[LINK] Interesting quote from Steve Jobs...

Ivan Trundle ivan at itrundle.com
Fri Jan 29 13:02:06 AEDT 2010


On 29/01/2010, at 12:44 PM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:

> I probably should know but don't - what was
> revolutionary about the Apple II?

Most say it 'ignited' the personal computer revolution in 1977 (the word 'ignited' is most often used, for some peculiar reason of human semantics and memory).

The first mass-marketed personal computer, with a plastic case and with colour graphics.

The Apple I was a year earlier, but was not exactly ground-breaking (and didn't have colour).

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