Comments on: 30 Years Of Apple http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/ Startup and Technology News Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:03:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: The next interface? « Joos of the Day http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1425415 The next interface? « Joos of the Day Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:49:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1425415 [...] been 30 years ago that Apple launched. Listening to Steve and Bill talk last week, one of the points made is since the Mac in 1984, the [...] [...] been 30 years ago that Apple launched. Listening to Steve and Bill talk last week, one of the points made is since the Mac in 1984, the [...]

]]> By: Rob http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1413773 Rob Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:29:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1413773 In my computer class at school we used Apple IIs with no hard drives and 5 1/4 inch floppy drives. (in the mid 90's of all things- that's what happens at a small private school). The first laptop I ever used was a Mac my father would bring home from work. I finally bought my first iPod in December. I'm saving for a MacBook. In my computer class at school we used Apple IIs with no hard drives and 5 1/4 inch floppy drives. (in the mid 90’s of all things- that’s what happens at a small private school).

The first laptop I ever used was a Mac my father would bring home from work.

I finally bought my first iPod in December. I’m saving for a MacBook.

]]> By: Pat McGraw http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1413342 Pat McGraw Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:56:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1413342 I was lucky enough to get work at Univeristy back in 1989 teaching the University staff how to use the DOS PCs. I of course created the materials on a Macintosh SE with the then-revolutionary built in hard disk drive. 20 MB (MEGA bytes....) for a thousand bucks extra. Whoa, nelly. When the concern in class for the key called "Return" or "Enter" came up (stupid PC keyboards) I simply created a font character with the arrow symbol which is present on the proper key. ResEdit, a bit of creativity, and the class was stunned. For you new to this, the Mac SE was a 1 mHz 68000, 1 MB RAM (upgradeable to 4) , 72dpi b/w screen with square pixels. Which was tack-sharp black print on a white screen. Nine inches diagonal. 72dpi is a publishing standard. So for the "which is more expensive" myth, which NEVER goes away, I want to hear from somebody who actually USED a $2700 PC back in '89. My friend Jeff had one, which he built himself. It could do colors -- all four of them. On a big blurry screen. It had a mouse. He programmed each little button each little way to fire off each little batch file that basically scrolled the DIR list. It had a built in hard disk. Ten MB. It was maxed out at 640 KB RAM just like it's supposed to. He'd spent the entire summer and $2700 cobbling this thing together so he could run his hot copy of AutoCAD. I'd spent one afternoon and $2700 purchasing the Mac SE so I could use the "free" Mac Paint, Mac Write, and ResEdit....to teach and make a font character. You do the math. THANK YOU APPLE! I was lucky enough to get work at Univeristy back in 1989 teaching the University staff how to use the DOS PCs.

I of course created the materials on a Macintosh SE with the then-revolutionary built in hard disk drive. 20 MB (MEGA bytes….) for a thousand bucks extra. Whoa, nelly.

When the concern in class for the key called “Return” or “Enter” came up (stupid PC keyboards) I simply created a font character with the arrow symbol which is present on the proper key. ResEdit, a bit of creativity, and the class was stunned.

For you new to this, the Mac SE was a 1 mHz 68000, 1 MB RAM (upgradeable to 4) , 72dpi b/w screen with square pixels. Which was tack-sharp black print on a white screen. Nine inches diagonal. 72dpi is a publishing standard.

So for the “which is more expensive” myth, which NEVER goes away, I want to hear from somebody who actually USED a $2700 PC back in ‘89. My friend Jeff had one, which he built himself. It could do colors — all four of them. On a big blurry screen. It had a mouse. He programmed each little button each little way to fire off each little batch file that basically scrolled the DIR list. It had a built in hard disk. Ten MB. It was maxed out at 640 KB RAM just like it’s supposed to.

He’d spent the entire summer and $2700 cobbling this thing together so he could run his hot copy of AutoCAD.

I’d spent one afternoon and $2700 purchasing the Mac SE so I could use the “free” Mac Paint, Mac Write, and ResEdit….to teach and make a font character.

