Let us celebrate the Mac being 21 years old

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By remembering when:

http://thoughtconduit.sensoryresearch.com/1984macintro.mov

Do enjoy.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 02:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Can we celebrate Steve Jobs's hubris turning 20 as well?

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 02:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm going to go to the Apple store with a beer bong and pour it straight into some "super drives"!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 02:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Astonishing!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 02:23 (twenty-one years ago)

(obviously because Macs are of age)

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 02:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I may have teared up a little for a moment. ::sniff::

Macs rule. Sorry, rest of you guys. :D

― Hey Jude, Tuesday, 25 January 2005 05:27 (twenty-one years ago)

It's the Vangelis that got to you, wasn't it?

― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 05:34 (twenty-one years ago)

What gets me is how totally *decent* the original Mac system fonts were.

― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 05:35 (twenty-one years ago)

That and the fact that the original Mac was my first real computer. Ok, you're right.

::sniff::

― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 05:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Finally, after 21 years, the macintosh has gained as much ground on the competition as it had when it was first released.

― Andrew (enneff), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 05:52 (twenty-one years ago)

cf Steve Ballmer flogging Windows 1.0 like Mattress Mack

Is it daft that it brough a tear to my eye, I forgot how ground breaking a Mac was back then. When we got our SE (courtesy of my Dads all Apple accountancy firm (you don't hear that any more) my experience of computers had been Acorns, BBC micros and a Compaq Luggable, The Mac was a computer that could talk, write beautifully, even on an image writer, didb't have to load from tape, and was a dream to use.

I', so glad steve job's jaw line has been bearded and the floppy hair has gone.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 06:49 (twenty-one years ago)

And the fact that the paint package on those '84s is still better than MSPAINT.EXE

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 08:45 (twenty-one years ago)

i might be getting my first one in a week or so

― m. (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 08:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Ascii art is usually better than MSPAINT.EXE though.

Ed, your parentheses are unbalanced. It's upsetting me.

― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 10:23 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 13:02 (twenty-one years ago)

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