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The tributes continue: Mac Classic by E_Roth_3

Posted by on Thursday, October 6, 2011 in Human Friends!, Thingalert

Thingiverse and the MakerBot community are obviously full of many people who were touched by Steve Jobs and the products his company produced.  Our founder, Bre, shared a story about how Mr. Jobs and his company affected his life, but there are many more stories to be shared.  Thingiverse user E_Roth_3 has posted one such story, along with a model of the Mac Classic which I’m sure will be printed by many people today.

Whatever your feelings on Jobs and Apple, his legacy is impossible to ignore.  He achieved more in his first tenure at Apple than most CEOs can hope for in a career; during his time at NeXT, Pixar, and again at Apple he helped create even more game-changing innovations — all in a tragically shortened life.

If you have a design inspired by Steve Jobs, preferably one with a good story, please share it at Thingiverse and tag it with “steve jobs.”

Mac Classic by E_Roth_3
Having used Apple computers all my life starting with a //e I felt like I needed to print SOMETHING to honor Steve Jobs. Based on sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=4b3607f3cde3037658fc1ad354006c7 I modified that to make it more printable, scaled it to size, and added the classic apple logo to the front of the screen. I'm skeining it right now to see how it prints. Enjoy --- A few hours later....Print is going, I've edited the file several times to tweak some details. Every member of the original Macintosh team had their signatures injection molded on the inside of the cases of some of the computers. I've added my twist on that as a memorial to the members of that team that are no longer with us, flip the computer over and you'll find their initials. Jef Raskin, Brian Howard, and Steve Jobs rest in peace.
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