Why are they all beige in the first place? Because the Apple ][ was. They may not have the market-share, or marketing machine in place to attain such, but they're still one of the (if not THE) most innovative and visionary computer companies around. Period.
P.S. I'm a PC/Linux user, but props due to Apple.
"Anything you can do, I can do meta-." - Douglas R. Hofstadter
I had this in the back of my head the whole time. I was just wondering why Rob didn't speculate (or blurt it out if he already knew). Power to you, Raster. From one enviable job to another... You go!
To tell the story in the 'entertaining' way that they wanted, they still could've been more accurate. Several of the scenarios were changed for seemingly no reason. Someone should do it right - for the big screen. Now is definitely the time to tell this story. The visions from that era of a PC on every desktop and in every home have finally come to fruition.
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And waht color was that first-ever structural plastic foam casing? Beige!
Why are they all beige in the first place? Because the Apple ][ was. They may not have the market-share, or marketing machine in place to attain such, but they're still one of the (if not THE) most innovative and visionary computer companies around. Period.
P.S. I'm a PC/Linux user, but props due to Apple.
"Anything you can do, I can do meta-." - Douglas R. Hofstadter
I had this in the back of my head the whole time. I was just wondering why Rob didn't speculate (or blurt it out if he already knew). Power to you, Raster. From one enviable job to another... You go!
To tell the story in the 'entertaining' way that they wanted, they still could've been more accurate. Several of the scenarios were changed for seemingly no reason. Someone should do it right - for the big screen. Now is definitely the time to tell this story. The visions from that era of a PC on every desktop and in every home have finally come to fruition.