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100 Years of Macintosh

Posted by pudge on from the happy-birthday dept.

Zero seconds on the Mac OS system clock is January 1, 1904. The Mac OS epoch hits 100 years ... now. That's assuming you live in the Pacific time zone, anyway: the Mac OS epoch is unique in that it is time zone-specific. Of course, none of this applies unless you are running Mac OS, and all you Mac users are using Mac OS X, right? (Geek note: the Mac OS epoch is unsigned, which is why it can count over 100 years from 0 seconds, and 32-bit Unix can't, though it can count backward to 1901.)

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  1. Re:OS X: Like Linux, but a whole lot slower... by mj_1903 · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    Try Panther. The performance optimizations on my iBook 500 have been nothing short of phenomenal.

    Personally I could never bring myself to using Macs before OS X simply because they were so different to everything else on the market at that time. OS X bridges the divide and still lets me get my work done with the ease of use of Mac OS X and the fantastic development environment brought about by Unix and Cocoa.

  2. Re:Uhhh no it's not by NewsWatcher · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't want to sound like a pedant, but how could I let the following comment pass?
    Did you fucking fail basic grammar in school?

    If you are going to criticise someone's grammar, you should do it without splitting the infinitive.

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  3. Re:Good question! by NatasRevol · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Persian Kitty?

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