Apple Macintosh Turns 30

snydeq writes "30 years ago today, Apple debuted the Macintosh. Here are some reviews of the early Mac models, including the Macintosh ('will be compared to other machines not only in terms of its features but also in the light of the lavish claims and promises made by Apple co-founder Steven Jobs'), the Mac SE ('contains some radical changes, including room for a second internal drive and even a fan'), the Mac IIx ('a chorus of yawns'), and the Mac Portable ('you may develop a bad case of the wannas for this lovable [16-lb.] luggable'). Plus insights on the Macintosh II's prospects from Bill Gates: 'If you look at a product like Mac Word III on that full-page display, it's pretty awesome. ... But the corporate buyer is never going to be a strong point for Apple.'" iFixit got their hands on a Mac 128K and did a teardown, evaluating the old hardware for repairability. What will the Mac look like in another 30 years?

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Re:My Mac Sucks

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Mac addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use a Mac over other faster, cheaper, more stable systems.

We are cool hipsters with disposable income to burn. Macs give us that air of cool superiority to go with our turtlenecks and sandals.; and allow us to scoff at those great brainwashed masses who hew to Microsoft's corporate line. We have Steve Jobs; you have a nerdy guy with glasses.

MS has brainwashed you to prefer a perception of speed over elegance and design; Steve has said elegance and esthetics are what counts and he said it so we believe it. Besides, your tests are run on benchmarks optimized for Wintel so the mean nothing to use, we will continue to have the luxury of enjoying our mocha latte duple grande overpriced vent while we bask in the beauty of MacOS.

Even MS has realized the inherent advantage of the Mac interface and has made week attempts to copy it with Windoze; btw we're V10 and your only on what, 8? How 1997 of you. While you double right click mouse up to d something we have buttonless mice, and we know less is more.

So while you sheep blindly follow MS we know we are ones who slay Big brother, the crazy ones who make a difference, the cool Mac next to the nerdy corporate PC, toasting your bunnies (mmm tasty, as are the escargot); and simply Think Different. So crawl back under the bridge, troll, and let us enjoy our smug superiority as we bask in the glory of Macintosh