It was an ordinary day. Watching the news and a "Breaking News" flash came across the screen. Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computers had just died. WOW! Carol and I knew he had been ill for quite some time, but never expected this. But, of course, you never expect anyone young to die. Only 56 years old. Now what am I going to do. Most of my electronic items I have are Apple. Started back when I taught school. The district started buying Apple computers for the classroom. At first there was a computer lab where all the computers were housed, but eventually there was at least one computer in every classroom. In my case, with the advent of computerized typesetting, I had several computers in my classroom where I taught the programs "Quark" and "Photoshop". Had to go to classes to learn the programs, but did rely on a few students who were not afraid of computers as the teacher was, to help me get over the initial shock of teaching something brand new. In 1987 we bought our first home computer, a Macintosh 128K that used the 3.5" floppy disks. To think back, we thought it was so sophisticated at the time. Seven years later, through a special plan at school, we bought the second computer for our home. The Power Mac used a double-sided floppy disk for loading and storing documents. It had the Mac OS operating system. Latest technology and I thought I was pretty neat to have one at home. Then in 1998 we upgraded, through the educator's program at school, to the iMac which had the OS 9 system. Big advancement was no more floppy disk as well as a bigger screen and more sleek design. Then in 2004, through the yearbook company that I worked with to do the high school yearbook, I purchased an eMac which had not only the OS 9 system, but the newer OS X. Now I had the best of both worlds. Could still use all my old programs as well as using the upgraded OSX. But, eventually it started giving me trouble so in 2009 I bought the iMac with the Snow Leopard operating system. 21" HD screen and only 2" thick. Unbelievable. Screen is so neat to work on and the photos I take and download are so much more vibrant than ever before. They actually look better than the original scenes! Along the way my wife bought me an Apple iPod shuffle which can hold a gadzillion songs. Last Christmas we bought iPods for our grand daughters who just love them. And, for Christmas this year, we bought the Apple iPad2. Talk about small and handy. Plan to take it with us on vacation to email, search the web, and write a few stories to share with you. No need for the big Toshiba laptop that I carried for the last few years. The technology in LDub's house is almost all Apple products. Sure hope Steve trained everyone well so we will be able to continue in the same direction as we have for the last quarter-century. May God be with you Steve, and thanks for all you did for us. You'll never be forgotten! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
First home computer in LDub's house! Used the 3.5" floppy disk
My second computer which was a Power Mac that had a separate monitor and tower.
The really cool looking iMac. Came in a variety of colors. Mine was exactly as the one shown here.
The Apple eMac with two operating systems.
The sleek iMac with the HD screen.
LDub sitting in front of his iMac with the eMac in the background.
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