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Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by anthk »

throwaway2048 wrote: post #10
telegrammae wrote: post #2

Apple's design of 10-15 years ago looks excellent even today. Truly - good design does not lose its attractiveness as styles and standards change. Most icons, fonts, panels, colors of most of their old software and promotional materials look very pleasant, even in low resolution.

the original osx pinstripe look is pretty hideous, and the faux glossy emboss look hasn't aged well either https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2016/01/mac-os-x-...

OSX Tiger was not like that, it was the most polished UI from Apple ever since System 7.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by jsjohnst »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #68
throwaway2048 wrote: post #10

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the original osx pinstripe look is pretty hideous, and the faux glossy emboss look hasn't aged well either https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2016/01/mac-os-x-...

I've never used them, but from what I've read 10.0–10.2 were pretty bad across the board, and 10.3 (Panther) was when OS X became a truly viable product. I think Apple knew this, too. If you look at the timeline of macOS releases, 10.0–10.2 were released in the span of just over a year, and 10.3 had barely a year of life before Panther replaced it (incremental annual releases are the norm now, but they weren't then).…

10.0 -> 10.1 = 6 months

10.1 -> 10.2 = 11 months

10.2 -> 10.3 = 14 months

10.3 -> 10.4 = 18 months

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by reaperducer »

electricviolet wrote: post #87
reaperducer wrote: post #30

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The monitor on my iLamp went black last week for no reason that I can determine. The machine still works, and I can VNC into it to use it, but that's not so much fun. I have the tools to fix it, but no longer possess the manual dexterity. Sadly, it will probably end up in the garbage because my local Apple Store won't take it back for recycling.

There may be other local electronics recyclers who will take it.

Just the country, but only one day a month, business hours only, and it's an hour drive each way to the dump.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by reaperducer »

rusk wrote: post #62
lostgame wrote: post #28

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>> I'm not sure if it was actually really good, or I just associate it with a happy time in my life. I am a collector of Macs from around this time. I just picked up an orange G3 Clamshell iBook, and I absolutely adore my 'pixar lamp' iMac G4. I'm considering internal hardware mod projects to get these two up to a reasonable speed.

I got one of these lamps a while ago, and even used it for a while, but there were one too many painful moments (its crazy how far our expectations have come in terms of what we can put up with in terms of stability; or just even being able to watch YouTube) for the joyful novelty of its use to overcome ... I do want to bring it out again some day, but for now its in the attic ... Any thoughts on what you might do wi…

I used it as a media server. I could still use it for that because a media server doesn't need a screen, but my wife won't allow it to sit in the living room if it doesn't have a pretty screen saver running on it.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by reaperducer »

lozaning wrote: post #57
pell wrote: post #53

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Just watched the iMac G4 introduction on the site. That is still the most beautiful computer ever built.

If we're willing to be liberal with our usage of the word computer, I'd like to nominate the Xserve RAID. I still consider buying one to put in my home rack from time to time because they're just so damn pretty.

They show up on fleaBay every now and then, sometimes by the palette.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by nobleach »

jdofaz wrote: post #101
reaperducer wrote: post #19

I love the early 2000's Apple aesthetic. I'm not sure if it was actually really good, or I just associate it with a happy time in my life. I still have an iTunes playlist with all of the music from the dancing silhouette iPod commercials, and I get the warm and fuzzies when I listen to it. I wish there was a high-quality archive of these commercials online to relive some of those memories. Unfortunately, every time I…

>I love the early 2000's Apple aesthetic. I'm not sure if it was actually really good, or I just associate it with a happy time in my life. I feel similar about the platinum theme that started on MacOS 8

The Copland stuff? Yeah, I remember getting a Mac Addict (or one of the others) that had all the extensions to make 7.6 look like the upcoming Copland stuff. I still am fascinated by System 7. It looks dated now but, it's still pretty dang amazing compared to Windows 3.1.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by nobleach »

mikestew wrote: post #75
Wowfunhappy wrote: post #46

I've been using OS X since 2010, but in that time I never used the Dashboard. I didn't see any point. A couple weeks ago, I watched the keynote of Steve Jobs introducing Tiger, and when he demo'd the Dashboard, I had this moment of dawning realization: "Oh, so that's what you're supposed to use that for. That is... actually completely brilliant. Yes. I want that. Now." I'm now using the Dashboard quite heavily. It's…

Too bad you came to use Dashboard so late in the game, it's gone in Catalina: https://9to5mac.com/2019/06/04/dashboard-in-macos-10-15-cata...

I'm ON Catalina right now, and I didn't even know that. (I typically use my Linux laptop for everything... dunno why I decided to use my Macbook Pro today) I had to triple-swipe right just to see if was really gone. Yup. It's gone. Dang.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by JKCalhoun »

herodotus wrote: post #8

My own little moment of fame: WWDC June 8, 2009, Keynote, 21 minutes and 22 seconds in: Bertrand Serlet says (about improvements to Preview): "We have added lots of little touches. The one I like...we have added a little bit of AI to actually infer the selection" My colleague and I (we co-developed the "little bit of AI") never saw this comment (and the applause) live: we were still lining up outside of Moscone West.…

I know you.
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