Apple used to be weirder and maybe more fun (scottknaster.substack.com) 2 points by speckx 13d ago ↗ HN
[–] saulpw 12d ago ↗ > October 17, 1988> The typical Apple engineer’s office contains [...] about a gigabyte of hard disk spaceA gigabyte?! In 1988?? Am I misremembering, or was that about 10-20x what we consumers had in our computers? [–] m463 12d ago ↗ I looked up computer shopper october 88.most "normal" systems had 40mb hard disks.mac ii 40mb hard drive... $3800But a Compaq Deskpro 386/25 could come with a 300mb hard disk for ... $9650an ibm ps2 with 314mb hard disk... $8585
[–] m463 12d ago ↗ I looked up computer shopper october 88.most "normal" systems had 40mb hard disks.mac ii 40mb hard drive... $3800But a Compaq Deskpro 386/25 could come with a 300mb hard disk for ... $9650an ibm ps2 with 314mb hard disk... $8585
[–] edbaskerville 12d ago ↗ Apple was at its best and most creative during the long Steveless interregnum. The inmates were running the asylum, so they couldn't ship products or make money. But it definitely seemed weirder and more fun, at least from the outside.
[–] joezydeco 12d ago ↗ I have an April Fool's issue (circa 87-88 or so) of the developer newsletter in box somewhere. Self-referential, silly... I kind of miss that Apple.
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[ 0.79 ms ] story [ 2.2 ms ] thread> The typical Apple engineer’s office contains [...] about a gigabyte of hard disk space
A gigabyte?! In 1988?? Am I misremembering, or was that about 10-20x what we consumers had in our computers?
most "normal" systems had 40mb hard disks.
mac ii 40mb hard drive... $3800
But a Compaq Deskpro 386/25 could come with a 300mb hard disk for ... $9650
an ibm ps2 with 314mb hard disk... $8585