You do the math.

THANK YOU APPLE!

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1413072 Jennifer Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:05:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1413072 I badgered my parents to buy a beige G3 in '97. But before that, most of my computer experience was with the Macs at my dad's job at the city newspaper. Ah, Tetris. My first keyboarding class was on whatever new Mac was out in the early 90s. As a member of the newspaper team in high school, we used the little Mac boxes for layout and typing up stories. The beige G3 has since bit it (the dreaded floppy-disk-and-question-mark!), but I've had a Biondi iMac (still in use!) and a blueberry iBook, a white iBook and a white iPod Nano, and I'm eagerly awaiting Leopard... I badgered my parents to buy a beige G3 in ‘97. But before that, most of my computer experience was with the Macs at my dad’s job at the city newspaper. Ah, Tetris. My first keyboarding class was on whatever new Mac was out in the early 90s. As a member of the newspaper team in high school, we used the little Mac boxes for layout and typing up stories.

The beige G3 has since bit it (the dreaded floppy-disk-and-question-mark!), but I’ve had a Biondi iMac (still in use!) and a blueberry iBook, a white iBook and a white iPod Nano, and I’m eagerly awaiting Leopard…

]]> By: rdblaha http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1413035 rdblaha Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:37:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1413035 Though I have never had the great opportunity to own any brand new Apple product I have seen from the beginning that from hardware design choices and the software written (OS & apps) to work on it Apple has continuously been a forward looking company that has expanded the consumer computing electronics industry. One can always postulate that "were it not for the monopolized PC marketing, i.e. every IBM PC sold must be sold with the MS OS (somewhat forcing the masses to embrace MS?), that Apple would have a much bigger market share". But that is for the MAC/PC debaters. I remember getting an Apple ][GS (basically given to me since it was 'old technology') and comparing it to the then nearly new Windows 95. It reinforced the reality that the old technology of Apple was superior and more advanced than the latest PC/MS technology. Being the leading edge type of company Apple is makes it understandable that sometimes you may nearly fold because the choice, though leading, is not what what fits the fancy of the consumer. Through the highlights (many) and the bottom bumps (as they came), Happy Anniversary Apple!!!!! P.S. By the way, forcing those longing to get their hands on an iPhone to have to use Cingular (or the New AT&T) is really, well, NOT!!! I really thought that iCell (without the cell carrier requirement) would be a much better, more realistic name for it. Though I have never had the great opportunity to own any brand new Apple product I have seen from the beginning that from hardware design choices and the software written (OS & apps) to work on it Apple has continuously been a forward looking company that has expanded the consumer computing electronics industry. One can always postulate that “were it not for the monopolized PC marketing, i.e. every IBM PC sold must be sold with the MS OS (somewhat forcing the masses to embrace MS?), that Apple would have a much bigger market share”. But that is for the MAC/PC debaters. I remember getting an Apple ][GS (basically given to me since it was ‘old technology’) and comparing it to the then nearly new Windows 95. It reinforced the reality that the old technology of Apple was superior and more advanced than the latest PC/MS technology.

Being the leading edge type of company Apple is makes it understandable that sometimes you may nearly fold because the choice, though leading, is not what what fits the fancy of the consumer. Through the highlights (many) and the bottom bumps (as they came), Happy Anniversary Apple!!!!!

P.S. By the way, forcing those longing to get their hands on an iPhone to have to use Cingular (or the New AT&T) is really, well, NOT!!! I really thought that iCell (without the cell carrier requirement) would be a much better, more realistic name for it.

]]> By: 3d Artist http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1412881 3d Artist Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:08:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1412881 @ mjharper You can thank (at least partially) the satirical ad campaign that Apple put out these past few years of PC vs Mac. A great move on Apple's marketing efforts as that helped "teach" PC users how cool the Mac is. @ mjharper

You can thank (at least partially) the satirical ad campaign that Apple put out these past few years of PC vs Mac. A great move on Apple’s marketing efforts as that helped “teach” PC users how cool the Mac is.

