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Happy 25th, Macintosh!
bradgoodman writes to tell us that tomorrow will mark the 25th anniversary of the first Macintosh, debuting just 2 days after the famous Super Bowl XVIII commercial. "'The Macintosh demonstrated that it was possible and profitable to create a machine to be used by millions and millions of people,' said Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, research director for the Institute for the Future, a Palo Alto, California, think tank, and chief force behind 'Making the Macintosh: Technology and Culture in Silicon Valley,' an online historical exhibit. 'The gold standard now for personal electronics is, "Is it easy enough for my grandmother to use it?" People on the Macintosh project were the first people to talk about a product in that way.'"
"... People on the Macintosh project were the first people to talk about a product in that way."
Bullshit, I bet that distinction goes to the makers of false teeth or a similar product with geriatric fangirls.
Nullius in verba
Just buy more ram. Don't worry about quitting. It's a mac, it'll beachball itself eventually and have to be rebooted anyway.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
But taken as a whole, the mac was really a pioneering achievement,
And the IBM PC with MS-DOS settled it ;)
No problem is insoluble in all conceivable circumstances.
Yeah but, is it easy enough for Windows users to use it?
Unfortunately, it's too easy for Windows users, who are so accustomed to absolute crap that, when they encounter a Mac, simply don't know what to do.
That fact that you're so upset over this is a pretty big sign you're an Apple zealot.
I'm sure all the jokes about people obsessed with Apple are just by devious, bigoted men and women intent on massacring Applevangelists like the Nazis gassed jews. You poor oppressed thing.
"The Macintosh demonstrated that it was possible and profitable to create a machine to be used by millions and millions of people,'"
No it did not.
http://www.jeremyreimer.com/total_share.html
That fact that you're so upset over this is a pretty big sign you're an Apple zealot.
I'm sure all the jokes about people obsessed with Apple are just by devious, bigoted men and women intent on massacring Applevangelists like the Nazis gassed jews. You poor oppressed thing.
The fact that you spend endless time to write and to defend your little joke is a pretty big sign you have no life. Maybe you should get a Mac?
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck
I spend 30 seconds to write a reply, WMF sockpuppet.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck
Are you even trying to make sense? Heck, you are WMF, of course you aren't.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck
Do you even try to make sense?
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck
And in Windows, you have to drag file to taskbar item and then hunt down the fucking window after that pops up . Yeah, that is so much faster. Sure about the position of your head? Doesn't matter, no brain inside anyway.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck