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Title: Happy 20th Birthday Macintosh!
Post by: Saucer on January 25, 2004, 05:37:06 pm
It was 20 years ago today that the Apple Macintosh computer was born! For a gas, check out Apple's unforgettable 1984 Macintosh Superbowl Commercial (http://www.apple.com/hardware/ads/1984/)!

While you're at it, check out what you could get for $2500 back in 1984: 128k Mac specs! (http://www.lowendmac.com/compact/128k.shtml) Whoo hoo! ^^;

And last but not least, check out the world's third largest supercomputer (http://eshop.macsales.com/Macworld/onthefloor/index.cfm?page=cluster.html), a cluster of G5 Powermacs!
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Macintosh!
Post by: js_morris on January 29, 2004, 10:31:29 am
And for a slightly more twisted view of the anniversary:

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/525.html

JSM
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Macintosh!
Post by: theravenisdead on January 29, 2004, 11:11:08 am
Steve Jobs is satan  XD  ^_^V

er.. Ignore me. Apple does make quality computers  ;D. (cept for their lemons..  -_- like the Color Classic and Powermac 5200/5300 series)

bytw Saucer, evern checked out http://www.applefritter.com/? Lots of cool case modding and hacks done.
Like this guy, who put a Powermac 6500 inside of a NeXT Cube (http://www.applefritter.com/?q=node/view/449)
And this one, a 6100-based Powermac inside an electric dynamometer.. er.. Just look  ::) (http://www.applefritter.com/?q=node/view/434)


Anways as far as I'm concerned, Long live the PC!  ^_^V
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Macintosh!
Post by: Saucer on January 31, 2004, 10:30:31 pm
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And for a slightly more twisted view of the anniversary:

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/525.html

JSM

LOL! It's true! fsck j00 Bill Gates!

I found this poll extremely amusing:
What anniversary did you celebrate?

*      20th anniversary of falling in love with a machine.
*      20 years of the cheapest R&D Microsoft could get.
*      20 long years of listening to Mac fanatics go on and on about how they love their machines.
*      20 even longer years of wondering why my Windows friends don't get a clue.
*      Almost 20 years of carpal tunnel syndrome.

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Steve Jobs is satan  XD  ^_^V

Yes, he is. Hail Satan!!! ;D

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bytw Saucer, evern checked out http://www.applefritter.com/? Lots of cool case modding and hacks done.
Like this guy, who put a Powermac 6500 inside of a NeXT Cube (http://www.applefritter.com/?q=node/view/449)
And this one, a 6100-based Powermac inside an electric dynamometer.. er.. Just look  ::) (http://www.applefritter.com/?q=node/view/434)

5\/\/337!! Someone should stuff the guts from a Lisa into a 50s TV case or something. That would be a fun, random project!