MACINTOSH SE Introduced on March 2, 1987, Apple's Macintosh SE featured a Motorola 68000 7.8 MHz processor. A version with two floppy drives sold for $2,900, while a version with a 20-megabyte hard drive sold for $3,900.
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One of industry's mantras is that form follows function. But for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, form was function. He hit upon that idea well before the much-heralded iPod and iPhone. Even during his hiatus from Apple in the late 1980s and early 1990s, his philosophy pervaded the company's products—including the 1988 Macintosh SE featured in this video, my first Apple product. Yes, it still works.
By the way, after Jobs temporarily left Apple in 1985 he started a company called NeXT, to develop specialized personal computers. The NeXT computer was not a commercial hit, but Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the Web, actually devised all the Web programming on a NeXT machine. One more small legacy for Jobs.
Hence my video moment of silence…filmed on an iPhone, edited in iMovie, no help needed. That pretty much says it all.
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Add CommentPlease feel free to light a virtual candle or send virtual flowers for Steve at this memorial website - http://memorialmatters.com/memorials.php?page=SteveJobs
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThis is also a place to send memorial-related things: http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/
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