I always hear that Mac users are liberal and young. Well, I'm neither. I'm conservative and 46-years-old. If you're like me, say hello.
My first Mac was a SE with two 800k drives (no hard drive), 256k RAM. I've had many along the way including a IIsi, a 7100, a Blue and White G3 and more. My newest one is a 17" MacBook Pro, 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with the sweet backlit LCD screen.
"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus
Around 20 years ago, me at the age of 6 (maybe a lil older), my mother went after my father to pick him up at his work. He almost never was finished, so I had some time to spend there. I saw him working on a computer build in a desk, with orange and grey buttons on his keyboard. I don't know if those were macs, but he always said they were.
Some years later, he brought his first mac at home. Like I remember, the screen was built in and had a size of around 8 inches. All black and white.
15 years ago, my father started working for himself, and ever since, he bought a new mac every 2-3 years. 2 performas, G3, G4, 2 G5's, and the latest G5 intel (1 year old).
I don't know the specs of his first computers, but his last has Quad Core, 8GB ram, a few terra (divided on a few external and internal disks) and 30" widescreen from apple.
Ok, before you think I'm getting out my epenis on the internet. My father is a graphic designer, makes posters, books and does some prepress works for other companies as freelancer. The size of graphical data is very big.
I do remember him using 1.44mb disks, Zip and jazz, seagate something, tapes,... Ofcourse he's using the regular storage eversince cd's and dvd's are cheap as they are now.
Are you a Mac user? What is your story? Thanks.
"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus
There's no such thing as a G5 Intel.
shareYou must mean an SE, there was no IIse.
While I'm young (well, 25... youngish) and liberal, I don't think that the platform has to be divided by politics or age. Hell, Steve Jobs is older than you.
My first Mac was a Plus. I've had:
Mac Plus, IIci, 7200, 7500, dual G4 866, PowerBook Duo 230, PowerBook 540c, PowerBook Duo 2300c, two PowerBook 2400cs, and I'm on my second 12" G4 PowerBook. Looking to move to a MacBook soon. My first Apple wasn't really an Apple at all but an illegitimate Apple IIc clone from Vtech called the Laser 128. Oh, I've also got an eMate somewhere and have had a couple of Performas that I got for free and gave away. I do have a IIgs and IIc that were given to me and have stowed away for nostalgia, and still have my Plus, IIci, and 7500. They all work. Every OS from ProDOS on the Laser to System 6.03 to OS X 10.5, too.
No, I meant an SE, I was just thinking ahead to the IIsi and wrote it wrong. I've since corrected it. Yes, Steve Jobs is older than me, what exactly is that supposed to mean?
Who said the platform needed "to be divided by politics or age"? I had no intentions of "dividing the platform", I simply asked Mac users who are older and conservative like me to say "hello".
Thanks for saying hello though, and for listing your machines.
"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus