Lose your focus, lose yourself – become a shadow of what you could be. #LostPotential
Contentment found in limitation is a fragile peace, easily shattered by a glimpse of what *could* be. #LostPotential
We trade living for watching others live, substituting genuine risk with the safe spectacle of simulated experience. #LostPotential

I had a Newton MessagePad 120 back in the day. It felt very ahead of its time but it wasn't without its quirks and issues.

It would've been interesting to see the platform evolve, where it'd be with today's tech and how it got there.

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Today in #AppleHistory: Apple bids farewell to the Newton
February 27, 1998: Apple discontinues work on the Newton and Newton OS... People noted Jobs, who had returned the previous year, didn’t like the Newton MessagePad.

#newton #vintageMac #retrocomputing #classicmac #lostpotential #stevejobs
https://www.cultofmac.com/469567/today-in-apple-history-apple-cancels-newton-messagepad/

Today in Apple history: Apple bids farewell to the Newton

On February 27, 1998, Apple announced that it would discontinue work on the Newton MessagePad product line and Newton OS.

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