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hbbio on Jan 9, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: BeOS: The Alternate Universe's Mac OS X

They thought they would have their chance with hardware+software combo.

Indeed, the BeBox should have looked like this to succeed: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Ap...

That computer made Apple cool again, and paved the way for their recovery way before the iPhone skyrocket.

asjw on Jan 9, 2020 [–]

Before the eMac, the iPod made Apple cool again, AFAIK

hbbio on Jan 9, 2020 | [–]

Sorry, I meant the iMac (G3) in 1998 - maybe it's not the best pic then since it's an eMac that came later...

The iPod was 2001, 3 years after the first iMac.

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