Apple Thoughts: Happy 25th Birthday Mac!

"Demo of the first Apple Macintosh by Steve Jobs, January 1984, in front of 3000 people. Andy Hertzfeld captured the moment quite well in his retelling: "Pandemonium reigns as the demo completes. Steve has the biggest smile I've ever seen on his face, obviously holding back tears as he is overwhelmed by the moment. The ovation continues for at least five minutes before he quiets the crowd down.""

Steve Jobs unveils the original Macintosh, January 1984. Most of you have probably seen this, but it's still worth watching again or for the first time if you haven't. Of course that original Mac was well out of the price range of most people, but then again, so were most computers at the time. In honor of the Mac's birthday, let's do something completely hacky: what was your first Mac, when did you get it, etc.?

My first Mac was the 800 Mhz iBook, and I bought it in April of 2004. It was the first time I had ever owned an Apple computer and it was one of the best computers I've ever owned in my life. I later sold it because my company is a heavy Microsoft company and from the moment I sent it to the guy I sold it to, I regretted doing it. I didn't get another Mac until the Intel MacBook came out, and I splurged for the black model, extra RAM, and tons of accessories. I even bought my wife one for Christmas a year later. In the intervening time, I bought a 17" iMac 1.83 Core Duo, and then recently got rid of both my BlackBook and my iMac and replaced it with the new 15" MacBook Pro.

That's my Mac lineage. What's yours?