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Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by amatecha »

xvector wrote: post #77
lozaning wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Wow, these look pretty. Image for the curious: https://www.flickr.com/photos/generated/99991779

Ah man... this reminds me of the old Macintosh group on Flickr that used to be an amazing repository of Mac-related photos. It was around since the earliest days of Flickr and had amassed hundreds of thousands of photos. The admin randomly closed the group years ago and has never responded to messages asking about it :(

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by cable2600 »

NateEag wrote: post #130
russellbeattie wrote: post #47

What's interesting about this is how design and presentation has been a part of Apple's DNA since basically day one. When they launched the Apple II in 1977 at the West Coast Computer Faire, there were dozens of other micro-computer startups there as well. But Steve had the foresight to hire a professional product designer to create the foam molded case, and professional graphic artists and marketing people to design…

Steve Jobs. It hasn't been there since he passed - they've been coasting, and it's starting to show.

Tim Cook is trying his best. But yes they are coasting on previous innovations like Android is, and barely adding new features. Just more RAM and faster CPU.

They killed the Mac Pro by making it look like a garbage can. It is back to ATX standards but way too expensive, which drives people to make Hackintoshes to play MacOS games. I home Apple can get the PlayMac or whatever gaming Mac out soon so people can play games on it without spending thousands on a Mac Pro.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by setpatchaddress »

NateEag wrote: post #130
russellbeattie wrote: post #47

What's interesting about this is how design and presentation has been a part of Apple's DNA since basically day one. When they launched the Apple II in 1977 at the West Coast Computer Faire, there were dozens of other micro-computer startups there as well. But Steve had the foresight to hire a professional product designer to create the foam molded case, and professional graphic artists and marketing people to design…

Steve Jobs. It hasn't been there since he passed - they've been coasting, and it's starting to show.

People have said that since 2012. Steve died in 2011. It's now 2020. Have you really never used an Apple Watch or talked to someone who has?

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by cable2600 »

telegrammae wrote: post #35
overlyLogical wrote: post #16

Aesthetics are pretty objective despite some people refusing to acknowledge beauty in favor of their own ugly idea. I don't even like Apple and I can say people like stainless steel more than plastic. That said, if you bought a product because of the color, I got bad news for you.

I wasn't even talking about the hardware, that's a separate story. Apple's old hardware also looks and feels wonderful.

It is the style and design of Apple hardware that helps people choose them more often. After all Apple targets the creative arts community.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by michaelgrafl »

DanCarvajal wrote: post #32

Had to watch the iPod Nano reveal again. That was the first thing I ever live steamed on Quicktime as a teen and it blew my mind. Edit: also it's weird but I totally had a crush on the faceless dancer in the miniskirt in this iPod Shuffle commercial. https://www.applearchive.org/2005-feed/ipod-shuffle-tv-ad-li...

Not weird at all. Fit bodies are attractive, dancing is attractive, skirts are attractive. And your mind gets to fill in the blanks with whatever it prefers!

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by NateEag »

setpatchaddress wrote: post #133
NateEag wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Steve Jobs. It hasn't been there since he passed - they've been coasting, and it's starting to show.

People have said that since 2012. Steve died in 2011. It's now 2020. Have you really never used an Apple Watch or talked to someone who has?

Several family members and friends have Apple Watches.

As far I can tell there is nothing significant about the devices. They're a complicated way to stay distracted with a reasonably okay medical monitor built-in.

They don't seem to be a game-changer the way the iPod or iMac was.

I could, of course, be very wrong.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by microtonal »

setpatchaddress wrote: post #133
NateEag wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Steve Jobs. It hasn't been there since he passed - they've been coasting, and it's starting to show.

People have said that since 2012. Steve died in 2011. It's now 2020. Have you really never used an Apple Watch or talked to someone who has?

And the AirPods. People will say 'they are just Bluetooth earbuds'. But they also said that the iPod is just an MP3 player. But like the iPod, iPhone, and iPad before, the Apple Watch and AirPods are defining the expectations for their respective categories.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by amatecha »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #120
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.

haha, I think I know who you are (though I don't _know you_) .. developer of Glider and Pararena, among others? :) If so, thank you for making such fun and memorable games!

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by blub »

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.…

This might explain a bug that's been bugging me for years: text selection in preview tends to fail when working with PDFs printed from Firefox (and others). The selection jumps from the cursor and includes too much text from below. If I select from below it jumps and selects from above. Not just words, but sometimes entire extra sentences or paragraphs.

This is quite similar to iOS text selection in practice: mostly works, but when it doesn't you're screwed.

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