In part three of a three part series of detailed articles at Low End Mac, Joshua Coventry looks at how Apple got into trouble and how they climbed to fame once again.
"From 2002 to 2006, Apple has continued with its strategic plan of expanding its business, improving its software, and generally removing the old and bringing in the new. Since Steve Jobs returned to Apple as a consultant in 1997, every aspect of the company has changed, including policies, the logo, the product line, employees, revenue, profits, and so on."

Part three:
Apple's Growing Success, 2002-2006

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The October 24-31 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Sculley's Gift to Microsoft, Panther Released".

October 24-31: Sculley's Gift to Microsoft, Panther Released

This 1994 article by Chris Oakes, discussing what he calls "Fun and Useful Stops Along the Infobahn", is originally from Creative Mac. An early peak into the state of the online community, via The Wayback Machine.
It begins:
"To feed their habit, windsurfers can hit the interstate highways and exit at many a high-wind node: Baja, San Francisco, the Columbia River Gorge, and Cape Hatteras, to name a few. Similarly, there are fun stops along the information highway where Mac users can surf. In this column I'll look at a few of these notable backroads. To use each "info-exit" you'll need access to the service noted in parentheses, such as CompuServe, America Online, or the Internet."

Read more:
Great Online Places

A Friday Tidbit from TidBITS 34, December 10, 1990.
"Unlike the Macworld Expo in Boston this year, the San Francisco Expo promises to show some products that haven't been thoroughly squeezed of interest by the press (including us :-)). The computer industry and Apple in particular has a strange fascination with leaking information, wavering between battening down the security hatches and making sure that "unofficial" information is freely available. The three recently-introduced Macs are the best example of this latter phenomenon since almost everyone knew exactly what they could do well before they actually appeared. For this upcoming Expo on January 10-13 in San Francisco, though, everyone's staying quiet. We've got a few ideas about what might be released there, some backed up with evidence, some just based on educated speculation."

Read More:
Expo Expectations; TidBITS 34, December 10, 1990

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The October 17-23 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "1984," MessagePad 2100, OS 8.5, 9".

October 17-23: "1984," MessagePad 2100, OS 8.5, 9

In part two of a three part series of detailed articles at Low End Mac, Joshua Coventry looks at how Apple got into trouble and how they climbed to fame once again.

Part two:
Apple's Climb Back to Success

A new article by the talented Tom Hormby at Low End Mac. It begins:
"Apple started 1984 with a bang. The Macintosh was finished, and it was well received by the general public, largely due to a highly successful advertising campaign beginning with the 1984 ad.
One year later, Apple was not nearly as successful. Steve Jobs wanted to kick off the Macintosh Office project, essentially a Macintosh network, with a similarly grandiose Super Bowl ad titled Lemmings. The ad was a major flop and set the tone for the most disastrous year in Apple history."

Read More:
Good-bye Woz and Jobs: How the First Apple Era Ended in 1985

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The October 10-16 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "NeXT Cube, Sculley Out, Rhapsody Seeds".

October 10-16: NeXT Cube, Sculley Out, Rhapsody Seeds

"In a three part series of detailed articles, Joshua Coventry looks at how Apple got into trouble and how they climbed to fame once again. Apple was at an all-time low in 1996, in a severe financial crisis that worried Mac users around the world. Apple's shareholders and customers were losing faith, and competitors were closing in fast. The worldwide press badmouthed Apple in 1995 and 1996. Ten years on, Apple is a completely different company."

Part One:
Beleaguered: Apple Bottoms Out, 1996-98

The September, 2006 issue of the A2 News and Notes Newsletter for Apple II fans has been posted by Howard Katz!
This issue:
* Just Cloning Around
* Home Expansion
* Curling Up With A Good Book
* Wish You Were There?
* Socket Makeover
* Software News
* Emulation News
* SignOff

A2 News and Notes

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The October 1-9 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Apple Pay Beatles, Apple & IBM Partner, BeBox".

October 1-9: Apple Pay Beatles, Apple & IBM Partner, BeBox