Steve Jobs loved his all-in-one Mac, but not everyone was happy with its limitations. Even before Steve’s departure, engineers were planning a new expandable Mac with color screens and lots of power. From the cancelled Big Mac to a Wicked Fast IIfx, the projects that made the Macintosh II series were some of Apple’s most influential. Listen in to hear the tale of the Mac’s second act.
Sources / Notes:
Macworld April 1987 The Mac II Reference Guide by Scott Foresman Folklore.org Folklore.org: Mea Culpa [CHM Oral History - Rich Page Part 1 Insanely Great by Steven Levy (2000 Edition) Apple Confidential 2.0 by Owen Lintzmeyer Adventure-Apple West of Eden by Frank Rose On Macintosh Programming by Daniel K. Allen Mac GUI :: The Macintosh Network File Server Prototype of 1984 AppleWorld 1987 Keynote 1987–05 Iconoclast - Birth of the Mac II Mode32 Information Open Letter To Apple - TidBITSMusic Credits
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