It's one thing to sacrifice your freedom to
snatch 39 iPods from a retail shelf in an act of
desperation fanboyism, but to devote a substantial chunk of square footage in one's ultra-modern home to Apple is an entirely different type of determination. Sure, we've seen
various forms of
collections before, but this edition features no fewer than 74 Mac computers, posters galore, and a dedicated bar to boot. In total, Jeremy Mehrle of St. Louis, Missouri has 30 classic
Macs situated at the bar, 18 different CRT-based
iMacs, various PowerMacs, a plethora of
iPod paraphernalia, Mac OS boxes spanning years of development, Apple printers,
Newtons, a PowerBook 165c, a Next Cube, four Apple IIs, and to top it off, a 20th Anniversary Mac as well -- and that's still leaving quite a few out. Although we can't fathom how much time, loot, and resources it took to essentially construct an
Apple museum with a modernized style similar to Apple retail locations today, we can't help but give credit where its due, so here's your props Mr. Mehrle, now make sure your security system is in working order, okay? Click on through for a few more snapshots, and be sure to tag the read link for all the Mac mania you can handle.
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posted Jan 26th 2007 2:10PM
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it looks good
ibasement!!?!!
Dunno if you could call that modern art, but you could sure try....
If you can call a neon light modern art, then this counts.
And by the way people, at least this collection makes more sense than some of the other weirder ones out there, like a toothpick collection.
meh
weird.
second that
That's past the point where something stops being impressive and becomes a life-sucking obsession; someone needs to get laid.
smacks of the 40 year old virgin, doesn't it?
so now they can all play network pong?
totally. When was the last time this guy kissed a girl?
or even talked to one, excluding his mom.
Fuckin' lucky bastard with a TAM (Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh). Greatest startup sound of any Mac ever made.
Ummm...looks kind of sterile. And depressing. Kind of like a cross between a hospital and a mental ward. Yay, Apple?
I blame the imminent extinction of polar bears, rain forests, pandas, whales & the Hummer H1 on this guy.
funny, I'd blame any date any of us ever got on this guy... :-)
Retarded. I mean really. What are you going to do with this shit. Its not like its a DVD collection. Or even a baseball card collection, that at the very least can sit in a small corner of a room. Or even a thimble collection that can be admired. Its a fracking computer collection. Its a box. Granted its a well crafted box but at the end of the day its still. Hell give me a coffee table book on Macs. That I would take. But this?
I think people that collect PC's, and yes Macs are PC's, have some sort of mental defect. Beyond that though. Its his house and his life. If he wants to waste that kinda space. More power to him. Hell I guess my biggest complaint would be power usage. Hopefully the dude doesn't run even a quarter these things 24/7. Its still retarded though.
Too much TIME and MONEY.
When Steve Jobs reads this he'll laugh all the way to the bank...
Laugh all the way to the bank? He makes $1 a year.
I have a MacSE running a cool (retro) screensaver, just for the look of it. I bought one of those Watt-meters, and realized it costs me $5/month just to keep it running. I can't imagine this guy's monthly electricity bill just to run all those computers!!
On the flip side, I can't imagine anyone ever doing something like this with their old Dells.. If they did, they'd need a full-time tech support just to keep 'em all running. =)
Another funny thing is that this installation is pure Apple/Ikea.
Post modernism?
Looks like Apple meets Ikea.
Can you imagine this guy moving? If he does then can you imagine what the look on his friends' faces would be as they moving old, 1980's computers and other useless shit up and down?
Did you see the other pictures? I doubt this dude "gets" it regularly and if he does then he's probably taking it rather than giving it if you know what I mean. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but that appartment does look very neat :)
One last thing, if you were so hard-up with Apple as this guy apparently is, wouldn't these pictures be up on .mac instead of flickr?
No doubt you drive a honda civic or other worldly car
I'm sorry, but don't you have a neocon blog to post your homophobic comments on?
