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I think that many companies have been appending + to the end of product names for an extremely long time. This is hardly an Apple innovation.

bigiain 1y ago
Next you're gonna try and tell me that Apple didn't invent the mobile phone. Or the portable MP3 player. Or the windowing GUI.
- al_be_back 1y ago
  Jobs was "inspired" by a visit at Xerox labs, they showed him a GUI built using Smalltalk (which they'd also invented). So naturally, he ran back to his office and invented GUI ;)
  - lostlogin 1y ago
    There is no prize for second… unless you do it better.
    - al_be_back 1y ago
      Or for third I guess lol Jobs demoed a mac gui to Gates, and apparently Gates ran strait to his Microsoft office, where he too invented gui. Jobs was very upset for years.
- chihuahua 1y ago
  Steve Jobs invented the "+" sign at Reed College! /s
  - MomsAVoxell 1y ago
    Yes but it was much more stylish: ⌘ /s
    - bestham 1y ago
      No, it was not Steve that found the Symbol but Susan Kare the Macintosh graphics artist. https://www.folklore.org/Swedish_Campground.html https://www.folklore.org/Swedish_Campground.html
      - MomsAVoxell 1y ago
        Yeah, that means it was Steve. :P /s (joking, relax..)
      - bigiain 1y ago
        But unlike Steve, Susan will live on immortal - as the inventor of the Dogcow.
- boneitis 1y ago
  No, but they did invent rounded corners :^)
whyenot 1y ago
I think it actually was an Apple innovation, at least for {hobbyist, home, personal} computers. I did some digging and wasn't able to find anything before the Apple II+ in 1979. Please do prove me wrong, though!
- Y_Y 1y ago
  I found an old edition of Byte from 77 where they advertise a "Vector Graphic Vector 1+": https://isaac.lsu.edu/byte/issues/197710_Byte_Magazine_Vol_02-10_Implementing_Space_War.pdf https://isaac.lsu.edu/byte/issues/197710_Byte_Magazine_Vol_0... A quick search doesn't find me pictures, but I did find a "Vector 1++”: https://vintagecomputer.ca/vector-graphic-vector-1/ https://vintagecomputer.ca/vector-graphic-vector-1/

bigiain 1y ago

Next you're gonna try and tell me that Apple didn't invent the mobile phone. Or the portable MP3 player. Or the windowing GUI.

al_be_back 1y ago
Jobs was "inspired" by a visit at Xerox labs, they showed him a GUI built using Smalltalk (which they'd also invented). So naturally, he ran back to his office and invented GUI ;)
- lostlogin 1y ago
  There is no prize for second… unless you do it better.
  - al_be_back 1y ago
    Or for third I guess lol Jobs demoed a mac gui to Gates, and apparently Gates ran strait to his Microsoft office, where he too invented gui. Jobs was very upset for years.
chihuahua 1y ago
Steve Jobs invented the "+" sign at Reed College! /s
- MomsAVoxell 1y ago
  Yes but it was much more stylish: ⌘ /s
  - bestham 1y ago
    No, it was not Steve that found the Symbol but Susan Kare the Macintosh graphics artist. https://www.folklore.org/Swedish_Campground.html https://www.folklore.org/Swedish_Campground.html
    - MomsAVoxell 1y ago
      Yeah, that means it was Steve. :P /s (joking, relax..)
    - bigiain 1y ago
      But unlike Steve, Susan will live on immortal - as the inventor of the Dogcow.
boneitis 1y ago
No, but they did invent rounded corners :^)

whyenot 1y ago

I think it actually was an Apple innovation, at least for {hobbyist, home, personal} computers. I did some digging and wasn't able to find anything before the Apple II+ in 1979. Please do prove me wrong, though!

Y_Y 1y ago
I found an old edition of Byte from 77 where they advertise a "Vector Graphic Vector 1+": https://isaac.lsu.edu/byte/issues/197710_Byte_Magazine_Vol_02-10_Implementing_Space_War.pdf https://isaac.lsu.edu/byte/issues/197710_Byte_Magazine_Vol_0... A quick search doesn't find me pictures, but I did find a "Vector 1++”: https://vintagecomputer.ca/vector-graphic-vector-1/ https://vintagecomputer.ca/vector-graphic-vector-1/