]]> By: Peter the painter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1412768 Peter the painter Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:06:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1412768 My first apple was the IIe. I remember thinking it was the best thing since sliced bread. "the way to the future"! My brother brought it from the states and I just loved how 'small' it was. I have since travelled the path of PC and Mac all the way through my training as a Graphic Designer and later as a practising ( actually, I've got it right now ) designer. I love the Mac for it's wonderful GUI and ease but ( slap my wrists here ) PC's have also come a hell of way since those heady days. ( OK Windows ripped off the GUI! ) I now use both PC and Mac. Mac for me and other like minded pro's and PC for the rest of the world - 'Gates you have a lot to answer for!!' - but at the end of the day Mac still seems to keep ahead of the 'bunch'. When, for example, will you see a 'WindowPod', 'WinPhone' or indeed 'WinTunes' ? Enough said I feel. Thank you Apple, Happy anniverssary!! My first apple was the IIe. I remember thinking it was the best thing since sliced bread. “the way to the future”! My brother brought it from the states
and I just loved how ’small’ it was. I have since travelled the path of PC and Mac all the way through my training as a Graphic Designer and later as a practising ( actually, I’ve got it right now ) designer. I love the Mac for it’s wonderful GUI and ease but ( slap my wrists here ) PC’s have also come a hell of way since those heady days. ( OK Windows ripped off the GUI! ) I now use both PC and Mac. Mac for me and other like minded pro’s and PC for the rest of the world - ‘Gates you have a lot to answer for!!’ - but at the end of the day Mac still seems to keep ahead of the ‘bunch’. When, for example, will you see a ‘WindowPod’, ‘WinPhone’ or indeed ‘WinTunes’ ? Enough said I feel. Thank you Apple, Happy anniverssary!!

]]> By: Hoy Software » Apple cumple 30 años http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1412241 Hoy Software » Apple cumple 30 años Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:09:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1412241 [...] TechCrunch Comparte este articulo:Estos íconos enlazan con webs de marcadores sociales que permiten a los [...] [...] TechCrunch Comparte este articulo:Estos íconos enlazan con webs de marcadores sociales que permiten a los [...]

]]> By: mjharper http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411921 mjharper Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:35:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411921 At the risk of this becoming fruity, I'd just like to encourage 79. tired to read through all the comments, and count how may times Mac users say that PCs suck, and how many time PC users say that Macs suck. Then, perhaps, he'd like to like to revise his opinion about what it is Mac users can't do. At the risk of this becoming fruity, I’d just like to encourage 79. tired to read through all the comments, and count how may times Mac users say that PCs suck, and how many time PC users say that Macs suck. Then, perhaps, he’d like to like to revise his opinion about what it is Mac users can’t do.

]]> By: Free Internet Web Meeting : MeetFlex http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411564 Free Internet Web Meeting : MeetFlex Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:06:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411564 The true strength of the Applet Mac/IPod is the extremely thought of "User Experience"....which goes on to create the cult that is true hard-core apple cult. The extreme weakness of Apple as a company is trying to keep the platform close through proprietary things like the Mac OS, or ITunes.The Mac OS would have beaten windows to death if Apple could have kept it open in the initial years. Similarly what was the need to have DRM in ITunes. Do you want to buy my startup http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:11&item=180126906061 The true strength of the Applet Mac/IPod is the extremely thought of “User Experience”….which goes on to create the cult that is true hard-core apple cult.

The extreme weakness of Apple as a company is trying to keep the platform close through proprietary things like the Mac OS, or ITunes.The Mac OS would have beaten windows to death if Apple could have kept it open in the initial years.

Similarly what was the need to have DRM in ITunes.

Do you want to buy my startup
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA.....0126906061

]]> By: pristina.org | everything design » links for 2007-06-06 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411489 pristina.org | everything design » links for 2007-06-06 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:25:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411489 [...] 30 Years Of Apple 30 anos de Apple (tags: apple) [...] [...] 30 Years Of Apple 30 anos de Apple (tags: apple) [...]

