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Easy Target
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 Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:14 pm Post subject: Macintosh Debut |
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| Quote: | Steve Jobs introduces the Apple Macintosh for the first time.
Renowned Mac user Scott Knaster kept this Betamax video tape for 21 years, and German media agency TextLab has unearthed this only surviving video tape of the launch in 1984.
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http://homepage.mac.com/dirkkuepper/1984macintro.mov
Kinda of funny.
Do you remember when IBM presented Windows 1995 (I think) in front of a live audiance and it crash or something like that?
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Killer KoolAid Man
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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lmao....hilarious video...OOO LOOK...YOU CAN DO A SCROLLING TEXT...i know it was a huge thing then...but its kinda funny now....
And btw...IBM isn't making any more computer stuff...but they are still giving us technology they have had for years and just haven't released |
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Stevo
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shockwave
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I am sorry but don't you mean IBM-compatible or Windows machines? |
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Mike
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Killer KoolAid Man wrote: | | And btw...IBM isn't making any more computer stuff...but they are still giving us technology they have had for years and just haven't released |
um i doubt that is true because they were the leader of most patents in a year last year by like 2000 more then panasonic and they had like a total of like 5000. they just gave away for free rights to 500 patents a couple of weeks ago.
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shockwave
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Mike wrote: | | Killer KoolAid Man wrote: | | And btw...IBM isn't making any more computer stuff...but they are still giving us technology they have had for years and just haven't released |
um i doubt that is true because they were the leader of most patents in a year last year by like 2000 more then panasonic and they had like a total of like 5000. they just gave away for free rights to 500 patents a couple of weeks ago. |
IBM has sold off it personal computer business recently.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6666170/ |
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