05-07-2020, 09:39 PM
S. Pupp wrote:
It looked like a toy, had no floppy drive or SCSI port, and the USB port was much slower than SCSI-1, in fact, slower than SCSI on a Mac Plus. I spent my money on a cheaper used PowerMac 7600 with NEC 15” monitor, and a USB-FW PCI card, with no regrets. I like beige/platinum.
I can’t deny that the iMac turned a things around for Apple, though.
I had an 'a-HA!' moment along these lines...
For YEARS I tried to get my mom to get a computer so she could email with family out of the country and everything else of course. But I got NOWHERE. She DID NOT WANT a computer. She especially didn't want an imposing setup that would take over whatever area it was placed. I gave up. A year or two later, the imac is released.
COMPLETELY unprompted, my mom calls me one day and says, 'y'know... those little imacs are kinda cute'.
I was floored... before I could say ANYTHING, she asks, 'do you think I should get one?'
Suddenly, I saw the future... or some of it...