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On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss the 40th anniversary of the Macintosh, some of the latest controversy surrounding apps for the Vision Pro headset, and the news of Apple's vehicle project yet again being scaled back.


The original Macintosh, unveiled by Steve Jobs, was a game-changer with its graphical user interface and the introduction of the mouse. We explore how the Macintosh's ease of use and innovative design principles, such as a desktop with icons and the ability to use multiple programs in windows, revolutionized personal computing. Reflecting on the Mac's journey, we delve into the evolution of macOS and its remarkable consistency over the years, and point out some of our personal experiences with the platform.

Shifting gears, we discuss the imminent launch of Apple's Vision Pro headset, examining some of the potential challenges it may face and the reasons behind the absence of certain streaming apps like Netflix. We ponder whether this absence is due to genuine technical hurdles or strategic decisions by these companies.

We then turn to the latest updates and challenges surrounding Apple's electric vehicle project, looking at how the company has reportedly pivoted from its initial ambition for a driverless car to developing a vehicle with more conventional and basic driver-assistance features. As we wrap up, we dive into the broader context of electric vehicles, discussing our wish for Apple's car to offer a fresh perspective, moving beyond Tesla's design approach to introduce more variety to the market.

The MacRumors Show is now exclusively on its own YouTube channel, so make sure you're subscribed to keep up with new episodes and clips going forward:



You can also listen to The MacRumors Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, or your preferred podcasts app. You can also copy our RSS feed directly into your podcast player.

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If you haven't already listened to the previous episode of The MacRumors Show, catch up for our discussion about CES 2024, Samsung's S24 lineup, and some of the latest news surrounding Apple's Vision Pro headset.

Subscribe to The MacRumors Show for new episodes every week, where we discuss some of the topical news breaking here on MacRumors, often joined by interesting guests like Kevin Nether, Jared Nelson, Eli Hodapp, Luke Miani, Mike Bell, Sara Dietschy, iJustine, Jon Rettinger, Andru Edwards, Arnold Kim, Ben Sullins, Marcus Kane, Christopher Lawley, Frank McShan, David Lewis, Tyler Stalman, Jon Prosser, Sam Kohl, Quinn Nelson, John Gruber, Federico Viticci, Thomas Frank, Jonathan Morrison, Ross Young, Ian Zelbo, and Rene Ritchie.

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40 years? yikes, now I feel old. I was there attending an apple presentation the day they announced the Mac. We walk into the room and there was this squarish thing in the middle of the table with a cloth draped over it. Like nothing we had seen before. Those were some wild days.
 
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Apple Car has been scaled back… To cm dimensions. Get a free bug with your Apple Car… 🧐

At least the box will be small 🤔

Coming to Toys R Us 2047 🥴
 
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CyberTruck was scaled back, announced with certain features, released with less features. Apple car not scaled back, never announced, never released.
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And I kind of hope it never is. I suppose I should assume Apple knows what they're doing, but a car feels so far away from their core competency I can't imagine how it could work out well for anyone.

They would pretty much have to pull an iPhone all over again except this time instead of AT&T it's governments and car sales bureaucracy.
 
Amazing that Mac is 40 years old now…. One of the best series of computers…

I do hope Microsoft surface has as long a run… Surface has brought Apple grade build and support to PC… and they even tell you when they will stop supporting the hardware for firmware etc.
 
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I might have missed it, but did Apple Inc even acknowledge the 40th anniversary?
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Cook acknowledged it on his X account (image below) but I don't believe anything was done on the Apple website.


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On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss the 40th anniversary of the Macintosh, some of the latest controversy surrounding apps for the Vision Pro headset, and the news of Apple's vehicle project yet again being scaled back.


The original Macintosh, unveiled by Steve Jobs, was a game-changer with its graphical user interface and the introduction of the mouse. We explore how the Macintosh's ease of use and innovative design principles, such as a desktop with icons and the ability to use multiple programs in windows, revolutionized personal computing. Reflecting on the Mac's journey, we delve into the evolution of macOS and its remarkable consistency over the years, and point out some of our personal experiences with the platform.

Shifting gears, we discuss the imminent launch of Apple's Vision Pro headset, examining some of the potential challenges it may face and the reasons behind the absence of certain streaming apps like Netflix. We ponder whether this absence is due to genuine technical hurdles or strategic decisions by these companies.

