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What DID Apple innovate? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Genuine question.

I know they were the scrappy startup doing different cool things. But, what are the most major innovative things that they introduced, improved or just implemented that either revolutionized, improved or spurred change?

I am aware of the possibility of both fanboys and haters just duking it out below. But there's always that one guy who has a fkn well-formatted paragraph of gold. I await that guy.

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[–] heavyboots@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Everyone absolutely thought the original click wheel iPod, the iPhone and the iPad were all doomed to fail. Hell, the Apple watch didn't exactly get off to a hot start for that matter.

And back at the beginning, the Mac OS GUI. Yes, Steve Jobs saw the idea of a graphical GUI at Xerox Park, but what his engineers turned out is something completely different. And at the time it was easily as revolutionary as the touchscreen interface of the iPhone.

Actual duds by Apple that I can think of off the top of my head:

  • The Cube
  • The Mac IIcx
  • The Mac IIfx
  • Whatever that ungodly massive Unix box was that they branded as Apple
  • The liquid cooled G5 cheesgrater
[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have a weird obsession with the cube. It's such a cool looking computer even by today's standards. If they didn't cost a ridiculous amount of money on EBay, I'd buy one just to put on display

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Cube, along with the G4 iMac are two of the most beautifully designed computers I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen a couple of videos of people retrofitting the guts of an M1 mini into both of those, which is a ridiculously tempting project that I’ll never actually get around to doing.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's something I'd love to try too! My main desktop is actually kind of similar. I bought a gutted Power Mac G5 case and stuck regular PC parts inside. It was a lot easier of a project though since it's such a big case haha

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 1 points 11 months ago

Like a reverse Hackintosh. Nice.

[–] Nusm@yall.theatl.social 2 points 11 months ago

Add to that list the 20^th^ Anniversary Mac.