{"id":2707,"date":"2009-01-25T18:00:03","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T01:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2009-01-25T18:17:56","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T01:17:56","slug":"newsletter-478-preview-taking-the-mac-seriously-after-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2009\/01\/newsletter-478-preview-taking-the-mac-seriously-after-25-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #478 Preview: Taking the Mac Seriously After 25 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You didn&#8217;t hear anything about it at Macworld Expo, at least from the mouths of Philip Schiller or any other Apple employee. During last week&#8217;s session with financial analysts, Apple&#8217;s executives weren&#8217;t even asked the question, and they felt no need to volunteer a response.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the rest of the world is nevertheless observing the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the Apple Macintosh. 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