Drooling/Waxing Nostalgic
I first saw a Mac in 1985, and it was love at first sight. I didn’t get to actually own one of the little beasts until 1991, when my parents bought me an SE30 for college use. I felt so at home with that machine! It was so personal and… perfect. Hard to describe—it just fit.
After I graduated from college, reality set in: nobody outside of a few select industries (design, video) uses Macs. I grudgingly left the Apple camp behind. (Not that in 1993 the Apple camp was a sexy place to be—John Sculley and his successors managed to turn what was once an amazingly innovative company into another pusher of beige boxes.)
Fast forward to 2002. I am now back in the Apple camp and I’m loving it! They have definitely fixed the biggest complaints, especially the antiquated OS. I have a belief that we should support companies that are doing things right by voting with our dollars. In my book, Apple ca. 2002 is doing things right in a big way. Unix, digital hub, gorgeous hardware, a vision… what is there not to like?
