| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| Bernie66 |
Apple is 30, but how well do you know ithttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4860790.stmI got 4 right but have never claimed to be a computer wizz  
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| sally_in_wales |
I got 3, I think apples grow on trees 
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| Bernie66 |
We will all get letured later on the benefits of Apple by the boffins 
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| Lozzie |
I'm saddened that I only got 4 right because one of my favourite films is The Pirates Of Silicon Valley -
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| bernie-woman |
I got 5 right - scuppered by dates for logos  and ad campaigns amongst other things
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| Penny |
4, probably the fumes from oven cleaning!! | ||||||
| dpack |
4 am i detecting a theme ?.
i only ever used an early one , it could integrate a curve . having pcs and using mr gates systems i dont know much about the mac ,some of my pals prefer them for graphics and web building but as im beginning to get to grips with a pc system i think i'll stick with the devil i (almost )know . |
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| trigfa |
7
....and I've never owned an Imac or an Ipod, but if anyone wants to rectify that feel free 
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| Bernie66 |
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| alison |
4 for me too
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| mrutty |
6
Why didn't they ask the height that an Apple had to be dropped from to resit the chips (and the reason to this day that I refuse to buy another one) |
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| oddballdave |
6 for me.
I remember using the original machines... oh so long ago. But the logo question was even older than that!!! |
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| Gervase |
Oh dear, I'm a sad sod - eight right. But I have been using Macs since 1987. | ||||||
| dougal |
Look, I only got 9. OK?
And I want to complain about the one I got wrong. I guessed that the "greatest gadget" as decided by some american magazine might be the iPod, despite it's only real innovations were a half decent user interface and the use of a hard drive rather than flash chips... I didn't think that they could possibly have selected the PB100. I mean really, the PB140 and PB170 were introduced on the very same day, were real Apple products, and much, much better than the slightly pathetic 100. (The PowerBook 100 was a Sony re-design and manufacture job on the original hefty Mac Portable.) The 170 was a fine machine and used a crisp active matrix (tft) LCD screen (like the Portable) unlike the sad 100 which had a comparatively sludgy and smeary passive matrix screen. The 140 and 170 also used NiMH high capacity batteries, unlike the 100 which had a lead/acid gel battery - a design carryover from the portable. Unquestionably the 170 was the best machine introduced that day, and more like today's laptops than the 100. (Even if the 100 did lack a built-in floppy, that shouln't make it any reasonable person's greatest gadget ever...)
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| Bernie66 |
You clearly need flogging then
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| tahir |
Yup, lets form an orderly queue, it's the only sensible course of action... |
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| dougal |
Let me assure everyone that, sadly, I am all too capable of beating on myself for such slips. 
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| pricey |
Don't beat yourself up Dougal I got 7 right, never used a Apple, and I'm as thick as s*%$, bloody good guess work
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| Bernie66 |
At least it proves you are human after all
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