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Erik Ohlin      View Erik Ohlin's profile on LinkedIn

I got my first Mac in 1986. It was an SE-30. It had a 40 MB (yes, MEGA-Byte) HD and 2 MB of RAM. It cost $3,456.12. I was hooked.

I remember those first years, staying up until 2:00 am, playing with all the latest shareware, reading all the Mac magazines cover-to-cover... Wait...nothing’s changed (except my hairline)! :-(

I started HappyMacs consulting back in 1999. Good times. Good times. We had just spent 500+ man hours protecting our company from the Y2K bug that never was. But you know how stockholders can be... ;-)

HappyMacs has been going strong supporting Mac users and Mac-based small businesses in San Diego county for many years now. We can troubleshoot the most basic of IT issues, or help you craft a new business plan that makes the best use of technology (available now, or just around the corner).

We love our Macs. We hope you love yours. But, if you are still stuck using a PeeCee there is hope.

 

Greg Homyak      View Erik Ohlin's profile on LinkedIn

I may be only in my 20s, but I’ve spent about 90% of my life time using Apple products. I started as a baby banging on the keys of an Apple IIe and then grew up on Macs. From the Apple IIe, I went to a SE 30, then a LC II, then a Performa 6230CD, but then I went to the dark side. I could only afford a PC, but built it myself and troubleshot everything that went wrong with it (including reinstalling EVERY version of Windows from 95 to XP on at least 20 times). Not only did this start my knowledge of computer hardware, but I got to know Windows really well and that helps me out today when I need to troubleshoot the lonely PC every now and then.

Luckily, I received an iBook as a gift and got back to my senses. I was able to use OS 9 and got back to Macs so I can figure out what changed since OS 7.6. I also used OS X for the first time when the Public Beta came out. Once 10.1 came out I never went back to OS 9 and thank goodness. I know more about OS X now then I ever thought because I forced myself into using it and figuring out all its issues. From the iBook I’ve moved to a PowerBook and PowerMac and then now to a MacBook, iPod, iPhone, and AppleTV. I love my Apple products!!

As for work, I worked for a couple Apple Specialists in San Diego, but now I am the Head Macintosh Consultant for HappyMacs.....I hope I never have to support PCs as a job to pay my rent.