Thirtieth anniversary Mac

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Thirtieth anniversary Mac

i dont know weather this is in the right forum, but in two years it will be the thirtieth anniversary for apple, i wonder what their new aniversary mac will be. I'm kinda hoping it will come in a Mac plus-ish, since the plus was their longest lived model, looking case, with a 9" lcd, and a G4 or G5 processor. What do you think?

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Flat panel Mac Plus anyone?

Flat panel Mac Plus anyone?

Quick- where's my Photoshop?

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macintosh iPlus

macintosh iPlus. yeah
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Yes!

I love this idea!

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Apple was founded in 1976. so

Apple was founded in 1976. so 30th anniversary would be next year.

I don't think something like the tinh above will happen... nothing happened for the Mac's 20th Anniversary in 2004 either.

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Anybody got an old Mac Plus around

If anyone has a dead mac plus or gutted mac plus case, let me know, I'd like to build that iPlus.

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twentieth aniversary mac

krest, see this

http://everymac.com/systems/apple/20th_mac/index.html

the twentieth anniversary mac

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I know what the TAM is, and I

I know what the TAM is, and I know that it was released '97, but:

"Although officially produced in celebration of the Twentieth Anniversary of Apple, the 20th Anniversary Mac was released close to a year after the fact, in late Spring, 1997."

http://www.apple-history.com/?page=gallery&model=anniversary&performa=off&sort=date&order=ASC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_computer

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well in my post i just ment t

well in my post i just ment the anniversary of the company not the macintosh itself

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So di I. ;-) Apple Compute

So di I. Wink

Apple Computer: April 1st, 1976
Macintosh: January 24th, 1984

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now that we have video 'pods

I am guessing that apple may release an iMac type machine with maybe an HDTV Tuner and Radio. Also, maybe Blu-Ray Burner (They have already joined the Alliance) and maybe a dock built-in for quick docking of the iPod. They might also have a special iPod and software to go with it.
OR,
Maybe Apple will yet again amaze us with a PDA again. Or perhaps a special Piece of HW that noone has ever seen before (Like they always have done)
Most likely, it will feature a top o' the line P4 or 64-bit dually Intel (I hope they don't make the mistake of the 20th Ann. With the dinkey 603e CPU and a sub-standard bus)
then again, they may not do one thing about it. Job's really didn't care about the 20th of the Mac, as there was nothing special released in '04

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And I hope they don't price i

And I hope they don't price it at $10.000 like they did with the TAM

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Re: And I hope they don't price i

And I hope they don't price it at $10.000 like they did with the TAM

I thought it was ridiculously over priced but I thought again nine months after the announcement when I was offered a new one for about $2000 US. Alas I declined because I am now in love with the machine. I suspect that if I buy one (which must be working, boxed, in the EU) I will pay more than for any other computer (so far in my life). And that includes my Lisa 1. Honest, no joking.

Phil

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I'm sorry to disappoint you,

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I will eat my hat if Apple ever makes a Mac with a built-in radio again. I'm not even seeing the built-in HD tuner, either, because of Steve's TV-Computer seperation thing. but it would be nice.

As for the 20th anniversary Mac (which would have been out in 2004), I would say it is the iMac G5. It was never officially touted as such, but the connection to 1997's TAM is undeniable.

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