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Disney’s Spaceship Earth was recently retooled, and rumor had it that Steve Jobs was going to be turned into an animatronic addition to the ride. Thankfully, that didn’t happen – and instead, Woz, the loveable guy that actually invented the Apple Computer is there instead. You can see a small version of him above, but
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Woz is now a Disney owned Robot. Really.
Hardware
The Apple hockey puck shaped mouse shipped with iMacs in 1998. It was hard to hold, uncomfortable, and cheap feeling. It was a terrible mouse. The guys at cNet UK think it was SO terrible that it’s one of the worst tech products ever invented. I tend to agree that it was an absolutely horrible
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Apple “puck” mouse named one of the worst Tech products of all time
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A local ad from Tulsa Ok for an Apple II from 1985. This is not only a “great” Apple commercial, but it’s a great local commercial as well. This we all had local commercials growing up, with some ridiculous guy making an ass out of himself…ah memories…
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YouTube Find: Computer Connections 1985 Apple Commercial
History
You can now get your hands on a Complete NeXT system, including printer, CD-Rom Drive, NeXT Cube, Monitor, and more on Ebay. The NeXT Sysyem, of course, is the computer that Steve Jobs and Co. developed after he was ousted from Apple in the 80s. The system is running, and looks like it’s in pretty
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FLASHBACK: Complete NeXT System 4 Sale on Ebay
History
This is an interesting excerpt from the documentary Triumph of the Nerds (which was produced before Jobs returned to Apple in 1997). This clip focuses on the GUI, and how that interface was copied by Microsoft from Apple…after Apple copied it from Xerox.
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YouTube Find: Triumph of the Nerds – a Look at Apple and the first GUI
History
While it’s not nearly as catchy as Apple ][ Forever, this song is another from that strange and slightly disturbing “The Apple Boogie” album from the 1980s.
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YouTube Find: We Are Apple (Leading the Way)
History
Some people hate the Dock, but I love it. It’s one of my favorite things about OS X. This video is a segment from Macworld 2000 that I stumbled across on YouTube and was really entertained by. It’s funny how dated and sad Vista truly looks when compared to this operating system introduced in 2000.
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YouTube Flashback: Macworld 2000 – Introducing OS X and The Dock
History
Ah how the times have changed…. 7 year old kid (me) talking about Apple IIs back in ’82 from natdefreitas on Vimeo
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VIDEO: 7 Year Old Kids talks Apple // and String Variables in 1982
History
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
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Fake Product Flashback: iWalk
History
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 of these
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Apple’s Pippin named Worst Selling Console of All Time
CES: Where Everybody Wants to Be Apple™