Wednesday, January 25, 2006

History of MacNight


A long time ago, even before there was such a thing as the Macintosh computer. Even computers at all, there was a group of men who sought the best in everything they did. Everything they purchased had to demonstrate innovation and style. These elite men regularly congregated to discuss the great products of the day. They called this meeting day, MacNight. Over the years MacNight evolved but the core principals remained the same. Quality and style.

Imagine the great delite the MacNight following had when a product was developed which exemplified these qualities and surprisingly had a similar name as their group. It was the Macintosh computer. A revolution which keeps on going. Form and function. And from that day forward, the Mac has been the center of MacNight ever since.

I may have a few details mixed up but you get the jist of it.

The current members were formed after the person who we currently call Macintosh Fanatica, was deciding to replace his PC with a new PC. And the person we call Stitch, commented: "Go ahead and buy the PC. You can drive the Chevy while I drive the Honda." This comment struck a nerve with MF, especially since he owned a Honda and could relate to the quality statement. This was a turning point, of which Le dreads even today. A Macintosh monster was created, after such fine quality in Apple products he could not satisfy his hunger for more. He became an evangalist for the Mac. A Johnny Appleseed, if you will, ready to spread the news of quality and style. MacNight was formed to celebrate the quality and style of the Mac, (and a reason to drink beer) and the rest is history.

Luckily MF had a brother, Le, who is a necessary counterweight to keep MF grounded. Otherwise by now MF would be living in a house shaped like an Apple and have Apple wallpaper in all rooms of this house. Yet even though Le still uses a standard issue PC, he is an audiophile. The sweet necter of the iPod was too strong for even he to resist. And so it goes.

4 comments:

Macintosha Fanatica said...

Stitch, this is a beautiful commentary on the glorious history of Macnight! It was indeed a turning point in my life, and has lead to far greater things than I could have imagined.

There's only one thing - when you shorten my call name to MF, that has an alternate and unsavory meaning!

Stitch said...

My apologies about the shortened name. I have been in engineering too long. You cannot have enough acronyms you know. I did not even consider the potential mixup. By the way I don't think you are a MF anyway. Cheers.

Macintosha Fanatica said...

Thanks Stitch!

Macminni said...

Hmmmm, I guess this all started before the Lisa...