MacRumors Turns 24 Today: Reflecting on Apple's Major Announcements

[MacRumors]

Happy 24th Birthday to MacRumors!

MacRumors was founded by doctor-turned-blogger Arnold Kim on February 24, 2000, while he was earning his medical degree, and it has since become the world's most popular Apple-focused news website. Fittingly, we share our birthday with Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs, who would have turned 69 years old today.

MacRumors has been around for many major Apple product announcements, including the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and more:

• iPod on October 23, 2001
• MacBook Pro on January 10, 2006
• Apple TV on January 9, 2007
• iPhone on January 9, 2007
• MacBook Air on January 15, 2008
• iPad on January 27, 2010
• Apple Watch on September 9, 2014
• AirPods on September 7, 2016
• HomePod on June 5, 2017
• Apple Vision Pro on June 5, 2023

(We've had such a long run that some of the images are broken in these!)

Thank you to all of our readers, volunteers, and everyone else in our community. We look forward to continuing to share the latest Apple news and rumors.

Article Link: MacRumors Turns 24 Today: Reflecting on Apple's Major Announcements

 

[krspkbl]

i think i first started visiting here around 2008. not an OG but been visiting for a long time.

my first apple product was the original iPod Nano but I don't think i came here back then. my first Mac was the late '08 unibody macbook redesign and my first iPhone was the 3G so i guess that's about when I started coming here. i remember when the iPad launched and it was just a big iPod touch. antenna-gate on here was fun.

 

[beanbaguk]

The comments on the iPod launch aged well…. 🤣🤣🤣

 

[Harry Haller]

Congrats! 🎉

 

[DeepWebinar]

nice

 

[dmr727]

Happy Birthday MR!

Reading some of the comments in the old threads, it's funny how as much as things change, so much stays the same.

 

[Tacorumors]

Many congrats! Still my daily update preference 😉

 

[DakotaGuy]

I've been around here since January 14, 2002. I still remember the shock around this place the day the transition to Intel from PowerPC was announced. I also remember the debates about Verizon getting the iPhone. So many times I've heard "It'll never happen!" and then it does. The most recent being RCS messaging on the iPhone.

 

[beanbaguk]

The comments on the iPod launch aged well…. 🤣🤣🤣

Oh and happy birthday MR 🥳

 

[tonywalker23]

Been here since 2003
wish I had bought Apple stock that long ago

 

[BorisDG]

Damn It's also my birthday today! So same day.

 

[sjsharksfan12]

Happy Birthday

You guys do a good job, and I enjoy the podcast.

 

[addamas]

Wow, finally a thread without clickbait.

Edit: Happy Birthday! 🥳

 

[the future]

Congrats!

Also, it‘s funny to read those old threads and realize that the negativity towards Apple announcements of mayor new product lines in these forums is actually not a new phenomenon. Lots of comedy gold in those hot takes 😂

 

[I7guy]

Started in 2013, not an OG but thoroughly enjoy the site. Happy Birthday MR.

 

[vegetassj4]

Happy Burfday. But, I can't believe they didn't mention the top three most important product releases of all

1. This
2. This
3. and Finally

 

[z4co]

Happy birthday Macrumors!

 

[iAppleOrchard]

Happy Birthday MacRumors! It's pretty cool that it was launched on Steves birthday. Was that intentional?

 

[wellander1]

Happy Birthday Macrumours.

 

[jz0309]

Happy Birthday MR!
On to the next 24

 

[Thunderstrike76]

The comments on the iPod launch aged well…. 🤣🤣🤣

Great call out! Just goes to show you how this community at times thinks they are so much smarter than Apple and its executives. Too shortsighted for their own good.

 

[Tagbert]

The comments on the iPod launch aged well…. 🤣🤣🤣

Those iPod announcement comments say “the more things change, the more they stay the same.”

They sound a lot like many of the comments on new product line announcements.

“$400 for an Mp3 Player!”
“I was so hoping for something more.”
“Great just what the world needs, another freaking MP3 player.”
”All this hype for something so ridiculous! “
”trully revolutionary MY ASSSS!”

I think I’ve seen exactly some of these comments on the Vision Pro threads. The world changes around us, but we remain the same.

 

[Foxglove9]

Joined in early 2006, but was a daily lurker for a good year or 2 before that.

 

[hoorayberet00]

Happy 24th Birthday to MacRumors! 🥳

MacRumors was founded by doctor-turned-blogger Arnold Kim on February 24, 2000, while he was earning his medical degree, and it has since become the world's most popular Apple-focused news website. Fittingly, we share our birthday with Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs, who would have turned 69 years old today.

MacRumors has been around for many major Apple product announcements, including the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and more:

• iPod on October 23, 2001
• Apple TV on January 9, 2007
• iPhone on January 9, 2007
• iPad on January 27, 2010
• Apple Watch on September 9, 2014
• AirPods on September 7, 2016
• HomePod on June 5, 2017
• Apple Vision Pro on June 5, 2023

(We've had such a long run that some of the images are broken in these!)

Thank you to all of our readers, volunteers, and everyone else in our community. We look forward to continuing to share the latest Apple news and rumors.

Article Link: MacRumors Turns 24 Today: Reflecting on Apple's Major Announcements

I started visiting the site since 2011. I really appreciate the reporting. Out of all the products since 2011, I had a lot of hope for the HomePod. I’m still hoping home audio becomes refined with Apple’s offerings.

 

[Ctrlos]

I have to laugh at some of the iPhone comments. How were people not impressed? I remember following the Engadget liveblog and realising that Apple suddenly made every device at CES that year look a decade out of date.