Mr. MacintoshLet’s kick off the celebration of Apple’s 50th Anniversary today!!! 🎉🥳🎂
Over the next 50 days, I’m going to showcase one Mac each day from my collection.
This will be fun, let's get started!!! 🧵
Quick note: All images will be of Macs I’ve collected over the past twenty‑five years. None were new. Every one of them was donated, rescued from the trash, or purchased from friends or eBay. I LOVE the Mac! This thread is not meant to boast but to celebrate these computers! ❤️
#Apple50 Day 1!
Kicking things off with the much‑loved Macintosh Color Classic (1993)! It’s one of my all‑time favorites. How could you not like it! Super cool design, adorable, and the first “Compact” Mac with a color 10″ Sony Trinitron display. I’ve had mine for 10 over years. It used the slower LC 550 board, but many upgraded to the faster Performa 575 with the famous “Mystic” mod. Sold from 1993 to 1995. Later came the CCII/Performa 275. The CC is a top pick for vintage Mac collectors!
#Apple50 Day 2
I HAD to go with my old friend Mac Pro today after Apple announced yesterday that the computer is being discontinued😢
Mac Pro Dual CPU 12 Core 2.66GHz (2010)
I’ve had this beast for 7 years. It sat one step below the top 2010 config at $4999. The 5,1 refresh added new Xeon options, updated ATI graphics, and SSD support. Mine runs a Radeon Pro WX 4100, upgraded WiFi/Bluetooth, and macOS Sequoia via OCLP. Still one of the fastest, most loved Mac towers.
Good night, sweet prince🥺
#Apple50 Day #3
MacBook 2.4GHz C2D 13" Black (Early 2008)
Apple introduced the 13" MacBook via press release on May 16, 2006. It shipped in white, with a higher‑end in black from 2006-08. This 2.4GHz configuration is the fastest and final version of the black original MacBook.
Benjamin Schmidt@mrmacintosh Still got mine 💪 currently runs Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8, because Lion is just way too slow on it.
endrift 🏳️⚧️@mrmacintosh @Cdespinosa I wanted one of these back in the day
Paul McGrane@mrmacintosh @Cdespinosa as an Apple Store inventory manager, this is a fiasco. All of them needed the “top case” replaced because it would be damaged by its display assembly inside of a backpack. UPS & me couldn't keep enough replacements in stock (2 colors!)
T2R@mrmacintosh I still have my personal titanium powerbook, and a Mac II and IIe at work.
Jeff Geerling@mrmacintosh beautiful design. But the handles... impossible to fix once bent :(
Jon Schwenn@geerlingguy @mrmacintosh how did you bend one of the handles??
Drop it down a flight of stairs? 😅
@jonschwenn @mrmacintosh someone else dropped it on the ground while carrying. After a good amount of effort, I determined there's no way to reshape the case to look nearly as nice as it was new.
At least G3/4 era, you could swap busted handles :(
@geerlingguy @mrmacintosh that person was lucky they still have their toes!
@jonschwenn @mrmacintosh yes indeed
Brian Costa@mrmacintosh I had a Performa 575!
William Smith@mrmacintosh I got great upgrading memory in the PowerMac 8500. Looking forward to seeing what you have.