Seeing a lot of celebration of the 40th
2024-01-24 20:50:02.492054+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Seeing a lot of celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Mac, but to my mind the Mac was the beginning of the end of personal computing. It turned the computer into an appliance rather than a platform for exploration. A toaster rather than a drill press. At the time it was a tool for creative expression, but the evolution of Apple as a company has definitely been towards tools for consumption.
Bring back source code for BIOSes and schematics and hackability and general purpose I/O.