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Top 10 Apple Flops

Posted by timothy on from the performa-636 dept.

Kelly McNeill writes "Though Apple computer is known for some of the computing and technology industry's most notable innovations, its not as if the company hasn't also taken its lumps. Thomas Hormby submitted the following editorial contribution to osOpinion/osViews, which supplies us with his top ten list of Apple's (and some of associated partners) most significant flops throughout the company's history."

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  1. site already /.ed by all+your+mwbassguy+a · · Score: 4, Funny

    did they host this on a newton, a pippin, or an apple ///?

  2. First on the list... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to the first one in TFA:

    Problem in database connection

    You'd think they'd be a little more specific.

  3. Re:Powered by "PostNuke" by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
    > I love it. As perfect a description of a slashdotting as I've ever seen.
    >
    >Do you want to play a game?

    Ahem. That's "Shall we play a game?" to you, sir.

    Turn in your geek card. As mistakes go, that's a WOPR. (Slashdot is a strange game. The only winning move is not to play.)

  4. Question... by physicsphairy · · Score: 4, Funny
    Just how many floating point operations is an Apple flop?

    I'll need to know this information before I can top one, much less ten of them!

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  5. Re:Always liked the Tangerine iMac by linuxbert · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was once an admin for a mac only company. they ran Eudora mail sever on a tangerine imac. they ran it on a tangerine imac beacuse nobody in the office wanted that color on their desk.

    I also once worked for a Mac retailer. 2 guys walked off with a tangerine ibook. the one question i had for my co-workers working at the time was how did you not notice them stealing a bright orange laptop. anyway, i doubt they were able to resell it :)

  6. 10 flops? by slavemowgli · · Score: 5, Funny

    10 FLOPS? Come on, guys, even my pocket calculator does more than that. :)

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  7. Re:Article text, links & images intact by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks for the article text, but damn, you are distrubing to be including a hidden "Kill Michael" message there! (For those that didn't notice, look up all the random italicized bits.)

  8. Re:Here is a picture of the Apple ///. by realdpk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Weird-ass keyboard (why make a numerical keyboard with just subtraction?!), but cool looking.

    More buttons would confuse users. You can perform any basic arithmetic operation with that keypad *.

    Subtraction? x, -, y, ENTER.
    Addition? x, -, -, y, ENTER.
    Multiplication? 4, -, -, 4, -, -, 4, (... so on ...) ENTER.

    So much less complicated than our "modern computers" with our * and / and + keys.

    * Not including division.

  9. Re:Powered by "PostNuke" by servognome · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot is a strange game. The only winning move is not to play
    Shall we play a game?
    Love to. How about Slashdot Fanboy Flame War
    Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?
    Later. Right now let's play Slashdot Fanboy Flame War
    Fine.
    Apple First Strike - WINNER NONE
    Microsoft First Strike - WINNER NONE
    Apple vs. IBM Hardware Scenario - WINNER NONE
    OSX vs Windows Software Scenario - WINNER NONE
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    ATI Graphics card Domination - WINNER NONE
    BSD survival - WINNER NONE
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    Programming Language Preference Battle - WINNER NONE
    Browser standards confrontation - WINNER NONE
    OpenOffice GPL dissention - WINNER NONE
    Missing Poll Option Discord - WINNER NONE
    Off-topic political rivalry - WINNER NONE

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  10. Re:Powered by "PostNuke" by DarthWiggle · · Score: 4, Funny

    Congratulations, you beat the Internet. Three - three?! - WarGames references in a two-line comment... that's fantastic.

  11. Re:So much easier to knock down than to build up by raehl · · Score: 4, Funny

    If he called them sites about ancient Mac history, would that make you feel better? Or worse?

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  12. Re:Apple ///, anyone? by toddestan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Only if we disregard the fact that the 1984 Macintosh has nothing, apart from the name, to do with the current models.

    That's not true! They both have a one button mouse! *ducks*

  13. Re:So much easier to knock down than to build up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah. In other news, history professors who weren't alive during Rome's heyday are writing textbooks about ancient Roman civilization.

    In further new, my history prof actually WAS alive during Greece's heyday. Or at least he looked it.

  14. Also, it might have been for the best by SteeldrivingJon · · Score: 5, Funny


    If the 'horror stories' are true, having an unmellowed Steve Jobs raise a child during its formative years might not have been such a good thing.

    "Daddy, I drew a pony!"
    "Pony? That looks like a lizard. This is shit. You're fired."
    "Daddy, you can't fire me."
    "Then learn to draw."

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