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I was fortunate enough to be able to watch the new documentary, Welcome to Macintosh, tonight. It is a phenomenal look into the company, from a variety of people who worked there, helped found it, and are loyal users.  Many faces will likely be familiar, like Richard Halsey, Andy Hertzfeld, Guy Kawasaki, John Moltz, and Ron Wayne. I loved the talks with Jim Reekes, who might best be described as loyally cynical.

I grew up reading MacAddict and MacWorld in the school library, playing Oregon Trail, Wheel of Fortune, and Bowling on an Apple II outside our 3rd/4th grade classroom, playing SimCity, SimFarm, Amazon Trail, and Yukon Trail on an LC in 6th grade, then moving on to creating cool things in ClarisWorks in Jr. High. All the while, we had a Performa 575 at home that I squeezed everything out of that I could, right up until I graduated in 2003.

Watching this documentary brought back so many memories of the things I used to read about, and later able to experience more first hand, like the ab circle pro reviews very first Mac I was able to buy, an iMac G5.

Maybe it’s just because I’m a bit emotional, but I nearly cried when they showed Jobs giving his speech, followed by the introduction of the Macintosh. It was great to see Halsey talk about the 1984 commercial kicking off Pirates of Silicon Valley (still one of my favorite movies).

Whether you just want a look back at history, or you’re a Mac Geek who gets their hands on anything they can, this documentary is fantastic. Even Wozniak says it’s the best one he’s ever seen.

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