I haven't used a floppy disk in well over two years. Actually, it's probably approaching three, now that I think about it.
I was big into Zips (the 100MB ones) because I had one at home, we had them at work, buddies had them. This was post-iMac (Apple dumps the floppy), BUT pre-"Apple gets a clue and includes CD-R on Macs", so for a while there, Zips were king!
Now, just tote a little 128MB keychain drive around. Best of all worlds, really. No cables, no power supply, no worries of "do they have a compatible drive?". Carries more than my beloved Zips and connects to every computer that I routinely encounter in any given week (Mac OS 9 and X, Windows ME and XP). Oh, and did I mention "really small"?
Apple wasn't the first to have 802.11g, or video conferencing. NeXT wasn't Apple when they created the web browser, so that doesn't really count.
I know about everything but AirPort Extreme. Apple was so quick with AirPort Extreme, they made it before 802.11g was completely finished! True, it wasn't 100% standards compliant (until the upgrade), but the standards weren't 100% there, either! No, they didn't create the first 802.11b product as far as I know. NeXT wasn't Apple, but it was Steve Jobs (and how many Apple innovations have come from him?).
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I was big into Zips (the 100MB ones) because I had one at home, we had them at work, buddies had them. This was post-iMac (Apple dumps the floppy), BUT pre-"Apple gets a clue and includes CD-R on Macs", so for a while there, Zips were king!
Now, just tote a little 128MB keychain drive around. Best of all worlds, really. No cables, no power supply, no worries of "do they have a compatible drive?". Carries more than my beloved Zips and connects to every computer that I routinely encounter in any given week (Mac OS 9 and X, Windows ME and XP). Oh, and did I mention "really small"?
Pioneered legal music downloads.
Created the sleek design of the PowerBook (now used on Windows laptops.
One of the first full-featured systems (Mac/Apple IIc)
Pioneered, then dropped, expandability.
Pioneered video conferencing
Digital hub idea.
Web browser first invented on a NeXT computer
Pioneered floppy drives (5 1/4" and 3 1/2")
Modular drivers (Apple III)
Originally posted by ryaxnb
802.11g (AirPort Extreme)
Pioneered video conferencing
Digital hub idea.
Web browser first invented on a NeXT computer
Pioneered floppy drives (5 1/4" and 3 1/2")
Modular drivers (Apple III)
Apple wasn't the first to have 802.11g, or video conferencing. NeXT wasn't Apple when they created the web browser, so that doesn't really count.
Originally posted by Dog Almighty
Ooh, and they made a mouse shaped like a sperm
Originally posted by CubeDude
Apple wasn't the first to have 802.11g, or video conferencing. NeXT wasn't Apple when they created the web browser, so that doesn't really count.
I know about everything but AirPort Extreme. Apple was so quick with AirPort Extreme, they made it before 802.11g was completely finished! True, it wasn't 100% standards compliant (until the upgrade), but the standards weren't 100% there, either! No, they didn't create the first 802.11b product as far as I know. NeXT wasn't Apple, but it was Steve Jobs (and how many Apple innovations have come from him?).
* iSight clipping base
* UNIX-based consumer OS (First A/UX, then NeXTStep by Jobs, then OS X)
* Object-orientied programming, partially NeXT again
* Click-and-hold (rather then click-move-click) menus
* Pioneered publishing platform hardware (LaserWriter, Mac 512k)