Comments on: The iPhone, the Apple Tablet, and the future of Consumer Computing http://radiofreetomorrow.org/2010/01/27/the-iphone-the-apple-tablet-and-the-future-of-consumer-computing/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed The 1s and 0s of outrageous fortune Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:25:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Blaise Pascal http://radiofreetomorrow.org/2010/01/27/the-iphone-the-apple-tablet-and-the-future-of-consumer-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Blaise Pascal Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:07:13 +0000 http://radiofreetomorrow.org/?p=72#comment-8 Jeff Ruskin hadn't whispered the words "information appliance" into Jobs' ear before the Mac. Jeff Ruskin hadn’t whispered the words “information appliance” into Jobs’ ear before the Mac.

]]> By: Uncle Mikey http://radiofreetomorrow.org/2010/01/27/the-iphone-the-apple-tablet-and-the-future-of-consumer-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Uncle Mikey Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:40:19 +0000 http://radiofreetomorrow.org/?p=72#comment-7 Actually, for their day, the Apple I and especially Apple ][ were fairly friendly and about as user-oriented as anything then available. Maybe slightly less so than the Vic-20 and C64, but that may also be my own bias -- I was a Commodore fan at the time. It wasn't that they weren't trying to be consumer oriented. It's that the technology was still primitive enough that user-oriented computers were still a bit complicated to actually use. But yes, the Mac is the first one that's really explicitly intended to be thought of as an Appliance. Actually, for their day, the Apple I and especially Apple ][ were fairly friendly and about as user-oriented as anything then available. Maybe slightly less so than the Vic-20 and C64, but that may also be my own bias — I was a Commodore fan at the time. It wasn’t that they weren’t trying to be consumer oriented. It’s that the technology was still primitive enough that user-oriented computers were still a bit complicated to actually use.

But yes, the Mac is the first one that’s really explicitly intended to be thought of as an Appliance.

]]> By: Blaise Pascal http://radiofreetomorrow.org/2010/01/27/the-iphone-the-apple-tablet-and-the-future-of-consumer-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Blaise Pascal Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:06:03 +0000 http://radiofreetomorrow.org/?p=72#comment-6 While I agree that Apple's target is primarily the non-geek, I disagree that it has always been that case. I think a fine case can be made that the Apple I and Apple ]['s initial targets were geeks. The Mac, with it's initial screen of "Hello" and smiley face, was perhaps the first Apple product clearly aimed at the non-geek crowd (well, excepting the Apple ///, but everyone excepts the Apple ///). While I agree that Apple’s target is primarily the non-geek, I disagree that it has always been that case. I think a fine case can be made that the Apple I and Apple ][‘s initial targets were geeks.

The Mac, with it’s initial screen of “Hello” and smiley face, was perhaps the first Apple product clearly aimed at the non-geek crowd (well, excepting the Apple ///, but everyone excepts the Apple ///).

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