20 Macs

20 Macs

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20 Macs episodes

August 27, 2024 28: Performa Month
Jason talks to Stephen about his recent deep dive into the world of the Macintosh Performa line, which was sold from 1992 to 1997. Over that time period, nearly 50 models were sold wearing the name. Things got messy.
Links and Show Notes: Performa Month – 512 Pixels Steve Jobs' Grid of Four – 512 Pixels Mac Performa Specs: EveryMac.com Performa Month: The 560 ‘Money Magazine Edition’ – 512 Pixels The Performa at Sears 20 Macs #20: iMac G3 (#1) - Relay FM Macintosh LC - Wikipedia
28 min
March 26, 2021 27: The 21st Mac
Stephen Hackett joins Jason to wrap up the series and discuss all the Macs that didn't make the list.
Guest Starring:
Stephen Hackett
34 min
March 19, 2021 26: John Gruber, part 3
From November 20, 2020: Titanium PowerBook G4, MacBook Air, the original Macintosh, PowerBook 140/170, and iMac G3.
Guest Starring:
John Gruber
50 min
March 12, 2021 25: John Gruber, part 2
From August 31, 2020: The Macintosh Portable, Power Computing clones, iMac G4, Power Mac G4 Cube, iBook, Macintosh SE/30, and laying out pages at college newspapers.
Guest Starring:
John Gruber
52 min
March 05, 2021 24: John Gruber, part 1
An interview from June 12, 2020 covering the first nine entries in the series.
Guest Starring:
John Gruber
Links and Show Notes: Joe Posnanski's Baseball 100
1 hr 10 min
February 19, 2021 23: John Siracusa, part 3
From November 20, 2020: Titanium PowerBook G4, MacBook Air, the original Macintosh, PowerBook 140/170, iMac G3, and to his great dismay, John learns Jason's final rankings.
Guest Starring:
John Siracusa
1 hr 9 min
February 19, 2021 22: John Siracusa, part 2
John Siracusa discusses six more old Macs for the 20 Macs for 2020 Project.
Guest Starring:
John Siracusa
1 hr 4 min
February 12, 2021 21: John Siracusa, part 1
Two interviews with John Siracusa used for the 20 Macs for 2020 podcast, discussing the first nine entries in the series.
Guest Starring:
John Siracusa
Links and Show Notes:
From June 9, 2020: The Power Mac G5, PowerBook Duo, Xserve and Apple Network Server, PowerBook 500 & 5300, Blue-and-White Power Mac G3, DayStar Genesis MP, Mac mini, Mac IIcx and IIci, and the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh.
From August 21, 2020: John takes a deeper dive on multiprocessing.
1 hr 45 min
December 31, 2020 20: iMac G3 (#1)
It was the late 90s and Apple was on the ropes. Steve Jobs knew the company needed a lifeline, fast. And 10 months after Jobs took back control of the company, he announced the product that would fund Apple's resurgence and change its future forever.
Guest Starring:
Shelly Brisbin, Dan Moren, Stephen Hackett, John Siracusa, James Thomson, John Gruber, and Harry McCracken
Links and Show Notes: 20 Macs for 2020 at Six Colors
25 min
December 24, 2020 19: The Original PowerBooks (#2)
After the failure of the Macintosh Portable, Apple took a different approach to designing a laptop. The result helped tip the balance of power between humans and computers.
Guest Starring:
Andy Ihnatko, John Siracusa, and Harry McCracken
Links and Show Notes: 20 Macs for 2020 at Six Colors
15 min

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Jason Snell and a collection of long-time Mac watchers discuss the most notable parts of Macintosh history. Hosted by Jason Snell.