20 Macs

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28: Performa Month Aug 27, 2024

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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.

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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

27: The 21st Mac Mar 26, 2021

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Stephen Hackett joins Jason to wrap up the series and discuss all the Macs that didn't make the list.

Guest Starring:

Stephen Hackett

26: John Gruber, part 3 Mar 19, 2021

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From November 20, 2020: Titanium PowerBook G4, MacBook Air, the original Macintosh, PowerBook 140/170, and iMac G3.

Guest Starring:

John Gruber

25: John Gruber, part 2 Mar 12, 2021

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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

24: John Gruber, part 1 Mar 05, 2021

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An interview from June 12, 2020 covering the first nine entries in the series.

Guest Starring:

John Gruber

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Joe Posnanski's Baseball 100

23: John Siracusa, part 3 Feb 19, 2021

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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

22: John Siracusa, part 2 Feb 19, 2021

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John Siracusa discusses six more old Macs for the 20 Macs for 2020 Project.

Guest Starring:

John Siracusa

21: John Siracusa, part 1 Feb 12, 2021

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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

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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.

20: iMac G3 (#1) Dec 31, 2020

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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

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20 Macs for 2020 at Six Colors

19: The Original PowerBooks (#2) Dec 24, 2020

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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.