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January 24, 2014

Never Trust a Computer Over 30.... like the Apple Macintosh

The Lost 1984 Video: young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh

THEN:

Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 24, 2014 3:01 PM

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This computer does less than your present one, is harder to personalize, cannot be upgraded, and costs twice as much. But its cool! Cool I tell you!

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 24, 2014 3:30 PM

My first reaction when seeing the mac all those years ago was "wha? Only a black and white screen?" The apple// series had color.

Posted by: Potsie at January 24, 2014 4:19 PM

The emergence of the Obama voter.....

Posted by: Rob De Witt at January 24, 2014 6:48 PM

Typical Apple - have to load Quicktime. Thanks but no thanks

Posted by: m00se at January 25, 2014 5:39 AM

I will say this about the Apple products that I own--MacBook Air, iPad, iPhone, iPod--every one has been completely trouble-free, easy to use, and does what I want it to do with a minimum of hassle. That has not been the case with my Windows-based machines, which always seem to have something that doesn't work. "Cool" doesn't enter into the equation for me. I just want something that works without me having to mess with it (and maybe screw it up worse).

Posted by: waltj at January 25, 2014 5:45 AM

Yep. That video reminds me what a piece of crap that original MacIntosh was. And what a ripoff of the work of Xerox PARC. But, thankfully, Apple did clean up their act over time, fixed their mistakes (mostly). Now I own an Apple.

Posted by: Grizzly at January 25, 2014 2:58 PM