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Happy Birthday Macintosh
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Still an intense advert after so many years. Just put Steve Ballmer's face on the screen and nothing is lost from the meaning. Except the advert would be intense *and* hilarious.
I can't say the release of the Mac registered with me on that day. In fact it was another 10 years before I first noticed the existence of the Mac when I was looking to buy my first PC. I was then advised not to go with Apple because they were too expensive and nothing worked with them.
It was another 10 years after that when I eventually got my first Mac.
Twenty-six years after the revolution, MS won the desktop wars, Apple almost went extinct and then came back stronger than ever. Apple is now the more monopolistic company, yet MS and Apple also work together in friendly but fierce competition. There's more power, speed and storage in a cell phone today than there was in a whole computer back then. And Superbowls are now played later than January 24.
Who knew?
Who knew?
Today Is The 26th Anniversary of The Macintosh; video of Steve Unveiling it in 1984
if you haven't already seen it, take a look at this. That was probably one of the best moments of Steve's life. That unveiling had so much energy and excitement. I have to wish the Macintosh a happy birthday, and am in awe as to how far Apple and the rest of the industry has come since January 24, 1984.
if you haven't already seen it, take a look at this. That was probably one of the best moments of Steve's life. That unveiling had so much energy and excitement. I have to wish the Macintosh a happy birthday, and am in awe as to how far Apple and the rest of the industry has come since January 24, 1984.
MacBook Aluminum 13" Unibody
Happy birthday Mac.
Somebody sell me a 13" MB_Unibody Aluminum for $650CAN and I'll be so much happier!!
TO be honest you must have to marvel at how awesome that unveiling really was ... display output to a HUGE screen projection, along with no hiccups! Today if it failed, a backup server would've picked it up and took over without a hitch ... then it HAD to work!! Even a backup under the desk would take about 2minutes to retry.
Happy birthday Mac.
Somebody sell me a 13" MB_Unibody Aluminum for $650CAN and I'll be so much happier!!
TO be honest you must have to marvel at how awesome that unveiling really was ... display output to a HUGE screen projection, along with no hiccups! Today if it failed, a backup server would've picked it up and took over without a hitch ... then it HAD to work!! Even a backup under the desk would take about 2minutes to retry.
