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

[woolypants]

Happy Birthday, MacRumors! I've been reading you since 2003, when I got my first Mac. It was an iBook G4 with OS X Tiger. Even then I felt like an interloper because real Apple fans had been using Macs since the days of OS 9. They had seen pain, man. They had earned their place. Somebody like me, coming in when the technology was actually usable? Get lost, newbie!

A Mac-using colleague at work sent me a link to MacRumors, trying to be helpful, but I'd already found the site a while before. I do miss the site as it was back then. The world of Apple was much, much smaller. It felt much more cohesive and the only people who participated in talking about Apple were die-hard fans. Nowadays, of course, everybody has an iPhone and so everybody is an Apple fan. That's diluted the debate and discussions massively.

And it was easier for MacRumors to actually report rumours and product development news back then. Apple tended to only do one thing at a time because it was also much smaller than it is now. Everything was exciting and brand new. OS X! Safari seems snappier with each release! iPod! iTunes! iMac!

 

[edubfromktown]

HBD MacRumors!

Somewhere in late 2000 is when I started messing with Kodiak on a Pismo G3... and have used OS X / macOS personally (professionally too, when offered/avaiable) ever since.

I've only been lurking around here since 2010

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Happy Birthday, MacRumors.

 

[cgharper]

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

Thanks for all the work you all put in! Much appreciated!

 

[Alexander_im]

Happy birthday, MR. It’s a pleasure to be a part of this community since 2012 (it took me a couple of years to register). Over the years it has become an everyday part of my routine. Thank you for the great work.

 

[mackiemesser97]

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

Congratulations! For so many years now, this is my preferred Apple-Source! You guys are doing an incredible job!

Too bad that Apple is really just resting on past successes. Man, the excitement when Steve would present a new iMac design... But where are we now? Tim has zero charisma, simply milking the cash cow, and getting rewarded by the stock market... Personally, I am getting fed up with so many very small, very minor (but in total: very annoying) problems such as iPhone-Autocorrect in German language with really dumb suggestions (why not accept the name of the sender!!?). I am for the first time in 20+ years considering now a move away from Apple in phone and computer choices. If only there was an imminent iMac-announcement with a large monitor, I would totally go for it again. At heart still a passionate Mac guy, but losing faith.

 

[MacHeritage]

Happy Birthday MacRumors! Been reading you since around 2001/2002 since I only got Internet in 2001

Back in those years the BIG site with the credits was ThinkSecret, followed by AppleInsider and MacRumors and then MacOSRumors (desperate for anything! LOL) and for main news it was the MacObserver for me.

Oh those days were fun. Just to see a post on any one of those rumour sites once a week or twice a week was "Stop everything! I need to read this exciting rumour! or I should save it for later and enjoy it more!" LOL. It was rare back then and everything was highly secretive compared to today where things feel much more open. Even software updates were a big deal and costly, of course.

 

[nylonsteel]

happy birthday macrumors
wish i invested in aapl stock 24 years ago

 

[Realityck]

happy birthday macrumors
wish i invested in aapl stock 24 years ago

Actually the optimum time was just before Steve returned. (1997 to 1998)

 

[targa88]

Happy Anniversary.
Thanks for the great resource

 

[Morod]

HBD, MR! You must be doing something right to have lasted this long.
Thanks, Arn!

 

[ecapdeville]

Congratulations!!!! I visited this site since the beginning and I love to read the forums... great place to learn Mac stuff... thanks!

 

[bodhisattva]

Clicking through these and reliving the moments was awesome. But reading the comments was priceless! So fun to see the same negative voices predicting doom and gloom on the big-bad Apple machine while knowing the mega success each product became. Makes me look at modern day comments and just grin. Great article

 

[psimac]

Happy Birthday! You rock!
I’ve been reading since the early days where MacOS Rumors was my other favorite daily visit. Here’s to 24 more! 🍻

 

[CasinoOwl]

Happy Birthday. I'm old enough to remember when MR first began. In those days the audience was almost entirely Apple fans and not comment trolls looking to bash Apple. Good times.

 

[Morod]

In those days the audience was almost entirely Apple fans and not comment trolls looking to bash Apple. Good times.

Yes, and certainly not by Apple shareholders.

 

[BuddyTronic]

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

Congrats! Great website!