2026-09-23 04:37 UTC
@oxy@social.bsdlab.au @computerchronicles@mastodon.social
Yeah. I enjoy taking the wee out of Apple these days, but back in the day as an Apple fan, I was like, "How are we losing to these idiots?!?"
Of course, 2026 me knows the reason: "Because ain't nobody got time or money to pay $2,500 for an entry-level computer!!!"
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@oxy@social.bsdlab.au 2026-09-23 04:41
@rl_dane@polymaths.social @computerchronicles@mastodon.social I was a late convert. Got sick of trying to do studio audio with the alternatives
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@oxy@social.bsdlab.au 2026-09-23 04:57
@rl_dane@polymaths.social @computerchronicles@mastodon.social I do remember the PowerPC macs felt "slow" compared to the competition.
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@computerchronicles@mastodon.social 2026-09-23 11:36
@rl_dane@polymaths.social @oxy@social.bsdlab.au I'm writing about the launch of the first Macintosh Portable in 1989 for my next newsletter. Sculley tried to sell it as a computer for the people--at a price tag of $5,795 (floppy disk only, the hard drive would add another $700)!