Again I cant get enough of the mac40th.com website by Jonathan Zufi. My first Apple computer was the apple //e. My first Mac was the 512Ke. My favorite Mac is the iMac G4. 

Phots courtesy of mac40th.com:

Jonathan Zufi author of ICONIC has created this absolutely AMAZING website for the 40th anniversary of the Mac. The photos he has accumulated  over the years are truly splendid.

Mac40th.com 

Nice article from WIRED on the Mac turning 40. They spoke to Apple executives:

 

Molly Anderson, leader industrial design

Alan Dye, Vice President of Human Interface Design

Craig Federighi, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering

Greg Joswiak, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing

John Ternus, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering