My dad got me started on computers (TRS-80 in 1980-81), but never used them himself until the mid-1990s. And then he was a PC person. Which was fine, because by then so was I. My mom was Mac and had some sort of 7200 A/V I think. I was never paying attention to what she had.
Anything computer-wise was me and my mom. My dad didn't hate them, just didn't use them and my sister had no use for them.
By the time I was actually using PowerPC Macs in my job it was 1999 and my dad had retired four years previously. There was no talking about it, he didn't really care to understand and it wasn't until a few years before his death that he actually showed any interest in my career. Perhaps his pending mortality changed things, IDK.
I'm proud of my dad's background. Korean War veteran (Marine Corps), college on the GI Bill to become an electrical engineer (and a private pilot), lifelong career in aerospace. My dad worked on the team for the gyros in the Space Shuttle and the programs for Minuteman and Peacekeeper II.
Because of my dad, as a 16 year old kid I could shortcut through Norton Air Force Base without having to go around. All our cars had base stickers. My best memories are sharing meals out - usually because he'd been a jerk and was trying to apologize, but sometimes because he genuinely wanted time with me. That was the best because he wasn't criticizing or offering solutions for my obvious defects.
The PowerPC era was a great era where my own son and I shared Macs out every weekend at Starbucks, eventually bringing my daughter along. We all had a good time. So, Kaiser's name being on my dad's death certificate brings about memories of that, and a wish that I'd been able to share something similar with my own dad. Unfortunately, I never measured up to anything he had in mind about who or what his son should be so we rarely shared anything in common.
But my own son…
Well, he had his own iBook in 2008.
Anything computer-wise was me and my mom. My dad didn't hate them, just didn't use them and my sister had no use for them.
By the time I was actually using PowerPC Macs in my job it was 1999 and my dad had retired four years previously. There was no talking about it, he didn't really care to understand and it wasn't until a few years before his death that he actually showed any interest in my career. Perhaps his pending mortality changed things, IDK.
I'm proud of my dad's background. Korean War veteran (Marine Corps), college on the GI Bill to become an electrical engineer (and a private pilot), lifelong career in aerospace. My dad worked on the team for the gyros in the Space Shuttle and the programs for Minuteman and Peacekeeper II.
Because of my dad, as a 16 year old kid I could shortcut through Norton Air Force Base without having to go around. All our cars had base stickers. My best memories are sharing meals out - usually because he'd been a jerk and was trying to apologize, but sometimes because he genuinely wanted time with me. That was the best because he wasn't criticizing or offering solutions for my obvious defects.
The PowerPC era was a great era where my own son and I shared Macs out every weekend at Starbucks, eventually bringing my daughter along. We all had a good time. So, Kaiser's name being on my dad's death certificate brings about memories of that, and a wish that I'd been able to share something similar with my own dad. Unfortunately, I never measured up to anything he had in mind about who or what his son should be so we rarely shared anything in common.
But my own son…
Well, he had his own iBook in 2008. 
