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My First Mac Clone- Spencer
I don't type. I peck and find. I don't have letter writing skills.
This is a major accomplishment to even attempt an email. My first Mac isn't even mine!. It isn't even really a Mac! It's my
daughters Umax SuperMac C500.
It's old now, and she operates it well. Getting a computer for her
was just a "hope" at our home.  We
had suffered financially, had serious health problems, and day to day
life was a struggle. It didn't take much money, and with the help of other family
members we got our computer! We listened to the advice of all the new
computer stores and stayed confused! I should have been better
prepared. To make a long story short, in my searching I actually ran across
an honest salesperson! He worked in one of those new age computer
monster stores. He pushed their product elegantly! It had every bell
and whistle! It was super duper gigabyting, video zip-zapping,
overlapping, underwriting, color phasing internet eating and totally
fail-safe! It was warranted, guaranteed and customer service
free. After hearing his spiel. I asked him "What kind of computer do you
personally own"? He leaned over and said "Macintosh." I was sold! I left and looked for a Macintosh dealer! Well, I found them, and
they were out of my price range. But they got me a Mac clone,
monitor, and color printer! They even peaked my memory a little and
gave me the latest operating system for that time. The computer's old now. My daughter has graduated high school.
It's memory is loaded. It's online. A microphone and quickcam have
been added. Now it teaches me through it's built-in manuals and
online! My daughter has her eye on something called a G4 and is working
daily to buy it! She has her own laptop -- something Mac. Mom and I,
are still using our first Mac. It's old and slow, just like us! It's
perfect! Recently Mom has started a new hobby: Finding old Mac's in the
yard sales! She bought two for pocket change, an LC
550 (Internet ready!) and a IIci,
both working magnificently! What I'll do with them. I haven't any
idea. I don't know much about computers, but we know there's only one
computer: Macintosh.
My First Macintosh- My First Mac Clone, Spencer, 8/15/00.
Sometimes your first Mac isn't even made by Apple.
- Midlife Mac lover, Chris Volpe, 7/18/00.
"I once vowed I'd never own a computer, but that began to change
when I left journalism in 1998...."
- Salute to a Classic II, Max Thom Stahl,
7/11/00. "What I remember most was the games."
- When Randy met Mac, Randy Peterson,
7/4/00. "Maybe I finally had real work to do, and getting it done
was more important to me than the mental exercise of coaxing a
computer into submission."
- The Cure for "Mac Envy," Dave Beekman,
6/28/00. "After almost ten years, I've finally found the cure for
Mac envy: buy a Mac."
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months; we should pass them any day now.
- The new Macs in
business, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 8/14. The impact of the new
Macs on one Mac-using business.
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Macster on the iMac. Evan explains how to work around them.
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ordered?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 8/11. A look at the
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quick overview of all nine models.
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acomin', Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 8/10. "With Apple driving
the change, we can only hope it also brings us into a new comfort
zone that fits as well as the current one."
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