Category: Apple
Showdown at Apple: John Sculley vs. Steve Jobs
The Apple Macintosh had not been a success from the outset. The hardware was not designed particularly generously for the requirements of a graphical user interface. Especially the main memory had been calculated rather tightly. Moreover, there was no hard disk for the Mac at that time. In addition, there was a lack of appropriate [...]
Archrival and Knight in Shining Armor – Microsoft’s Relationship with Apple
By means of the Macintosh, the Apple management planned to prevent the absolute predominance of IBM. Thereby, they all had underestimated Bill Gates and Microsoft. Apple boss John Sculley’s marketing strategy for the launch of the Macintosh was obvious. The former Pepsi manager, who had been brought to Apple by Steve Jobs, intended to arrange [...]
Apple History TV: Steve Jobs about Microsoft (1995)
Steve Jobs The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste, they have absolutely no taste, and what that means is – I don’t mean that in a small way I mean that in a big way. In the sense that they they don’t think of original ideas and they don’t bring much [...]
Mac Pro (2006 – 2009)
Specifications Component Intel Xeon (based on Core microarchitecture) Intel Xeon (based on Nehalem microarchitecture) Model Mac Pro[21] Mac Pro (Early 2008)[22] Mac Pro (Early 2009)[23] Chipset Intel 5000X Intel 5400 Intel Nehalem-based server chipset Graphics Expandable to four graphics cards nVidia GeForce 7300 GT with 256MB of GDDR3 SDRAM (single-link and dual-link DVI ports) Optional [...]
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