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On Apple’s 50th anniversary, the Future Knowledge #podcast presents THE APPLE II AGE 🍎

A computer that didn’t just launch Apple but shaped how a generation discovered technology. Historians Laine Nooney & Finn Brunton explore how games, classrooms, and creative tools made the Apple II a cultural phenomenon.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/the-apple-ii-age

@LaineNooney #Apple #Apple50 #AppleII #PersonalComputing

Valdeloire 3d ago

Заснування Apple
https://buymeacoffee.com/valdeloir/apple-4623422

#Apple #ІсторіяТехнологій #ПерсональніКомп’ютери #Інновації #США
#Apple #TechHistory #PersonalComputing #Innovation #USA

N-gated Hacker News Mar 22

Ah, the good ol' days of 'personal computing'—a magical realm where mortals could write their own spells 🧙‍♂️✨. Now it's a tragic tale of consumerist zombies or engineering drones, desperately seeking that lost soap bubble of software 🍾🔮. But fear not, for Josh's uncle is here with photos to remind us of a time he never lived through! 📸😂
https://josh8.com/blog/personal_computing.html #personalcomputing #nostalgia #softwareengineering #consumerism #technologyhumor #HackerNews #ngated

Personal Computing

Hacker News Mar 22

Personal Computing (2022)

https://josh8.com/blog/personal_computing.html

#HackerNews #PersonalComputing #2022 #TechTrends #Innovation #BlogPost #FutureOfTech

Personal Computing

The RAM pricing situation: Why it’s happening, what’s affected, and how long will it last

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/features/ram-pricing-situation-explainer/

~sterpeto Feb 24

Today I spent some time setting up my rpi4 - 4gb with raspbian os, on an external SSD, to be used as a backup "personal computing" device.

#rpi #personalcomputing

~sterpeto Feb 14

A quiet revolution is urgently needed: we must reclaim the understanding that we can use our computers and digital tools however we choose. This basic freedom of use and modification has been all but lost. You can use that old language nobody cares anymore about and have fun with it. You can use that old program if it suits your needs, without chasing the last shining bloated tool that anyone will ditch in a couple of months.
We should discard the idea that we need a subscription and a constant internet connection just to write a letter or edit a photo.

#personalcomputing

Ars Technica News Feb 11

Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78 https://arstechni.ca/nWdC #personalcomputing #Vintagecomputing #computerhistory #retrocomputing #BYTEmagazine #Illustration #RobertTinney #Obituaries #magazines #retrotech #obituary #media #Tech #art

Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78

He became one of the first to visualize personal computing by painting vivid cover art.

Ars Technica

slotek Jan 27

Me, 2020: "Hey kids, don't forget to update your devices!"

(Kids ignore me, go back to playing Minecraft.)

Me, 2025: "Hey kids, downgrade your operating systems, run the de-bloat script to kill AI and telemetry, and forge a signature to enable extended security updates!"

(Kids ignore me, go back to playing ROMs and Steam games under Bazzite on scavenged hardware.)

#Dystopia #Hobbies #PersonalComputing

Guillotine Jones, Flâneur Jan 7

PC company Dell takes a step back from hyping Ai.
Will lack of consumer demand start the bubble bursting?
"The fact that a huge PC brand such as Dell/Alienware has decided to ditch the AI-first marketing that seems to otherwise permeate everything—and honestly still permeates—is entirely welcome, very refreshing, and hopefully the mark of things to come."
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/dells-ces-2026-chat-was-the-most-pleasingly-un-ai-briefing-ive-had-in-maybe-5-years/
#Computing #PersonalComputing #Ai #Dell

Dell seems to be the first to realise we don't actually care about AI PCs

"What we've learned over the course of this year, from a consumer perspective, is they're not buying based on AI."

PC Gamer