???? – 2006retired
Cartoon Orbit
“Shut down with a thank-you note — the politest goodbye a trading card ever got.”
“Shut down with a thank-you note — the politest goodbye a trading card ever got.”
“First 64 bits on the desktop, last of the PowerPC greats — gone but still cheeze-grater shaped.”
“Twelve years, five chip generations, one emulator to bridge the gap - rest easy, old friend.”
“Built for classrooms, shaped like a friendly toaster, gone but never graded down”
“It let Linux and Windows share a desk without yelling, then quietly closed the office.”
“The colorful laptop with a handle, gone but still opening like a lunchbox in our hearts”
“White plastic, big heart: the people's Mac went home smiling.”
“Titanium, then aluminum, always beautiful — it left the stage before anyone asked it to.”
“It left the building the way it lived: first through the door, so everything else could follow.”
“Sorted by hand, ranked by love, promoted to Zealot in all our hearts.”
“A clean paradise, kept spotless to the very last tide.”
“Half the carbs, half the calories, all the heart. Rest easy, C2.”
“It had no main model to build — so you built everything.”
“It asked only for a blinking cursor and gave us the whole PC era in return.”
“A phone that dared to be a Game Boy, and a taco that dared to be loved”
“It looks like you're writing an epitaph. Would you like help with that?”
“Born of a broken deal with Nintendo, it outlived the grudge and everyone's expectations.”
“Be kind, rewind: thirty years of Friday nights on half an inch of tape”
“The operating system that taught the world to click, and never once apologized for it.”
“The last of the DOS-blooded Windows, gone before its blue screens could fully be forgiven.”
“Gave the Start menu a serious job, and it wore the suit with pride.”
“Big, green, and first to put a hard drive where its heart should be.”