It is rather funny now when I sit back and think about it. In early 2002 I was looking for some information on a piece of hardware (a sound card IIRC). I posted my question to the forums at OverclockersClub.com. At the time it was a fairly new site with only a handful of active members. The site has grown considerably over the years, and I’m proud to have been involved in that to some extent.
Back then I was a hardcore PC gamer, a modder, and an all around “PC enthusiast.” I had high end components, high-RPM fans which sounded like a tornado ripping through my bedroom, water-cooling, blinding LEDs and every component possible was overclocked. While I dabbled with Gentoo, Red Hat, and Slackware linux distributions, I never once thought I would own a system with Mac OS. In fact, I bashed nearly all things Apple. In my eyes Apple computers where like Cylons from Battlestar Galactica—shiny toasters that should be destroyed. Continue reading