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It was a very dark era for Apple, but the Power Computing years were the best time to be an Apple fanboy IMO. You had commodity firebreathing PC hardware runnin
by smm11 4y ago
It was a very dark era for Apple, but the Power Computing years were the best time to be an Apple fanboy IMO. You had commodity firebreathing PC hardware running OS 8 better than Macs did, more ports and connectivity, the software was best-in-class, and this was the era with no spyware, telemetry and all the BS we face now.
And yes, I was still buying legit Macs and software, and a lot of stock when it was at $11. It was a blast, I tell you.
- bgm1975 4y agoUhh, speak for yourself. As a fanboy myself back then, it was kinda terrifying. Sure Power Computing was able to bump the bus speed beyond what Apple seemed to to able to do, but they also cannibalized Apple’s hardware market which they needed to stay alive. Also it became clear that the wheels were falling off the “new” OS rewrite (Rhapsody) project with no real plan for remedying. It was scary times when Microsoft had to help bail them out. Honestly, buying NeXT was the accidentally smartest move Apple executives made. I remember how cool BeOS was but was glad they chose NeXTStep over it. Mostly, because I was a Unix fanboy by that time too.
- inetknght 4y agoYou can pry my Motorola StarMax out of my cold dead hands. ... the fact that the StarMax product hasn't been powered on for over two decades is beside the point. I want my nostalgia!
- smm11 4y agoRhapsody came about after Jobs came back, and after he ended the OS license debacle. The wayward OS was Copland.
- traceroute66 4y ago> the Power Computing years were the best time No, it really wasn't. I know people who were techs for retail stores at the time. The sheer volume of shit cheap-ass clones that crossed their workbenches during that era....
- andsoitis 4y ago> no spyware What spyware is on your modern Mac?