This is a lovely paeon to the historical role of the Mac in bringing computing to the world.
Here, finally, was that machine. The Macintosh met us halfway in our interaction, speaking a human language and encouraging us to open ourselves to our potential. Possibilities appeared before us, not as obstacles to surmount, but as a welcoming, forgiving environment for experimentation and discovery. It was the foundation of what we called "The Macintosh Way" and it became part of our lives and soon part of the entire culture. Every aspect of what we've come to know as "the personal computer," even from the Mac imitators, grew from the rich subliminal philosophy of The Macintosh Way. Without the grand new paradigm of the Macintosh, we would still think of the computer as simply the extension of a mainframe, as a taskmaster instead of as a portal to a better world.
(Thanks, Roger!)
