The number 8 top technology in the last 25 years is the Apple Macintosh. I'll tell you straight out that I am a PC guy, but I can remember when the Macintosh made it's debut. 

It was 1984 and I was a steadfast Commodore 64 user. I was in my teens and the only places that sold computers were computer stores, toy stores and department stores. Yes, department stores.

The local mall had a department store, Famous Barr, which is is now Macys. They sold computers, but only high end IBMs. They did get into the Apple Macintosh business and set up three you could play with. I remember that the number of Macs set up was three, because each was connected to a printer. My fascination with the machine was drawing pictures using Mac Draw and then printing them.

Through the years I've been in roles where supporting Macintoshes has ranged from not needed to critical. In each of these phases you learn more and more about the machine and walk away impressed.

The Macintosh is the perfect example of marrying hardware to software.