Archive for the ‘Apple II’ Category

MUST SEE! Early Apple Concept Designs from Hartmut Esslinger

Posted by: Michael on Oct 20, 2008 | 6 Comments

How many of you are familiar with Hartmut Esslinger?
He’s a German-American industrial designer who is responsible for the look and feel of Apple in the 1980s. In 1982 he entered into a $1 Million dollar a year contract with Apple Computer to create Apple’s design strategy. The result was the Apple “Snow White [...]

Apple reveals Record Second Quarter Results

Posted by: Michael on Apr 23, 2008 | No Comments

Apple today announced the financial results for its second fiscal 2008 quarter, which ended on March 28th, 2008. The company posted “revenue of $7.51 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.05 billion, or $1.16 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $5.26 billion and net quarterly profit of $770 million, or $.87 [...]

Apple Second Quarter Results Conference Call this Wednesday

Posted by: Michael on Apr 21, 2008 | 3 Comments

Apple will have its Second Quarter results conference call this Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 2:00 p.m. PDT/5:00 p.m. EDT. Apple will, as always provide a live audio stream of the call which you will be able to access here.
Before the actual call, Apple will release the numbers via a press release, but it [...]

Does it get any geekier than websurfing on your Apple II?

Posted by: Michael on Mar 24, 2008 | 3 Comments

Granted, this is super geeky, but did you know its actually possible to surf the web on an AppleII? Until this morning, I didn’t – but take a look…

Now, you may be asking – how the heck are they connecting that thing to ethernet? Well, these guys actually make an ethernet interface for Apple [...]

Apple ][ used for Music Video

Posted by: Michael on Jun 20, 2007 | 5 Comments

This is a pretty darn amazing use of an Apple ][ – take a look….

YouTube Find: Apple II Forever – Happy 30th Apple II!

Posted by: Michael on Jun 5, 2007 | 3 Comments

So today marks the 30th birthday of the Apple II, the little Apple that could. This video is from the April 1984 Apple IIc rollout conference at the Moscone Center in California. As the Mac was just getting itself established, the Apple IIc was just hitting the shelves, extending the life of the [...]