Same here. We had a VIC-20, which couldn't even display 80col. Then I got to go on a trip to the local uni over Xmas break and play with the first Macs. Everyth

Same here. We had a VIC-20, which couldn't even display 80col. Then I got to go on a trip to the local uni over Xmas break and play with the first Macs. Everything changed. It was what computers were supposed to be, a kind of 2d VR where what you created could be printed IRL. The next closest watershed moment to that would probably be getting to uni and being able to telnet around the world. Then after that, probably getting to use an SGI Onyx to do "military grade" flight sims. It cannot be understated what the Mac did to the computing industry. Yeah, the Star did it first, and the Mother of All Demos showed it off in 1968, but those things were never in people's living rooms. Thr Mac was.