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title: 'How a freak Powerbook accident made me into a Linux/Laptop Geek'
url: 'https://stevenjaycohen.com/journal/how-a-freak-powerbook-accident-made-me-into-a-linuxlaptop-geek'
markdown: 'https://stevenjaycohen.com/journal/how-a-freak-powerbook-accident-made-me-into-a-linuxlaptop-geek.md'
date: '2002-07-25'
description: 'For most of my adult life, I have been a loyal Mac User. My first Mac was an SE. My first laptop was a Powerbook 145. But, this is not a story about my first Macintoshes. It is about my last one and what I use for a computer now. read more'
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  category:
    - Journal
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    - apple
    - article
    - linux
    - writing
---

# How a freak Powerbook accident made me into a Linux/Laptop Geek

## [How a freak Powerbook accident made me into a Linux/Laptop Geek](https://stevenjaycohen.com/journal/how-a-freak-powerbook-accident-made-me-into-a-linuxlaptop-geek)

    25th Jul 2002   [apple](https://stevenjaycohen.com/tag:apple#body-wrapper) [article](https://stevenjaycohen.com/tag:article#body-wrapper) [linux](https://stevenjaycohen.com/tag:linux#body-wrapper) [writing](https://stevenjaycohen.com/tag:writing#body-wrapper)  

For most of my adult life, I have been a loyal Mac User. My first Mac was an SE. My first laptop was a Powerbook 145. But, this is not a story about my first Macintoshes. It is about my last one and what I use for a computer now.

[read more](https://web.archive.org/web/20100927084849/https://www.desktoplinux.com:80/articles/AT4342556784.html)

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