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Jason Snell and a collection of long-time Mac watchers discuss the most notable parts of Macintosh history.
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#28: Performa Month
August 27th, 2024 · 27 minutes
Jason talks to Stephen about his recent deep dive into the world of the Macintosh Performa line, which was sold from 1992 to 1997. Over that time period, nearly 50 models were sold wearing the name. Things got messy.
#27: The 21st Mac
March 26th, 2021 · 33 minutes
Stephen Hackett joins Jason to wrap up the series and discuss all the Macs that didn't make the list.
#26: John Gruber, part 3
March 19th, 2021 · 49 minutes
From November 20, 2020: Titanium PowerBook G4, MacBook Air, the original Macintosh, PowerBook 140/170, and iMac G3.
#25: John Gruber, part 2
March 12th, 2021 · 52 minutes
From August 31, 2020: The Macintosh Portable, Power Computing clones, iMac G4, Power Mac G4 Cube, iBook, Macintosh SE/30, and laying out pages at college newspapers.
#24: John Gruber, part 1
March 5th, 2021 · 69 minutes
An interview from June 12, 2020 covering the first nine entries in the series.
#23: John Siracusa, part 3
February 19th, 2021 · 68 minutes
From November 20, 2020: Titanium PowerBook G4, MacBook Air, the original Macintosh, PowerBook 140/170, iMac G3, and to his great dismay, John learns Jason's final rankings.
#22: John Siracusa, part 2
February 19th, 2021 · 63 minutes
John Siracusa discusses six more old Macs for the 20 Macs for 2020 Project.
#21: John Siracusa, part 1
February 12th, 2021 · 104 minutes
Two interviews with John Siracusa used for the 20 Macs for 2020 podcast, discussing the first nine entries in the series.
#20: iMac G3 (#1)
December 31st, 2020 · 24 minutes
It was the late 90s and Apple was on the ropes. Steve Jobs knew the company needed a lifeline, fast. And 10 months after Jobs took back control of the company, he announced the product that would fund Apple's resurgence and change its future forever.
#19: The Original PowerBooks (#2)
December 24th, 2020 · 14 minutes
After the failure of the Macintosh Portable, Apple took a different approach to designing a laptop. The result helped tip the balance of power between humans and computers.