| 2002 - The death of Mac OS9 |
| A funeral eulogy on the faithful Mac OS9 by Steve Jobs during the Worldwide Developer Conference 2002. Introduced in 1999, OS9 was the a reliable, fast and energy-saving operating system for the Clamshell iBooks. |
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| With equal parts toilet seat, suitcase and clam, the iBook had a funny sort of charm that did little to reflect the personality of the user (unless, of course, they happened to be running away with the circus). The iBook looked more like a Playskool product than a Cupertino one, especially when appearing on a shelf next to a Wall Street or Lombard PowerBook. Michael Simon, maclife.com |
