Happy 20th birthday, Mac

[question everything]

Did not watch the super bowl, but that commercial has played over and over again. I wonder how many of today's dittoheads conservatives who think in the line of "me Tarzan, you Jane" would even know what the reference to 1984 was/is.

We got our Mac SE in 1987, a Performa 6400 in 1996 and the G4 Dual Processors in 2002. Spouse uses a G3 iBook.

[Bonobo]

1. When I saw that face on the big-screen, all I could think of was Rummy.eom

[countmyvote4real]

2. Hurrah!

I didn't get a PC until '94, but it was a Mac Quadra 650. Had I known it was the end of the line before the PowerMac, I would have waited, but don't regret it all. I'm on my third Mac now, a 15" TiBook and I couldn't be happier. (Well, a G5 would be nice.)

Plus, OS X rocks!

[milkyway]

3. First Mac: an SE30 in 1989. nt

[pippin]

4. Viva le Mac!

now onto wireless. Can't remember how many I've had since the ole Quadra. :think:

[mediaman007]

5. Mac's Rule

Apple II GS (packed away)

in use:

iMac (17")
IBook G4 (14")
IBook G3 (12")
Mac Blue and White G3

at work:

eMac

[Poiuyt]

6. Mac users are like Scientologists

We want to convert everyone to come in from the dark side!

G5 dual...YES!!

[burrowowl]

7. Yes!

Mac II, Mac II fx, and finally G4.
OS X is great with Unix too!

[MrScorpio]

8. You can take my Mac out of my cold dead fingers

If I don't get you first

[Awsi Dooger]

9. I was in awe of the commercial while being pelted by peanut M&Ms

The Raiders/Redskins Super Bowl. I had graduated college but was watching the game in an off campus apartment, since my girlfriend was still a senior. Her roommates launched a relentless food fight during halftime. I remember being hit in the noggin by an M&M almost simultaneous to Big Bro getting nailed onscreen. Not until late in the 4th quarter of the 38-9 blowout did I grasp the message.

Let's see:

Powerbook 145b
Quadra 610 DOS Compatible
Quadra 650
PowerMac 7500
Powerbook 1400
B&W G3 450
Sawtooth Digital Audio Dual 533
eMac 1 GHz combo

[question everything]

10. Do you watch 24?

The good guys use Mac, the bad ones - PC

[Awsi Dooger]

11. Mac Addict article: PCs are Republican, Macs are Democratic

Safe to bury that here instead of initiating a high voltage thread. But I do sense a higher percentage of Mac users than normal on DU, beyond 3.2%.

Actually it was a musician who was featured in a Mac Addict article a few years ago and made the political analogy. Spawned furious emails from Mac-using Republicans.

And pardon my ignorance, but what is 24? I have never heard of it. Haven't sampled the primetime non-news offerings in years, other than Simpsons and King of the Hill plus the true crime shows.

[moof]

12. Interesting, post a poll & moof will keep it bumped.

or do a search & see if it has made the circuit yet.

[question everything]

13. "24" is a program on Fox channel (not news)

that we have, gasp, been watching since it started in 2001.

It is about life in an LA Counter Terroism Unit faced with an immediate threat that is resolved in 24 hours of real time. You have 24 episodes each describes events that are taking place in one hour. It has so many turns that often you do not even realize that one hour has passed.

The lead role is played by Kiefer Sutherland and the (Democratic) presidential role is by Dennis Haysbert.