Tim is Ehrlich Bachman
He’s got the pretension and consumption part down but that’s about it
“Making the world a better place” .. by charging a thousand bucks min for a high end iPhone
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Tim is Ehrlich Bachman
He’s got the pretension and consumption part down but that’s about it
“Making the world a better place” .. by charging a thousand bucks min for a high end iPhone
It has yellowed.. here's my SE I recently took out of storage... you can see that it is now yellow. However I think they can be cleaned and restored.
They should bring that back: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Mate-Handle-Laptop-Carrying-Aluminum/dp/B000FINCOI
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When the Apple //c came out, Apple touted it as a portable computer...because it had a handle. Portable, as long as you don't mind carrying a CRT monitor around too.
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Apple sold an LCD display for it...
My babies. The first computer I ever saw on the left and the first computer I ever used (when I actually knew what I was doing) on the right. The custom dust covers are off to the left. Museum quality, both still work and yes I still fire them up from time to time to play Oregon Trail. 🙂 Oh, and yes I drink Pabst Blue Ribbon. Always have, always will.
Didn’t take long for the cynics and pessimists to descend on this pleasant article.
If you haven’t had them recapped, you should before the capacitors and internal batteries leak and fry the computers.
I would be surprised if the case hadon’t yellowed after 40 years, but you can use Retrobrite on old computer cases.
Genuine or not, beats showing none at all.
Tim Cook broke his programming for a split second, but the software self-corrected and he reverted back to Tim Cook mode.
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tim probably thought it was one tbh
I always wondered why they went with the beige-yellow look on the case in the early Macs. When the Classic came out in the closer-to-white it looked so much better.
All computers were expensive back then, the SE started at $2700 in 1987 dollars, and they were made in the US.
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Got it used in 1996ish. Still operational: "Your Macintosh SE (B01), with serial number F94535BB01, was the 3649th manufactured during the 45th week of 1989 in Fremont, CA."
Okay, this was super cute. 
Man, there sure a lot of grumpy cynics on this forum, especially for one called MacRumors. It must be a horrible existence to be such a poison pill about everything.
It was a cool gesture by someone who uses and admires the products Apple makes. Indeed, it seems those products have played a formative role in that users life and livelihood, just like for so many people here. There was nothing fake about Tim’s response.
It was a cool gesture by someone who uses and admires the products Apple makes. Indeed, it seems those products have played a formative role in that users life and livelihood, just like for so many people here. There was nothing fake about Tim’s response.
People have been conditioned by social media to be ugly about almost everything. Sad really.
So that’s what innovation looks like !
Tim ; here’s the new studio , with even less ports
Tim ; here’s the new studio , with even less ports
I've noticed this too. Everyone is trying to get that "zing" comment! The one that gets the laughs or reactions - but we're all on macrumors (presumably) because we like Apple products. Tim Cook knows Apple and knows what this computer meant for the company even if he didn't touch it. He may not know the full backstory - but he's the CEO of Apple, he can appreciate the history of computing.
Yes, it really is.
It's the new normal to express no joy, rag on just about everything, and be perpetually cynical and unhappy in life.