30th Apple Anniversary Nostaligia
So everybody seems to be getting all nostalgic about the 30th anniversary of Apple: I'm just listening to the Mac World Podcast where Jason Snell and Rick LePage are discussing their Mac history. 30 years ago I was a snotty-nosed 10-year old in the UK who though that computers were boring: I was more interested in poking things with sticks. But just a few years later I got a BBC Micro (A model B for you accuracy freaks; I had originally ordered a ZX Spectrum, but they were back-ordered ) and it's been downhill ever since. My first experience with a Mac would have been when I was at university in the late '80s and early '90s; they had a Mac system that was used for design work with PageMaker that I'd sneak in and use occasionally.
There's a great timeline of the 30 years of Apple from Mac World here: It's amazing how many of the events I can link with things in my life. Hell, I even owned a Newton for a time; I sold it in the end because it couldn't handle my handwriting.