Happy 22nd Birthday


…to the Macintosh.

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The Mac was the brainchild of Jef Raskin, who originally wanted to bring computing to the masses at under $1000. That proved unworkable, Raskin left the project, and the price ballooned to $1499. John Sculley stepped in as Apple CEO. He felt the Mac needed a serious media push and, in an effort to pay for it, pushed the price to $2495.

Read more at Apple Matters.

Meanwhile, Disney is buying Pixar, giving Apple extraordinary influence, and my iMac’s screen continues to give me trouble. The more things change, the more they stay the same, I guess…;)


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Posted by Giles, Tuesday, January 24, 2006, at 2:41 PM.
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Comments:

I shall call the new entity “Dixar.” Doesn’t have a nice suggestive ring to it?

Chuck S. , January 25, 2006 8:30 PM (#)

LOL!!

Now I’m going to have to not say that in piblic…!

Giles , January 26, 2006 1:11 PM (#)

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