Just recently, an extremely rare prototype of the 128k Mac with a Twiggy drive has surfaced on eBay
When the first Macintosh model (actually titled the “Macintosh 128K”) hit the market in 1984, it featured a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive built by Sony, the industry standard at the time. Originally, Apple had planned to include its own proprietary Twiggy 5.25-inch drive, but engineers deemed it unreliable, despite its larger storage capabilities (860 KB to Sony’s 400KB floppys).
Tim Cook, the $378 million man, was announced as the opening-night speaker at our 10th D: All Things Digital conference.
Tim Cook, the $378 million man, was announced as the opening-night speaker at our 10th D: All Things Digital conference. It will be Cook’s first appearance at D, as well as his first time being onstage at an event not run by Apple or for investors since he was named CEO last August.
Cook joins a D10 speaker list that is full of major players in tech and media, including: New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, as well as many more.
A company called Schreer Delights is selling a line of iPhone cases that reference Apple’s design history, printing visual elements from the original Mac, the original iMac and the original iPod directly onto the case. Each runs a little under 50 bucks.
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Similar to the Legacy iPhone Case this cool retro cover for the iPad 2 channels Apple’s “legacy” look; in this case the Apple Macintosh (1984) computer. This retro cover has the floppy disk and “Hello” screen from MacPaint making for one great throwback. If you and your iPad 2 want to time travel back to the 80’s, head over to USB Fever to pick one of these up.
NOTE: at the moment, USB site is down. If you’re interested, bookmark this page, and come back.
Yeah, this pretty much sums it up. And since I don’t understand a single word ( besides iPhone ) , all I could think of during the entire video was ‘holy sh*t, I want a videogame like this’
Yeah, this pretty much sums it up. And since I don’t understand a single word ( besides iPhone ) , all I could think of during the entire video was ‘holy sh*t, I want a videogame like this’ . Thanks to GreyHam for passing the vid..
It’s been said that technology eats its young, and it’s never been truer than in this iPad holder built out of a Mac Classic.
It’s been said that technology eats its young, and it’s never been truer than in this iPad holder built out of a Mac Classic.
[via Core77]
