We compare our current setups with how we worked and played on the classic Mac. Along the way we praise modern backups, pay for our previously pirated software, and Brian accidentally downloads malware.
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Our current hardware
- 4K iMac [Ed]
- 13" MacBook Air [Brian]
Our classic hardware
- 12" PowerBook G4 [Brian]
- 15" PowerBook G4 [Ed]
- iMac G3 (blueberry) [Brian]
- Power Macintosh G3 desktop (beige!) [Ed]
- Power Macintosh 6100 [Ed]
- Mac II [Brian]
Our software
now: Safari [Ed], Adamant [Ed], Ghostery [Brian]
then: Netscape Navigator / Communicator, Internet Explorer
now: Gmail [Brian], Airmail [Ed]
then: America Online email [Brian and Ed], Outlook Express [Ed]
now: iTunes [Brian and Ed]
then: Audion [Brian and Ed], MacAMP [Ed], AppleCD Audio Player [Ed]
now: OmniFocus [Ed]
then: Ø
now: TweetBot [Ed]
then: Hotline [Ed]
now: TextEdit [Brian], Atom [Brian], TextWrangler [Ed]
then: SimpleText
now: TextExpander [Ed]
then: TypeIt4Me [Ed]
now: iStat Menus [Ed]
recently: MenuMeters [Ed]
then: IP NetMonitor [Ed]
now: Transmit [Brian and Ed]
then: Transmit [Brian and Ed]
the bad old days: AOL FTP [Ed]
now: Lightroom [Ed], Photos [Brian]
then: Finder
now: Ø
then: Roxio Toast [Ed]
now: Google Docs [Brian and Ed]
then: SubEthaEdit [Ed]