"After the failure of the Apple III..."
Could someone point me to a link about the "Apple III"?
Wikipedia is your friend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_III
"After the failure of the Apple III..."
Could someone point me to a link about the "Apple III"?
Steve Jobs launches over the years via video presentations (YouTube):
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/24/25-years-ago-apples-macintosh-says-hello/
I still don't like the concept of iBook in hindsight.
edit: Watching the redesigned iMac w/ flat screen [January, 2002; 3rd from last video], he recognizes the future, his customers' demands and builds for it. But he sure sings a different tune when it comes to Blu-ray!![]()
That's an odd one, not sure I remember that.
Since us old farts can't seem to help recollecting our Apple ][ days, anyone else remember to old Bell & Howell "black Apples"? We actually had a few in my junior high computer lab.
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/appleII-bell-and-howell/index.html
as for Blu-Ray...
It's the only commercially successful media format that Sony have managed to keep around. (I'd class Playstation as console brand, not a format)
I know Apple are kind of telling us all "you don't NEED blu-ray" by not offering it but anyone can see HD Video isn't a priority for the majority of Mac users when there's Core 2 Quad processors and chip sets capable off 8Gb of RAM that need to be utilised first.
I agree with you on apple actually listening to their customers when it came to the iMac and the top end 24" model would be the best system for them to introduce Blu-Ray eventually but it's very expensive at present and I could see it being a build-to-order option even when they do start using them.
why did they make the macs with that horrible off-white color back then?
concern for detail and endurance included even the colour of the plastic, a tawny brown called PMS 453 that Jerry Manock thought would age well, unlike the lighter plastic of the Lisa which shifted with prolonged exposure to sunlight to a bright orange
Also, I do real work, so I don't care much for the Mac OS. Anyway, happy birthday, Mac!!!
I checked out your history of posts on this forum. Other than trolling, do you have any purpose here?
Either the original Mac couldn't read 2DD disks (can't remember!) or the flyer is for a Mac Plus.
... Biggest piece of junk ever. Obviously, I switched back to PC, and never looked back. I like the speed, cost, and non-proprietary hardware of the PC. Also, I do real work, so I don't care much for the Mac OS. Anyway, happy birthday, Mac!!!
two questions...
1. if you 'never looked back' at macs, what the heck are you doing hanging around this crowd? You do not have to answer of course, but your comment above begs the question...
2. how does it feel to still own a PC after you have seen and touched the latest macbook-pro? (we all know that you have been to an apple store lately!)
- every where I go I hear folks say: "...it is uncommon to see an engineer with a mac..."
- and the second comment is "...how could I get my company to get me one?" (you see, most companies standardize on crappy dells.)
The interesting thing is, PC's were created by IBM mainframe users who had this vision that consumers would have terminals and needs tech experts, yet at the same time, Steve says the target audience was the consumer?![]()
However, what happened was Apple stayed at 3% for decades and the only place the iMac went was into design, studio, film/tv/audio(Where I received my first iMac) offices and the iMac never made it into the mainstream. Meanwhile the PRO market that used to make up the bulk of revenue stream, now dumped as the consumer and iPhone cash cow is king, waited and waited for the 3.0 Powerbook that never came even though it was promised over and over. At that time, still, Apple would make these outrageous claims that the creative types (APPLE ONLY) never knew were NOT true as the powerPC was trumped by AMD and INTEL for years and years.
I remember the first time I saw a computer that had a full megabyte installed. Wow was that an impressive sight. In was 1972 (I think) and the memory was in a large cabinet that was roughly a cube 8 feet on a side. It was part of an IBM System 360.