Re: TIME's All-TIME 100 Gadgets. Apple II missing.

[magnusfalkirk <dean.phares@gmail.com>]

On Oct 26, 11:10 am, datajerk <dataj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 26, 8:59 am, "Bill Garber" <willy4...@garberstreet.com> wrote:
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> > "datajerk" <dataj...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:58db861e-
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> > ce46-4ce1-b677-9dea2098c...@30g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
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> > > It's not the end of the world.  Apple does have a number of
> > > entries including 3 in the computing category.  Apple actually
> > > was the only listed with more than one in that category.
> > > Perhaps the Apple II (and the original Mac) was dropped in
> > > order for the author to avoid looking like an Apple fanboy.
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> > >http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,20236...
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> > Perhaps the list only includes those things that Peter Ha owns
> > personally. Many times that is one's motivation for an article
> > or a web site. I'm sure you'll agree. Not everyone is totally
> > googley-eyed over the Apple II. Notice no Atari there, either.
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> > Bill
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> You're absolutely right.  I think I can forgive the Apple II, but not
> the 2600.

On the bright side the IBM-PC wasn't on the list either. On the down
side The Commodore 64 is.

Dean