There’s a collector in all (or most) of us. Us men at least. Probably goes back to the stone age or something when we hunted and collected to survive.
These days, with people sitting in offices rather than going out to hunt game, our desire to collect has found other avenues for manifesting itself. Some people collect stamps. Others collect art. And some people collect computers.
I own a handful of vintage Macs myself, but I wouldn’t consider myself a Mac collector. At least not anymore after I “met” Jeremy Mehrle in the video below. Jeremy has converted the basement of his house into what looks to be a pretty much complete museum of fully functional Apple computers. He has a Lisa, an Apple II, a dozen or so Mac Classics, iMacs, Performas and even a Twentieth Anniversary Mac. And they all work, too. They’re all neatly wired up, installed and ready to run whatever vintage software you manage to get your hands on.
And not only has he managed to assemble this impressive Mac collection, the environment he has built around them does them proper justice and looks a bit like an Apple Store inspired by the movie “2001: A Space Odysee.” The furnishings are mainly white, soft ceiling spots playing off the machines emphasizes their slick design. If Steve Jobs has a Mac collection, it probably looks something like this.
Watch the movie below and get ready to mop up the drool. Be duly warned, though. If you call yourself a Mac collector now, this guy will raise the bar for you, possibly to heights you will never achieve. It had me crying, I can assure you. Proceed with caution.
Jeremy’s website can be found at jeremymehrle.com and you can find photos of his Mac collection on Flickr.
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