They would probably have to correlate with a major Apple event and since they are all at Apple Park now it might be difficult.
I miss the days of Apple at CES, MacWorld, etc.
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They would probably have to correlate with a major Apple event and since they are all at Apple Park now it might be difficult.
I miss the days of Apple at CES, MacWorld, etc.
21 years in a weeks time. Read front page from day one though.
I wonder what my first post was.. Likely "Wazzzzuuupppp????" or something.
I wonder what my first post was.. Likely "Wazzzzuuupppp????" or something.
Evidently I have been here over 2 years. Time flies. It really does feel like 2020 and 2021 just blended together.
Well, it's not hard, you could do one at a nearby bar the day before or the day off after the event.
September 2006 for me, so some odd 16 years ago. I was 13 years old and I had bought a Macintosh Classic and an iMac G3 on eBay for cheap, and I was asking my parents for a Mac mini that Christmas and wanted to get as acquainted with these machines as much as I could to show them it wasn't going to be a big waste of money for them.
I used my real name for years. Changed it to be the same as it is on every other forum around the globe that I use.
I'm either Handsomedan or HandsomedanNZ everywhere.
19 years, owned the original 128k Mac and many macs since. Been a love hate relationship with MR, been interesting to watch it grow as Apple did. I miss the more technical days, but I suppose the times reflect the modern Apple. Congrats to all.
Going on 12 years now myself, how time flies!!
I think they happened at Regent’s Park in London.
I don’t recognize anyone here who would have attended. Skunk still posts, and he was there. I didn’t attend because I was a student who couldn’t afford the flight! 😫
We did have one in Toronto. There were only 4 of us. 😅 Lee Kohler was one of them! Had a great time.
I remember people discussing their meetups, and indeed at least a couple of times they met in London -- sounded like a lot of fun! I only went to one MacWorld, in 2006, but at that time was still a new Mac user and although I was a member on here by then, again I was still new and was still getting to know the scene. I have met one other MR member, though -- a local in my area, and it was also around that time frame, too. Haven't seen him in a long time, either on here or in person, though.
Yeah, these London meetups probably happened from 2003-2006 each year, and 12-20 people would meet up. I can’t remember everyone who would have gone, but skunk, edesignuk, iBlue, Blue Velvet, and…I don’t remember.
It was so long ago, Arn was still “Dr Arnold Kim”, MD. MacRumors was still his hobby. 😂
15 years for me. Lost access to my old account. I really enjoy the debates as long as they're done in fun in the forums.
I actually worked with another user at trying to create an Apple-focused startup to compete, but we ultimately decided it wasn't worth it around 2009. Now, I surely wish we would have. This site is a force. Not the best information but it's one place to get most of the information. So they do a good job pooling all the resources from the Internet. A lot of the stuff is just written to make money or articles they know will get clicks. I get so many advertisements for Samsung stuff on this website. And I am a hardcore Apple user.
I actually worked with another user at trying to create an Apple-focused startup to compete, but we ultimately decided it wasn't worth it around 2009. Now, I surely wish we would have. This site is a force. Not the best information but it's one place to get most of the information. So they do a good job pooling all the resources from the Internet. A lot of the stuff is just written to make money or articles they know will get clicks. I get so many advertisements for Samsung stuff on this website. And I am a hardcore Apple user.
I think around 2008 I've been here on this account. But I'm pretty sure I had an account around 2003 when I got my Ti PowerBook. I then forgot the login name and password as I didn't use it for several years. I tried a fair few combos to login but was never able to remember as my email at that time was no longer in use (Service Provider I no longer used) so I made a new account. Just like @HandsomeDanNZ
The site has grown massively in that time.
The good: MRs getting rid of the sensitive forums.
The bad: MRs allowing politics in the signature.
The funny: Getting a warning or a short holiday for telling other forum members that in Japan February has 30 days* without any hint of sarcasm... and fooling somebody.
I also like Dan the video man. He's obviously an affable guy and that comes across in his videos. He's far better than Matt G who was his predecessor. Matt also came across as a good guy, but his videos left a lot to be desired.
*Or something to that effect. My mind is rather forgetful as is evidenced in the first paragraph.
The site has grown massively in that time.
The good: MRs getting rid of the sensitive forums.
The bad: MRs allowing politics in the signature.
The funny: Getting a warning or a short holiday for telling other forum members that in Japan February has 30 days* without any hint of sarcasm... and fooling somebody.
I also like Dan the video man. He's obviously an affable guy and that comes across in his videos. He's far better than Matt G who was his predecessor. Matt also came across as a good guy, but his videos left a lot to be desired.
*Or something to that effect. My mind is rather forgetful as is evidenced in the first paragraph.
My 20th is up in December! Just sent my oldest off to College. Man, the days are slow, but the years go by fast. Too fast.
May I cordially and sincerely return that greeting of "hey there".
Terrific to "see" you here again, as we haven't crossed online paths in an absolute age.
In any case, I truly hope you are keeping well in these (as the well known and oft quoted Chinese - curse, or blessing - saying expresses it) "interesting times".
17 years for me.
Joined when I was in college. Remember having questions on the free ipods with the back to school promo or something
Joined when I was in college. Remember having questions on the free ipods with the back to school promo or something
So close! 20 years anniversary coming up soon.... do we get a gift or something? 🤣
Years before MR.... I had been a regular on one of the largest Apple/Mac-topic chat channels on IRC. Does anyone even remember what IRC was? LOL.
It was a wild west, because IRC channels were hard (actually impossible) to moderate. You had a steady stream of disrupters and trouble makers coming and going.
Nevertheless, the core regulars on that channel started doing annual meetups during the late 1990s-early 2000s Macworld Expo. I attended one of them, and it was a blast! Some of the members I met were Europeans. I remember we met during the Macworld SF (when Steve Jobs was still around)... and then decided to reserve a huge table for dinner in a Chinese restaurant.... in San Francisco Chinatown.
Wonderful meal. Great meetup. A big group of people (around 15 of us), coming from 3 continents, and we all had vastly different backgrounds and careers. The only thing we had in common? We were die-hard Apple fans.
Internet Relay Chat. Yes, I remember it - but I never used it. My start at being online was the BBS and once I got past dialup for the internet, forums. Quark had internet forums in 2000 and since my job revolved around QuarkXPress I was mainly involved in that forum until about 2011 - when I joined here.
I remember Yahoo Chat was pretty popular back in the early 2000s.
I hung out on Usenet for a while, which was my introduction to forums -- like IRC, which I had heard of but never actually participated in -- another offshoot of the Wild West, since there were no moderators. Longer-time members quickly indoctrinated newbies into the mysteries of "Netiquette" and chided those who didn't follow "the rules." Nonetheless flamewars erupted anyway and people let loose with whatever was on their minds. Interesting times.....