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cihag

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Jun 7, 2010
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Just a small trivia question; a showerthought so to speak…

Is there any info, any trivia, any interview or any other hint on what „kind“ (cultivar?) of apple the Apple logo is representing?

Maybe Steve Jons liked Granny Smiths so much, or there was a Golden Delicious tree on campus?

Any ideas are welcome! 😅
 
Just a small trivia question; a showerthought so to speak…

Is there any info, any trivia, any interview or any other hint on what „kind“ (cultivar?) of apple the Apple logo is representing?

Maybe Steve Jons liked Granny Smiths so much, or there was a Golden Delicious tree on campus?

Any ideas are welcome! 😅

I heard they had nothing special in mind. The bite in the Apple should distinguish it from a cherry and at the same time represents the word byte. But that could also be just a legend.

Often all those stories about big companies that had their origin allegedly in a garage were just invented later to make a better marketing image. Sometimes it's not even the real people that are presented for inventing something special.
 
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I heard they had nothing special in mind. The bite in the Apple should distinguish it from a cherry and at the same time represents the word byte. But that could also be just a legend. […]
Is it that banal? I was always under the impression that it was chosen to honor Alan Turing’s death after he bit a poisoned apple (he was left-handed).
 
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