Happy Birthday Baby Mac

[Christiern]

The original Macintosh, the start of Apple's computer revolution, a little 124k machine that changed things around...

I have remained faithful since 1984 and never regretted it. Here's a shot I just took of my first Mac, it has a low serial number and rests comfortably on a top shelf in my computorium.

....and it still works!

[.:.impossible]

is that paint can being used as a chimney?

[Christiern]

That is how the graphics program, "Paint", was packaged.

[.:.impossible]

I've read that many people created a makeshift chimney using that exact can, as prescribed by Woz. I think he actually preferred a tapered cardboard chimney, but...

[Christiern]

My baby Mac was preceded by an Apple ][ and an Apple ///. I guess they all smoked, in a manner of speaking, but that was nothing compared to my 3-month-old iMac.

Anyway, you started me thinking about Woz and his incredible ][ machine. I no longer have it, but I kept the manual, which apparently came straight from his typewriter, pencil, and Xerox machine. Apple has come a long way...

[Jim Alfredson]

Dude, the Commodore 64 was a much better computer.

[Chuck Nessa]

I think we have one of those in the attic.

[rockefeller center]

... and Xerox machine. Apple has come a long way...

And Xerox is where Apple's GUI came from (nothing wrong with that, no flames)...

[Christiern]

They took the concept and ran with it, soon inspiring Bill Gates to emulate Apple with his Windows. I don't think any version of Windows can hold a candle to the concurrent Mac OS.

My current Mac is a 24" iMac....

I am delighted to report that Jimmy Heath has just bought the same machine. Bassist Ben Brown, who will help Jimmy set it up, now owns my old machine, a G4 that served me well, but he will also soon move on up.