, they ponder the purpose of preserving such a short legacy . Gil Poulsen of Franklin Park , New Jersey , says he can understand confusion from people who see the meticulously curated collection in his basement . iReport.com : Go behind the museum 's velvet rope `` Computers almost become like antiques or dinosaurs very quickly . It does seem like a contradiction in terms to have a computer as a museum piece . '' Watch Poulsen talk about his museum '' Poulsen keeps an elaborate stash of vintage Macs , portable devices , accessories and artwork . Two of his favorite pieces are a special vertical flat-screen unit made for Apple 's 20th anniversary and a chassis cover designed to deflect radiation . Small placards explain the details of each item in the collection , and a velvet rope gives the space a real museum feel . He remembers the days when the computers ran exclusively on floppy disks , necessitating frequent disk switching whenever the onboard memory filled up . As storage innovations cropped up , users sought to purchase additional floppy drives and , later , units with hard drives . His collection chronicles many of
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ben Cahan wishes he had n't damaged his old snapshot of a person in a prosthetic alien suit sitting with his Macintosh . Luckily , he still has a late-1980s picture of actor Kurt Russell with his boxy Mac desktop . Ben Cahan worked with Hollywood films and spotted Kurt Russell sitting with his Mac in the 1980s . Rubbing elbows with big-name celebrities was not unusual for Cahan , who is a software developer . He used his Mac to create Hollywood screenwriting software that formed the basis for programs still in use today . Cahan never expected his old computers to become museum pieces , and he did n't think much about saving funny photos of them at the time . He almost wants to kick himself when he thinks about the lost photo of extraterrestrial attire . `` Who would have thought that would be an interesting picture ? '' he mused . But as the Macintosh computer celebrates its 25th birthday Saturday , Cahan and other iReporters are seeking to preserve memories and the history of what they consider to be simple , classic and timeless designs . At the same time