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“(A note for older readers: More time separates us today from the debut of the first iPod than separated the first iPod from the debut of the first Macintosh co

• garyrob 7y ago
  Yeah. Wow.
• dredmorbius 7y ago
  Similarly, OS X is now older than Classic Mac OS (1984) was when OS X was released (2001).
  • kristofferR 7y ago
    Well, technically the last OS X release was in 2015, but I get your point.
  • em-bee 7y ago
    it's much older than that if you count NeXTStep history. OS X didn't start from scratch
    • dredmorbius 7y ago
      Fair point, though I'm satisfied at looking at Apple's marketed offerings. You could take NeXT back to Thompson & Ritchie. NeXTStep as ur-Aqua is also a fair argument, but again, not occurring on mainline Mac generally. By that argument Classic Mac might be traced to the Alto and MOAD.
      • em-bee 7y ago
        i am not familiar with the history of the Alto or MOAD and how they connect to the classic mac. i'd love to learn more though. according to wikipedia classic MacOS was partially based on Lisa OS, whereas OS X is nothing more or less than a full port of NeXTStep with a slight visual update. i have used both. they are the same UI. the difference is cosmetic. it's the same code too. i believe the kernel has changed more than the UI layer. the question is not the spiritual ancestors but how old the code is that is still in use today. and i belive that if we look we'll find some Objective-C code in OS X today that goes all the way back to the first versions of NeXTStep.
• Cougher 7y ago
  This comparison is absolutely meaningless to me. Does that mean I'm older than the older readers?