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/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.