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Quadra 700 Appreciation - Stories - Got one?
Obviously if you want to know about the Quadra 700 you can ask google, Google will show you what it finds:
There is info on:
- #1 hit, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Quadra_700
- #2 hit, EveryMac: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_quadra/specs/mac_quadra_700.html
- #3 hit, LowendMac: http://www.lowendmac.com/quadra/quadra-700.html
- #4 hit, AppleHistory: http://apple-history.com/700
Basically what i am getting at is this,
Is there some raw nitty gritty info on this machine?
Info you know about the Q700 that nobody else would know?
Originally when I set out to find and acquire the Quadra 700,
Here was my vague reasoning, please don't cringe.
- I saw it on jurassic park, it looked like a bad ass machine.
- I like how it's a Tower with one simple disk slot in the front.
- The Design language is awesome looking
- It was the first Quadra to include an AAUI Networking port.
After i received my Quadra 700,
Here are some more things i noticed/appreciated about it.
- The Program and Reset buttons on the front have a perfect feel when you press them
- Case is easy to open
- Its fast
- Using It, Truly feels like a bad ass professional grade machine,
- This thing always is reminding me of it's quality, Well built machine, must have received lot's of love from engineering.
Please add your thoughts and experiences with the Quadra 700.
There is info on:
- #1 hit, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Quadra_700
- #2 hit, EveryMac: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_quadra/specs/mac_quadra_700.html
- #3 hit, LowendMac: http://www.lowendmac.com/quadra/quadra-700.html
- #4 hit, AppleHistory: http://apple-history.com/700
Basically what i am getting at is this,
Is there some raw nitty gritty info on this machine?
Info you know about the Q700 that nobody else would know?
Originally when I set out to find and acquire the Quadra 700,
Here was my vague reasoning, please don't cringe.
- I saw it on jurassic park, it looked like a bad ass machine.
- I like how it's a Tower with one simple disk slot in the front.
- The Design language is awesome looking
- It was the first Quadra to include an AAUI Networking port.
After i received my Quadra 700,
Here are some more things i noticed/appreciated about it.
- The Program and Reset buttons on the front have a perfect feel when you press them
- Case is easy to open
- Its fast
- Using It, Truly feels like a bad ass professional grade machine,
- This thing always is reminding me of it's quality, Well built machine, must have received lot's of love from engineering.
Please add your thoughts and experiences with the Quadra 700.
And it has cool feets.
i was lucky mine does have the feets 
I made elevator shoe feets for all three of mine so they can be run while sitting on top of carpet without burning up!
O lord...feets.
no interesting Quadra 700 stories or info Eh?
just feets ? :lol:
just feets ? :lol:
They seem to have a feets feetish. :I
this lady openly admits to it:
loves her mac and feet!
her profile on flicker, rated G
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22419713@N07/favorites/page32/?view=lg
loves her mac and feet!
her profile on flicker, rated G
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22419713@N07/favorites/page32/?view=lg
Eeeeeek!!!!!!!!!!! Smelly feet! 8-o
Mac feets!!!!! Yep, it's a longtime 68kMLA tradition from the earliest of days. :lol:
Mac feets!!!!! Yep, it's a longtime 68kMLA tradition from the earliest of days. :lol:
MacBook heels? Meh - I like my Macs with FEETS! 
Assuming the feets havent melted to molten rubber slime by now. the Duos have.
Has anyone on here owned a Quadra 700 since it was new?
Remember buying it, thinking, this will be the only computer ill ever need?
Remember buying it, thinking, this will be the only computer ill ever need?
It's unlikely that anyone old enough to have bought a Quadra 700 new would ever think anything thing like that about any computer. We'd seen way too many changes in computing over such a short period of time by then to have had that kind of expectation. We'd already bought enough computers that didn't live up to the hoopla built up around new releases to be "waiting" for a rollout unless we were using something that was badly outdated and ready to upgrade.
Old time users I've known seem to be a breed apart, we don't actually expect computers to work, so we're happy when they do. Models weren't usually around long enough to become totally enamored with any particular one. Just in the history of the Mac, we saw four generations of processor architecture and more OS revisions in those first seven years than OSX has had in, what is it, 13 years now since its first release?
I'd like to hear what some of the older comrades have to say about my observations, I was between 30 and 40 when the Quadra 700 was released. How do you folks think about this subject and my take on it?
Old time users I've known seem to be a breed apart, we don't actually expect computers to work, so we're happy when they do. Models weren't usually around long enough to become totally enamored with any particular one. Just in the history of the Mac, we saw four generations of processor architecture and more OS revisions in those first seven years than OSX has had in, what is it, 13 years now since its first release?
