Happy Birthday Macintosh

January 24th, 2003

Today, Macintosh turns 19 years old. I can still remember the day I first used my cousin's 128 back in his dorm room. I thought it was the coolest thing.

Who could have guessed how far Apple would come for me to be sitting here in front of my TiBook, 19 years later.

Just for a little nostalgia, I pulled out the old Mac Classic and played a few games of SpaceInvaders. It's amazing how well that machine still works running system 7.0.1.

read on for some fun stats...

MODEL: Macintosh 128
YEAR: January 1984
END OF PRODUCTION: October 1st, 1985
KEYBOARD: QWERTY full-stroke keyboard, 58 keys
CPU: Motorola MC 68000SPEED 7.83 MHzRAM 128 kb
GRAPHICS: 512 x 342 9" black & white monitor
SOUND: 4 voices, 12 octave sound @ 22 kHz
SIZE / WEIGHT: 13.6'' (H) x 9.6'' (W) x 10.9'' (D) / 16.5 lbs
I/O PORTS: Two serial (RS 232/422) for printer and modem, mouse, external floppy drive, sound out
BUILT IN MEDIA: One 400k 3.5'' internal floppy drive
PRICE: $2495 (USA, 1984)

MODEL: iMac
YEAR: 2002
END OF PRODUCTION: Still Alive
KEYBOARD: Apple Pro Keyboard
CPU: 800MHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine
GRAPHICS: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with 32 MB of DDR SDRAM 1440 x 900 17" active-matrix LCD screen
SOUND: Internal 18-watt digital amplifier, Apple Pro Speakers
SIZE / WEIGHT: 13.03" (H) x 16.7" (W) x 10.6 (D) / 22.8 lbs
I/O PORTS: Two 400-Mbps FireWire, Five USB 1.1 ports, Mini-VGA output, Built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, AirPort, Headphone jack, Built-in microphone
BUILT IN MEDIA: One 80GB Ultra ATA Internal Hard drive, SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
PRICE: $1,999 (USA, 2003)

Pretty cheap if you ask me.

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