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MacRumors Turns 25 Years Old
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I remember when it was MacOSRumors.
Here’s an old thread:
(According to the link above, MOSR and MacRumors were not the same site!)
I’ve been here since 2000, easily. Just not on the forums.
Anyone remember AsTheAppleTurns? They were online before MacOs 8 came out.
Those were some pretty dark times. 1997 sucked!
Here’s an old thread:
(According to the link above, MOSR and MacRumors were not the same site!)
I’ve been here since 2000, easily. Just not on the forums.
Anyone remember AsTheAppleTurns? They were online before MacOs 8 came out.
Those were some pretty dark times. 1997 sucked!
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Happy birthday! 🎂
Long time reader but never made an account until now to celebrate this milestone.
Long time reader but never made an account until now to celebrate this milestone.
Congrats MacRumors!! All my enjoyable time spent on these forums ended up being a big part of the reason I was inspired to start working at Apple too. Cheers to yall!
I used to go to 9to5mac for Apple news, until they started purging posts they disagreed with. Don't recall last time I wasted even 1 byte on that awful website. The reporting here is better and there's no putinistic purge.
I have to say that despite how contentious the forum threads on stories can get (especially around hot button issues like RAM and whatnot), when people come here with actual problems forum members are usually extremely helpful and it's awesome. This is generally my first stop when something breaks.
What I don't do is go to Apple Support Communities (shudder).
What I don't do is go to Apple Support Communities (shudder).
Happy birthday to MacRumors!
I was watching MacMinute and MacUpdate regularly in 2000. MacRumors would pop up occasionally, but I didn't get involved for three or four years and then, I helped run the IRC channel before becoming a moderator.
MacObserver is the only Mac-oriented news site, although MacUpdate is still kicking.
I was watching MacMinute and MacUpdate regularly in 2000. MacRumors would pop up occasionally, but I didn't get involved for three or four years and then, I helped run the IRC channel before becoming a moderator.
MacObserver is the only Mac-oriented news site, although MacUpdate is still kicking.
My two favourite articles from the past
1. The ‘Steve Jobs action doll’
2. Steve Jobs arguing to a customer that they (Apple) opted for a GeForce 9400m over quad-core CPU because it offered “killer graphics”.
1. The ‘Steve Jobs action doll’
2. Steve Jobs arguing to a customer that they (Apple) opted for a GeForce 9400m over quad-core CPU because it offered “killer graphics”.
Happy 25th Birthday, MacRumors! What a great accomplishment! Are you selling any Birthday Swag?
It's a milestone day for MacRumors, as today marks our 25th birthday. MacRumors was coincidentally founded on Steve Jobs' birthday of February 24, 2000, with articles starting just a few days later.
MacRumors was founded by medical student Arnold Kim, and it remained a side project for over eight years until he decided to give up medicine to focus on MacRumors as a full-time career. That backstory and additional perspective were shared in a July 2008 New York Times profile.
Through the years, MacRumors grew along with Apple's popularity and added additional writers, editors, and other staff members, with the team now numbering roughly a dozen dedicated folks who live and breathe Apple news and rumors.
MacRumors as it appeared in May 2000
For those of us who have been around MacRumors since nearly the beginning, the past quarter century has somehow simultaneously felt like both a lifetime and a blink of an eye, and we certainly couldn't have done it without our loyal readers and forum members. For 25 years now, MacRumors has been known for its active and passionate community that has reached over a million registered members and over 32 million forum posts. If you're not a member, we invite you to register for our forums and add your voice to our community.
To all who have helped make MacRumors the best place on the internet to learn about and discuss all things Apple, thank you, and here's to another 25 years.
Article Link: MacRumors Turns 25 Years Old
