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October 3, 2006

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Blast from the past — 101 ways to save Apple

Posted Oct. 3, ’06, 11:09 AM PT by Aaron Freedman
Category | Apple

Wow, Apple sure has come a long way. Remember back only 10 years ago when everyone thought it would go bankrupt? And look at it now, a wealthy company that’s made its way into nearly every household, and with plenty of room to grow. Well, back when the future of Apple didn’t look too bright, Wired published an article entitled “101 Ways to Save Apple,” which listed 101 ways to get Apple out of its slums. Some of the methods turned out to be totally inaccurate, such as Apple ditching hardware all together, and merging with Sega. Many others, though, turned out to be eerily accurate, such as porting Mac OS to Intel, dumping the Newton and Apple digital cameras and scanners, and giving Jobs as much power as he wants in creating new products. But of all of the suggestions, I think the one that Apple really should have taken to heart was get a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor named after itself. Mint Macintosh, anyone?

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1 Comments

Maoe said:

My favorite gem from the "good grief how much more wrong could they be" pile is this one:

60. Abandon the Mach operating system you just acquired and run Windows NT kernel instead. This would let Mac run existing PC programs.

Wow. Just...wow. That one recommendation by itself could have singlehandedly killed Apple as a company.

October 3, 2006 12:21 PM

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