Luke Dormehl

Bristol, United Kingdom

Journalist at Freelance

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Today in Apple history: OS X Snow Leopard roars for the first time

1 week ago | cultofmac.com | Luke Dormehl

June 8, 2009: Apple introduces OS X Snow Leopard, a version of its Mac operating system that ranks among the company’s finest desktop updates. Showcased at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Snow Leopard doesn’t seem as flashy as some other Mac operating system upgrades. In fact, Apple famously includes a slide in its WWDC presentation touting “0 new features.” However, OS X Snow Leopard more than delivers on Apple’s core values, paving a path to a bright future for the Mac.
Today in Apple history: The first great color PowerBook arrives

1 week ago | cultofmac.com | Luke Dormehl

June 7, 1993: Apple debuts the PowerBook 180c, a solid upgrade that brings a world of dazzling colors to the company’s laptop line. The 180c’s big improvement over the grayscale PowerBook 180, which launched the previous October, is its active-matrix, 256-color screen. Such a screen is something of a novelty for laptops in the early 1990s. PowerBook 180c: A great portable MacThe PowerBook 180c was one of the high-end models in Apple’s enormously successful PowerBook 100 series.
Today in Apple history: Apple chooses Intel over PowerPC

1 week ago | cultofmac.com | Luke Dormehl

June 6, 2005: Steve Jobs reveals that Apple will switch the Mac from PowerPC processors to Intel. Speaking at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Jobs’ revelation reminds the tech world that he is a leader who can get things done. Given Intel’s focus on mobile computing, the move also offers a hint at what Apple’s CEO has planned for the second half of his reign.
Today in Apple history: Mac clone-maker peaks before a dizzying decline

1 week ago | cultofmac.com | Luke Dormehl

June 4, 1997: Mac clone-maker Power Computing hits its high point as the company’s top exec reaches an agreement with Apple concerning the forthcoming Mac OS 8. The deal allows the company to start making moves toward an IPO as the fastest-growing PC company of the decade. Things don’t turn out well, though. The rise of Power Computing and its Mac clonesFounded in November 1993, Power Computing set out to sell Mac clones by mail.
Today in Apple history: iOS overtakes BlackBerry OS

1 week ago | cultofmac.com | Luke Dormehl

June 3, 2011: iOS overtakes Research in Motion’s BlackBerry operating system for the first time, with Apple’s mobile operating system inching past BlackBerry OS. While Android remains comfortably in the lead in terms of market share, the news marks the beginning of the end for BlackBerry as a smartphone powerhouse.
Today in Apple history: Yosemite brings a visual overhaul to OS X

2 weeks ago | cultofmac.com | Luke Dormehl

June 2, 2014: Apple shows off Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite for the first time at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Following the Jony Ive-redesigned iOS 7, Yosemite boasts an aesthetic change that brings Apple’s desktop computers closer than ever to the look of the company’s mobile software. Named after Yosemite National Park, the update follows the previous year’s Mavericks as the second Mac operating system named after a California landmark.
Today in Apple history: Apple II gets its first disk drive

2 weeks ago | cultofmac.com | Luke Dormehl

June 1, 1978: Apple launches the Disk II floppy drive, one of the company’s most important peripherals ever. The best floppy drive available at the time, Disk II solves the Apple II computer’s most glaring weakness — a lack of storage. It also helps establish Apple’s flair for handsome profit margins. Apple Disk II launchAbout six months after the Apple II launch in June 1977, the need for a better storage option became obvious.
Today in Apple history: Newspaper replaces photo staff with iPhones

2 weeks ago | cultofmac.com | Luke Dormehl

May 31, 2013: The Chicago Sun-Times fires all 28 of its photographers, with the goal of training its staff to shoot photos using iPhones instead. Pulitzer Prize winner John H. White is among those who lose their jobs. The move is significant not just because of what it says about the declining newspaper industry. It also spotlights the iPhone’s growing acceptance as a professional camera.
Today in Apple history: Apple shows off the Newton for the first time

2 weeks ago | cultofmac.com | Luke Dormehl

May 29, 1992: Apple demonstrates its Newton MessagePad for the first time, showing how the upcoming PDA can be used to order a pizza and pull off other time-saving tricks. Hailed by Apple CEO John Sculley as “nothing less than a revolution,” the Newton is Apple’s first major new product since the original Macintosh shipped eight years earlier.
Today in Apple history: First-gen iPad rolls out around the world

2 weeks ago | cultofmac.com | Luke Dormehl

May 28, 2010: Customers across Europe and Asia queue up to buy the iPad when the international launch date for Apple’s original tablet finally arrives. The reason for the gap between the iPad’s U.S. launch in early April and its international debut more than a month later? Unexpectedly large demand for the groundbreaking device. Original iPad goes on sale internationallyApple sold a massive 1 million iPads in the tablet’s first month on sale, and struggled to meet the overwhelming demand.

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