Comments on: 25th anniversary video: Steve Jobs unveils the Mac

By: Fred, Santa Barbara, CA

Fred, Santa Barbara, CA — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:01:54 +0000

Albany's Anonymous is right. The music is not from Sagan's "Cosmos" but from "Chariots of Fire," though both are haunting. Actually there seems to have been no great love between Carl and Steve since Sagan once threatened to sue Apple over a copyright issue.

By: Murphy, Charlotte, NC

Murphy, Charlotte, NC — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:18:44 +0000

He's still the same guy. So obviously the same guy who was visibly proud to pull an ipod from the change pocket of his jeans. - Murphy Mac

By: Phil, Lanham MD

Phil, Lanham MD — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:29:57 +0000

Perhaps forgotten was the (major) public showing of the Mac a week or so later in DC to a standing room only crowd of Apple Pi members and others, whose cheering was loud and long when they saw the first Mac graphics demo projected on the big screen. We all knew that we'd seen the door open to a different world than the one we knew…

By: jmmx - Portland OR

jmmx - Portland OR — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:14:36 +0000

Yes – WOW

Great to see these – never seen the flint before.

When younger people watch the flint demo, they should try to think of what came before (and continued for many year in DOS) – the command line interpreter.

If you have a Mac – get a shell guide and open the Terminal and try to look at your file system.

If you have MS system – I imagine you can still open a DOS wind if you want to.

So for those who have never seen this type of interface, give it a try. You will see how Mac really changed the world. (Yes, Xerox PARC invented it – but Apple DID it.)

By: Doug, Los Angeles, CA

Doug, Los Angeles, CA — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:13:05 +0000

The enthusiastic response is comical only for those with no idea of the state of the art in January 1984. For someone like me, who was using an Apple ][+ at the time, this stuff was pants-wetting revolutionary.

By: ballmer, redmond, WA.

ballmer, redmond, WA. — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:33:40 +0000

http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

LIES!

By: anonymous, albany, california

anonymous, albany, california — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:00:42 +0000

Clarification on the music during the unveiling: It's the theme from the movie Chariots of Fire (a big hit in the early 80's), not from Sagan's Cosmos.

By: oystein, oslo, norway

oystein, oslo, norway — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:10:41 +0000

History in the making! A really touching sight when you consider all that has happened after that moment – a big "get well" to Steve Jobs who has had integrity, courage, cunning and humor enough to bring us from that moment and to AppStore today. A fantastic and unparalleled achievement!

By: xy Serbia

xy Serbia — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:05:07 +0000

Hr really looks like proud father

By: Frederic Golden, Santa Barbara CA

Frederic Golden, Santa Barbara CA — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:52:00 +0000

Wow, what a wonderful bit of nostalgia. A youthful Steve with a full shock of hair and a fashionista bow tie, while Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" theme sparkles in the background. Sniff.