My Apple Addiction
This was originally my Macintosh page, until I realised that my addiction is general rather than specific. It is all things Apple that I can’t resist, not just Macintosh.
Macintosh
I began using Macs in 1985, starting with an original Mac in high school. You might remember the type - all-in-one box, 128k RAM, no hard disk, 400k floppy drive.
My first personal web server was my workstation, Makatoa which served its first document in June 1994.
Makatoa was a Mac IIsi (September ‘93 - March ‘94). Since then, I’ve had a Power Macintosh 6100/60 AV (March ‘94 - September ‘97. Quite literally from the first shipment of Power Macs to hit Australia), then a Power Macintosh 7300/200 (September ‘97 - October ‘98), a 333MHz Power Macintosh G3 Minitower (October ‘98 - March ‘00), a Power Macintosh G4 (March ‘00 - Feb ‘03).
At home, I’ve had a G3 iMac DV Special Edition (Graphite) and now a 20″ Intel Core Duo iMac. It is a work of art that doubles as a computer. Upgrading from the old iMac to the new iMac was so easy that it was almost a disappointment.
iPod
This is a great example of the skill and art of Apple’s design folks. Looks beautiful, works naturally. I started with a 40Gb (Christmas present), but with the amount of running I do, I decided eBay it and shift down to an iPod mini, which has been perfect. In 2007, I sold the mini and shifted down again to a silver 1Gb 2nd generation shuffle. This thing weighs 15 grams!
Airport Express with AirTunes
iTunes is great, but it’s even better when I can play it directly to the lounge room stereo. Full digital music and I can set up an 8 hour playlist for a party and just let it rip.
Newton
This little baby was way ahead of it’s time. Actual handwriting recognition. I started with a MessagePad100, then went to a 120. I’ve still got two of them in my drawer. I would have loved to get a 2000 or 2100, but never really got around to it.