A video clip of Steve Jobs introducing the Macintosh in 1984:

http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/26/check-out-steve-jobs-demo-the-mac-for-the-first-time-in-1984-video/

The Mac was a very cool computer and way ahead of its time. I had the
use of one at the office back around 1985 or so. The graphics and
laser printer were just great.

On 1/26/2014 4:42 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
A video clip of Steve Jobs introducing the Macintosh in 1984:

http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/26/check-out-steve-jobs-demo-the-mac-for-the-first-time-in-1984-video/

The Mac was a very cool computer and way ahead of its time. I had the
use of one at the office back around 1985 or so. The graphics and
laser printer were just great.



That was interesting. It also struck me how much Macintosh has evolved
into becoming more like a PC running Windows over the years.

On 1/26/2014 5:21 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/26/2014 4:42 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
A video clip of Steve Jobs introducing the Macintosh in 1984:

http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/26/check-out-steve-jobs-demo-the-mac-for-the-first-time-in-1984-video/


The Mac was a very cool computer and way ahead of its time. I had the
use of one at the office back around 1985 or so. The graphics and
laser printer were just great.



That was interesting. It also struck me how much Macintosh has evolved
into becoming more like a PC running Windows over the years.
They've made it thinner and prettier too.

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On 1/26/2014 4:42 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
A video clip of Steve Jobs introducing the Macintosh in 1984:

http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/26/check-out-steve-jobs-demo-the-mac-for-the-first-time-in-1984-video/

The Mac was a very cool computer and way ahead of its time. I had the
use of one at the office back around 1985 or so. The graphics and
laser printer were just great.



That was interesting. It also struck me how much Macintosh has evolved
into becoming more like a PC running Windows over the years.

Back when they had 68000 processors we used them to develop software for 68000 based
communicaitons devices.

On 1/26/2014 9:39 PM, BAR wrote:
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On 1/26/2014 4:42 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
A video clip of Steve Jobs introducing the Macintosh in 1984:

http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/26/check-out-steve-jobs-demo-the-mac-for-the-first-time-in-1984-video/

The Mac was a very cool computer and way ahead of its time. I had the
use of one at the office back around 1985 or so. The graphics and
laser printer were just great.



That was interesting. It also struck me how much Macintosh has evolved
into becoming more like a PC running Windows over the years.

Back when they had 68000 processors we used them to develop software for 68000 based
communicaitons devices.



The first serious 68000 based computer system I became familiar with was
a HP 9836 with extended I/O rack back in the mid 1980s. We used it to
attempt to automate the control of thin film deposition in a vacuum
chamber based on optically monitoring the changes in the index of
refraction of the deposited films. The HP 9836 had to compute a Fourier
transform curve fitting algorithm in real time.

How's that for being "nerdy"? :-)

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On 1/26/2014 9:39 PM, BAR wrote:
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On 1/26/2014 4:42 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
A video clip of Steve Jobs introducing the Macintosh in 1984:

http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/26/check-out-steve-jobs-demo-the-mac-for-the-first-time-in-1984-video/

The Mac was a very cool computer and way ahead of its time. I had the
use of one at the office back around 1985 or so. The graphics and
laser printer were just great.



That was interesting. It also struck me how much Macintosh has evolved
into becoming more like a PC running Windows over the years.

Back when they had 68000 processors we used them to develop software for 68000 based
communicaitons devices.



The first serious 68000 based computer system I became familiar with was
a HP 9836 with extended I/O rack back in the mid 1980s. We used it to
attempt to automate the control of thin film deposition in a vacuum
chamber based on optically monitoring the changes in the index of
refraction of the deposited films. The HP 9836 had to compute a Fourier
transform curve fitting algorithm in real time.

How's that for being "nerdy"? :-)

HP should have stuck with the test tools, test automation and printers. Their computers were
never really good general purpose systems and their attempt to bolster their street cred in
the PC area by buying Compaq, which had bought DEC, did do anything to help their bottome
line.