We then turn to the latest updates and challenges surrounding Apple's electric vehicle project, looking at how the company has reportedly pivoted from its initial ambition for a driverless car to developing a vehicle with more conventional and basic driver-assistance features. As we wrap up, we dive into the broader context of electric vehicles, discussing our wish for Apple's car to offer a fresh perspective, moving beyond Tesla's design approach to introduce more variety to the market.

The MacRumors Show is now exclusively on its own YouTube channel, so make sure you're subscribed to keep up with new episodes and clips going forward:



You can also listen to The MacRumors Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, or your preferred podcasts app. You can also copy our RSS feed directly into your podcast player.

​

If you haven't already listened to the previous episode of The MacRumors Show, catch up for our discussion about CES 2024, Samsung's S24 lineup, and some of the latest news surrounding Apple's Vision Pro headset.

Subscribe to The MacRumors Show for new episodes every week, where we discuss some of the topical news breaking here on MacRumors, often joined by interesting guests like Kevin Nether, Jared Nelson, Eli Hodapp, Luke Miani, Mike Bell, Sara Dietschy, iJustine, Jon Rettinger, Andru Edwards, Arnold Kim, Ben Sullins, Marcus Kane, Christopher Lawley, Frank McShan, David Lewis, Tyler Stalman, Jon Prosser, Sam Kohl, Quinn Nelson, John Gruber, Federico Viticci, Thomas Frank, Jonathan Morrison, Ross Young, Ian Zelbo, and Rene Ritchie.

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I'm surprised Dan didn't mention a Lucid Motors car in his wish list since Mike Bell was on the MacRumors Show not that long ago.
 
MacRumors said:


On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss the 40th anniversary of the Macintosh, some of the latest controversy surrounding apps for the Vision Pro headset, and the news of Apple's vehicle project yet again being scaled back.


The original Macintosh, unveiled by Steve Jobs, was a game-changer with its graphical user interface and the introduction of the mouse. We explore how the Macintosh's ease of use and innovative design principles, such as a desktop with icons and the ability to use multiple programs in windows, revolutionized personal computing. Reflecting on the Mac's journey, we delve into the evolution of macOS and its remarkable consistency over the years, and point out some of our personal experiences with the platform.

Shifting gears, we discuss the imminent launch of Apple's Vision Pro headset, examining some of the potential challenges it may face and the reasons behind the absence of certain streaming apps like Netflix. We ponder whether this absence is due to genuine technical hurdles or strategic decisions by these companies.

We then turn to the latest updates and challenges surrounding Apple's electric vehicle project, looking at how the company has reportedly pivoted from its initial ambition for a driverless car to developing a vehicle with more conventional and basic driver-assistance features. As we wrap up, we dive into the broader context of electric vehicles, discussing our wish for Apple's car to offer a fresh perspective, moving beyond Tesla's design approach to introduce more variety to the market.

The MacRumors Show is now exclusively on its own YouTube channel, so make sure you're subscribed to keep up with new episodes and clips going forward:



You can also listen to The MacRumors Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, or your preferred podcasts app. You can also copy our RSS feed directly into your podcast player.

​

If you haven't already listened to the previous episode of The MacRumors Show, catch up for our discussion about CES 2024, Samsung's S24 lineup, and some of the latest news surrounding Apple's Vision Pro headset.

Subscribe to The MacRumors Show for new episodes every week, where we discuss some of the topical news breaking here on MacRumors, often joined by interesting guests like Kevin Nether, Jared Nelson, Eli Hodapp, Luke Miani, Mike Bell, Sara Dietschy, iJustine, Jon Rettinger, Andru Edwards, Arnold Kim, Ben Sullins, Marcus Kane, Christopher Lawley, Frank McShan, David Lewis, Tyler Stalman, Jon Prosser, Sam Kohl, Quinn Nelson, John Gruber, Federico Viticci, Thomas Frank, Jonathan Morrison, Ross Young, Ian Zelbo, and Rene Ritchie.

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Nice talk about developments in Macs and macOS.

I feel a little bit shallow.

E.g. Snow Leopard was the last version of FINDER, which worked properly and fast in search of files. In Lion the crisis started, was later repaired, and with Yosemite and all the other following the FINDER isn't appropriate anymore.

