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The Game Room / Re: The Mac Quiz

« on: May 25, 2008, 11:06:11 PM »

The correct answer is B 1998, it was released at they Seybold convention and the retail price was $1,999, good job Victor, the standings....

beanboy89 - 4
Victor - 4
Stephen - 3
4 News Weather Now - 3
Gil - 2

Next....

In May of what year did Apple open its first retail store and bonus point if you can tell me where the first ones where located, one point each

A 2000
B 2001
C 2002
D 2003

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The Game Room / Re: The Mac Quiz

« on: May 25, 2008, 09:27:49 PM »

Correct all around A was the right answer.... Intel was put in macs in this order
iMac, MacBook Pro, MacMini, MacBook, Mac Pro, and yes the iMac and MacBook Pro were both released at MacWorld 06, good job beanboy89

beanboy89 - 4
Victor - 2
Stephen - 2
4 News Weather Now - 2
Gil - 1

Apple's first LCD monitor, the Studio Display, was introduced in what year
A 1997
B 1998
C 1999
D 2000

Bonus points if you can tell me what the selling price was.

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The Game Room / Re: Your computer setup

« on: May 25, 2008, 09:04:06 PM »

I've got a ton of machines... here we go....

Main Editing/Everything Machine
20-inch Aluminum iMac
2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo
4GB RAM
250GB HD
Mac OS 10.5.2
VMWare Fusion with XP Pro

Mobile Editing Machine
MacBook Pro - 15-inch
2.2GHz Core 2 Duo
2GB RAM
160GB HD
Mac OS 10.5.2
VM Ware Fusion

Work Laptop
Dell Latitude D820
2.0GHz Core 2 Duo
2GB RAM
100GB HD
Vista Home Premium (I had an extra licence so I used it, I'll go to ultimate soon)

Server
PowerMac G3 Blue/White
300MHz G3
832MB RAM
20GB HD - OS Drive
160GB HD - Data Drive
Mac OS 10.4.11

WeatherStar 4000 Machine
Gateway Essential
800MHz P3
392MB RAM
15GB HD - OS Drive
40GB HD - Data Drive
Windows 2000 Professional

Sister's Machine
PowerMac G4 Cube
450MHz G4
640MB RAM
160GB HD
Mac OS 10.4.11

Dad's Machine
Compaq NX2040
2GHz Pentium D
1GB RAM
250GB HD
Windows XP Professional

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The Game Room / Re: The Mac Quiz

« on: May 25, 2008, 08:43:17 PM »

Good job Gil, A was the correct answer... the standings are now....
beanboy89 - 3
Victor - 2
Stephen - 1
4 News Weather Now - 1
Gil - 1

What Mac was the first to get an Intel processor? Two were released at the same event so be sure to remember which one was first.

A iMac
B MacBook Pro
C MacMini
D MacBook

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The Game Room / Re: The Mac Quiz

« on: May 25, 2008, 06:20:06 PM »

Ok maybe this one was too tough, the answer was D, Johnathan Ive. The second was a call from Phil Schiller and he said when Steve answered the call "Hey I wanted to be the first call!"

New Question....

Which one of this colors was NOT a color the iBook was made in....
A Strawberry
B Tangerine
C Blueberry
D Lime

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The Game Room / Re: Jeopardy

« on: May 24, 2008, 10:16:59 PM »

I moved the Mac Quiz to its own thread, I want to keep it going.

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The Game Room / The Mac Quiz

« on: May 24, 2008, 10:16:15 PM »

I moved this over from the Jeopardy thread because I want to keep this going, I'll start keeping score too as of right now....
beanboy89 - 3
Victor - 2
Stephen - 1
4 News Weather Now - 1

From the last question... C was right 5GB

Who was the first call on the iPhone at the introduction
A Scott Forstall
B Phil Schiller
C Ron Johnson
D Jonathan Ive

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The Game Room / Re: Jeopardy

« on: May 24, 2008, 08:47:04 PM »

Stepehen and Victor are correct, it is cheetah.
10.0 - Cheetah
10.1 - Puma
10.2 - Jaguar
10.3 - Panther
10.4 - Tiger
10.5 - Leopard

What was the storage capacity of the first iPod?
A 10GB
B 1GB
C 5GB
D 4GB

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The Game Room / Re: Jeopardy

« on: May 24, 2008, 08:26:34 PM »

I'd be glad to post more Mac questions, I've got tons of them. BTW Victor is correct.

What was the codename for Mac OS X 10.0?
A Jaguar
B Cheetah
C Puma
D Panther

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The Game Room / Re: "In my pants" Game

« on: May 24, 2008, 08:06:02 PM »

There is a tornado watch in my pants.

( )

There is a Tornado Watch in my pants aswell!

(The IntelliStar is displaying a Tornado Watch message in the Lower Display Line in my pants)

I have a WeatherSTAR XL in my pants, but no tornado watch 

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The Game Room / Re: Jeopardy

« on: May 24, 2008, 08:03:48 PM »

There weren't any choices but beanboy89 got it right. Ok one more....

What was the price of the very first iMac?
A) $999
$899
C) $1,499
D) $1,299

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The Game Room / Re: Jeopardy

« on: May 24, 2008, 04:16:43 PM »

Ok I'm going to try to revive this thread, and it's not TWC related....

What year did Apple introduce the PowerMac G5 and what event was it released at?

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General Discussion / Re: Gas prices in your area

« on: May 22, 2008, 11:18:19 PM »

Just went up today, $4.19   

the oil companies

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: May 22, 2008, 11:17:13 PM »

I have read so many books in my HS career that I can't remember all of them. The last one we had was Frankenstein for British Literature, I didn't read one page 

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The Game Room / Re: What Are You Watching Right Now?

« on: May 22, 2008, 11:14:42 PM »

When weather changed history - Delta 191 Crash