Wow...it's kind of stupid though to have all those old Macs when all they do is sit there and chew on the energy bill.
of course, how could all this dated crap be worth. well, to the average apple user not much, but to a museum someday ... the fact that the collection is all together and documented makes it worth substantially more than the items would be if collected separately. true, they are pc's, but as it turns out they are a very specific type of 'custom' pc. each model's hardware specifically designed for the software that controls it. not too common in the pc world. so in a decade or so when someone does start a computer museum this collection of 'gear' should yeild at least what's invested in it. if this person was to make a coffee table book of his collection, that would just be icing on the cake. i'm sure it would sell many copies. and jobsy can't take that to the bank. it would be about the only thing with apple on it the he doesn't make money on. i would never do any of this tho. a little over the top.
///jacob
Look Ma! It's Steve Jobs' collab pet project with IKEA!
That place kicks ass!!!!!!!!!
That must be like Steve Jobs house.
I wish I still had my Mac Plus. :(
What happens when an Apple Store and Ikea explodes.
What a loser. Good luck bringing a "girl" home.
Wow, I love all the posts about how this guy "obviously" doesn't get laid/is gay/generally sucks. Way to contribute something useful to the conversation. The person who put this together obviously has a passion for a specific type of computer, and the means to fulfill his wishes. Any persons object of desire when taken to an extreme may seem odd to someone outside looking in. How many of you out there used to collect comics/baseball cards/etc? Collecting is a personal joy, and to attack this person's sexual orientation and/or abilities says more about you than the collector himself. At least they put some time and effort into something, way more effort than posting a flame on engadget takes!
So what, do you poop into a gutted Mac monitor in the toilet?
Weak Sauce. Sorry but this is tarded
Ray @ Jan 26th 2007 2:35PM
That's past the point where something stops being impressive and becomes a life-sucking obsession; someone needs to get laid.
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OUCH! Man, thats nice, i think so too, he's either a psychedelic loony whos trying to get famous by owning a ----load of Mac things by either entering GWR (Guinness World Records) or Engadets blog site, well he's succeeded in one
Yessss, my commenters... feel the hate consume you... feel the power...
lol
If that guy made a Beowulf cluster out of all those computers that would actually make a respectable supercomputer.
I bet this took a lot of work, unlike the put-downs from our fellow heathens. Let us know when you get a commercial or modeling shoot out of this effort. Good work!
To the people bemoaning the electrical bill and power consumption: I believe he states in a number of the comments on Flickr that he doesn't leave them all on.
I like it. Sure its obssessive, but people with passions for their hobbies frequently are... And I also think the minimalist furnishings really make the computers the center of attention, which is obviously the goal. For those of us that have owned many many Macs over the years and regretted selling them years later, this is a very understandable project.
Yup, he just takes the rest of his fortune by taking stock of Apple. You kind of get a sense that he knows his company and knew his stock was going to rise. So if he wanted to sell everything he owns, he could probably make a few billion. Oh yeah, there is that big share of Disney he also owns. The $1 was so he would get the medical plan by Apple.
Oh yeah, one more thing, there was that multi-million dollar jet that Apple gave to him a while back.
Thats the most beautiful thing ive ever seen. Ever.
I only wish I had so much space to store my extensive collection of Macintosh & Apple computers and assorted Apple stuff. I currently own over 120 computers with about 80 crammed into one single office! It is a disease:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mactarkus/
This is actually Bill Gates' secret basement. That red couch is where he w**ks then starts crying.
I think everyone is missing the boat on this guy - if he has enough money to 1. buy all of this stuff and 2. have a room in his house for it, he's probably loaded and getting laid more than all of us ;)
If they don't work, it's a macDump!
James, that is a very impressive collection.
I like macs, but that is fucking retatded.
I'm sorry but I don't really get your point. I drive an 07 Nissan Quest and an 07 VW Jetta. They both are plenty worldly if that's what you were getting at.
I don't see how my comment was homophobic or neocon in nature. I actually vote for Ted Kennedy every chance I get, I have a gay cousin and have no problems with that life style which is why I said "there's nothing wrong with that". Plus I live in Massachusetts, own two Macs and 2 iPods and listen to Mac Break every chance I get which means I actually like Macs. So please, go take your dose of Ritalin already and stop posting stupid ass, immature crap like this you little shit! You won't win over any friends or supporters by calling everyone with a slight sense of humor a homophobic neocon!