Macinography 14: The LC 500 and Power Mac 5000 Series

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A long time ago, in a schoolyard far far away, the computer was a rarity. Apple conquered the classrooms of the eighties with the Apple II, but repeating that success in the nineties with the Macintosh would be a more difficult feat. Before the iMac, Apple launched many big-screen all in ones. Listen to find out how successful (or disastrous) this was for Apple in their most challenging era yet.

Sources / Notes:

• HackedEducation.com: Kids Can’t Wait
• AppleDesign by Paul Kunkel and Rick English
• Macworld September 1993
• Macworld June 1995
• MacUser November 1995
• ArsTechnica | 20 Years Ago Today: Apple Took Its First Crack at TV and Failed
• The Smithsonian Institute Oral History of Steve Jobs
• The Christian Science Monitor: Minnesota Pioneers The Use of Computers in Classrooms
• The Charles Babbage Institute Oral History of Dale LaFrenz
• The HigherIntellect Vintage Computing Wiki: The Apple TV/Video System
• TidBits
• Folklore,org: What’s a Megaflop?

Music Credits

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Show Art: Courtesy of Daniel Vincent

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