]]> By: Jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411480 Jason Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:17:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411480 First, congrats to Apple on 30 years! Personally, I've had both PC's and Mac's and don't have much of a preference for either. However, I do want to ask Mike how he can make a statement like the one below without backing it up with some facts. "The Apple Mac may not hold a position of dominant market share today but amongst the technology influencers there is no other choice." Well? C'mon, sure there are people out there that prefer Macs, but can you truly say among technology influencers there is no other choice? I didn't think so... You're better than a statement like that Mike. First, congrats to Apple on 30 years! Personally, I’ve had both PC’s and Mac’s and don’t have much of a preference for either.

However, I do want to ask Mike how he can make a statement like the one below without backing it up with some facts.

“The Apple Mac may not hold a position of dominant market share today but amongst the technology influencers there is no other choice.”

Well? C’mon, sure there are people out there that prefer Macs, but can you truly say among technology influencers there is no other choice? I didn’t think so… You’re better than a statement like that Mike.

]]> By: Shakir Razak http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411338 Shakir Razak Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:16:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411338 My first brand new and sealed Apple computer arrived just 3 weeks ago - Thanks' Apple for the new macBook Pro's :( launched today. My first computer was actually an Amiga, the prefect compromise between the mac and pc, if only commodore hadn't completely messed up. And my first apple/mac was bought 3rd-hand via ebay a few years ago, an ibook that I instantly adored even though the dodgy seller ripped me off. There's little to worry about using apple's, it's how cars will be in the future, but it means that you forget all the "technical" skillls you need to learn when living on Windows, but with steve jobs having had the forsight to have kept an eye on x86 and now the possibility of dual-booting, there is no reason (subject to money) to not get a mac. If Apple decided to guarantee Rolls-Royce-type service out of the box at a fairer retail price, or got price-competetive with the PC world, they'd easily get 30-60% world pc market-share. They're just not as different as Dyson's are in the vacuum-cleaner world, to justify the price-difference to normal people who don't read-up on the goings-on in the computing/tech world. Yours kindly, Shakir razak My first brand new and sealed Apple computer arrived just 3 weeks ago - Thanks’ Apple for the new macBook Pro’s :( launched today.

My first computer was actually an Amiga, the prefect compromise between the mac and pc, if only commodore hadn’t completely messed up.

And my first apple/mac was bought 3rd-hand via ebay a few years ago, an ibook that I instantly adored even though the dodgy seller ripped me off.
There’s little to worry about using apple’s, it’s how cars will be in the future, but it means that you forget all the “technical” skillls you need to learn when living on Windows, but with steve jobs having had the forsight to have kept an eye on x86 and now the possibility of dual-booting, there is no reason (subject to money) to not get a mac.

If Apple decided to guarantee Rolls-Royce-type service out of the box at a fairer retail price, or got price-competetive with the PC world, they’d easily get 30-60% world pc market-share. They’re just not as different as Dyson’s are in the vacuum-cleaner world, to justify the price-difference to normal people who don’t read-up on the goings-on in the computing/tech world.

