This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 24, 2024). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apple Macintosh, lots of people on Mastodon are posting their #MyFirstMac stories. Of course this is something I’m going to join in on!
My first Mac was a Macintosh Classic. Saved up and bought it myself for my senior year of high school. Got the very lowest entry-level version: 1 MB of RAM, no internal hard drive. Booted it up off of one 1.4 MB floppy; a second 1.4 MB floppy had Microsoft Word 4 and every paper I wrote for school that year. Lots of disk swapping!
Since then:
- Performa 600/IIvi
- PowerMac 6100
- PowerMac 6500
- Original Rev. A Bondi Blue iMac
- Blue and White G3
- Dual 2.0 Ghz PowerMac G5 (the original cheese grater)
- 27″ iMac
- 27″ Retina 5K iMac
- M1 Mac Mini and M2 MacBook Air (my current computers)
Happy 40th birthday, Mac!
More rambling about my digital life in this Newly Digital (Back in the Day, redux) post from 2003.