Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Fake Product Flashback: iWalk
If it’s one thing that I see with Apple more than almost any other company, it’s fake products. From the 1,000 or so fan made designs of the iPhone and widescreen iPods, to the tablet Mac concepts we see all the time, people just LOVE making fake Apple products.
There is one hoax, however, that [...]
Apple’s Pippin named Worst Selling Console of All Time
Even 12 years after it’s initial release, Apple’s only attempt at a video game console is still serving as a slight embarrassment to the company. On Friday, Gamepro ran it’s list of the “Top 10 Worst Selling Consoles of All Time”. I’m actually sad to say that I owned (or still own) 4 [...]
Microsoft discussed dumping Office to ‘hurt Apple’
Even more fun stuff has been exposed via the Iowa anti-trust trial. This time it’s in the form of documetation that confirms Microsoft considered dumping the Mac version of Office in order to do “a great deal of harm” to Apple.
The email specifically described dumping Office for Mac as “The strongest bargaining point we [...]
Apple History: The Evolution of Apple Notebooks
The history of Apple is always facinating to me, the evolution of the notebook in particular, so I decided to take a closer look at how the portable computer has evolved over the years…
Apple has had a long history of producing great notebook computers. In fact, the first Powerbook is credited with being the [...]
The Evolution of the Apple Mouse
Scott over at TUAW posted this link to John Ward’s “The Evolution of the Apple Mouse” yesterday, and it’s a pretty cool article.
If you haven’t seen it yet (it’s been online for a while), it’s an interesting read that shows us almost every mouse Apple has ever produced.
My personal favorite would [...]
