January the 24th marked 30 years since the Apple Macintosh’s original introduction by Steve Jobs at the Flint Center in Cupertino. To mark the occasion, at this meeting we looked back at the Mac’s history. Robert had put together a time line of the key events which we discussed and members recalled their early Mac experiences.
Some other interesting Mac history links:
- apple-history.com - Details of all Macs and an interesting company history.
- folklore.org - Fascinating anecdotes on the development of the Mac from the original team members.
- A gallery of Mac history - This includes photos of many of the Mac models Robert mentioned in his presentation.
Ben, our resident Mac collector, brought along his Mac Classic (made from 1990 to 1992) to show us. This model shares the same all-in-one design as the original 1984 Mac 128K.
DavidB mentioned a couple of iOS apps he’s found recently:
QuizUp - A quiz app which lets you compete with friends and people from across the world.
SwiftKey Note - a note taking app with a special predictive keyboard designed to make note taking faster. Optionally syncs with EverNote.
In our news discussion we covered the month’s Apple news including:
- Mac and iOS device sales exceeding Windows PC sales in the Christmas quarter.
- Apple hiring several health and medical sensor experts.
- iWork for iCloud updated with new iOS 7-like design and improved collaborative features.