#APPLE MACINTOSH PERFORMA

[retrocgads]

USA 1993

[computercuter]

I'm gonna to kill whoever made old apple computers attractive I swear to god

[digitalesleben]

Tag 31: All-in-One Computer Evolution

All-in-One Computer sind eine Stärke von Apple seit dem ersten Macintosh gewesen. Sie sind meistens geschlossene Konzepte ohne viel Erweiterungsmöglichkeit. Ich stelle heute zwei interessante AIO Geräte vor, die man kennen sollte.

Der einunddreißigste Beitrag in meiner Reihe von Beiträgen zur Neugestaltung der Ausstellung in meinem Computermuseum. Heute und an weiteren 2 Tagen stelle ich die Zusammenstellung meiner Ausstellungsstücke vor. Apple war immer ganz vorne mit dabei, wenn es um All-in-One Computer ging. Diese Kategorie sollte die Integration von allen möglichen Komponenten in ein Gehäuse erlauben. Kabelsalat…

[c-rowlesdraws]

Hi! I don't want to invalidate arclyn64 but I just wanted to assuage you on your choice. I work in an IT-related department and deal with this nonsense everyday and frankly, Windows and Mac OS are evenly matched in preference and power. I would more advise people to pick their OS based on their other devices (do you own more Apple/Samsung etc) but if Mac isn't working out for you, Windows might be your answer. No harm trying!

Thanks dude. I chose to switch to windows for a personal computer after a lifetime of Mac OS (literally, my family’s first home computer I can remember “using”—aka decorating the case with sparkly planet stickers as a toddler—was a Macintosh Performa) because I’ve had very good experiences using PCs for work and school, specifically for 3D art and animation, and as someone who likes trying out funky indie art software and playing video games, I’m ready to be done with Mac OS limiting my options. I’m ready to have the programs I want to run just work, and not have to download Mac-specific third-party software to make them work— or just live with not getting to run certain programs or use certain features (like streaming on Discord with sound!) at all.

I sometimes have a problem with feeling confident making decisions, but I’ve gone all in on this one because I’ve been thinking about it for years. There have been some bumps in the beginning and there will be more along the way for sure, but I feel pretty confident that I have made a good choice for me.

[torley]

When you think about desktop Macs from the 90s, names like LC, Performa, Quadra and Power Macintosh come to mind. That's pretty understandable. Apple shipped a bunch of those models. Nine Macs bore the name LC, while there were 11 Quadras, 24 Power Macs and a whopping 44 Performas.1 Then there's the Centris line of [...]

[krjpalmer]

Macworld October 2000

With much of the power (but not the expandability) of the Power Macintosh G4 engineered into a small case, this issue was ready to feature Apple's new computer on its cover (with Andrew Gore's editorial, at least, enthusiastic about it). The iMacs being repackaged from "five fruit flavours plus graphite" into "graphite, three primary colours, and frosted white" were stuck inside. My father did get a "ruby" iMac to succeed the Performa 5200 I'd passed along to him two years before; after that iMac broke down, he acquired an "indigo" model as he reverted to making long use of older equipment.

[subspaceember]

Apple Macintosh Performa series 6200-6500

1997

2007

[tknblog]

🚨 NERD ALERT 🚨 Hey all my retro #Apple peeps who are re-capping old #Macintosh machines! It turns out there’s a polarity type on the LC III / Performa 450 mainboard that, when using tantalum capacitors for your retrofit, can cause your repaired Mac to immolate itself. It’s a quick read, so get yourself up to speed before busting out the flux and solder wick. #retrocomputing #tech www.macworld.com/article/2…

[gameraboy2]

1996 Apple Macintosh Performa ad

[yodaprod]

Macintosh Performa 5200 (1992)

[commodorez]

I realize I'm not in a place to help solve this problem, but here's a bit of insight on how I was exposed to these and other skill sets in the 90s and early 00's:

We learned how to use a mouse in kindergarten and 1st grade, using a mix of KidPix and playing breakout. We learned typing from 2nd thru 7th grade in formal classes, on everything from Apple IIe's, to Macintosh Performas, and eventually PCs.

We learned simple word processing around the same time, eventually branching out to include spreadsheets and powerpoint in 5th grade continuing through middle school. In fact, word processing continued for quite some time after that, but I don't think we got any dedicated instruction in how that was done after a certain point. I remember even learning how to make a tri-fold brochure in 6th grade, in science class of all things. Other office suite software was continually a staple of assignments throughout high school, but formal training ended some time in middle school.

We were taught the LOGO programming language from 2nd thru 5th grade on various 90s Macs in software called MicroWorlds. We didn't realize that programming was the subject being taught, it was just "math" and it was fun (we were learning angles I guess). We were given the option of taking basic computer science classes in 6th and 8th grade, where we were taught the parts of a computer, and how to make simple websites in HTML from scratch. All written in notepad! We were also given a more formal computer science class option for 10th-12th grade, learning Java along with computer science principals and concepts.

