100 Macs in the Basement

With just several white steps down the basement and you will meet Apple's history. Jeremy Mehrle, living 35 miles west of St. Louis, has a collection of 100 Apple's Macs down in his basement. Mr. Mehrle is a 29 year old Mac fan and he agrees on the fact that it is quite geeky to have such a collection. However, due to his Mac commitment, 100 Apple's gadgets in his basement represent a geek chic.

Inside the "historical room" there is a bar made out of 30 Mac classics, these being arranged next and on top of each other. The bar can certainly serve a great deal when making parties but no one ever drank at it, and according to Jeremy Mehrle, no one ever will, since one spilled drink is all that is needed in order to destroy a lot of technology.

There are 20-amp circuits that run across the whole basement. Computers do not only serve as "monuments", their owner turns them on when guests come to visit him. One may find Macs classic screen savers, such as flying toasters with wings. Jeremy's friends, while on visit, can enjoy playing old-school games, including StarCraft. All Macs are networked together so everyone could enjoy an on-line game.

The Mac collector, on special events, likes to play videos on several monitors or create strobe effects on several computers, thus being able to provide a rave-like atmosphere.

In the same basement Jeremy has a special wall, along which one can adore every color of iMac. There are 13 iMacs one of which, in "Bondi Blue," is apart from the other 12 that are accurately arranged in rows according to their release date. The line of iMacs on the wall start with the its colors, including "Blueberry" and "Tangerine." The last one has the color known as "Snow."

Basement's other historical wall includes 9 iconic Macs, which are gently set in chronological order. The Macs on this wall start with the genuine Macintosh with 128 kilobytes of memory and end with a 1997 20th-anniversary Macintosh. According to Mr. Mehrle the last Mac was purchased on eBay for about $800.

Jeremy's girlfriend, Katrina Bibb, threatens him saying that if he brings home another computer she's going to get a pet. However, she admires the collection and sayd that a computer should be a functional device rather than a design thing.