Yours kindly,

Shakir razak

]]> By: Eric http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411263 Eric Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:25:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411263 I didn't know one single thing about computers when I enrolled at Drexel University in the fall of 1985. We were the 2nd year students in a prgressive program where Drexel required every student to buy a Macintosh. 256K of RAM, 400K Single-Sided floppy and copies of MacWrite were what we started doing our first papers on. My second year, I downloaded the "build your own Fat Mac" instructions and soldered in a whopping 512K of Ram. By the 4th year, we all had a really big lesson on the price/performance curve. Incoming students were getting Macintosh Pluses with a 20Mb hard drive for less than half of the $4K or so that we had to pony up. No booting the Apple OS with floppies for them. I had a 1200baud apple modem and an imagewriter printer and still used it a bit post-college. This was also the modern-era of software piracy and kids up and down the hall shared games that had no copy protection. I had hundreds of disks then. This simple exposure to the Mac got me into the computer industry where I exchanged my Mac knowledge for training on DOS and IBM pc's. That industry has been good to me over the past 20 years. Thanks Apple (even though I still don't own an Ipod). I didn’t know one single thing about computers when I enrolled at Drexel University in the fall of 1985. We were the 2nd year students in a prgressive program where Drexel required every student to buy a Macintosh. 256K of RAM, 400K Single-Sided floppy and copies of MacWrite were what we started doing our first papers on. My second year, I downloaded the “build your own Fat Mac” instructions and soldered in a whopping 512K of Ram. By the 4th year, we all had a really big lesson on the price/performance curve. Incoming students were getting Macintosh Pluses with a 20Mb hard drive for less than half of the $4K or so that we had to pony up. No booting the Apple OS with floppies for them. I had a 1200baud apple modem and an imagewriter printer and still used it a bit post-college. This was also the modern-era of software piracy and kids up and down the hall shared games that had no copy protection. I had hundreds of disks then.
This simple exposure to the Mac got me into the computer industry where I exchanged my Mac knowledge for training on DOS and IBM pc’s. That industry has been good to me over the past 20 years. Thanks Apple (even though I still don’t own an Ipod).

]]> By: Found History » More Crunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411223 Found History » More Crunch Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:57:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411223 [...] another one from the “Crunch” network of blogs. Today TechCrunch has a post on Apple’s 30th anniversary. While the post itself is not very interesting, many of the reader recollections solicited by the [...] [...] another one from the “Crunch” network of blogs. Today TechCrunch has a post on Apple’s 30th anniversary. While the post itself is not very interesting, many of the reader recollections solicited by the [...]

]]> By: tired http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411158 tired Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:13:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411158 Will you stop at last? One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant Will you stop at last?

One thing PC users can do that Mac users can’t
http://www.thebestpageintheuni.....=macs_cant

]]> By: Greg http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411152 Greg Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:10:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411152 @75: I guess they just feel left out of the party? Hardcore zealotry knows no propriety? I don't know. I'm a huge PC fanboy, and <i>I</i> think they're being petty doing it. Not only are OS wars retarded, but this is really not a good place for them. @75: I guess they just feel left out of the party? Hardcore zealotry knows no propriety? I don’t know. I’m a huge PC fanboy, and I think they’re being petty doing it.

Not only are OS wars retarded, but this is really not a good place for them.

]]> By: MJT http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411151 MJT Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:08:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411151 First owned an Apple IIc in '85. Loved it! Then got a Macintosh SE in '87. Probably one of the best computers Apple has ever made. The thing still boots and runs! From there ... An LCIII, original iMac, Cube, White iBook, and my most recent mac is the a 20" iMacIntel. ;) Owned the original iPod, but someone dropped it into a bucket of water - the hard drive is dead now. So I bought a white iPod nano. change of subject... What's up with some of the immature comments!? Maybe just dumb kids? It's like turning the channel on TV to a baseball game and making fun of all those "fan boys" sitting in the stadium watching the game, wasting a perfectly good afternoon. Should grow up some and realize that people have different interests and tastes. First owned an Apple IIc in ‘85. Loved it! Then got a Macintosh SE in ‘87. Probably one of the best computers Apple has ever made. The thing still boots and runs! From there … An LCIII, original iMac, Cube, White iBook, and my most recent mac is the a 20″ iMacIntel. ;) Owned the original iPod, but someone dropped it into a bucket of water - the hard drive is dead now. So I bought a white iPod nano.

change of subject…

What’s up with some of the immature comments!? Maybe just dumb kids? It’s like turning the channel on TV to a baseball game and making fun of all those “fan boys” sitting in the stadium watching the game, wasting a perfectly good afternoon. Should grow up some and realize that people have different interests and tastes.

