08 09/09
05:05

My first 2 Macs

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While looking though my photo library from years gone by, I chanced upon this photo. Taken sometime between my first and second year in Japan. I got the powerbook before I came to Japan. Prior to Japan, I was quite the PC expert. I jumped ship because I wanted to try something new.

New country, new experiences, new personal computer.

If there was ever a Apple cult, I had my calling then. The 12in Powerbook was my very first Apple. The big black panther reigned supreme then. Exposé really blew me away and it took quite a while for me to come to terms with Mac OS X not having a registry! It was indeed the “fruit of forbidden knowledge”. One byte and I infected everyone around me. ^^.

The iMac came a little later. If memory serves, it was the last batch of G5 iMacs that Apple made. I traded it in for quite a good sum when the Aluminum iMacs came out. The good thing about Apple products is the resale value. A good friend of mine takes full advantage and trades in his old Mac for a brand new model every year.

I haven’t looked back since. The Mac is a joy to use and if anyone asks me for a recommendation, I always send them to the Apple store. ^^.

The powerbook served me a good 3.5 years. Within that period, I added more RAM, had a hard disk change and a battery replaced for free under a battery recall program. After those events, the powerbook always felt brand new! I finally parted with my powerbook when Steve Jobs pulled the MacBook Air out of a manilla envelope.

Do you reminisce about your first Mac (or PC)?

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  • http://bigstick-freshturd-hotday.blogspot.com/ =^.^=

    somehow the hat dont go with the machines
    .-= =^.^=´s last blog ..I love ch3rry boys =-.

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  • Joe

    I still reminisce about the first computer I built, ended up selling the parts of real cheap just before I moved out to Japan which I kind of regret. No Mac’s for me, to culty.

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  • http://uselessthoughts.net/ samejima

    Been stuck with Win PC since but would love to own a mac if price goes down. I just love it after trying one at an apple products dealer store (not the apple store) during my recent short vacation. When would that be? hmm…
    .-= samejima´s last blog ..Wave 1/7 Scale PVC Fujibayashi Kyou =-.

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  • Dan

    Nice story. I just became a first time Mac owner back in March. I’ll never go back to Windows… Trade in? Does Apple take trade ins?

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    k Reply:
    September 10th, 2009 at 11:22 pm

    Apple Japan doesn’t officially take in trade ins, but they do work with a third party. Sofmap in this case.
    http://www.sofmap.com/kaitori/apple/
    Sofmap accepts trade ins.
    But if you were to buy a new mac and trade in the old with Sofmap, they’ll add an extra 15% to their valuation of your old mac.
    All you have to do is to show them proof that you bought a mac from the apple store recently.
    Make sure you keep the manuals etc if you’re planning on trading in. ^^.
    Where do you hail from?

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  • http://www.protocolsnow.com Protocol Snow

    My dad works with computers so every since I was a kid, he always brings in new machines for me to play around with. Was and always will be a PC guy :)

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  • http://www.narrativedisorder.com Danielle

    My first computer was the original Mac which my mother got cheaply through her design studies at Melbourne University – we splashed out and got the “Fat Mac” so nicknamed because it had a 512K RAM!! Ah those original CAD apps were hysterical. Even through a Uni degree where they used PCs I stayed a “Mac Girl” until I was working out how much computing power I could get out of a large amount of cash and realised I could get as much computing power and stability AND software AND peripherals for a PC for the same amount as just the Mac hardware box was going to cost and I’ve never been ripped off again hehe.
    .-= Danielle´s last blog ..My week in tweets 2009-09-06 =-.

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    k Reply:
    September 10th, 2009 at 11:23 pm

    so when are you coming home? ^^

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  • http://kamlau.com Kam

    The good old days of PCs :) My first PC was a 80286 20MHz with 1MB RAM and 20MB HD. Pair that with an EGA video and monitor you got yourself an IBM PC Clone. Then I upgraded to 386SX, 386DX, 486DX, 486DX2, 486DX4, Pentium, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4, then I decided that I can’t keep up with spending all my spare cash on CPUs and Motherboards. So I stopped building my own PCs and instead started buying laptops and prebuilt machines. Last year I decided I have had enough PCs in my life and I got myself an iMac. The latest Windows based system I bought is a Windows Home Server.
    .-= Kam´s last blog ..Photo Walk 6 =-.

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    k Reply:
    September 10th, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    I remember my first computer was a 486. used to load in those big floppys one at a time to play games. ^^

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