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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."

3 of 173 comments (clear)

  1. Re:"News" for nerds? by stewbacca · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Lemme guess. You are in the 18-24 demo?

  2. Time to boot Oregon Trail by KatchooNJ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Toast to evenings once upon with that soft green monochrome glow... and me dying of dysentery.

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  3. Re:marketing by Kyusaku+Natsume · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While i'm an Atari guy, i admit we lost and they won. Marketing is what made the difference.

    Steve Wozniak's hardware, Steve Wozniak's software and Steve Jobs vision made the difference.

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