Many people do not realize that, because not working hard on Mac. My data include 193.630 files – all in 8 folders (of course also subfolders there).

This system was build up in trust every file will be found fast by Snow Leopard in 2010/2011.

I love Sonoma. But Finder still bad. Sometimes you search with some letters of the filename and you will not find the file, sometimes even it is in the same small folder, you are working. It's a shame. In some BETA-activities I made documentation about this. But Apple is still not aware to repair this failure.

Of course the keyboard of old Mac Book Pro till 2015 was perfect till Jony Ive destroyed Apple Laptops to be thinner. Butterfly Keyboard was a disaster. Also Flexcable failure – for many years I couldn't buy these Apple Laptops, just the Mac Book Air 2017, no Pros.

Ok. Now we have wonderful ones, MBAir and Pro with M1/M2 – soon M3 will give the ultimate push.

In Macs I doubt, what will be my next. iMac 24 is too small sized. Will follow some bigger one?

Or Studio with a monitor (from Apple?). M3 for Studio will come right in time, when I need a new one?

Till today I work with Cinema Display and Mac Pro 5,1 of 2010 and enjoy SONOMA and its features and cooperation with iOS much (of course the wonderful OC Legacy P 1.3.0 made a lot possible).

My iMac of 2015 with Broadwell was fine to use till Monterey (this macOS was stable, but some features in transition and not sufficient: HD service, TimeMachine). I have some Promise Pegasus Thunderbolt 2 – and this isn't working with OC Legacy Sonoma. So I have to stay on Monterey with my iMac 27" Mid 2015 – because of security reason I have to stop my general works on this iMac 27" and because Sonoma is a big step further in comparison to Monterey.

Remember the steps of APFS (in some aspects horrible). Starting with High Sierra, horrible with Catalina and later Ventura (with faults in Finder again) – Monterey was the first again appropriate.
 
Why do journalists keep talking about the car that does not exist, has never existed, and will not exist?

THERE IS NO APPLE CAR.
 
CarAnalogy said:
And I kind of hope it never is. I suppose I should assume Apple knows what they're doing, but a car feels so far away from their core competency I can't imagine how it could work out well for anyone.

They would pretty much have to pull an iPhone all over again except this time instead of AT&T it's governments and car sales bureaucracy.
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Agreed, I could see an Apple branded collab car, like Lamborghini did with Oppo. But reverse, say Apple and Ferrari build a car together, Ferrari builds the car Apple does the electronics. But I think that is below Apple to be honest.
 
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The first mac I used was a Mac Plus. The first Mac I bought was not a Mac, it was a Mac Clone (Power Tower Pro). I remember when you could copy the OS from one computer to another and then start up with it. My first Mac laptop was the Pismo G3, as seen in the first season or two of the West Wing. I was able to buy it because a drunk driver totaled my car, which was parked on the street. I used the insurance money to buy the computer instead of a new car. Crazy times. That G3 Pismo, the G4 "sawtooth" tower and most recently the M2 13" Mac Book Air are I think the best Macs I have ever owned. All workhorses and just perfectly designed for what they are intended to do.

As for the Mac OS. I think it's time to completely rethink it. I think the file/folder metaphor is played out. I would love to see someone develop an OS that is more page/task oriented. Like if Apple bought Notion and turned Notion into the Mac OS.

One of the most glaring problems in modern desktop interface design is window management. Now we have so much memory and so many apps open all the time, it has become a real issue. These operating systems were not designed for this reality and all the little things added over the years (spaces, etc.) have helped but not really solved the overall problem. It needs a fresh start.

Besides that, there are lots of niggling little usability issues in the Mac OS that just never get fixed. I got so frustrated with it a few years ago (with my 16" butterfly keyboard MacBook pro, which I constantly struggled with) that I tried to switch to windows, but that was even WORSE.

Just my two cents. Great episode. I enjoyed hearing you guys talk about your Macs and how you used them. I need a whole other post to talk about cars. (why are so many modern cars so freaking ugly?)
 
I owned the original Mac Plus with its tan, padded carry case and the signatures of the designer etched inside the plastic casing. I wish I'd kept it. It was presented to us Apple Dealers at the secret pre-launch meeting along with all the 'Test Drive' Mac Pluses and the associated paraphernalia.

Fun times. I still had a couple of Lisas at the time too.
 
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