rachlan wrote: 
Yeah, after he put the stand aside he curled up on the grate to warm up.

This would go in the Mac forum or local news, but:

http://m.cultofmac.com/confirmed-apple-to-open-biggest-store-yet-in-grand-central-terminal/82433

Apple is going to open biggest store ever in GCT. Wonder where... Said they would break down walls, a little sad to do that.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 


Is that an old grate to a heating duct?

 oldslabsides wrote: 
4 years. Mine definitely gets warmer with the charger hooked up, so I got one of these:
 

I think it should help with battery life and also makes it possible to keep on your actual lap. But since it's about 4 degrees right now wtf am I thinking? *puts stand aside*

My favourite computer is my 1996 StrongArm Acorn Risc-PC.

Lets see now. I'm on messaging this on my hardy little Mac G4 TiBook I bought way back in 2001 right now, but it's really showing it's age, speed wise. Replaced the HD a while back to double it's size from 30Gb to 60Gb and used the 30Gb as an external backup drive. The disk drive replaced under warranty from a read only CD/DVD to a combo drive for free.

I've got a MDD 1GHz FW800 and a MDD dual 1.4 FW800 GHz G4 desktops that I use daily for my multimedia/Web designs and animation maxed out with added HD's, superdrives and memory. These were the last of the G4's, and my Personal favorites that are still going strong.

An old G3 with an upgraded ZIF processor 800MHz G4. 2001

Performa 6400/200 features a 200 MHz PowerPC 603e processor with a built in sub-woofer, upgradfed to a G3 300MHz. 1996

A Quadra 840AV with a blistering 40MHz.1992

Mac LC upgraded to LCII 16MHz 1990

Mac SE 40 1984

And they all still work. I'm way past getting something new. Skipped getting a Mac G5 because of the liquid cooling and the problems they had with leaking.

 I'll be getting a new Macbook Pro this Spring some times and possibly a new desktop as well by the Fall.

 oldslabsides wrote: 
The 20 mb Mychrashalot drive on my Amiga 1000 is from 1985 and it still works fine The 3 various SCSI drives on my Amiga 400T are also holding up fine from '90. I've had my fair share of drives croak but these seem to keep on ticking..

I have an original imac, 1998 vintage, serving music in my shop. 

 oldslabsides wrote: 


Works just peachy, too.

 oldslabsides wrote: 
Don't have any money left to buy another PC.

 Monkeysdad wrote: 
once you go mac, you'll never go back.

 oldslabsides wrote: 
I'm hoping that's all mine needs, I really want to get a Mac but reluctant to spend the $ in these troubled times.

 ptooey wrote: 
9 year-old hard drive?  cool.

Anywhere between 9 years and 3 months, depending on which machine I'm using. 

 Monkeysdad wrote: 
Yeah, mine has been doing the same.  I think I may need to take it to the Genius and have it disassembled and cleaned.

one year

My first MBook, purchased in May, '07, still humming along. I'm getting itchy for a MBPro; maybe a year or so away. We replaced my wife's PC desktop last month with a new Samsung laptop.

Gateway laptop...running fine, but getting warm of late.

Macbook is now almost five years old, still goin' strong.