A Computer of One’s Own

Keegan McNamara, 25, the founder of Mythic Computer Co., poses for a portrait in his shop in Ojai, California. (Philip Cheung for The Free Press)
Most of the tech gifted this holiday will end up in a landfill. But Keegan McNamara makes laptops you can pass on to your grandchildren.
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New computers all seem to look like each other. They’re ubiquitously lighter, sleeker, and more capable than their clunky forefathers, with superfast software, hyperclear displays, and ever more powerful fans to cool the circuit boards we ride all day.
But Keegan McNamara wanted just two things in a personal computer. “To be beautiful and serene,” he sa…
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