30 years ago Apple Computer announced that the Macintosh would be introduced to the public during the Super Bowl… I was a senior in high school. My parents were big into supporting us educationally with the latest fad… We had an Apple II+ I shared it with my brother and my mom (she loved playing games and would get rather obsessed over some of them). My parents decided since I was going to college that I might need a computer- this was very forward thinking. We went into a computer store and I figured I would get an IBM PC jr. I was mistaken… The salesman asked me what I knew about computers (not much) and what I didn’t like about computers. I replied I didn’t like having to type in “load” or “run” or “brun” That I just wanted something easy that worked. He sat me down at this taupe box put some headphones on me and proceeded to sell my father an IBM PC while I went through the tutorial for “MacPaint.” I was sold. I don’t really know how my life would have been different if I hadn’t ended up with a Mac. I don’t know if I would have done as much with art, or even technology. It’s silly to say a computer could have that much influence on your life, but I know this is one of those things that made me the person I am today. Oh, and I still own my first Macintosh from 1984.
2 thoughts on “30 days of drawing… day 22”
John
I am still in recovery from my Compaq, so who knows where you would be. Where would I be if I had only gone for the Mac? Did they even sell them in Indiana back then?
Charlie Victor
I too have been a Macophile since the early days – I remember learning and working with a 128, and the huge difference it made when we got it upgraded to a 512. Prior to the Mac, I worked with the Apple II+ and before that, a TI-99 that used a cassette recorder for storage. Now my phone has more computing power (and memory)!
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