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Apple At 40: 12 Products That Changed Computing Forever
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Susan Fourtané
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4/8/2016 | 8:34:36 AM
Apple's innovation remains alive
Curt,

Thank you for this round of Apple products. All of them have contributed in one way or another to the evolution of software, harware, and innovation in computers and other devices. 

Apple will never stop to innovate. People who demand a totally new product each year are wrong. Innovation doesn't work that way. Continuously improving devices and keeping a strong security are valid to me to show that, in my opinion, Apple products are the best.

Who determines the ratio innovation-time? And why? You read complains, but never reasons and explanations. The process of innovation takes time, analysis, testing, and involves even more than that before a new product can be launched to the market. 

It's a bit of a shock to realize that this year marks the fifth anniversary of Steve Jobs's death. Time really flies. 

-Susan
Susan Fourtané
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4/8/2016 | 6:04:41 AM
Auto-save would be useful
Curt, 

Do you know what InformationWeek needs? Auto-save. It's not such a big deal when you have to rewrite a line or two when your post has disappered. But after investing about 45 minutes in thinking and writing a quite long comment to lose it right before clicking on "post" button you wonder if you were able to reproduce just the same. 

I'll try. I'll try after a cup of tea. :( Sorry. I needed to vent this little frustration. 

-Susan 
SaneIT
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4/7/2016 | 8:37:43 AM
Re: School computer
I'm not going to go as far as saying that it had to be Apple in order to pull that off though.  I died of dysentery equally on Macs and PCs during my library time.  I think it was very forward looking for Apple to put roots down into the public school systems when typing classes were still a regular part of the school day but I don't think that much of their fan/user base now has any memories of the brand that predates the iPhone.
jastroff
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4/6/2016 | 10:06:30 AM
Re: School computer
Hold on to their share, and also help to introduce and educate entire populations of kids to computing of various types. 

Remember the early Apple IIs had Joy Sticks for games and programs.
SaneIT
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4/6/2016 | 9:57:17 AM
Re: School computer
Those little boxes kept Apple in the public school system for decades.  I was at my kids' school last year and their library still has the original iMac G3s for kids to surf the web on.  It's amazing how being first to the market allows you to hold onto your share.
jastroff
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4/5/2016 | 9:53:25 AM
Re: School computer
Apple 2 s  were all over NYC schools in the early 80s. They were so cumbersome, but the students liked them, learned, and they were teachable machines. Clunky, but solid.
SaneIT
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4/5/2016 | 8:42:01 AM
Re: School computer
Sounds like we had similar experiences with the ][ e, I had access to an IBM PC at home and the ][ e at school.  Maybe I was already conditioned to swapping floppy disks to run applications and the OS so that didn't bother me so much.  

I think when you Apple today you have to look at OSX and the iPod as the products that reshaped the company.  Apple went from a niche in the class room to a niche in the A/V and design world to the corporate desktop in short order when the iPhone tool hold and OSX was mature enough to run inside the company walls. 

 
moarsauce123
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4/5/2016 | 7:20:51 AM
School computer
I learned Logo on the Apple ][ e in high school. Back then I noticed that Apple's stuff was cumbersome and expensive. The ][ e costs twice if not thrice as much as a C64 despite having similar hardware. The biggest annoyance was that after turning the ][ e on absolutely nothing happened. You had to have a floppy with the OS in the drive and then wait until the OS booted up. With the C64 you flicked the power switch and were ready to go.

I guess in the end it did not matter. Apple is still here and Commodore is a distant memory, although my C64 still works as well as it did on the day I got it.
JohnG94002
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4/3/2016 | 7:23:08 PM
System 6
I survived System 6!


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