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The Apple II Turns 35 Today

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-a-reminder-that-you're-getting-old dept.

harrymcc writes "35 years ago this week, at San Francisco's first West Coast Computer Faire, a tiny startup named Apple demonstrated its new personal computer, the Apple II. It was the company's first blockbuster product — the most important PC of its time, and, just maybe, the most important PC ever released, period."

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  1. Hooray! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    35 years ago one could play games on their Apple computer, like Wizardry, Bard's Tale, Dragon Wars, Wasteland, among others.

    Today Apple creates consoles that run Photoshop with one button to avoid confusion by 'savvy' users.

  2. Re:I started on one of those by jhoegl · · Score: 2, Funny

    PPPFFFTTTT, IBM PS/2 was way better with its sixteen colors display matrix, its 1 minute per page dot matrix printer, and its clickity clackity keyboard of oversized proportions.
    Begone ye hippie!

  3. Re:Props to Eric the Half a Byte! by Nimey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are /all/ your computers called Eric?

    --
    Hail Eris, full of mischief...

    E pluribus sanguinem
  4. Okay, you win. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're absolutely correct. You are the man. Enjoy your victory. Now, please excuse me while I go have sex with a woman.