September 15, 2005
(vol. 115, iss. 147)
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… leader in exile. When I told my high school friends that I was getting a Mac four years ago, I was told time and again that Apple computers were "pieces of shit," unless, of course, I was using it for…
… to the solo in "Freebird." Unfortunately, yelling doesn't make either one go faster. When the first true Apple computer was released, it came with not one but two joysticks to play games. The Apple II…
… the birthplace of consumer computer gaming. Apple's early success did not deter IBM, which was cloned to form Compaq, HP and a host of others until today's PC of choice, Dell. With no clones, Mac game…
… and fall of Mac gaming Apple - C, Apple - V I The Tech Column By Forest Casey o some, it's a comfortable scenic seat after a long day of work. To others, it's a nui- sance and a road block in a…
… flavoring and spices and topped off with some partially melted cheese product. However, the customizable additions, such as apple slices, walnuts or artichokes, can perk up the meal's original blandness, and…
…, white iMacs crowded the pit, and people were actually using them for gaming. In the years after Apple founder Steve Jobs' removal from the company, the Mac platform suffered the same slow defeat as a…
… graphics or video editing. I always took that opportunity to lie. Of course I would be creat- ing intricate 3-D models on a computer that takes as long to open Photoshop as it does for Lynyrd Skynyrd to get…
… developers couldn't sell nearly as many games as their PC counter- parts, and the entire field of Mac gaming began to crumble. At least, that is, until 1999. Steve Jobs returned to the helm, salvaging Apple…
… with the most successful computer of all time, the iMac. For the Mac faithful, Jobs' second coming was akin to Jesus's almost 2000 years before. People suddenly had a reason to trash their PCs and go Mac…
… been in cardiac arrest for twenty years, and to the Mac platform as a whole. And then this last hope, much like the origi- nal Apple II, started to slip away. Apple nem- esis Microsoft invaded Bungie…