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  • Apple released the iMac 27 years ago and it's better than ever

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    Dead_Pool said:
    Many have no idea how close Apple was to going under when the iMac was released. There was virtually no chance it would survive in the face of the onslaught by industry-standard Windows, which had finally been able to copy the Mac’s ease of use after more than a decade of trying. Today, Apple is arguably the most powerful company to ever exist. Truly unbelievable, and all thanks to one man: Steve Jobs. 
    All of that is complete bunk.

    Apple was in no danger of going under.  Apple was consistently profitable, had a huge chunk of cash in the bank, and was making far better computers than everybody else.

    Where Apple was struggling was with the development of the next generation operating system.  The NeXT purchase made sense for picking up a good UNIX-based OS, but sadly came with Steve Jobs, the man who was very justifiably fired from Apple in the early '80s.  Had Amelio been slightly more competent the first thing he'd have done after buying NeXT would have been to fire Jobs again, or at least contain him to the marketing department, with no influence on computer design.

    Oh, and Microsoft didn't approach Macintosh ease of use for another decade and a half.  The ONLY release they've ever had that came close was Windows 7, what they had in the '90s was absolute garbage.  I know there were people at the time saying things like "Windows 95 = Macintosh 87" but the reality was very different, Win95 was still ultimately a shell on top of DOS.
    danoxwilliamlondon

  • Apple released the iMac 27 years ago and it's better than ever

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    blastdoor said:
    If there's a single Mac that is the most beloved, then it could be the Macintosh SE/30, and it could be the Macintosh IIfx, but it's probably the 2006 Mac Pro. 
    I’d replace the IIfx with the IIci and the 2006 Mac Pro with the 2010.

    one thing I like about the Mac studio is that it seems to have the spirit of the IIci



    Sure, minus the things that made the IIci a great computer, like the slots, the upgradeable RAM and hard drive, and the ability to completely disassemble the entire computer without tools.

    Huh.  Guess the IIci was a better design in every way.
    radarthekatRogue01jony0

  • iOS 16 beta 5 returns battery percentage to the status bar

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Absolutely insane that it took this long.
    caladaniangregoriusmlibertyandfreewilliamlondonlkruppgrandact73

  • The cheesegrater Mac Pro could still be the best Mac ever made

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    M68000 said:
    I liked the trash can cylinder Mac Pro…. Very interesting design.  Nothing else like it.

    Very stupid design.  No slots, loads of thermal problems, hard to repair.  It was one of Apple's worst designs.
    elijahgDavidEsrati

  • Apple hires veteran Lamborghini executive to work on 'Apple Car' team

    darkvaderdarkvader
    This crap again?

    Apple is at least a decade away from a car, and more likely not ever going to build one.

    Oh, and Lamborghini builds junk.  Sure, it's very expensive junk, and it goes fast for the very small part of the time when it's working, but it's utterly unreliable garbage.  They build "cars" that sit in the garages of people with too much money who buy them as poorly-performing 'investments'.
    anantksundaram