a trip down memory lane

[Chad Leigh]

On Mar 28, 2007, at 4:23 AM, Charles Dyer wrote:

>
> On 28 Mar 2007, at 03:26:53, Eugene wrote:
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>> <http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/ 
>> top_10_apple_products_which_flopped.php>
>>
>> "Top 10 Apple products which flopped"
>>>
>>> No 10 - Apple Cyberdog
>
> Oy! Cyberdog did NOT flop! It was based on OpenDoc... and _that_  
> went down in flames! I used Cyberdog for _years_ because otherwise  
> I'd have to use MSIE!
>
>>> No 9 - Taligent
>
> IBM's fault.
>
>>> No 8 - Apple EWorld
>>> No 7 - Apple Pippin
>>> No 6 - 20th Anniversary Macintosh
>>> No 5 - Motorola ROKR
>>> No 4 - Macintosh TV
>>> No 3 - Macintosh Portable
>
> Yes, it was a Mac. No, it wasn't portable. I looked at one in a  
> store once. When I realised that it was too heavy to carry  
> comfortably from the shelf where it was to the cash register, I  
> knew it was doomed. Doomed, I say.

At the time it was pretty cool.  I saw one that one of the Apple VPs  
had when I helped for a day on an Apple/DEC collaboration -- I helped  
program a demo for the announcement itself and we kibbutzed a day  
late into the night and the Apple VP was there with one.

>
>>> No 2 - Apple Lisa
>
> <rimshot>Surely you mean the Mac XL. </rimshot>
>
>>> No 1 - Apple Newton
>>>
>>> Honorable Mention - Apple Puck Mouse
>
> Possibly the single most evil pointing device ever released upon an  
> unsuspecting and (mostly) undeserving public.

Not if you hold the mouse "correctly".  I never had any problems with it

I thought their list was rather long.  Especially the Newton and  
Cyberdog.

Chad


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>> -- 
>> Eugene
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