]]> By: ML http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411070 ML Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:29:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411070 My Dad got me my first computer, an Apple IIc, when I was 7 years-old. I thought it was the greatest thing ever. I learned everything from math to typing to basic programming on that machine. My favorite thing to do was to use one of the first editions of Print Shop to create birthday cards on my dot-matrix printer. It took forever, but, to me, it was the best thing ever! My Dad got me my first computer, an Apple IIc, when I was 7 years-old. I thought it was the greatest thing ever. I learned everything from math to typing to basic programming on that machine. My favorite thing to do was to use one of the first editions of Print Shop to create birthday cards on my dot-matrix printer. It took forever, but, to me, it was the best thing ever!

]]> By: mjharper http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411050 mjharper Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:12:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1411050 What I don't get is why the 'I love my PC - Mac users are retards' brigade have to hijack a post like this. Who are they trying to convince? Grow up, say. What I don’t get is why the ‘I love my PC - Mac users are retards’ brigade have to hijack a post like this. Who are they trying to convince?

Grow up, say.

]]> By: KindAndThoughtful http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1410994 KindAndThoughtful Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:37:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1410994 "Business has only two functions -- marketing and innovation." “Business has only two functions — marketing and innovation.”

]]> By: the truth, ruth http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1410984 the truth, ruth Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:27:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1410984 @ Jay #66 Listen to what Jay says about Apple products, and then look at Jay's site - http://vkowebs.com/ That really sums it up right there. It is a world view, an inability to understand *Design* and aesthetic. It is not a argument that can ever be productive though. It is like debating the truths of evolution with a creationist Jay is not wired to understand design, as many people aren't. It's not his fault. Luckily for Apple, enough people *are* wired to understand design. These are the drivers that then bring an ever increasing number of people that "don't quite" understand design, but understand enough to know that macs are just plain better. The combination is finally giving Apple the market share it deserves. @ Jay #66

Listen to what Jay says about Apple products, and then look at Jay’s site - http://vkowebs.com/ That really sums it up right there. It is a world view, an inability to understand *Design* and aesthetic. It is not a argument that can ever be productive though. It is like debating the truths of evolution with a creationist

Jay is not wired to understand design, as many people aren’t. It’s not his fault.

Luckily for Apple, enough people *are* wired to understand design. These are the drivers that then bring an ever increasing number of people that “don’t quite” understand design, but understand enough to know that macs are just plain better. The combination is finally giving Apple the market share it deserves.

]]> By: Michael Arrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1410981 Michael Arrington Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:25:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1410981 I'm going to dig up a picture of me with my first computer, an Apple II+ I’m going to dig up a picture of me with my first computer, an Apple II+

]]> By: Bill Hartzer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1410977 Bill Hartzer Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:20:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1410977 Congratulations, Apple, on 30 years! I cannot believe I still remember those days when I was typing away on my new Apple IIe computer...and got a kick out of playing around with Eliza, that program that had an answer for just about everything you typed. Congratulations, Apple, on 30 years! I cannot believe I still remember those days when I was typing away on my new Apple IIe computer…and got a kick out of playing around with Eliza, that program that had an answer for just about everything you typed.

]]> By: RyanBarrett http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1410948 RyanBarrett Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:58:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/30-years-of-apple/#comment-1410948 While my mom happily banged on the space bar and arrows playing "Rogue" on her black and green PC screen, I was always at my friend's apartment typing on a nice white screen in Helvetica. This same friend didn't ever get cable and the only junk food in the house was nuts and Annie's Cheese and Shells. I don't think Macs are quite so granola anymore though. I'm on a Mac for work... and I can barely remember the meaning of "anti-virus software". Magical. While my mom happily banged on the space bar and arrows playing “Rogue” on her black and green PC screen, I was always at my friend’s apartment typing on a nice white screen in Helvetica. This same friend didn’t ever get cable and the only junk food in the house was nuts and Annie’s Cheese and Shells.

I don’t think Macs are quite so granola anymore though. I’m on a Mac for work… and I can barely remember the meaning of “anti-virus software”. Magical.

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