MetaFilter posts tagged with computer and mac

I need a name that's cutting-edge, like CutCo, EdgeCom, InterSlice...

gauche — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:40:31 -0800

"At the time, Groening was best known as the artist of the comic Life in Hell, as The Simpsons has not yet premiered. The brochure was titled, 'Who Needs a Computer Anyway' and interspersed Groening’s Life in Hell style illustrations with standard information on Apple’s Mac computers." Apple once hired Matt Groening to do some illustrations for them.

OS X continues to evolve with new security feature

Brandon Blatcher — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:14:17 -0800

Apple has released a developer preview of the next version of OS X, named Mountain Lion. A key new feature is Gatekeeper, a security system that will allow users to decide what type of applications can be installed or launched on their personal computers. While some security experts think its a good idea, others worry about it being subtly used to discourage users from installing non-App Store applications. Macworld has coverage of the entire update, while Daring Fireball recounts a personal demonstration.

The feat list hurts my brain

JHarris — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:24:45 -0800

Here is Incursion: Halls of the Goblin King, a computer game that adapts the 3rd Edition rules of the Dungeons & Dragons game to roguelikes.

When We Were Young

reenum — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:03:00 -0800

An oldie but a goodie: David Bennabaum on learning how to program and be a sys admin at his high school in his youth.

Twenty years of Macintosh

loquacious — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:42:55 -0800

Twenty years of Macintosh - a well done retrospect about the Apple Macintosh presented in a series of posters, annotated with excellent topical links for further reading.

jonesing for Norton Speed Disk memorabilia? You are so lucky, or something.

furiousthought — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:13:49 -0800

The Vintage Mac Museum – if there's anything you remember about working or playing on old black-and-white Macs, anything at all, there's probably an animated .gif screenshot of the program you used somewhere on this site. From MacPaint to Stuntcopter to Photoshop 1.0 to, no joke, Norton freaking Utilities, it's all been preserved on the internet. Go... internet.

A photo tour of Microsoft's Mac Lab

nakedcodemonkey — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:10:33 -0800

Welcome to Microsoft's Mac Lab.

Jef Raskin, creator of the Macintosh, has died.

killdevil — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:23:54 -0800

Jeff Raskin, widely considered the father of the Macintosh computer, has died. Visit folklore.org for stories chronicling the birth of the computer Jef named after his favorite varietal (but misspelled in order to avoid confusion). Jef's contributions to the development of simple, intelligible, "humane" computing environments didn't end with the Mac; learn more here and here.

Someone is mad that paid too much for their MCSE

StormBear — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 18:30:03 -0800

The clueless reviews the Mac Mini His chief gripes are "The Mini boots up into a stripped-down operating system which Apple calls OS X, similar to the stripped-down WindowsCE OS found on many handhelds." and "No serial ports, no way to connect a printer, no PS/2 ports, no floppy drive, no 5.25" bays." Let the hate mail campaign begin!

Mac System 6

tommasz — Fri, 21 May 2004 07:03:19 -0800

Remember Mac System 6? If you do, then P.dro Classic™ is for you. Relive the glory days of 1 bit-per-pixel porn (it's almost life-like if you squint) and Pong-like games with the mouse! Hey, it's Friday and this is Flash. For me, it's the Startup Sound that makes this.

And we know how to use Unix, too.

Chief Typist — Fri, 12 Jul 2002 16:14:14 -0800

And we know how to use Unix, too. Nielsen/NetRatings study finds that Mac users are better educated and make more money than their Wintel counterparts. More fuel for the platform wars...

The Apple rumor mill is buzzing...

Fofer — Sat, 29 Jun 2002 23:32:30 -0800

The Apple rumor mill is buzzing... Tonight marks the expiration for many of their recent promos and rebates. The Apple Store has been closed for a few hours now for "updating." Is a new "insanely great" product about to be unleashed unto the Mac faithful ... or is it just wishful thinking?

IE/Mac team not disbanded.

daveadams — Sat, 13 May 2000 18:03:20 -0800

IE/Mac team not disbanded.
Just in case you didn't catch my comment in the previous thread about this topic. The same team is also working on IE for OSX and WebTV.