Apple pulls back the curtain on the eagerly awaited refresh of its blockbuster iPad 2 tablet. New features include a better display, a faster chip, and 4G LTE.
Apple CEO Tim Cook wraps up the event by touting the new iPad. “We have redefined once again the category Apple created just two years ago with the original iPad,” he said.
The first photo was my first computer, the Macintosh. The screen and hard drive where all in one -compact unit. I used it for all my homework. It had a mouse and the selection of menus was intrinsic of Mac making it extremely user friendly instead of typing in commands in a command box.
The second picture is the computer I currently have, iMac with a 24″ screen – arrrg, arrrrg! The hard drive and screen are all in one, still.
The original Macintosh, the first commercially successful personal computer to use a graphical user interface, rather than a command line.
An iMac computer from August 2007, a modern all-in-one Macintosh.
The Macintosh (pronounced /ˈmækɨntɒʃ/ mak-in-tosh),[1] or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced on January 24, 1984; Continue reading
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates: It’s complicated – Tech Talk – CBS News.
This combo shows file photos of Apple chief executive Steve Jobs (L) at the Macworld Conference on January 9, 2007 in San Francisco, California and Microsoft’s former head Bill Gates (R) during the opening keynote at the RSA conference at San Francisco’s Moscone Center on February 6, 2007.
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In reflecting on Steve Jobs’ tenure at Apple, it’s impossible to separate the role Microsoft played.
The companies, as well as Jobs and Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates, helped pioneer the industry and define an era. The two executives partnered at various times, competed all the time and challenged one another in ways that helped shape the landscape of techdom. It’s a complex relationship. Continue reading
