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When I sat down across from Les Vadasz yesterday, I noticed something different โ€” his first Mac. As an Intel co-founder (badge #3), he was the design manager for the world’s first DRAM, EPROM and microprocessor.

I had to ask, with a bit of a snicker: โ€œSo, did you finally get to buy the computer youโ€™ve always dreamed of having, now that thereโ€™s Intel inside?โ€

Les: โ€œYouโ€™re god damn right!โ€

20 responses to “Permission to Speak Freely”

  1. shawnhoon Avatar
    shawnhoon

    now thats an endorsement.

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  2. Sam Scholes Avatar
    Sam Scholes

    Indeed

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  3. biotron Avatar
    biotron

    ha ha! excellent ๐Ÿ™‚

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  4. zzpza Avatar
    zzpza

    awesome ๐Ÿ™‚

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  5. varmazis Avatar
    varmazis

    very fabulous ๐Ÿ™‚

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  6. mightyb Avatar
    mightyb

    I believe in his hand he has the two prong adapter that slides onto the powerbook power adapter.

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  7. Chris Anderson Photos Avatar
    Chris Anderson Photos

    That’s brilliant!

    I work for a company that buys several thousand Dell PCs each year. I’m due for a new laptop this spring; I wonder if I can convince the powers-that-be to let me get a MacBook Pro?

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  8. redundant observation Avatar
    redundant observation

    I agree with mightyb – the thing in his hand looks like the little nub you can stick on a PowerBook/MacBook adapter if you want to shorten the cable length.

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  9. skyo Avatar
    skyo

    I agree with mightyb and dylanneild. I like to call it the little "duck head" plug. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  10. spikehed Avatar
    spikehed

    actually that’s what Apple calls them in it’s parts list, duck heads…

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  11. binarypackrat Avatar
    binarypackrat

    Fantastic!!!!

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  12. jayoh Avatar
    jayoh

    zing!

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  13. fair throne Avatar
    fair throne

    I’m god damn right, too. At least I think I am.

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  14. invincible tree Avatar
    invincible tree

    pretty sure that’s on the mbp, too.
    this is awesome ๐Ÿ˜€

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  15. shadynfreude Avatar
    shadynfreude

    There’s only ONE catch… is he running MAC OS X or WindozeVistula?
    (can somebody tell from the reflection on his spectacles?!? ๐Ÿ˜‰ I’d be THAT much MORE impressed if he’s actually using Apple software along with the yummy hardware……..?

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  16. macewan Avatar
    macewan

    this should be standard for folks retiring from Microsoft or Intel

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  17. Greg Adams Photography Avatar
    Greg Adams Photography

    Gotta LOVE it!!!!!

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  18. ragethreedee Avatar
    ragethreedee

    He’s running DRMintosh with DRM O$X, i believe.

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  19. steadfast color Avatar
    steadfast color

    great!

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  20. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    and a lab tour with Les Lab Tour and a funny moment together…
    when we found Vinod Khosla’s cell phone! Hung Up

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