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Last Chance
Dec 31, 2004

this thread is dedicated to smythe: my official posting buddy

im an apple guy, i like apple things .but i also like apple failures too. jobs was smarter than you but he let a bunch of lovely or too expensive/unsellable products slide through his chute. i find them fascinating in a way.

here are some jobs era failings (the g4 cube was pretty but also a financial failure)






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A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!
the performas, op

A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!
pink and taligent, op

pram
Jun 10, 2001
op is cruisin for a bruisin

newreply.php
Dec 24, 2009

Pillbug

it belongs in a museum

Michael Transactions
Nov 11, 2013

the mouse..

FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually
dr. jobs patented macrobiotic beans and rice cancer-busting diet singificantly unperperformed expectations, but i dont think that was ever an official apple product

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

goddammit fmguru

Last Chance
Dec 31, 2004

pram posted:

op is cruisin for a bruisin

look, we can jerk each others dicks off about apple all day, but its interesting to see what apple did wrong and how they course corrected afterward.

mobile me (bad) -> icloud (great)
puck mouse/mighty mouse (bad) -> magic mouse (great)


that is something apple is very good at. im just peeking at several pivot points that fascinate me.

pram
Jun 10, 2001
ok well here u go i challenge you to do better

A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!

Last Chance posted:

look, we can jerk each others dicks off about apple all day, but its interesting to see what apple did wrong and how they course corrected afterward.

mobile me (bad) -> icloud (great)
puck mouse/mighty mouse (bad) -> magic mouse (great)


that is something apple is very good at. im just peeking at several pivot points that fascinate me.

actually it was itools (good) -> mobileme (bad) -> icloud (some things are good like key-value store and device backups, everything else is bad)

Last Chance
Dec 31, 2004

pram posted:

ok well here u go i challenge you to do better



i dont know what you mean by better in this context (better as in worse computer? better as in better sold? who knows)
there was this thing:

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



i really wanted a pippin when i read about it in macaddict or macworld uk

gonna post a giant rear end img now

pram
Jun 10, 2001

Last Chance posted:

i dont know what you mean by better in this context (better as in worse computer? better as in better sold? who knows)
there was this thing:


emac looked good at least

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



oh also os 8 copland with the dark hitech theme :whatup:

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

pram posted:

ok well here u go i challenge you to do better



watched a lotta homestar runner on these in the computer labs

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



As a Millennial I posted:

watched a lotta homestar runner on these in the computer labs

come on fhqwhgads

oh wow i think thats actually spelled correctly

A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!

As a Millennial I posted:

watched a lotta homestar runner on these in the computer labs

how did you type with boxing gloves on?

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually

Snapchat A Titty posted:

gonna post a giant rear end img now
IMG-kim-kardassian.png

also



flower power imac

FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually
i see your cyberdog and raise you a powertalk

slam flanders
Jan 13, 2015

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang




FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually


navigate web sites IN THREE DEE with the power of apple hotsauce

FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually
more like dongs of innocence

slam flanders
Jan 13, 2015

songs of guilt lmao

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

FMguru posted:



navigate web sites IN THREE DEE with the power of apple hotsauce

oh man I remember this

the mid 90s was before everyone in tech switched from hallucinogenics to stimulants

A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!

FMguru posted:

IMG-kim-kardassian.png

also



flower power imac

didn't the manufacturing process take like 18 months to perfect and it was only on sale for 12?

EMILY BLUNTS
Jan 1, 2005

you know what would have been a really good way to paint the flower power shell?

let some kids go at ti with a paintball gun

pram
Jun 10, 2001
great idea. NOT!

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



A Wheezy Steampunk posted:

didn't the manufacturing process take like 18 months to perfect and it was only on sale for 12?

jobs pbuh played up the manufacturing at least

EMILY BLUNTS
Jan 1, 2005

actually it is because it wouldnt have taken 18 months.

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.
copeland

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006


reminder: every ios device includes a bono that cannot be removed

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

As a Millennial I posted:

reminder: every ios device includes a bono that cannot be removed

no, they made a thing that removes it from your account now

because it was that bad

Cold on a Cob
Feb 6, 2006

i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually

College Slice

infernal machines posted:

no, they made a thing that removes it from your account now

no he means the icon

triple sulk
Sep 17, 2014



As a Millennial I posted:

reminder: every ios device includes a bono that cannot be removed

Actually you could remove it because they added a way to. Owned.

triple sulk
Sep 17, 2014



Cold on a Cob posted:

no he means the icon

But yes this is terrible.

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Cold on a Cob
Feb 6, 2006

i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually

College Slice

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