs13. Fitted an 8800 graphics card and extra memory straight away
September 2008
Sold my Windows PC. I'd specced and built this for Vista and because it was decent hardware, it worked perfectly
2 March 2009
Bought a 15" MacBook Pro
13 January 2010
Bought a Mac Mini C2D as a 'family computer' - It's still being used now (2022) with having swapped the HD for an SSD as a headless Windows XP box for some ham radio software
April 2010
Bought an original iPad. I got it from the USA so had it a few weeks before they reached the UK.
May 2010
Sold my MacBook Pro
1st March 2011
Sold my iPad
11th March 2011
Bought iPad 2 (still using it for a clock in my shack). I did the whole 'queue up at the store on launch day' to get this.
29th June 2011
Mac Pro destroyed by lightning
19th July 2011
Ordered base spec 27" i5 iMac
26th October 2011
Bought 27" 3.4GHz i7 iMac with 2Tb HD, 256Gb SSD and AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2Gb that I combined into a Fusion drive, then swapped the 2Tb HD for a 4Tb HD and finally split the Fusion drive.
Delivered 2nd November, the 2Tb HD was noisy and vibrated through the case.
Spoke to AppleCare who ordered a replacement unit.
Noisy iMac collected 7th November, replacement delivered 8th November.
14th Dec 2016
Bought m7 MacBook refurb from Apple
10th August 2017
Bought i7 27" 5k Retina iMac. Top spec 4.2GHz, quad core, Radeon Pro 580 with 8Gb and 1Tb SSD. Added an extra 32Gb RAM to take it to 40Gb.
19th October 2017
Sold the 2011 i7 iMac to @Captain
November 2019
Sold the 2011 i5 iMac to my mate Pete
10th November 2020 (launch date)
Bought M1 MacBook Air 8/8/16/512 (delivered 23rd November)
1st December 2020
Sold 2016 MacBook
26th April 2022
Ordered Mac Studio Ultra with 2Tb SSD
Mac Studio display with height/tilt stand
21st June 2022
Bought Studio display with standard tilt stand
22nd July 2022
Mac Studio delivered and set up
iMac moved from radio shack to office where I now use it to RDP into work laptop
I don't expect to be buying anything else for the foreseeable future, what I've got should last me quite a while.
All this from initially trying out OS X in a VM
What Macs have you owned over the years? I expect a lot have had older machines than me and it'll be interesting to see what you've had (I don't expect a list like this).