So in a earlier post I mentioned that I bought a Macintosh 7100 in college. Do you know all the Apple products you have owned or used in the past years? The other night I found this image of Apple Form Factor Evolution 1976 through 2007. Lets see how many I have owed and used over the years. How many have you had…
Heres mine going down the list.
1) I had a friend that got a Macintosh Plus for Christmas, boy was I jealous.
2) I used a Macintosh Classic in school.
3) I went to the Colorado Institute of Art in 1993 and started designed on a Power Mac 7100. With my work schedule It was hard to use the computer lab during the open hours so I went out and bought one with the help of my dad ( more then I paid for my first truck ) so I could start my ongoing pattern of using the computer late at night instead of sleeping.
4) My first job out of college as a Art Director. 2 Macs, a Quadra 800 and a Powerbook 180c, I even had a Wacom tablet, scanner and a BW laser printer. Life was good.
5) A few years later I decided to get a new laptop so I bought a color Powerbook 190 - but no CD drive yet.
6) My office bought me a Power Mac G3 when they first came out, I was in love.
7) a year later I upgraded my laptop to a Powerbook G3 and used this as my main computer for awhile.
8 ) Yes I had a Jellybean G3 - I hated the mouse and don’t know anyone that liked the hockey puck of a mouse. I tell people that after using it one night I took it and tossed it against the brisk wall in my house, did you do the same?
9) I owned the next G4 later to glad they changed the mouse design.
10) I bought a Cube a few years ago to run OS 9 on and run a Roland vinyl plotter on, still have it. I remember when it came out and everyone wanted one cause the clear plastic case looked so cool. I bought mine on Ebay for $500.
11) I worked on a Powerbook Titanium G4 for a little while.
12) Used a iBook to.
13) Had a Power Macintosh Quicksilver when I worked for Dunlop.
14) Bought a 2nd generation Ipod ( a brick with a firewire port )
15) Bought a 15″ Powerbook Aluminum. Still use this workhorse and love it.
16) When I bought the last laptop I got a Ipod click wheel and gave it to my wife.
17) Bought a 17″ Powerbook Aluminum. Used it for a couple months then sold it because for a laptop the screen was to big for me.
18) I have a Power Macintosh G5 at my office now.
19) ipod shuffle, looks like a pack of gum. Love this for Mt Biking because its light and small.
20) Mac Mini, I have this hooked up to my LCD TV at home and Bose theater to listen to Itunes and Pandora internet radio. Nice and small.
21) Ipod Nano, I love this Ipod and use it all the time. Its small, holds my playlists and works great. Best Ipod I ever have bought. Actually have 2 of these, one for me and one for my wife.
22) So I bought a video Ipod on Ebay because I knew a guy that swore by his, I never really used it except for a hard drive so I ended up just selling it not to long ago. How many Ipods do I really need.
23) IPhone, this is the greatest phone / planner I have ever owned. I love how it snycs with my outlook address book and calendar with no hick ups. Mail is so east to use, I can have a client email me in the evening when I’m away from the office and send them a reply instantly. Its really helped to make then feel we are always looking after them. If you don’t have one go out and buy one.
24) Apple Monitors I have had all three listed - Studio CRT Display
25) Cinema Display
26) Aluminum Cinema Display - I have this one in my home office and use with my Powerbook. At the office I’m running dual Dell 24″ displays and love them.
27) I just replaced this Airport because lightning touched not to far from my house and burned it out even with a power strip.
28) I like the new Airport Extreme at home. The slimmer design is more appealing the to spaceship looking one they had before and I can use a backup hard drive hooked up to to and connect to it wireless. Pretty cool.
29) I guess I have used all the mice listed but still prefer the Logitech click wheel mouse better then any of them.
So looks like I’ve contributed to the time line a little. In our office we run both platforms for testing, design and applications but I will be a Mac geek forever.
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But anyone who owns a copy of PhotoShop, Illustrator, Fireworks, CorelDraw, Indesign, or the like is strictly prohibited from designing with it! There are currently only two design sins worse, and those include the use of MS Screen Beans and MS Comic Sans. I cry a little inside every-time I see them.
