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Which Mac OS did you start with? (general range) Date: June 02, 2023 10:49AM |
A discussion over on the For Sale forum brought up the topic of starting points for Mac use.
My first purchased Mac was a used PowerBook 160 running System 7 (7.1, I believe, which was labeled "World Ready" in the paperwork that came with the PowerBook).
I'd used other Macs prior to that; I know I used a few at the computer lab at my college (probably running 4 or 5) and the shared Mac at my first post-college job was running a late version of System 6, and got updated to 7 not long after I started working there in 1992.
The question is more what you started cutting your teeth with in your early days using a Mac. I'm not counting my college days (only wrote a few papers in the lab) or that first work Mac (as I just used it for edits and time entry) -- the first system for me would by System 7. It was on the first Mac I bought and where I really started to learn the machine.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/02/2023 10:51AM by Zoidberg.
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Re: Which Mac OS did you start with? (general range) Date: June 02, 2023 11:13AM |
Wow. We're old!
At Apple, there were pre-release versions floating around on floppies. I think I had 0.7.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/02/2023 11:14AM by lost in space.
At Apple, there were pre-release versions floating around on floppies. I think I had 0.7.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/02/2023 11:14AM by lost in space.
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Re: Which Mac OS did you start with? (general range) Date: June 02, 2023 11:23AM |
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cyclemax
...My first personal Mac ~1991 was a IIsi running 6.0.7.
I still very clearly remember buying it sometime Summer of 1991; a friend had bought one when they first came out (late 1990) for around $3500. When the price dropped by $1000 around six months later, I jumped right on it; the local retailer even upgraded the stock harddrive from 80MB to 100MB (25% more!).
From what I remember, it came with System 6 installed, but had System 7 included on floppy disks - which I upgraded to fairly quickly.
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Re: Which Mac OS did you start with? (general range) Date: June 02, 2023 11:25AM |
Judging from the responses thus far, I probably should have put all the pre-System 6 options in the poll. 
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Re: Which Mac OS did you start with? (general range) Date: June 02, 2023 11:54AM |
First Mac was an SE 30 in 1991, so probably OS 6.
My first apple was a IIgs, but we had a IIc (I think that was what it was) in the house before that.
My first apple was a IIgs, but we had a IIc (I think that was what it was) in the house before that.
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Re: Which Mac OS did you start with? (general range) Date: June 02, 2023 12:37PM |
IIci 6.07 I think
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Re: Which Mac OS did you start with? (general range) Date: June 02, 2023 01:29PM |
I don't remember, I was pretty young at the time. I think I remember something pre system 6.
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First Mac was a Mac Plus. I'm not sure what year. Later upgraded to a IIci which we had for a long time.
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First Mac was a Mac Plus. I'm not sure what year. Later upgraded to a IIci which we had for a long time.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/02/2023 02:22PM by mattkime.
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Re: Which Mac OS did you start with? (general range) Date: June 02, 2023 01:33PM |
System ZERO.
It didn't have versions yet.
It didn't have versions yet.
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Re: Which Mac OS did you start with? (general range) Date: June 02, 2023 02:20PM |
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My wife won a complete 2e system from a Crest Tooth Paste second chance contest. Its been apple ever since.
Before Mac, and before Apple (Computer), in the wake of JFK's assassination, I won a 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible "Grand Prize" from Longines Symphonette..... Trouble was, I wasn't 18 yet, so they 'substituted' a rather nice table top sized portable radio in its place. Giveaway contest rules were subsequently changed, so that *ALL* advertised prizes must be given away. I couldn't find the Ford Galaxie contest ad, but I was able to find the subsequent contest ad for a Ford Mustang, and an ad for their substituted prize.....
Glad your wife had better luck, and got the right prize.
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Re: Which Mac OS did you start with? (general range) Date: June 02, 2023 04:14PM |
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Re: Which Mac OS did you start with? (general range) Date: June 02, 2023 08:34PM |
My first Mac was a Performa 5200 CD
I had to look at the specs, but it apparently came with 7.5.
I guess I was late to the party. Lol
At work, long before I bought my Mac, we had Tandy machines. Ugh. Who bought those pieces of garbage.
Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)
I had to look at the specs, but it apparently came with 7.5.
I guess I was late to the party. Lol
At work, long before I bought my Mac, we had Tandy machines. Ugh. Who bought those pieces of garbage.
Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)
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Re: Which Mac OS did you start with? (general range) Date: June 02, 2023 09:42PM |
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jonny
ProDOS? Ewww, what do I need folders for? And it like ate part of the 144K storage. Plus it was wayyy slower than ProntoDOS (3rd party DOS 3.3 fork).
LOL and once you got any other drive than the original Apple 5.25" floppy, DOS 3.3 was useless and it was clear that ProDOS was an actually useful and extensible system.
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Re: Which Mac OS did you start with? (general range) Date: June 03, 2023 01:40AM |
Whatever was on the SE/30 that was my Mother's Day gift in 1989. Not counting the Mac Plus my graphics group shared at the office.
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C(-)ris
Everyone is old around here....wow.
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