My father introduced me to my first Mac when I was only 8 years old. It was a Macintosh 512k and I remember slapping away on the keyboard like it was yesterday. I would fight my dad for time on it, I grabbed the mouse every chance I could get. I was a MacPaint master. While other kids where making watercolors for their parents I was making bitmap computer art. When HyperCard came out in 1987 I knew I would spend the rest of my life tethered to a computer.
This afternoon Tara and I watched the movie Welcome to Macintosh (yes, I am an iTunes affiliate) and I started to think about how many Macs I have had in my life. I am not sure about the exact number, but through my companies I have bought somewhere between 250-300 Macs over the years. I took a look at apple-history.com to see how many different Macs I can remember buying (or my parents buying before I had my own money). Here is the list:
- Macintosh 512k
- Macintosh Plus
- Macintosh SE30
- Macintosh Powerbook 140
- Macintosh LC III
- Power Macintosh 8500
- Power Macintosh 7200
- Newton Message Pad 2100
- PowerBook G3
- Power Macintosh G3
- iMac
- iMac (Rev.C)
- Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White)
- PowerBook G3 (Bronze Keyboard)
- Power Macintosh G4 (AGP Graphics)
- iMac (Slot Loading)
- PowerBook G3 (Firewire)
- Power Macintosh G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
- PowerBook G4
- Power Macintosh G4 (Quicksilver)
- iMac (Summer 2001)
- Power Macintosh G4 (Mirrored Doors)
- Xserve
- iMac (Flat Panel)
- PowerBook G4 (12.1″)
- PowerBook G4 (17″)
- Xserve RAID
- Powerbook G4 (17″ 1.33Ghz)
- Xserve G5
- Mac mini
- MacBook Pro
- MacBook Pro (17″)
- AppleTV
- iPod (many)
- iPod Nano (many)
- iPhone (1st Gen, 3G)
Me in 1999 with a G3 laptop and stupid hair
Yeah, I am a Mac. Old school baby! I know there is a lot of buzz about Windows 7 but I will never be a PC guy. The closest I have ever come was a couple of Power Computing rigs in the 90’s. Apple FTW!