The First Ever Apple Computer.

I am a lover of all things Apple so this artile about the first ever Apple computer is fascinting ,you just dont imagine how far things have come till you see a visual record from the 1976 model to the present Imac’s of today!.

 

If you’ve ever wanted to own a piece of Apple history, you will soon have a chance to fulfill that wish: one of the first-ever Apple computers is being auctioned off by Christie’s with an estimated price of $160,000 to $240,000. The Apple I, hand-assembled by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and released in 1976, originally sold for the somewhat demonic price of $666.66 – around $2500 in today’s dollars. It is widely credited as the machine that ushered in the era of the personal computer.

Only around 200 of the Apple I computers were built, and today there are just 30 to 50 remaining. The unit in the auction includes a signed letter from Apple head Steve Jobs and the original shipping box with Jobs’ parents’ home listed as the return address. The pre-assembled motherboard was the first of its kind and required users to build their own cases (like the great wooden one up top). At the time, critics said that personal computers would never take off but the runaway popularity of the Apple I disproved all of that.

The 1976 model

Present day IMac

Snow Leopard verses CS3 Photoshop

The new operating system Snow Leopard for the Mac is released on Friday 28th August giving some a faster mac and more space and I for one was eager to purchase the latest exciting shiny new product from Apple. Luckily I came across an article posted on the Wired website informing that adobe will not guarantee that CS3 will work on snow leopard!!.

Only CS4 has been tested and will work on the new system but those who are using the expensive CS3 software (£500) will either have to upgrade to the latest creative release for around £150 or not bother installing Snow Leopard at all if they prefer to continue using CS3, which is my preference.

I just feel like I am being cornered into a situation where I have to make a choice of either spending even more money or be stuck with an operating system which will be neglected by Apple in the future!.

Adobe you fail to support your customers requirements and are just money grabbing and morally corrupt.

Photoshop come back to me!

Since moving from windows to mac I have been left with NO PHOTOSHOP to work on, only elements 4 which is very basic. So today I gritted my teeth and said a prayer for my bank account and ordered CS3 (£560:00)from amazon. The price is very expensive but hopefully will be worth it in the long run, its an essential tool for me and one I can’t live without.
With my friend in San Francisco we are embarking on a project where we will each in turn decide an subject matter for a photographic image which we will then post on flickr when we have both finished!.
I am sure that my individual style will continue to rein and produce the very strong Homolicker trademark in each and everyone of the images, although I am not regarding the continuing project as a war of creativity but more of a creative copulation,playing off each other and generating art through thoughts and ideas!.