Too many hobbies, not enough focus
The post below exemplifies the ebb and flow of the Mac Museum over time. I'll focus on it for months at a time, purchasing, organizing, and writing only to let it sit untouched for a year. Then I rediscover it and start over. I wrote this post in 2013 and basically forgot to publish it. …
Whoa! It's been nearly two years since I purchased anything for the Mac Museum. That's what happens when you buy up all of the stuff that you're willing to pay for. It also helped that people have recently decided that adding "Steve Jobs" to items makes them worth a minimum of $100 even if they …
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iPod 2nd Generation This is the iPod that started it all... almost. Released in 2002, this was the first major revision to Apple's iPod, which at the time was still relegated to Mac users with deep pockets. The second gen model uses the same case design as the first, but replaces the mechanical scroll wheel …
The last year has been a quiet one for the Mac Museum, at least in terms of articles, photos, and other materials posted to my website. In total, I only posted about seven articles. The boys became much more active this year and I started taking on extra responsibilities at work which severely limited my …
I spend a lot of time collecting and organizing things for the Mac Museum but rarely get to actually enjoy the things that are in it. This panorama is a rare instance where I had a chance to do that. From left to right there is a Power Mac 6100/66 (circa 1995) with a 14" …
During the holidays the Mac Museum took a big of a break; I was too busy for eBay and Craigslist and there wasn't much of interest out there. Now that the new year has begun people have once again started cleaning out their basements and the finds have been flowing once again. After these additions …
It was late 1996 and Apple was trying to recover from a string of failed products, internal mismanagement, and a financial crisis. The PowerBook 1400 was built to rectify the issues Apple had with the 5300 and satisfy the needs of its notebook customers. While it was indeed a large improvement over the 5300, it …
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All of my Macs are technically part of the Mac Museum, but only the Macs that physically reside in it truly meet the criteria (i.e. are relatively old and no longer in active use). Thus it was an exciting/sad day a couple of weeks ago when Sally's 24" iMac moved down to the basement to join …
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I look in a variety of places for additions to the Mac Museum – eBay, Craigslist, FreeCycle, other online venues, friends, yard sales, local thrift stores – but sometimes I find things in places I'd never think of, like the Dover Recycling Center. I went there yesterday to drop off a printer and a case …
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It should have been famous because it was the first PowerPC PowerBook but the 5300 was instead famous for a string of manufacturing and quality issues that gave it one of the worst reputations of any Apple product. Despite its flaws it still made improvements over its predecessor in the form of larger screens with …
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