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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. Re:I started on one of those by psergiu · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apple II was released in 1977.
    Macintosh in 1984.
    IBM PS/2 in 1987.

    Remove you presence from our lawn, n00b.

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