My first Mac was a MacBook unibody aluminum with core 2 duo processor and a Norwegian keyboard, which I bought in Norway in 2008.
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What was the first Mac you used?
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I remember it as though it was yesterday. My first mac was a Apple Powerbook 520c. I saw it at a local computer fair, it looked totally different to all the other laptops that were there and instantly fell in love with it. Bought it on the spot. It had no operating system, no CD rom. I went to my local computer shop to by a copy of mac OS8 but it was on a CD rom and of course had no CD rom. Mac's were not popular in my country thus there was very few people dealing with macs at the time. Luckily there was a local one to me, took the machine in and said I need to get an OS on to it, how do it do it. This was at a time when there was no internet thus you had to figure out things the hard way. couldn't go to a library and get a book on how to use mac computers because there was none, like I said my country at the time was not popular with macs so there was no information about them. The local mac specialist was great, they were based near to where the area's paper was being printed and yes they used Apple mac's so made sense to have a mac specialist nearby. They got the 520c up and running in a couple of days. They built an external scsi CD rom and a big thick cable that connected the drive to the back of the 520c. They installed the OS for me. When they showed it powering on and I heard that unique mac boot up tone, I had goosebumps hehe. Seeing the mac os icon filled wallpaper show up first then the boot up sequence of the icons one by one, I was in awe.
That machine was also my very first laptop. It has a special place in my heart (sounds wishy washy i know lol)
That machine was also my very first laptop. It has a special place in my heart (sounds wishy washy i know lol)
I used the first Apple Macintosh in 1985 at uni. I was studying architecture and I remember using remember using Mac Draw in the computer lab! We had two computers. LOL.
I’ve used dozens of them since then and using one every day at work with Archicad To draw stuff.
I’ve used dozens of them since then and using one every day at work with Archicad To draw stuff.
Aha, ok, then the Apple IIe that I cited earlier wouldn’t count… then I think my first proper Macintosh would have been a Macintosh Performa LC II around 1993 which some friends were using to do freelance desktop publishing on.
1985 was my very 1st computer. PCs were still in DOS, amber screen. Apple was a 9", B&W screen, with a one button mouse, My computer was a two button mouse 12" screen, 512 colors.(320X640) Atari 520ST! I had a lot of fun doing things that no one else could do in my industry.
Mac Performa 430. 16 MHz 68030 processor, 4 MB of RAM, 256k of pre-installed VRAM, and a 120 MB hard drive. This was 1993 and I had never touched a computer before but as soon as I used this one, for one of the first times in my life, I knew what I wanted to do. This was especially true after I discovered the 2600 baud modem and would dial up AOL after 11 pm when the long-distance phone rates were cheapest. (I live in a rural area and, yes, I'm old as dirt). 
This was the first of MANY Apple computers and products.
This was the first of MANY Apple computers and products.
My college had iMac G3's in the computer labs, so I would have to say that one. I didn't personally own a Mac until the M2 Macbook Air I recently purchased.
First Mac - Performa 6300CD - Crashed a lot; initially had dial-up, often took over an hour to download my e-mail. Whew, don't wanna' repeat that.
Apple IIc. Probably in the mid 80’s. Was working on my college degree at the time. Used a third party screen because it was a bit larger and amber color, which I thought was cool. Dot matrix printer and I didn’t have to go to the school lab anymore. After that, used dos/win machines to be compatible with work computers. Next mac was a Mac Air laptop. Probably around 2011. Light and portable with a sturdy aluminum case. Loved it - especially since I could use it to log into work from home or on the road and with Office, I could read all work files.
Retired now and looking at an iMac.
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Retired now and looking at an iMac.
Apple IIc - Wikipedia
The 1983 Apple IIe does not count as a Mac, so it had to be the 1993 Performa.
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Macintosh Performa 475 Specs: EveryMac.com
Technical specifications for the Macintosh Performa 475. Dates sold, processor type, memory info, hard drive details, price and more.