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The Original Macintosh
Anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh, and the people who made it (123 stories)
“It's always necessary to seek for perfection. Obviously, for us, this word no longer has the same meaning. To me, it means: from one canvas to the next, always go further, further...” -- Pablo Picasso
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Burrell quits Apple, but fails to live up to his threat
Date: February 1985
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management, Quitting
Comments:  6
Rating:  (4.4)
I continued to work on the Font Manager even after I left Apple
Date: March 1985
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design,Technical,Personality,Allnighters,QuickDraw
Comments:  1
Rating:  (4.23)
The Mac division undergoes an inconceivable reorganization
Date: May 1985
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management,Personality,Personality Clashes,Quitting
Comments:  7
Rating:  (4.56)
The sad story of MacBasic
Date: June 1985
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design,Management
Comments:  9
Rating:  (4.27)
Steve Jobs tries to get Bo Derek to abandon her PC in favor of a Mac
Date: September 1985
Author: Tom Zito
Topics: Personality,Celebrities
Comments:  2
Rating:  (4.08)
The Inside Mac cover you never saw
Date: October 1985
Author: Caroline Rose
Topics: Documentation
Comments:  2
Rating:  (4.0)
The Easter egg in Inside Macintosh
Date: December 1985
Author: Caroline Rose
Topics: Documentation, Credit
Comments:  4
Rating:  (4.4)
Here are some of our worst mistakes
Date: January 1986
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Hardware Design, Software Design, Technical
Comments:  8
Rating:  (4.21)
MacPaint 2.0
Date: March 1986
Author: David Ramsey
Topics: Maintenance,MacPaint
Comments:  11
Rating:  (3.75)
What's worse than a dealer screwing up your new computer? Telling the customer the dealer screwed up their new computer.
Date: 1988
Author: David Ramsey
Topics: Marketing,Hardware,Mac II
Comments:  2
Rating:  (3.6)
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