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I always wondered why the desktop revolution didn't really take off until the 90s after seeing that the Mac was released in the early 80s.

dole 5y ago
Windows for Workgroups/NT.
ChuckNorris89 5y ago
Cheap IBM PC clones running pirated videogames on Windows sparked the "real" boom of PCs in homes. Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake etc.
- deleted 5y ago
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- IncRnd 5y ago
  Some of that code is till being parroted by Copilot! https://twitter.com/mitsuhiko/status/1410886329924194309 https://twitter.com/mitsuhiko/status/1410886329924194309
timonoko 5y ago
In 1988 I watched when they tried to use the Smalltalk environment with its windowing system in software production. It was very robust and well for a week, but then it just choked up. Not enough memory and virtual too slow.
- igouy 5y ago
  In 1988 I developed a production planning / scheduling tool with Smalltalk/V 286 on a PC/AT with 1MB of extended memory. iirc Still being used on a daily basis, 5 years later. http://sdmeta.gforge.inria.fr/FreeBooks/SmalltalkVTutorial/SmalltalkVTutorial.pdf http://sdmeta.gforge.inria.fr/FreeBooks/SmalltalkVTutorial/S... https://books.google.com/books?id=CD8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=digitalk+smalltalk+v/286&source=bl&ots=jg-JNM2df5&sig=zCZ6zSeRV1zcLMT_VhaK49_YWkQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFIQ6AEwB2oVChMIh-Xi5qS9xwIVkCWICh1taQpK https://books.google.com/books?id=CD8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA25&lpg=P...
tkgally 5y ago
One reason was the rise of the Internet. While there were a lot of neat things you could do with a personal computer, it wasn’t until you could connect easily to others that it really became fun and useful for most people. I got my first computer, a Mac, in 1986. That was exciting for me, but I really felt that the revolution had happened when I got a modem in 1992 and connected first to a local BBS and then, a couple of years later, to the Internet itself.
- tonyedgecombe 5y ago
  Yes, before that the only reason normal people bought a computer was to run Quicken.
fzzzy 5y ago
The Mac was really, really expensive in the 80s.
tejtm 5y ago
For me it was Amigas instead of Macs but it seemed I could get another computer cheaper than I could a C compiler. Then there was this new BBS in town called "www" or something and it had this free C compiler ...

dole 5y ago

Windows for Workgroups/NT.

ChuckNorris89 5y ago

Cheap IBM PC clones running pirated videogames on Windows sparked the "real" boom of PCs in homes. Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake etc.

deleted 5y ago
[deleted]
IncRnd 5y ago
Some of that code is till being parroted by Copilot! https://twitter.com/mitsuhiko/status/1410886329924194309 https://twitter.com/mitsuhiko/status/1410886329924194309

timonoko 5y ago

In 1988 I watched when they tried to use the Smalltalk environment with its windowing system in software production. It was very robust and well for a week, but then it just choked up. Not enough memory and virtual too slow.

igouy 5y ago
In 1988 I developed a production planning / scheduling tool with Smalltalk/V 286 on a PC/AT with 1MB of extended memory. iirc Still being used on a daily basis, 5 years later. http://sdmeta.gforge.inria.fr/FreeBooks/SmalltalkVTutorial/SmalltalkVTutorial.pdf http://sdmeta.gforge.inria.fr/FreeBooks/SmalltalkVTutorial/S... https://books.google.com/books?id=CD8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=digitalk+smalltalk+v/286&source=bl&ots=jg-JNM2df5&sig=zCZ6zSeRV1zcLMT_VhaK49_YWkQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFIQ6AEwB2oVChMIh-Xi5qS9xwIVkCWICh1taQpK https://books.google.com/books?id=CD8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA25&lpg=P...

tkgally 5y ago

One reason was the rise of the Internet. While there were a lot of neat things you could do with a personal computer, it wasn’t until you could connect easily to others that it really became fun and useful for most people. I got my first computer, a Mac, in 1986. That was exciting for me, but I really felt that the revolution had happened when I got a modem in 1992 and connected first to a local BBS and then, a couple of years later, to the Internet itself.

tonyedgecombe 5y ago
Yes, before that the only reason normal people bought a computer was to run Quicken.

fzzzy 5y ago

The Mac was really, really expensive in the 80s.

tejtm 5y ago

For me it was Amigas instead of Macs but it seemed I could get another computer cheaper than I could a C compiler. Then there was this new BBS in town called "www" or something and it had this free C compiler ...