Now in its seventh year of publication (tenth if you're counting our original incarnation), Macteens is the number one destination on the Internet for teenage Mac users, and does well to serve the general Mac population worldwide. Headed by a strong team of dedicated Mac users from around the world, Macteens provides a global perspective on teen Mac usage and enthusiasm.
Macteens was originally started in late 1998 by two young aspiring geniuses, Jonathan Claydon and Neil Sroka. Both had decided to start a weblog of sorts to speak their minds and unearth little known Mac facts to a teenage audience, not unlike themselves. Thus, Macteens was born. Through many a trial and tribulation, the Macteens website had flourished into a full service news magazine, with news delivered nightly. Things, by most counts, were doing well. The original Macteens website had even managed to unearth several of Apple's new products before their formal announcements, including the ill-fated PowerMac G4 Cube.
However, this would all come to an abrupt and grinding halt in July 2000. Stacked with pressure from school and their personal lives, both Claydon, Sroka and their collective team had decided enough was enough. While a fun experience, it simply was just all too much.
And so it sat. Macteens was essentially all but an afterthought.
This was until December 2001, when the curious and ever-wondering mind of Chris Saribay had ventured upon Macteens. Intrigued, he learned as much as he could about Macteens, and eventually planned a resurrection, that was the ticket, of the Macteens website. Aided by Andrew Wilkinson, Macteens was relaunched, modestly, on December 17th, 2001.
Throughout our four years of publishing, many events have conspired that have made the Macteens journey unique. Some events good, some bad, and some really, really bad. In February of 2003, Macteens suffered a fatal blow: an server attack that took out all data, with no backups in sight. All seemed lost, quite literally.
This was not to be the end however. Months of restructuring and planning had led up to a complete relaunch of Macteens in June of that same year, security issues aside. It was a smash hit, reaching a new record in overall viewing audience.
In 2007, leadership of the venerable magazine was passed to Daniel Hollister, longtime member and contributor. After assembling a new team of writers, designers and editors, Macteens again recreated itself as the premier destination for teenage Mac enthusiasts.
Today, Macteens has grown and added new and exciting services, in addition to its online feature magazine. True to its overall goal set back in 1998, the collective leadership and staff of Macteens today strive to inform and enlighten teenage Mac users, and to provide them with a sense of community. Legal inquiries for copyright and user conduct should be sent to
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