I learned Photoshop from my dad. I learned more word processing from my mom. I figured out the greater web and most of my common Windows knowledge through personal exploration, but that's only because I was given the opportunity to learn on my own free time at home. I'm sure there were a few key instructions on how to dial up, and start a web browser, but after being show how to access my email, I was more or less left to my own devices.

I remember figuring out how to do really crude audio editing using Sound Recorder in Windows, cutting, splicing, speed adjusting, and combining clips to amuse myself. If you've never touched it, sndrec32.exe is a single-track recorder, it isn't meant to be a complex editor. Given a little time and patience, I figured that one out in middle school. I also recall using free time in middle school computer labs to make stop motion animations in Jasc Animation Shop with a friend of mine. We stored our work on a floppy disk, and unfortunately lost alot of our effort, teaching a valuable lesson in backing up files.

The most important skill I find isn't being taught is file management. Folder structure, directory navigation, and how to locate things is something I find has gotten harder. Cellphones, tablets, and even modern Windows strive to obfuscate these essential elements of computer use, and presume to find everything for you, never telling you where things actually reside on your drives. I'm not sure how you would teach this one, but I don't know how folks manage their own computers without mastering this aspect.

Without someone explicitly teaching me these skills, or giving me the opportunity to play around, I wouldn't be nearly as capable on a computer, and we're seeing the consequences of when that doesn't happen.

seriously, though. i work in higher education, and part of my job is students sending me transcripts. you'd think the ones who have the least idea how to actually do that would be the older ones, and while sure, they definitely struggle with it, i see it most with the younger students. the teens to early 20s crowd.

very, astonishingly often, they don't know how to work with .pdf documents. i get garbage phone screenshots, sometimes inserted into an excel or word file for who knows what reason, but most often it's just a raw .jpg or other image file.

they definitely either don't know how to use a scanner, don't have access to one, or don't even know where they might go for that (staples and other office supply stores sometimes still have these services, but public libraries always have your back, kids.) so when they have a paper transcript and need to send me a copy electronically, it's just terrible photos at bad angles full of thumbs and text-obscuring shadows.

mind bogglingly frequently, i get cell phone photos of computer screens. they don't know how to take a screenshot on a computer. they don't know the function of the Print Screen button on the keyboard. they don't know how to right click a web page, hit "print", and choose "save as PDF" to produce a full and unbroken capture of the entirety of a webpage.

sometimes they'll just copy the text of a transcript and paste it right into the message of an email. that's if they figure out the difference between the body text portion of the email and the subject line, because quite frankly they often don't.

these are people who in most cases have done at least some college work already, but they have absolutely no clue how to utilize the attachment function in an email, and for some reason they don't consider they could google very quickly for instructions or even videos.

i am not taking a shit on gen z/gen alpha here, i'm really not.

what i am is aghast that they've been so massively failed on so many levels. the education system assumed they were "native" to technology and needed to be taught nothing. their parents assumed the same, or assumed the schools would teach them, or don't know how themselves and are too intimidated to figure it out and teach their kids these skills at home.

they spend hours a day on instagram and tiktok and youtube and etc, so they surely know (this is ridiculous to assume!!!) how to draft a formal email and format the text and what part goes where and what all those damn little symbols means, right? SURELY they're already familiar with every file type under the sun and know how to make use of whatever's salient in a pinch, right???

THEY MUST CERTAINLY know, innately, as one knows how to inhale, how to type in business formatting and formal communication style, how to present themselves in a way that gets them taken seriously by formal institutions, how to appear and be competent in basic/standard digital skills. SURELY. Of course. RIGHT!!!!

it's MADDENING, it's insane, and it's frustrating from the receiving end, but even more frustrating knowing they're stumbling blind out there in the digital spaces of grown-up matters, being dismissed, being considered less intelligent, being talked down to, because every adult and system responsible for them just

ASSUMED they should "just know" or "just figure out" these important things no one ever bothered to teach them, or half the time even introduce the concepts of before asking them to do it, on the spot, with high educational or professional stakes.

kids shouldn't have to supplement their own education like this and get sneered and scoffed at if they don't.

[retrocgads]

USA 1996

[aleclikesmacintosh]

Performa 578

[amminadabz]

Apple Macintosh Performa 5200 or 5300 series. 1995-1997

[torley]

The Sad Story of the Centris When you think about desktop Macs from the 90s, names like LC, Performa, Quadra and Power Macintosh come to mind. That's pretty understandable. Apple shipped a bunch of those models. Nine Macs bore the name LC, while there were 11 Quadras, 24 Power Macs and a whopping 44 Performas.1 Then there's the Centris line of [...] Future Look of Retro https://512pixels.net/2021/03/the-sad-story-of-the-centris/

[nmb725]

Got my Macintosh IIsi running today on an original apple color monitor, so satisfying to see. It even has Photoshop 2 on it as well as Illustrator 1988 (the first version of illustrator was released in ‘87!), this thing is a real gem. Now I need to work on my Performa 6300cd (just to the left)