NSFW: For the love of old things

[iMore.com]

I like to surround myself with old Apple gear. There's something to be said for having a sense of history.
I like to surround myself with older computer parts. The keyboard I'm writing these words on was manufactured 20 years ago. My last mouse lasted me nigh on a decade. When I have a few free moments I like to play with an eMate 300, an Apple product from an earlier time. None of these objects really has much of a purpose for the modern Apple user, but they give me a sense of history, and something else missing from the modern computing experience: A sense of history.

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