The Internet is a fine tool for those with obsessive nostalgia. What made the Mac different wasn't it's architecture, it was that it was built to be the computer for people who didn't care for computers. One of the rumored design goals was to make a computer that was similar in flavor to say, a Krups food processor -- sleek, intuitive and pretty.
Yeah, the original 128k had plenty of tech limitations but what it did do better than the PC was open the minds of an entire generation of new computer users.
Besides, all the cool kids had one back in 84.
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The Internet is a fine tool for those with obsessive nostalgia. What made the Mac different wasn't it's architecture, it was that it was built to be the computer for people who didn't care for computers. One of the rumored design goals was to make a computer that was similar in flavor to say, a Krups food processor -- sleek, intuitive and pretty. Yeah, the original 128k had plenty of tech limitations but what it did do better than the PC was open the minds of an entire generation of new computer users. Besides, all the cool kids had one back in 84.