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Apple’s Most Amazing Products Under Steve Jobs

4:00AM August 29, 2011 | Brent Rose

From 1974 up until the other night (with a brief NeXT/Pixar interlude), Steve Jobs powered the company that brought the world some of the most innovative products we’ve ever known. (Screw you, wheel!) These are his greatest hits. More »

Gadgets

Steve Jobs Invented Your Dell PC And Your Android Phone

8:00AM August 26, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Hate him or love him, but this man led some of the most talented bands of engineers in the history of the planet to create gadgets that have changed the way we understand technoloy. Here’s his greatest works. More »

Computing

The Inside Story Of The Very First Macintosh

2:20AM February 15, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Contrary to what you might think, Apple’s revolutionary first Macintosh computer didn’t spring fully formed, Athena-style, from a crack in Steve Jobs’s head. The user-friendly desktop was largely the creation of Jef Raskin, the man who fought fragmentation, urged Apple to “think small” and encouraged top-to-bottom control over the product’s ecosystem. In other words, all the things that still define Apple to this day. More »

Geek Out

The Macintosh Inventor’s Last Gift

6:00AM February 4, 2011 | Brian Barrett

As the man who spearheaded the Macintosh project in the late ’70s, Jef Raskin helped define how we think of computer interfaces. At Fast Company, his son gives a loving tribute to the man who lived and died through design. More »

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Rare Footage Of Daft Punk’s 1980s Helmet Found

10:00AM January 15, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Did I say 1980s? I meant 2011sies, sorry. I bet the sweaty Daft Punk guys are looking at DJ Kid Chameleon’s Macintosh Plus and iPad helmet in envy – especially if there’s a fan component squeezed in there. More »

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"Mint, Flawless" Prototype Apple Macintosh Portable Doesn’t Power Up

8:50PM December 27, 2010 | Gary Cutlack

If you’re a left-handed Apple fan this prototype Mac Portable is the perfect novelty. The test machine’s trackball is placed to the left of the keyboard, but was switched to the right on the final retail machine. More »

Computing

Who Invented The Macintosh?

3:20AM August 28, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

As invention has shifted from the singular genius to the corporate R&D lab, the notion of the true creator has become more slippery. For instance, who invented the Macintosh? More »

MacPaint Now A Museum Piece

7:20PM July 20, 2010 | Gary Cutlack

The Computer History Museum is hosting the original source code of Apple’s ground-breaking visual drawing tool, which arrived alongside the Apple Macintosh in 1984. You can have it for free, if you’re non-commercial. More »

Computing

Apple Design Vs Apple Engineering

1:40AM June 30, 2010 | a

A source in Apple’s engineering recently told us that they have big fights with the industrial design team. We know they lost the iPhone 4 battle, but Andy Hertzfeld tells us how the engineers won back in the ’80s: More »

This Macintosh Is Really An iPad

2:00AM June 11, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

This is an iPad disguised as a classic Macintosh. It’s also a clever, beautiful stand. I’m not gutting my original 1984 Macintosh to make one, but I’m thinking about buying the same Macintosh Classic just to have the same setup. More »