Great article which I do recommend. Brought back memories.
My friend DJ and I both attended the summer program for highschoolers at CMU in 1981. She accepted the early admission that were were both offered (I couldn't see skipping my senior year), so she was starting her sophomore year when I started as a freshman. DJ was a woman - a very rare thing in engineering at that time. She was MechE, but my ECE class of over a hundred had just two women.
Anyway with that story background, DJ bought an IBM and I bought a Mac. They were probably the only two computers in our dorm for a while. We joked with each other about their respective pros and cons. Funny thing is that many of those same jokes and pros and cons are mentioned today.
I still have that Mac. Unmodified Mac early off that assembly line :)
My friend DJ and I both attended the summer program for highschoolers at CMU in 1981. She accepted the early admission that were were both offered (I couldn't see skipping my senior year), so she was starting her sophomore year when I started as a freshman. DJ was a woman - a very rare thing in engineering at that time. She was MechE, but my ECE class of over a hundred had just two women.
Anyway with that story background, DJ bought an IBM and I bought a Mac. They were probably the only two computers in our dorm for a while. We joked with each other about their respective pros and cons. Funny thing is that many of those same jokes and pros and cons are mentioned today.
I still have that Mac. Unmodified Mac early off that assembly line :)