I'd like to hear what some of the older comrades have to say about my observations, I was between 30 and 40 when the Quadra 700 was released. How do you folks think about this subject and my take on it?
My first thought upon seeing one was "that's a cool looking IIci."
Lastnight i tore down my Q700 / IIci / IIsi
i gave them a bath in the tub, used some comet cleanser and a scrubby.
there is a-lot of subtle differences between the Q700 and IIci.
- The the case and how the mainboard is held in is completely different
- The reset / program buttons are completely different
- The motherboard its completely different
- The only thing that seems to be the same is the design / mounting of the PSU and the HD/Floppy Tray
- Even the Brand of the PSU is different, AZTEC in the Q700, DELTA in the IIci
- Also the Q700 has AAUI and MIC in - IIci doesnt
After the good full case scrub, and air compressor dry, My Q700/IIsi/IIci are squeaky clean and like new again!
i gave them a bath in the tub, used some comet cleanser and a scrubby.
there is a-lot of subtle differences between the Q700 and IIci.
- The the case and how the mainboard is held in is completely different
- The reset / program buttons are completely different
- The motherboard its completely different
- The only thing that seems to be the same is the design / mounting of the PSU and the HD/Floppy Tray
- Even the Brand of the PSU is different, AZTEC in the Q700, DELTA in the IIci
- Also the Q700 has AAUI and MIC in - IIci doesnt
After the good full case scrub, and air compressor dry, My Q700/IIsi/IIci are squeaky clean and like new again!
The speaker and how the speaker Mounts/holds motherboard is the same. Q700/IIci - last similarity I could think of.
IIci's a nice carriage horse, the Q700 is an Arabian.
I had one 700 originally and then I got a second. They started (in)breeding shortly after and now I have four.
The 700 is just so cute, and begs the question, why 900?, why?
Slot$SS, Baby, SLOT$$$$$!!!!!!!! :approve:
. . . and less Spindly Plastics required for the taller form factor as well, no monitor to support.
CelGen, you're lucky yours are interbreeding, two of the triplets here have sucked the lifeblood out of larger Macs and left nothing but empty shells. The nasty one's named Shelob and the B@^$#!^ crazy one goes by Hrunkner Underhill. Elmo is the tame one, he's a sweetie!
. . . and less Spindly Plastics required for the taller form factor as well, no monitor to support.
CelGen, you're lucky yours are interbreeding, two of the triplets here have sucked the lifeblood out of larger Macs and left nothing but empty shells. The nasty one's named Shelob and the B@^$#!^ crazy one goes by Hrunkner Underhill. Elmo is the tame one, he's a sweetie!
Yep, the slots. The fact that the 900/950 had sixteen SIMM sockets was just mind blowing in its day. Of course, 72 pin SIMM sockets were not far in the future at that point, putting the same capacity in two or four SIMM sockets ultimately.
One of these days, I'm going to see if I can get the Q650 logic board in the Q700 case. I adore the IIcx/IIci/Q700 case design, but the Q650 has several advantages over the Q700.
One of these days, I'm going to see if I can get the Q650 logic board in the Q700 case. I adore the IIcx/IIci/Q700 case design, but the Q650 has several advantages over the Q700.
A Quadra 650 MoBo should be exactly the same form factor as the 7100's. There's a 7100 MoBo in Shelob's gullet, everything lines up perfectly, reset switches, LED light tube, speaker carrier/MoBo retainer and two of the Slots. She ate the @$$ end off the 7100 too, so she's got all the NuBus Slots clear as well as the PDS VidCard's backplane.
If you're not worried about the third NuBus Slot, the 6500 ought to be plug and play.
But if you stick something without any need for the backplane plate or access, like a STORM DSP Card, into the inboard slot that's not even a worry. You should be good to go for a totally stealth upgrade with all slots in use.
Tell me what's better about the 650 MoBo besides the speed bump and the extra NuBus Slot? :?:
Elmo might just develop an appetite for a 650 after all! [}
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You know how dvd's usually have the directors cut,
I wish Mac's came with a Engineers Cut video/or audio/or blog even.
Including prototype blunders
I wonder what they would say about the Quadra 700,
There had to of been, Situations where the apple engineers made the systems exactly like something even them selves would drool over.
( if was offered by another company )
It would be killer to own a Q700 in a clear case.
I wish Mac's came with a Engineers Cut video/or audio/or blog even.
Including prototype blunders
I wonder what they would say about the Quadra 700,
There had to of been, Situations where the apple engineers made the systems exactly like something even them selves would drool over.
( if was offered by another company )
It would be killer to own a Q700 in a clear case.
Hah. Thanks for that. The naivete of youthful optimism made me lol.
by the way that pic i made is from the LCD LID of a prototype macintosh portable
