One of my favorite things to do on MacRumors...

[ziggyonice]

One of my absolute favorite things to do is just browse the MacRumors Story Archive (http://www.macrumors.com/site.php?mode=archive). If you haven't been there before, or recently for that matter, I highly recommend looking at some of the classic articles and threads that came about with each update. In fact, I just spent almost two hours reminiscing at some of these old favorites...

Who could forget all these good times? Or things that might have been...

When Apple released Boot Camp (http://www.macrumors.com/2006/04/05/apple-releases-boot-camp-beta-windows-xp-on-mac/)? Absoultely blew everyone out of the water. No one even saw it coming
Like "Home on iPod (http://www.macrumors.com/2003/10/08/pulled-panther-feature-home-on-ipod/)" (jeez, that would have been nice).
Or the idea of a touchscreen iPod (http://www.macrumors.com/2006/02/23/ipod-video-photo/) (now that you think of it, why would it have a "virtual click wheel (http://guides.macrumors.com/images/d/dd/1fullipodav.jpg)" to begin with?)
Or the fact that MobileMe was conjured up (http://www.macrumors.com/2006/01/11/apple-trademarks-mobile-me/) a year and a half before its release.


It's also a lot of fun to then look at the comments from those threads and see what everyone was thinking back then.

On Boot Camp (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=191670):
Michael Dell is pooping his pants. Right now.

Or the iPhone launch (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=267731&page=8):
Did he just release 3 products at once?! phone and widescreen ipod and internet communicator are one device!

Does anyone else ever do this? Just like to look back to see how exciting it was back then? :)

[stridemat]

I do this especially at this time in the morning as nothing much seems to be happening on the forums. I like the Bootcamp comments on the article.:D

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I like what iGary says I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit™

[thejadedmonkey]

I like how 4 years ago we were still discussing the possibility of a headless iMac, (called a $499 headless iMac, released as a mac mini), and on release day, we were complaining about how under-spec'd it was...

how things have changed...

...or not ;)

[Consultant]

Home on iPod would be interesting.

Some people have hacked it to work by using iPod as external storage. However, portable media player harddrives are too slow for most people.

I like how 4 years ago we were still discussing the possibility of a headless iMac, (called a $499 headless iMac, released as a mac mini), and on release day, we were complaining about how under-spec'd it was...

how things have changed...

...or not ;)

And people who don't know any better are still falling into the spec myth.

Why Danish Police High Tech Control Center uses Apple Computers
http://obamapacman.com/2009/10/danish-police-high-tech-control-center-runs-on-apple-computers/

[Doctor Q]

September 2002: Of iPhones and Apple Tablets (http://www.macrumors.com/2002/09/11/of-iphones-and-apple-tablets/):
Question: Will there be an iPhone?

Steve Jobs: One never knows. We don't usually discuss products we haven't announced.

Question: What do you think of the tablet PC?

Steve Jobs: We're not sure the tablet PC will be successful. It's turned into a notebook that you can write on. Do you want to handwrite all your e-mail? We have all the technology ourselves to do that - we just don't know whether it will be successful.

[dmmcintyre3]

The Great iPod debate, Complete with easy to remember thread id

[ejb190]

500

That's funny. I think I remember reading that thread as it was happening back when I was still lurking!

Whenever I see posts along the line of "Steve Jobs has lost his mind", I remind myself that Apple has studied the market before bringing a product to the market. Heck, I still can't understand the reasoning behind Apple TV-but there it is. And they probably have the next couple of generations road mapped.

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[jessica.]

I do this especially at this time in the morning as nothing much seems to be happening on the forums. I like the Bootcamp comments on the article.:D

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I like what iGary says

Yeah but you can actually see him say that a few times a week. :D

[Mexbearpig]

The Great iPod debate, Complete with easy to remember thread id

That thread was very entertaining to read. This was my favorite post :)
All that hype for an MP3 player? Break-thru digital device? The Reality Distiortion Field™ is starting to warp Steve's mind if he thinks for one second that this thing is gonna take off.

[ImNoSuperMan]

The Great iPod debate, Complete with easy to remember thread id

Aaah!. The Epic t500. Each and every comment in that thread is worth it`s weight in gold now ;)

[fireshot91]

$400 for an Mp3 Player!

I'd call it the Cube 2.0 as it wont sell, and be killed off in a short time...and it's not really functional.


It "won't sell", and it'll be "killed off in a short time", and it's "Not really functional".


Hmm, 8 years later, and every kid and their grandmother has an iPod. ;)

[instaxgirl]

Or the iPhone launch (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=267731&page=8):


My favourite is definitely

What's a internet communicator??