MacRumors Turns 26: Here's What Our Readers Thought About the iPod, iPhone, and More

[MacRumors]

MacRumors turns 26 today, and we want to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has read and supported our website over the years.

MacRumors was founded by Arnold Kim on February 24, 2000, while he was a medical student, and it has since become one of the world's most popular Apple news websites. Kim was profiled in The New York Times in 2008. Coincidentally, we share our birthday with Steve Jobs, who would have turned 71 years old today.

Our website has been around for many major Apple product announcements, including the iPod, MacBook Pro, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and more.

Here are the forum threads for each product:

• iPod on October 23, 2001
• Mac mini on January 11, 2005
• iPod shuffle on January 11, 2005
• iPod nano on September 7, 2005
• MacBook Pro on January 10, 2006
• Mac Pro on August 7, 2006
• Apple TV on January 9, 2007
• iPhone on January 9, 2007
• iPod touch on September 5, 2007
• MacBook Air on January 15, 2008
• iPad on January 27, 2010
• iPhone 4 on June 7, 2010
• Apple Watch on September 9, 2014
• AirPods on September 7, 2016
• HomePod on June 5, 2017
• iPhone X on September 12, 2017
• AirPods Pro on October 28, 2019
• HomePod mini on October 13, 2020
• AirPods Max on December 8, 2020
• AirTag on April 20, 2021
• Mac Studio on March 8, 2022
• Apple Vision Pro on June 5, 2023

Article Link: MacRumors Turns 26: Here's What Our Readers Thought About the iPod, iPhone, and More

 

[turbineseaplane]

Happy 26th!

After all this time, this remains my most frequented forum.

Thank you to Arn and the whole team!

 

[GenesisST]

It follow Apple's versioning!

 

[abbeybound]

Dang that iPod thread is painful.

 

[Spock]

The iPod forum was the first time I lingered a forum, I joined not much long after that because I kept coming back. I see lots of people that don't post anymore in those threads, some I liked and a lot I didn't...

 

[freedomlinux]

Dang that iPod thread is painful.

Sorry, I can't hear you over my Creative Nomad /s

 

[verniesgarden]

well something that remains consistent, no one is good at predicting success. Look at this terrible aged like milk take.

 

[CmdrLaForge]

Congratulations and thanks for the trip down memory lane!

 

[Minato1990]

Aye lets bring Macrumors to clubbing in Japan and party till 6 am! Then go to sleep and do it again for 26 days!
KAMPAI!

 

[Tig_one]

Thank you for your work and patience with some of us MR 🙂

 

[surfzen21]

HBD!!!!

Reading through the iPod thread and the polarized crying makes me realize how little has changed 🥲

 

[JoshuaBru]

26 years of…‘there’s no way Apple would ever do this leaked design it’s terrible’. To ‘this design is horrible I will not be purchasing this year’ to ‘I absolutely love this new design it’s the best ever I love Apple so much they never miss’.

 

[awshucks]

Felt like only 6 months ago that MR turned 25. Where has the time gone?

 

[maflynn]

crazy at how long this site has been around and how its now the premiere Apple fan site. I've been here since 2009, and its been quite a ride

 

[CalMin]

Happy Birthday Macrumors!

You built a great community here!

 

[sunapple]

What a joke, way too expensive, what are they smoking? Timeless comments that can be reused for the coming 26 years!

 

[NapZzz]

Happy 26th!

 

[vegetassj4]

iPhone will never catch on, Blackberry will live forever.

-Vegetassj4 2007

 

[Populus]

Happy 26th!

After all this time, this remains my most frequented forum.

Thank you to Arn and the whole team!

Same!

I can’t believe I’ve been around for 14 years already! Time flies indeed

 

[Hank001]

You guys actually beat Apple for an anniversary celebration. You've outdone Apple - well done guys, and Juli!

 

[Eduardo1971]

Congratulations-it’s one of the sites I still visit at least several times during the week!🙂

Wow, just noticed I’ve been on this site for almost 20 years!

 

[ataq]

Congrats! I've been visiting this site from the beginning multiple times a week. It's crazy if you think about it.

 

[macguru212]

Happy Anniversary! 😎

 

[JeziLondon]

Thanks for putting this together. I’ve loved reading all the initial takes on all the product announcements over the last 20+ years

 

[Populus]

This is one of the few forums that I still frequently use, and enjoy doing so.

It seems like, while in the 2000s forums were the next big thing on the internet, they have been slowly dying in favor of Social Media… but I definitely love the spirit of good old forums.