Yeti Sports Pentatholon — #6
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Originally posted by lil'babykitten:
My score is still higher than yours.
I'll have to do something about that...
:goes back to play:
Found 791 posts across 1 forum.
Why "Apple"? — #2
The story goes that Jobs and Woz were rushing to get the incorporation paperwork in, and couldn't think of a name. Jobs hit on Apple because he used to work in an apple orchard.
Why "Apple"? — #3
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Originally posted by itai195:
The story goes that Jobs and Woz were rushing to get the incorporation paperwork in, and couldn't think of a name. Jobs hit on Appl…
Why "Apple"? — #4
"Orange" was taken.
Why "Apple"? — #5
Jobs was a fruit nut. His favorite fruit? The Apple.
Why "Apple"? — #6
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Originally posted by itai195:
The story goes that Jobs and Woz were rushing to get the incorporation paperwork in, and couldn't think of a name. Jobs hit on Appl…
Why "Apple"? — #7
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Originally posted by soul searching:
I thought it was because Jobs is a big Beatles fan and that's why he chose Apple. No idea why they chose Macintosh though.
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Why "Apple"? — #8
The is from an Apple history site I found (doesn't mean it's right)
Apple - favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a name for the business, and …
Why "Apple"? — #9
I thought the story was that taking a bite from an apple was suppose to be symbolic of gaining knowledge (think bible reference to Adam and Eve).
Why "Apple"? — #10
a little deeper...I am sure one reason is because apple starts with an A...apple had a statement recently about being in front of atari in the phone book...
i think jobs has an ob…
Why "Apple"? — #11
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Originally posted by Matt OS X:
I'm wondering why or how did "Apple" named in 1984 when it started? Any reason why? How did it come up with this name Apple and…
Why "Apple"? — #12
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Originally posted by manofsteal:
"Orange" was taken.
WTF?
Why "Apple"? — #13
Very informative so far but different stories or beliefs of how it started with "Apple."
Is there any links that explains the true story about Jobs named it Apple?
Why "Apple"? — #14
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Originally posted by Matt OS X:
Very informative so far but different stories or beliefs of how it started with "Apple."
Is there any links that explains the tru…
Why "Apple"? — #15
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/jobs.htm
Why "Apple"? — #16
Yeah, the most consistent story seems to be that the three Apple Founders (Jobs, Wozniak, and Wayne) came up with a number of other more conventional names -- things with -tron or …
Why "Apple"? — #17
This doesn't have to do with why they picked the name, but this is a nice quote I've seen attributed to Jean-Louis Gass�e on the logo (which is somewhat related):
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Why "Apple"? — #18
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Originally posted by Zimphire:
Jobs was a fruit nut. His favorite fruit? The Apple.
shut up my little Ziggy
Why "Apple"? — #19
For refference, the fruit Adam and Eve ate was the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. Do you know good and evil by eating Apples? Didn't think so.
Why "Apple"? — #20
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Originally posted by Ghoser777:
I thought the story was that taking a bite from an apple was suppose to be symbolic of gaining knowledge (think bible reference to…
Why "Apple"? — #21
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Originally posted by nate_02:
The is from an Apple history site I found (doesn't mean it's right)
Apple - favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three mon…
Why "Apple"? — #22
Apple is a better name than Microsoft, aka Bill Gates' member.
Why "Apple"? — #23
it is the Newton s apple
Anyone have XBolo? — #2
Grab me on iChat.
Anyone have XBolo? — #3
*bump*
Anyone have it? So far people have only been able to give me the dead link.