Re: [NTLK] How is the Newton a Mac?

From: David Ensteness (denstene_at_mac.com)
Date: Fri Apr 02 2004 - 06:15:03 PST


heehee, funny ... no, not really.

Jobs stated when he killed the Newton division that a future PDA would
only make sense if it was based on the Macintosh, the Newton was not
based on the Mac, it was not a version of the Mac, it was its own
product, everyone arguing that the Newton is a Mac for this reason or
that reason obvious hasn't considered much of the obvious information.

The Apple //c isn't a Mac either, nor is the Apple IIgs or the Lisa ...
LaserWriters, not Macs, not even specific to Macs. Macintosh is a
computing platform that has made up the bulk of Apple's product
offerings for the past 20 years. Not everything Apple makes is a Mac
just like not every Oldsmobile is a car and not every Oldsmobile car is
a Cutlass.

Come on people, get it together.

David

>> I would also tend to disagree. If Newton were a Mac then it would not
>> have
>> been discontinued!
>>
> Not true! Even to a purist the original mac has also been cancelled!
>
> LOL.
> Marty

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