On 1/27/2014 8:22 AM, BAR wrote:
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On 1/26/2014 9:39 PM, BAR wrote:
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On 1/26/2014 4:42 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
A video clip of Steve Jobs introducing the Macintosh in 1984:

http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/26/check-out-steve-jobs-demo-the-mac-for-the-first-time-in-1984-video/

The Mac was a very cool computer and way ahead of its time. I had the
use of one at the office back around 1985 or so. The graphics and
laser printer were just great.



That was interesting. It also struck me how much Macintosh has evolved
into becoming more like a PC running Windows over the years.

Back when they had 68000 processors we used them to develop software for 68000 based
communicaitons devices.



The first serious 68000 based computer system I became familiar with was
a HP 9836 with extended I/O rack back in the mid 1980s. We used it to
attempt to automate the control of thin film deposition in a vacuum
chamber based on optically monitoring the changes in the index of
refraction of the deposited films. The HP 9836 had to compute a Fourier
transform curve fitting algorithm in real time.

How's that for being "nerdy"? :-)

HP should have stuck with the test tools, test automation and printers. Their computers were
never really good general purpose systems and their attempt to bolster their street cred in
the PC area by buying Compaq, which had bought DEC, did do anything to help their bottome
line.


The HP 9836 was definitely not designed for the consumer market. I
remember that the computer and the I/O that we needed was about $16,000
or more back in 1985. I had a pirated copy of the early, first release
of Flight Simulator (it was on a 5.25" floppy) and used to play around
with it. The "airplane" was simply a off-centered cross.

I've had very good luck with the HP Pavilian series laptops, one Vista,
one Win 7. I suppose now that I said that this one will freeze up and
die. I've had it since 2009 and used it extensively everyday at the
guitar shop until about a year ago when I brought it home. I keep the
Win 7 in reserve and am also getting familiar with the iMac.

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I've had very good luck with the HP Pavilian series laptops, one Vista,
one Win 7. I suppose now that I said that this one will freeze up and
die. I've had it since 2009 and used it extensively everyday at the
guitar shop until about a year ago when I brought it home. I keep the
Win 7 in reserve and am also getting familiar with the iMac.

Anything an Apple product does better than a Windows based product?
Seems to me the only reason for Apple is the "precious" factor.
I'm a gamer, so I never considered one.

On 1/27/2014 9:58 AM, Boating All Out wrote:
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I've had very good luck with the HP Pavilian series laptops, one Vista,
one Win 7. I suppose now that I said that this one will freeze up and
die. I've had it since 2009 and used it extensively everyday at the
guitar shop until about a year ago when I brought it home. I keep the
Win 7 in reserve and am also getting familiar with the iMac.

Anything an Apple product does better than a Windows based product?
Seems to me the only reason for Apple is the "precious" factor.
I'm a gamer, so I never considered one.


They are slim and stylish. What more could you ask for?

On 1/27/14, 9:58 AM, Boating All Out wrote:
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I've had very good luck with the HP Pavilian series laptops, one Vista,
one Win 7. I suppose now that I said that this one will freeze up and
die. I've had it since 2009 and used it extensively everyday at the
guitar shop until about a year ago when I brought it home. I keep the
Win 7 in reserve and am also getting familiar with the iMac.

Anything an Apple product does better than a Windows based product?
Seems to me the only reason for Apple is the "precious" factor.
I'm a gamer, so I never considered one.


I think the media applications work better and slicker on the Mac
computers than on the Windoze computers. I also think that much of the
software common to both vehicles, such as Firefox, Thunderbird, and many
others, works more robustly on the Macs. The Windoze office suite seems
the same on both vehicles to me, and WORD is just as annoying on Macs as
it is on Windoze machines.

To me, Macs and the stuff that runs on them are easier to customize, and
the real estate in the OSX directories is easier to find. And there's no
damned Windoze registry.

From what I have seen, there are a zillion more games available for
Windoze machines than Mac machines.