There’s still more haul from VCF Midwest, and from what Dan Bashur generously gave me on the way back (thank you again!). I don’t remember which table I bought this from, but here it is. There have been many revisions of the MacBook Pro design, but this one’s my favorite (aesthetically) – looks like a […]

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Long before I was a Mac user, I had two different computers I considered my first; a forbidden Windows 95 Compaq Presario which I took apart when I was 9, as well as my first real computer – an HP Pavilion a420n. My first real computer was the one where I could have my own […]

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Within the pile of laptops I brought home from VCF Midwest, one of them was a $5 parts bin 2006 1.83 GHz Core Duo MacBook, from the Wisconsin Computer Club! While digging through I saw this was from 2006 based on the bottom cover, hoping it would be the earlier Core Duo – here it […]

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Another VCF Midwest $10 Mac project (Michigan Vintage Finds at table B620), I’m delighted to report it fires right up and is already helping with projects such as the iMac G3 Indigo + 500 GB Maxtor, and this iBook will remain a dedicated Mac OS X Tiger machine (especially since I haven’t had one in […]

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This was the absolute best weekend I’ve had in a really long time, and I can’t wait to have more of these adventures (I’m smiling on the inside)! VCF Midwest was an absolute blast (and even a bit overwhelming with how much there was!), met some acquaintances and familiar faces.     Also met up […]

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