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Re: A Prototype Original iPod

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Post by macNchz »

macNchz wrote: post #17

Hard to believe it has been 20 years. When talking about the impact of the original iPod on the last two decades of Apple's extraordinary success, I like to jump back to this forum thread from October 23rd 2001 (it is always easy to find because it is thread number 500!) and see the reactions from the time: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-new-thing-ipod.5...

Replying to myself as I reread the thread: I found a comment a few pages in about Apple's stock being down $1 on the day. So what if you'd skipped the iPod and just bought $399 worth of AAPL? According to this site which seems to use real data, it'd be worth... $211k today. http://stockchoker.com/?s=AAPL&d=20011023&a=399

Re: A Prototype Original iPod

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Post by chucky »

HelixEndeavor wrote: post #19
chucky wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah yes. I'll just pull out my 1st gen iPod from my pocket for reference then!

You've seen enough pictures of people holding them to get a good reference for the size.

I've owned one. But that was a million years ago. It's somewhere between the size of a box of matches and my current phone, but that's a pretty big range.

Edit: OK so maybe the reference of a gen 1 ipod is actually quite useful to me. But it's a 20 year old reference to use. Surely there are plenty of things around that are more useful as a reference point if you need one (or just provide measurements).

Re: A Prototype Original iPod

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Post by ghostly_s »

samwillis wrote: post #20
jetrink wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My guess is that they used that case from early on in the project and then just stuck with it even as the electronics inside shrunk. It's not like the software people would be fooled by the enormous size; they knew they were making a pocketable music player. Interestingly, the holes for the screen and the buttons look like they were molded, but the holes for the jacks and wheel look like they were milled. I wonder if…

It looks like a SLA 3d print to me. They go that distinctive yellow over time.

In 2001?

Re: A Prototype Original iPod

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Post by AceJohnny2 »

macNchz wrote: post #17

Hard to believe it has been 20 years. When talking about the impact of the original iPod on the last two decades of Apple's extraordinary success, I like to jump back to this forum thread from October 23rd 2001 (it is always easy to find because it is thread number 500!) and see the reactions from the time: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-new-thing-ipod.5...

My favorite remains Slashdot's Editor-in-Chief CmdrTaco's "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."

(shared with <3, it really shows how us geeks had/have no sense of the popularity of a tech product)

Re: A Prototype Original iPod

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Post by MikusR »

HelixEndeavor wrote: post #19
chucky wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah yes. I'll just pull out my 1st gen iPod from my pocket for reference then!

You've seen enough pictures of people holding them to get a good reference for the size.

I am not a rich american, so I have not.

Re: A Prototype Original iPod

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Post by lostgame »

macNchz wrote: post #17

Hard to believe it has been 20 years. When talking about the impact of the original iPod on the last two decades of Apple's extraordinary success, I like to jump back to this forum thread from October 23rd 2001 (it is always easy to find because it is thread number 500!) and see the reactions from the time: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-new-thing-ipod.5...

From that thread: 'I'd call it the Cube 2.0 as it wont sell, and be killed off in a short time...and it's not really functional.'

Hilarious.

Re: A Prototype Original iPod

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Post by bob-4 »

MikusR wrote: post #25
HelixEndeavor wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You've seen enough pictures of people holding them to get a good reference for the size.

I am not a rich american, so I have not.

Since when could only rich Americans use image searches? Or are you just being facetious?

Let me Google that for you: https://images.app.goo.gl/hW7G3NaixUd4sNUc7

Re: A Prototype Original iPod

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Post by bryans »

To me, this makes it so much more obvious that the only innovation they were even aiming for was a scroll wheel. Everything else is just a Diamond Rio with a hard drive attached. That's not to diminish the effectiveness or novelty of the scroll wheel, but the larger capacity seems to be the only thing that actually mattered here.
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