Re: Apple's Pippin console makes list "25 Worst Tech Products of All Time"

[Craig Koller <cwkoller@STOPSPAMmac.com>]

In article <1148874814.648274.265460@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
AirRaid <AirRaid1500@gmail.com> wrote:

> http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/28/pc-world-says-apples-pippin-is-the-worst/
> 
> _______________________________________________
> PC World says Apple's Pippin is the "worst"
> 
> Posted May 28th 2006 11:00PM by Christopher Grant
> Filed under: Mac, Retro
> 
> PC World magazine listed Apple's ill-fated game console, the Pippin,
> 22nd on their list of the "25 Worst Tech Products of All Time,"
> writing:
> 
> "Apple had an Internet-capable game console that connected to your TV.
> But it ran on a weak PowerPC processor and came with a puny 14.4-kbps
> modem, so it was stupendously slow offline and online. Then, too, it
> was based on the Mac OS, so almost no games were available for it. And
> it cost nearly $600--nearly twice as much as other, far more powerful
> game consoles."

PC World is right. I dug up my reaction to Pippin ten years ago...

http://tinyurl.com/o5kar

At the end of the thread, I note Apple's revisions to make the console
viable for markets beyond gaming. Turned out to be way too little too
late.