Exclusive chance to own a piece of my computing history

Yes, gentle reader, you have the change to own a piece of my very own computing history! The computer I used just before the one I’m using now is up for sale on eBay . It’s computer number 12 or 13 in the big list of computers I’ve owned – I tried to make an actual list just now, but there are some murky bits where I had two or three computers and can’t remember which ones came and went where and when and why… I’ve only got one now, and I’ve only had one for about six years now, when I got rid of my last desktop computer. I’ve got some favourites though (ahh.. Amiga 2000HD, Mac SE/30, PowerBook 2400…), but that’s another far geekier post for another far geekier time.

Apple’s PowerBook G4 series was a very good line of computers, starting with the very first one, the Titanium G4 , when the introduced the (still current) Pro laptop design language (my girlfriend-at-the-time Hilary had one, and boy was I jealous!). Feature for feature, those things really packed a whallop. Internal modems! Don’t see those much anymore. Reminds me of when the iMacs came out and they didn’t have floppy drives. Everyone freaked out, then realised that no one had really used a floppy disk for years. I don’t think I even owned any at that time. I know for a fact that I’ve never used the modem in my PowerBook G4, and I’ve never missed it in this MacBook Pro. I couldn’t live without my mobile broadband card though.