Schiller Says Apple Is the Last PC Maker From the Mac Era, Forgets About HP

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Schiller Says Apple Is the Last PC Maker From the Mac Era, Forgets About HP

Posted by timothy on Saturday January 25, 2014 @07:20AM from the I-feel-happy-I-feel-happy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, recently claimed that Apple is the only computer company left from the early days of the Mac. Unfortunately for him, HP still exists. "Every company that made computers when we started the Mac, they're all gone," Schiller told Macworld in an interview on Apple's Cupertino campus. 'We're the only one left.' I'm sorry Apple, but when exactly did HP declare bankruptcy? We contacted an HP spokesperson for a statement on Apple's ridiculous claim and were pointed to its timeline history page."

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!HP by iroll · 2014-01-25 07:24 · Score: 5, Insightful

Comparing today's HP to the HP of the 80s, I'm inclined to side with Schiller.

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1. Re:!HP by pushing-robot · 2014-01-25 07:40 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Are you thinking of Apple of the 70s? Woz was basically out by 1981.
  Apple today is very much like Apple of the early Mac years: building computers that are small, easy, and appliance-like.
  
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Marketing guy says something untrue? by MachineShedFred · 2014-01-25 07:43 · Score: 5, Insightful

A marketing guy said something untrue? SAY IT ISN'T SO!
I'm guessing the only reason this story is here is so they can rack a couple OMG APPLE IS SO ARROGANT FUCK THEM posts from 7-digit newcomers around here.
God I miss the pre-Dice Slashdot.

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Hey, Johnny-come-lately... by Slartibartfast · 2014-01-25 08:24 · Score: 5, Insightful

I thought the story was a reasonable one. While I do miss the pre-Dice days, the days I really miss are the pre-Y2K days. Taco commentary, movie reviews, "quickies," Hemos, Cowboy Neal poll options... I just enjoyed the by-the-seat-of-their-pants feel. And that has been gone for quite some time. Certainly before you registered. ;-)
Re:Oh by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-25 08:52 · Score: 5, Insightful

He didn't make a mistake, he knowingly made a false statement in order to posture Apple above other computer makers. It is not possible for anyone that has anything to do with the computer industry in a professional capacity to "forget" about IBM, HP, Dell, Acer, NEC, Sony, Cray, Fujitsu, etc. who all made computers from before or since the Mac to current day.