Well, yeah. I can be proud to say that I've grown up on Apple. I remember the red-cushioned wooden bench that me and my brothers used to sit on to play games way before playing games on a computer was cool.
I mean, come on. Picking between a keyboard and mouse versus a controller was a no-brainer. We wanted the controller, and whatever videogame system we could get, but instead got pirated copies of Mac games [which, back in the day, were made by copying 8 FLOPPY DISKS worth of data for the install disks, and at least 1 play disk.... I get irritated when I have to burn a CD or DVD anymore].
These games were incredible. Prince of Persia, Out of This World, Heart of China, and Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis were some of the games my dad's friend Bob sent our way. Any time we'd get stuck at a certain point for more than 20 minutes, we'd beg my dad to call his co-worker on a Sunday to give us that little nugget of information to send us to the next level/continent/room/interaction/weapon.
Anyways, me and my brothers played games that we couldn't relate to anyone about, because no one that we knew had a mac until maybe 5 or 7 years later. What an odd computer bubble. It was like we were home schooled. Come to think of it, the only other place that had Apple computers were the school systems, which were outdated. Because of that, everyone thought I had a crazy-outdated computer that I thought was awesome, and wasn't old at all.
Everyone knows the modern Apple experience. Probably more than me. I haven't touched an iPad yet, and don't own an iPhone.
Thanks Steve Jobs for making it happen. I know you weren't alone at Apple changing technology, but I'm sure your piece of the jigsaw was huge.
Poor Andy. You had to share. Bring your Mac home and we will celebrate old times.
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