I went to the grocery store the other day wearing a black Apple t-shirt that I was given when I took the advanced server course, and the teenage checkout guy asked me if I had a Mac. I smiled and told him I did. “Which one?” he asked.
Since it was the express line I decided not to tell him about my first Mac, a 16MHz Macintosh LC which I tricked out with brilliant 8-bit color and 4MB of RAM for $3,000, or my second, the Sony-built PowerBook 100, Apple’s first decent laptop. It had a 1-bit video card, which gave you any color you wanted as long as it was black or white, and the same processor as the LC.
I also didn’t tell him about all the company Macs I’ve been using since 1984; the Macintosh IIs, Quadras, Performas, PowerMacs, G3s, G4s, iMacs and Intels. I didn’t even tell him about my Newton!
No, I didn’t tell him that I’ve had a Mac since before he was born. I said simply, “MacBook.” He nodded in approval, and said that he was thinking of getting one.
Few things retain their coolness across generations.
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I went to the grocery store the other day wearing a black Apple t-shirt that I was given when I took the advanced server course, and the teenage checkout guy asked me if I had a Mac. I smiled and told him I did. “Which one?” he asked.
Since it was the express line I decided not to tell him about my first Mac, a 16MHz Macintosh LC which I tricked out with brilliant 8-bit color and 4MB of RAM for $3,000, or my second, the Sony-built PowerBook 100, Apple’s first decent laptop. It had a 1-bit video card, which gave you any color you wanted as long as it was black or white, and the same processor as the LC.
I also didn’t tell him about all the company Macs I’ve been using since 1984; the Macintosh IIs, Quadras, Performas, PowerMacs, G3s, G4s, iMacs and Intels. I didn’t even tell him about my Newton!
No, I didn’t tell him that I’ve had a Mac since before he was born. I said simply, “MacBook.” He nodded in approval, and said that he was thinking of getting one.
Few things retain their coolness across generations.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 24th, 2007 at 6:27 pm and is filed under Comments. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.