This was a really nice way of browsing someone's music at a house party. This was largely pre-streaming, and during those days a MacBook hooked up to a stereo w

This was a really nice way of browsing someone's music at a house party. This was largely pre-streaming, and during those days a MacBook hooked up to a stereo was a common fixture at after-hours get togethers. Flipping through Cover Flow was like flipping through someone's records – you got a sense about a person by flipping through their music collection.