Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The January 25-31 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Mr. Spindler Goes To Cupertino, Pixar Disney Spat".

January 25-31: Mr. Spindler Goes To Cupertino, Pixar Disney Spat

Another interesting 1983 tale from the inside at Folklore.org by Andy Hertzfeld. This time, the team feels betrayed by the unexpectedly high price of the Macintosh. It begins:
"The Macintosh was originally intended to be a very low cost, high volume personal computer. We wanted to keep the price as low as possible, so the Mac would be affordable to ordinary individuals, and Apple could sell them by the millions. The initial target price was $500, less than half the price of an Apple II at the time, but it quickly rose to $1000 after the design team added up the cost of various components. "

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Price Fight

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The January 18-24 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "The Real 1984, Lemmings, Lisa, IIe, More".

January 18-24: The Real 1984, Lemmings, Lisa, IIe, More

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The January 11-17 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "The Woz Gets Married, '1984' Starts Showing".

January 11-17: The Woz Gets Married, '1984' Starts Showing

Some folklore today with this bit of Macintosh history at Folklore.org by Andy Hertzfeld.

It Begins:
"January 24, 1984 - the big day had finally arrived. We had looked forward to the date for so long that it didn't seem real to be actually experiencing the long-awaited public unveiling of the Macintosh at Apple's 1984 annual shareholder's meeting. We were excited, of course, but also nervous about our hastily contrived demo software, and still exhausted from the final push to finish the system software"

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The Times They Are A-Changin'

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The January 1-10 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "eWorld, Cloning Begins, Gil Puts 'Em To Sleep, & iPod mini".

January 1-10: eWorld, Cloning Begins, Gil Puts 'Em To Sleep, & iPod mini