Happy birthday indeed to all the team. I of course still look 25 despite being much older (well at least to my mind!). Do you have a screen shot to share of how it looked back then?
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Here's Macrumors.com as of May 10, 2000.
Most of the articles are credited to other sites.
Most of the articles are credited to other sites.
I wasn't a member back then ("only" since 2011) but I still love the epic thread on the iPod and the uhhh interesting reactions to it. Happy Birthday Macrumors!
That’s why you’ve been a die-hard Apple fan, my friend. I didn’t have any Apple devices until 2014, so I wasn’t a big fan when Steve Jobs was still around. This website has everything you could ever want to know about Apple history, from the late Mac OS days to the latest Apple Intelligence, iOS 18, and macOS 15.0 sequoia. It’s even better than the Apple support communities forums, which are often overlooked. You went to the computer history museum in Mountain View? That’s awesome! I think Santa Clara also has a museum like that. I should definitely add it to my Bay Area trip itinerary for summer vacation. Once Apple announces WWDC somewhere in the next two months, I’ll be trying to get a spot in the lottery to visit Apple Park for the keynote event in June. Fingers crossed that WWDC week doesn’t land during finals week and graduation! This school year, my college has the last day of school on mid-June instead of last year’s before WWDC 2024 in early June. If Apple picks me to go to the WWDC keynote, I hope won’t have to rush to do my finals early.Some of us -- many of us? -- on MR have been Apple fans since before you and other members of this forum were even born!We're the ones who eagerly and happily bought the first of many exciting new Apple products as they initially arrived on the scene and we're the ones who also experienced either online or in person the incredible and fascinating charisma of Steve Jobs. Those years were really exciting in a way which, alas, is now for many reasons just not the same.
Steve Jobs' keynote presentations were something else, weren't they? I'm glad we have so many of them available for still viewing and appreciating today. I am so, so happy that I made the decision to register for and attend MacWorld in January of 2006, as that was certainly a memorable event for many reasons. It was the one and only time I saw Steve Jobs in person -- at a distance, of course, from my seat way back in the auditorium.
I haven't been to the (in my mind still new) Apple Park campus and the store there, and much as I'd love to get back out there to CA to see it, that probably won't happen. From all the photos and comments I've read about the place, it's wonderful for Apple fans to experience!
Another special time I remember from my trip in 2006 when I was in CA for MacWorld, is that I did spend a day doing an excursion from San Francisco (where MacWorld was held) out to Cupertino and One Infinite Loop to visit the original campus, "the Mothership," so to speak (even have a t-shirt with just that name on the front!), and had a delightful time in what was then called "the Company Store." I am still using some of the goodies which I brought home from there.
Also, while I was out there, a friend took me to spend some time at the fascinating Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA -- a really neat place! Both of us geeked out on all the neat stuff we saw and learned about.
Wow, that was a long time ago now.....
Though it’s an off topic thread y’all, I got errands to run downtown today. And I cannot believe how MR is now 25 years old?! Since 2000? A little before I was born.
But the cherry on top is the wealth of helpful sources we receive internally and the broadest range of perspectives from former, current Apple employees and all types of Apple enthusiasts here to support this website. Over 25 years, new and old folks. We surpass even Think Secret and iMore (which is now defunct). Moreover, we have played a pivotal role in helping other Apple-related sites like 9to5Mac and AppleInsider flourish to new heights!
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Thank you. Interesting looking at the articles back then. It does take me back somewhat (not that I was on MR back then).
Not to mention Frame Technology and Macromedia, also gobbled up by Adobe.