a trip down memory lane

[Derek Chesterfield]

I think some of these are simple ideas ahead of their time, rather  
than abject failures. Some already have resurfaced in some form or  
other:

On 28 Mar 2007, at 16:54, Kris Noland wrote:

> No 6 - 20th Anniversary Macintosh
Reborn as the iMac G5.

> No 4 - Macintosh TV
Morphed into Apple TV [loosely].

> No 3 - Macintosh Portable
One of the first portables to have a clamshell design. And the first  
to have an integrated pointing device, IIRC.

> Was tempted to put in Yellow Box to make this vaguely about OS X =P
Was Yellow Box ever released as a[n Apple] product, though? I think  
it was only distributed as a runtime for WebObjects?

Other 'failed' products may yet return... the AOCE technology was my  
favourite. Maybe Newton features in a future iPhone?

I also love the idea of OpenDoc, I just don't see how it can ever  
work in anything like the current software market - why would I want  
to sell you a widget for 10s of $, versus a behemoth for a couple  
hundred?