Performa 6300 'the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship'
- 2007.07.24
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In late 1993, I started using Corel Draw and an early version of Adobe Illustrator in college. I worked on Windows PCs, and I hated every single one of them.
Then the university got us Performa 6300s in early 1996. It was, as in Casablanca, the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Although for our standards they may seem slow now, these machines really caught my eye and my heart. I never looked back, and I have been a Mac user ever since.

A graphite iMac.
I got 3-D animation, Photoshop, and Illustrator, and I could use the software very easily! Afterwards, my first computer at home was a 7200, and later I replaced it with a now-upgraded graphite iMac. I still use it, and I am planning to get a PowerBook G3, since I don't have a lot of money - and Macs with Intels are a very low punch to the loyal users.
Computers may come and go, but I still fondly remember my first
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