Each of the Macs work, and when showing visitors his collection, they run classic screen savers, and can be synched to achieve a strobe-like effect. "I think itid make you more inclined to dance, even though I donit dance, I guess," he told the AP. "Iive never been to a rave, so Iim just basing that on Alias," he quipped.
Mr. Mehrle only recently became a Mac user after seeing a dome-based iMac G4, and itis been a rush to Mac fandom since. "As soon as I saw it, I was like, iI have to have this computeri. The design, the user interface, the way it worked made sense," he said.
While the collection includes a wall of what Mr. Mehrle considers to be iconic Macs – from the original Mac to the TAM — he doesnit aspire to own every Mac model ever made. "If I did, that would be awesome, but my girlfriend would probably leave me," he said.
For her part, however, she enjoys the fact that he has a passion, and considers the large collection to be displayed well. Still, she noted that, "a computer is a functional thing. Itis not something you would ogle over the design."
The original article has a picture of Mr. Mehrleis display.