• rivalary@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    At the time, I hated using these things. Mac OS 9 would lock up unexpectedly (generally Windows wouldn’t blue screen while simply typing up a document whereas these iMacs would just freeze, requiring you to stick a paperclip into a hole like ejecting a CD drive manually). The keyboard was terrible, mouse was worse and the speakers were only good to play notification dings.

    This author of the article has some real rose-tinted glasses.

    • EamonnMR@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      MacOS was just about as jank as Windows 9x by my recollection.

      The screen was nice, the USB support was nice. I didn’t hate the keyboard, though I was used to an IBM Model M so I hammered those keys…