July 9th, 2012
Riccardo Mori posts at the wonderful System Folder:
The main reason I’m surrounded by vintage tech in my studio is that these machines still serve a purpose. The fact that ‘progress’ has obsoleted them does not mean they have stopped being useful.
Amen, of course. Mori’s posts is a good part two to my On My Mac Hobby.
We all do this stuff for varying reasons. Isn’t it funny how sometimes we feel the need to defend our interests?
Posted by davelawrence8 at 8:08 am on July 9th, 2012. Categories: lowend. Tags: low end, mac, system folder, tech, vintage. Subscribe via RSS.
August 25th, 2008
See here, from PC Magazine’s list of “21 Great Technologies That Failed.” The linked list is Apple-specific, including the dead-horse Pippin and G4 Cube, among others.
Maybe it’s the nostalgia, or maybe it’s just an example of the tech press running out of good ideas. Or link bait? Cliche? All of the above?
Posted by davelawrence8 at 6:48 am on August 25th, 2008. Categories: newton history. Tags: apple, cube, fail, failed, flops, messagepad, newton, pc magazine, pippin, tech, technology. Subscribe via RSS.