Welcome to the 2nd episode of Memory Protection, where Josh and Matt get serious about the show notes. This week we discuss: Beige boxes, the iMacification of everything, Apple’s penchant for designing divisive user interfaces and whether or not Steve Jobs is prepping the company for a big sale. Follow Up: Are there still carbon apps in the wild (as of June 2019)? Yes, but MacOS Catalina is the death sentence for Carbon. Hot Cocoa: The PowerMac G3 gets a spec bump Sears: a store with different departments that caters to a variety of shopping needs instead of specializing in a single category of consumables, sets up some iMacs. Notice the sign above the iMac display that reads “Brand Central”, amazing. Mac cloner makes a profit even after Apple kills the clone Mac market. The iMacification of everything is well underway. Behold! The iBrator. Nintendo got into this too. Netscape’s history, Matt was somewhat wrong about this. Tim Berners Lee, our lord and savior of the World Wide Web is unhappy with where the web is headed. Uh oh! Apple’s Questionable Design Choices. #shirtButton Skeuomorphs & Skeuomorphic Design Dribbble.com Panic’s Playdate. So excited about Panic in 2019! What is the deal with the thumb wheel? Interface Hall of Shame - Quicktime 4 Player RIP Appearance Manager Gizmo Theme Screenshot Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines The Hockey Puck Mouse The iCatch Can Apple Survive? Is Apple for sale? From the “yes” perspective From the “no” perspective 20 Years ago, Apple was dealing with the same complaints they are now. There’s an iMac shortage. Is it due to popular demand? Or is related to that iMac factory fire we talked about last month? Blue Ocean Strategy Nintendo Wii The iMac has no competition Not being a Windows user Matt hasn’t edited his registry in over 20 years, is that what you do to change a driver?  

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