Mar 5, 2010
Apple’s skeletons in the closet
Here’s one from the wayback machine! Apples Emate. We were trying to recall this “green clamshell thing” Apple came out with a while ago and could not remember it. Boy ,they have come a long way! The one thing that is interesting according to the wiki page on the Emate is that the device is described as a “low-cost Laptop” (running the Newton operating system. Could this be the first Netbook (minus the net)? Those Apple folks were always ahead of their time.
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Grant Hutchinson
Yes, the eMate could be considered a “netbook”, if internet access is one of the determining factors. Using the Newton Internet Enabler and either a PCMCIA modem or ethernet card, the eMate (and other Newton devices from the same period) could connect, browse, email, Telnet, and even FTP. All of this in a sexy, translucent, and rugged portable computer. Minus the net? Heck no.
Mar 6th, 2010
Michal
Yeah why not, but this is one ugly mthrfckr, no joke …
Mar 8th, 2010
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