In 1985 we decided to buy our first computer. There was pressure to buy an IBM compatible PC running DOS because that was the computer of choice for most companies and I was an engineering manager in a technology company at the time.
After reading a marketing book by Regis McKenna in which he described the Apple Macintosh we decided to buy a Mac.
This is it, the Macintosh 512K, our first computer - the number refers to the memory size - 512K bytes of memory. And it does not have a hard drive.
After I opened the box it was simple to figure out how to set it up and get going.
This box has not been opened in more than 20 years and today is the day to open it and remember.
The cables were labeled with icons that matched the icons on the back of the Mac so there was no guessing where to plug things in.
Since then my wife and I have owned many Macintosh computers plus we now have an iPod, iPhone and iPad each in addition to the three Macintosh computers that we still use.
Our storage room holds several old Macs that we don't use anymore in addition to this Mac 512K.
The Apple Macintosh gave us the ability and the freedom to create content that we could not have done on our own with any other equipment at the time.
Steve Jobs did this and then Apple continued, over the years, to deliver capabilities that no one else offered or had even thought about.
Thank you Steve Jobs for enriching our lives.
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