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nuggetman

Jan 24 2005, 21:03

http://www.preinheimer.com/1984macintro.mov

video of the original 1984 macintosh debut, currently being slashdotted so get it while its hot

enklus

Jan 24 2005, 21:05

cruising at 8,5kb/s

we'll see in 45 min..

ike

Jan 24 2005, 21:27

fast mirror: http://ike.to/1984macintro.mov

he's pretty stylish in that bowtie

Photo Monkey

Jan 25 2005, 16:23

http://kottke.org for more mirrors.

varekai2

Jan 25 2005, 20:29

QUOTE(ike @ Jan 24 2005, 15:27)

he's pretty stylish in that bowtie

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Beyond the bowtie, the hair does it for me.

Xer34

Jan 25 2005, 20:32

Saw this the other day. Pretty cool. The crowd went ****ing crazy though, you guys notice that?

So weird how much it has changed over the years

Hurmoth

Jan 25 2005, 20:35

Can't wait to see this

Thanks!

Gerardo

Jan 25 2005, 20:44

So who came out first mac or microsoft? (i dont want to google it so s*fu)

docvenom04

Jan 25 2005, 20:50

QUOTE(Gerardo @ Jan 25 2005, 20:44)

So who came out first mac or microsoft? (i dont want to google it so s*fu)

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Google it.

DjmUK

Jan 25 2005, 21:09

Another link on this thread:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=276299

DjmUK

Jan 25 2005, 21:10

QUOTE(Gerardo @ Jan 25 2005, 20:44)

So who came out first mac or microsoft? (i dont want to google it so s*fu)

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Mac came first, because Windows was sued for copying Mac's GUI. I can't remember the years off hand, but trust me - Mac came a year or two before Windows.

KeR

Jan 25 2005, 21:12

The Mac was first to have a GUI, don't know who had the first PC though.

xxpor

Jan 25 2005, 21:22

QUOTE(Gerardo @ Jan 25 2005, 15:44)

So who came out first mac or microsoft? (i dont want to google it so s*fu)

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Didnt bill write BASIC for Mac?

DjmUK

Jan 25 2005, 21:33

1984
- Macintosh released with MacPaint, which made use of the mouse, and MacWrite, which demonstrated WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) word processing.
- Windows Announced.
- MS-DOS 3.0 released.

1985
- Microsoft Windows 1.0 ships in November.
- C++ programming language emerges.

GUI
Graphical User Interface (using WIMP: "Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pull-Down Menus" and/or "Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers"). Apple's Macintosh invented the GUI/WIMP in 1984, then in 1985 Microsoft released Windows with their version of a GUI/WIMP environment.

tuckeratlarge

Jan 26 2005, 12:35

QUOTE(DjmUK @ Jan 25 2005, 21:33)

Apple's Macintosh invented the GUI/WIMP in 1984
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Nope - it was ripped/copied off Xerox at PARC. Xerox "Invented it". But Apple were the first to make it available to the general public as the Xerox machine was just an in-house project

macman87

Jan 26 2005, 13:26

QUOTE(tuckeratlarge @ Jan 26 2005, 22:35)

Nope - it was ripped/copied off Xerox at PARC. Xerox "Invented it". But Apple were the first to make it available to the general public as the Xerox machine was just an in-house project
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However it wasn't completely ripped off. Xerox PARC had the main idea and the original Macintosh team really improved it and made it more usable. Having said that, Apple did get the great idea from Xerox PARC.

The_Decryptor

Jan 26 2005, 13:32

Apple didnt steal/rip the GUI idea off Xerox PARC, they brought it for a few million.

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