I have about 7 myself, not including about 5 I parted out and tossed.
They're great computers and the marketing guys have done a good job of
branding them. You see guys driving around with the Apple logo sitckers
on
theirs cars every once in a while, but I've never seen anyone with an
Intel
sticker on their car. Mind you, there's often a StarTrec sticker not far
from the Apple one, so not sure what that says. hee hee :-)
Ed
300E, 331,000 kms
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> Apple enthusiast has quite a collection By BETSY TAYLOR - Associated
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> O'FALLON, Mo. -- Step down the stark, white stairs into Jeremy Mehrle's
> basement and meet his Apple computer collection.
>
> He's got 99 computers. No, wait. Make that 100. He just got another last
> night, he said during a recent visit to his home about 35 miles west of
> St.
> Louis. Dozens of his Apple Macintosh computers are on display down here,
a
> techie's dream party pad.
>
> Mehrle, 29, appears to recognize that there's an inherent, well,
geekiness
> to his computer collection, but he's got a sense of humor about it.
> Perhaps
> at this level of commitment, it's actually geek chic.
>
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> His
> bar is made out of 30 Mac Classics arranged next to and on top of each
> other. Guests can drink at the bar, "but no one ever does," he noted.
> (Just
> imagine how much technology could be destroyed with just one spilled
> drink.)
>
> The basement is wired with 20-amp circuits. He doesn't just display his
> computers, he runs them when guests come over. Classic screen savers,
like
> flying toasters with wings, flutter across screens. When friends stop
by,
> they can play old-school games like "StarCraft" on machines networked
> together.
>
> For special events, like New Year's Eve, he'll play videos on several
> monitors or set up strobe effects on multiple machines, creating a
> rave-like
> atmosphere.
>
> "I think it'd make you more inclined to dance, even though I don't
dance,
> I
> guess," he said. "I've never been to a rave, so I'm just basing that on
> 'Alias,'" he joked, referring to the hip TV spy thriller.
>
> Along one wall, he's got every color - or "flavor" - of iMac. While the
> first one, in "Bondi Blue," sits alone, the other 12 are arranged in
rows
> in
> the order they were released. They begin with the first colors, like
> "Blueberry" and "Tangerine," to the last of the bunch, known as "Snow."
>
> Another wall has nine iconic Macintoshes arranged in chronological
order.
> The computers range from the original Macintosh with 128 kilobytes of
> memory
> to the 20th-anniversary Mac from 1997. Mehrle bought it on eBay and
thinks
> he paid about $800 for it.
>
> The online auction site has been a big help to Mehrle, once he began
> amassing a collection. He first got into the machines by using his dad's
> IBM
> personal computer. From there, he started collecting computers in
general,
> Commodores and Tandys, Ataris and IBMs. He was interested in how
different
> ones worked and how they evolved.
>
> Then he spotted an iMac G4, a computer with a rounded base and a
> swivel-head, flat-screen monitor.
>
> "As soon as I saw it, I was like, 'I have to have this computer,'" he
> said.
> Mehrle hadn't been a huge fan of Apple computers, but he became one.
>
> "The design, the user interface, the way it worked made sense," he said.
>
> Sometimes people donated their old computers to him, but he largely
> shopped
> for them on eBay. Some he has acquired for as little as $10, because as
he
> points out, he for the most part buys them when they're considered
> obsolete.
>
> Leander Kahney, managing editor of Wired News, has written about the Mac
> subculture in a book and on his blog, "Cult of Mac." He said a lot of
> people
> don't throw out their old Macs, sometimes turning them into fish tanks
or
> arranging a display.
>
> But Mehrle's Macs are something special, Kahney said after seeing
photos.
> "It's the most incredible collection I've ever seen."
>
> Mehrle doesn't have every Apple model ever made.
>
> "If I did, that would be awesome, but my girlfriend would probably leave
> me," he said.
>
> Despite a new full-time job at an Apple store, he's actually slowing his
> pace considerably when it comes to getting additional computers. His
> girlfriend, Katrina Bibb, is threatening to get a new pet every time he
> brings home another machine.
>
> The first floor of their home is brightly painted and decorated with
> furniture that recalls the stark lines and contemporary curves Mehrle
> likes
> from old science-fiction shows.
>
> The rest of the place isn't overrun with computers like the basement,
but
> Bibb notes, "The bathrooms are the only rooms where we don't have
> computers."
>
> Of Mehrle's collection, she said, "I like how he displays them. I like
> that
> he has a passion.
>
> "To me, a computer is a functional thing," she added. "It's not
something
> you would ogle over the design."
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