What was it like to use your Mac back in the day?
I remember using my first computer in 1995. It was a Packard Bell and was the first time I ever saw a GUI. I played around in drawing apps and kid's games. I also learned to type. I believe I used an Apple IIGS in elementary school.
When I look at the computers that were "sensational" before then and cost multi-thousands of dollars, I have to wonder why. I can't quite comprehend the need for performance before the introduction of digital video and audio or the media-rich internet.
In 1985 or 1990, why would you choose to spend so much money on a computer? Why was one option better than the other? Did you really need another 10mhz? Was your life made easier by adding 6mb of RAM? Was there a time when a computer you bought one year made the computer from the prior year hilariously obsolete?
When I see the PowerPC Apple introductions, everybody is losing their minds over the performance. Did you ever witness a real-world scenario where a PowerMac G3 was really the only solution to your computing needs? Were they really super computers in comparison to the x86 Windows world?
As I've experienced a hundred vintage computers, the lines in their capabilities are utterly blurred. I can't imagine how an Intel 286 CPU clocked at 12.5mhz is any more or less practical or necessary than an Apple IIc Plus. It's all clunky kludgy claptrap that reminds me of the early attempts of man to fly.
I can imagine if your whole occupation required you to figure out how to make something happen precisely and quickly, but that's so hard to emulate today without the insight from the people that lived it. Just like how kids today may not be able to imagine how Tiger Electronics pocket games were fun, you just had to be there.
I remember using my first computer in 1995. It was a Packard Bell and was the first time I ever saw a GUI. I played around in drawing apps and kid's games. I also learned to type. I believe I used an Apple IIGS in elementary school.
When I look at the computers that were "sensational" before then and cost multi-thousands of dollars, I have to wonder why. I can't quite comprehend the need for performance before the introduction of digital video and audio or the media-rich internet.
In 1985 or 1990, why would you choose to spend so much money on a computer? Why was one option better than the other? Did you really need another 10mhz? Was your life made easier by adding 6mb of RAM? Was there a time when a computer you bought one year made the computer from the prior year hilariously obsolete?
When I see the PowerPC Apple introductions, everybody is losing their minds over the performance. Did you ever witness a real-world scenario where a PowerMac G3 was really the only solution to your computing needs? Were they really super computers in comparison to the x86 Windows world?
As I've experienced a hundred vintage computers, the lines in their capabilities are utterly blurred. I can't imagine how an Intel 286 CPU clocked at 12.5mhz is any more or less practical or necessary than an Apple IIc Plus. It's all clunky kludgy claptrap that reminds me of the early attempts of man to fly.
I can imagine if your whole occupation required you to figure out how to make something happen precisely and quickly, but that's so hard to emulate today without the insight from the people that lived it. Just like how kids today may not be able to imagine how Tiger Electronics pocket games were fun, you just had to be there.