I got a real kick out of this: This morning a colleague of mine reported that his monitor was broken. His Mac CPU was on but the LED on his monitor was out. Normally this is the result of the power cable coming loose, usually on the end that plugs into the monitor. But not this time — his monitor was truly dead! That was no biggie. The kicker was when I found out how old his monitor was. His AppleColor High-Resolution RGB Monitor, serial number 5099986, was manufactured in 1988 and put into use some time in 1990... And it lasted until today, October 21, 2002 — 12 years old! Now THAT's amazing!

This is a far cry from today's Apple CRT monitors and LCD displays. Starting from about 4 or 5 years ago, 90% of all the Apple monitors our company bought died within 2 years. Needless to say, we don't buy Apple monitors anymore.

I still have my Apple Mac Quadra 700 CPU and although I haven't fired it up in a few years, I'm quite sure it still runs.

They certainly don't make 'em like they used to!