this week's newsweek is worth having a look at
i know many will hesitate because of bill gates on the cover (an interview with him, in which he artfully dodges many pointed questions) but it's got some interesting stuff for anyone not knee-deep in tech history.
it has a picture of the first apple (which is in the smithsonian) whose case is wood!
like i said it may not be earth shattering to many of you but i'm having a good read.
it has a picture of the first apple (which is in the smithsonian) whose case is wood!
like i said it may not be earth shattering to many of you but i'm having a good read.
Comments
Originally posted by DMBand0026
Thanks for the heads up on the article! Just an FYI, if you don't want to pick up or have no access to Newsweek, you can find a complete Apple history, including pictures
cool! thanks, i was wondering what the woody looked like inside.
Yes, after a mere four years, in 1980, you could spend $4,340 for an Apple III and compute away at a whopping 2 MHz, or after yet another three years, blaze along at 5 Mhz with a $9,995 Lisa -- yet still across all of those years and longer, Apple managed to keep pushing a 1 MHz computer out the door.
Originally posted by shetline
Yes, after a mere four years, in 1980, you could spend $4,340 for an Apple III and compute away at a whopping 2 GHz, or after yet another three years, blaze along at 5 Mhz with a $9,995 Lisa -- yet still across all of those years and longer, Apple managed to keep pushing a 1 MHz computer out the door.
Erm, I think you were shooting for 2 MegaHertz. Just a thought though
Originally posted by bauman
Erm, I think you were shooting for 2 MegaHertz. Just a thought though
Fixed.
Yeah, 2 GHz in 1980 would have been a hell of a bargain at $4340... At that speed, you'd have had a world-class supercomputer.