I’m a greybeard, I played Oregon trail on the II and remember the first Mac.
IMO Apple (well, Jobs) was always trying to create a sealed, perfect appliance for regular people, even in the very early days. Apple worked very hard to hide all implementation details. Hackers, on the contrary, want to see and tweak all those hidden details. The complaints today were the same in the 80s.
To his credit, Jobs finally got there. My mother is in her 70s and the iPad is the only computer she’s ever used.
IMO Apple (well, Jobs) was always trying to create a sealed, perfect appliance for regular people, even in the very early days. Apple worked very hard to hide all implementation details. Hackers, on the contrary, want to see and tweak all those hidden details. The complaints today were the same in the 80s.
To his credit, Jobs finally got there. My mother is in her 70s and the iPad is the only computer she’s ever used.