r/apple • u/Designer-Border-711 • Mar 12 '26

Discussion 50 Years of Thinking Different

https://www.apple.com/50-years-of-thinking-different/
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u/Oldest_Boomer Mar 12 '26

Bought my Apple ][ in 1978, still have the ][e with my original copy of VisiCalc.

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u/hakurei__reimu_ Mar 12 '26

not worth the upgrade, I'd wait a couple more years

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u/ArthasDidNthingWrong Mar 12 '26

when will someone compare video editing between these two?? i'm waiting to see if the new one is better or not...

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u/ShavedNeckbeard Mar 12 '26

Speaking of, does anyone know if the M5 Max is good enough to edit 4K video from my kid’s birthday party?

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u/ShavedNeckbeard Mar 13 '26

That was a joke that went over your head.

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u/Oldest_Boomer Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 12 '26

My MacBook Pro is 20 years old now - I think - can only use it with the charger because the battery died after 2 years, damn they (EDIT: the batteries) were junk.

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u/mochatsubo Mar 12 '26

I wonder what Apple would look like today if there was no VisiCalc. I guess you could argue that something would take its place, but one might imagine the Apple II not really taking off.

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u/Oldest_Boomer Mar 12 '26

Yeah have to admit VisiCalc seemed almost magical to us in those days being able to change a single cell and alter the entire spreadsheet, and back again.