A man after my own heart! Another gadget freak! I've gone a bit nuts myself in the past 8 to 9 months, bought a Mac Mini, Imac, Mac pro, Airport Express, Airport base station, Ipod touch, and an Ipad. Already had several other Windows computers, and yes I have way too much stuff also! On Apr 16, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote:
> We have a MacBook Pro, a MacBook, an iMac 24, an Airport Express, a 1 tb > Time Capsule, two iPod Nano, an iPod Touch and an iPhone. I think that adds > up to nine. > > I didn't pay for too much of this stuff myself. When I did contracting, many > of my clients would send me hardware on which they wanted things tested in > some particularly interesting combinations. > > We also have an XP based HP NetBook, an Acer laptop (chosen because it was > the cheapest portable at BestBuy) and a kicking fast HP desktop both running > the vinux 3.0 beta GNU/Linux distro, a Vista desktop, an XP desktop and a ton > of external hard disks, USB thumb drives, a Victor Stream, a PAC Mate 40, two > dogs (one guide one pet), about 30 fishing rods rigged for all sorts of > habitats, a really nice Kurzweil SP88 Pro electronic piano and a partridge in > our grapefruit trees. > > Come to think of it, we own way too much shit. > > If any of you are interested in accessible GNU/Linux distros like vinux, > please write to me off-list and I'd be happy to field your questions to the > best of my ability. > > Happy Hacking, > cdh > > > On Apr 16, 2010, at 9:35 AM, olivia norman wrote: > >> Nine apple products? I thought I had a lot of apple products at five! >> Olivia >> On Apr 16, 2010, at 7:46 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: >> >>> Jeez, we have nine different Apple products in our house and collectively >>> they don't add up to $17,000. I'd be afraid of such a beast as nothing I do >>> with a computer could possibly warrant that much power. So, if I had that >>> sort of money, I suppose I would keep my current stuff and put a big down >>> payment on the Lexus cross-over which fits our lifestyle of fishing, >>> camping, hunting, traveling long distances with two dogs and is a bit >>> bigger and a lot more comfortable than our seven year old toyota Matrix. >>> >>> Happy Hacking, >>> cdh >>> >>> On Apr 16, 2010, at 2:48 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> That's right. I dare any one of you to go to an Apple Store online, build >>>> your own Mac from the ground up and post the results. The Mac of your >>>> dreams. The Mac you've always wanted, but know that you need to be a >>>> billionaire to afford. That Mac that would make you almost drool with >>>> excitement, but you want to scream from a mountaintop because you can't >>>> have it. >>>> >>>> Come on. We've all done it. YOu know you want to do it. I do, too. At >>>> least, you can live out your dream for a little while, until it is time to >>>> click the "Checkout" item. Don't tell me that you aren't curious enough to >>>> at least go configure your own mac to your heart's content. What is your >>>> goal? A Mac to the price of $17000? Even more than that? Go on. Isn't it >>>> just tempting to feel like a billionaire for once? Of course, your dreams >>>> will be crushed, but you know, that happens. And if either one of you >>>> people decide to buy it, you're lucky. And if you do, let me know! >>>> >>>> Warm regards, >>>> Nic >>>> P.S. THis idea just popped into my head. :) >>>> Skype: Kvalme >>>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>>> AIM: cincinster >>>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>>> Facebook Profile >>>> My Twitter >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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