Jason Anthony Guy1d ago

Jason Snell: ‘Apple would never have made it if it weren’t for the Apple II, the company’s first hit product and the first one to generate the amount of devotion we’ve now come to expect from fans of Apple’s products. Their slogan was, and still is, “Apple II Forever!”’

The Apple II family is the system on which I cut my computing teeth. An entire generation of kids were inspired to “do stuff” with computers because of the Apple II—including yours truly.

https://jagsworkshop.com/2026/04/apple-ii-forever/

Apple II Forever

Jason Snell, writing for The Verge as part of its Apple @ 50 series: Apple would never have made it if it weren’t for the Apple II, the company’s first hit product and the first one to generate the amount of devotion we’ve now come to expect from

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Show threadTim Triemstra
@JasonAnthonyGuy I think that generation of us that had to understand how the computer worked, to bend it to our will, greatly influenced the next 40+ years. The upcoming generation will benefit from getting huge amounts done quickly, but we were so lucky to grow up in that tiny window of time.
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Show threadJason Anthony Guy1d ago
@timtr Completely agree. And doing it out of pure curiosity, with no expectations other than to build and share and learn.