Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[billd91]

Listen, there wasn't more than a fringe market for the luggable, either. Common wisdom is that they only designed and built it to compete with the Compaq Portable, which also didn't really have a market.

The Macintosh Portable didn't do so hot either when it came out. They did fairly well among fire departments, I'm told. They could be set up and accessed in the fire engines while on call.

 

[RealAlHazred]

The Macintosh Portable didn't do so hot either when it came out. They did fairly well among fire departments, I'm told. They could be set up and accessed in the fire engines while on call.

A typical case of a solution in search of a problem.

Doesn't mean the solutions don't solve problems, just that people were "getting by just fine, thanks," beforehand.

 

[trappedslider]

A typical case of a solution in search of a problem.

Doesn't mean the solutions don't solve problems, just that people were "getting by just fine, thanks," beforehand.

like a lot of recent tech narrows eyes at apple and others