Amaya Toman Today's part of the regular Back to the Past series will again be dedicated to Apple after some time - today is the anniversary of the introduction of the iBook G3. But we will also remember the day when Xerox officially announced its departure from the main segment of the computer technology market.
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Xerox Says Goodbye to Computers (1975)
On July 21, 1975, Xerox officially announced that it was saying goodbye to a major segment of the computing market. Xerox continued with activities related to this field, but reoriented itself to the production and sale of accessories and accessories, such as disk drives and various printers. A few years after this announcement, Steve Jobs visited Xerox, where he drew essential inspiration for the future user interface and control of the Apple Lisa computer and others.
The iBook G3 Comes in Different Colors (1999)
On July 21, 1999, at the Macworld Conference & Expo, Apple presented its colorful and unconventional-looking laptop called the iBook G3, nicknamed the "clamshell". While the PowerBook product line of the time was intended more for professionals, Apple wanted to attract ordinary consumers with the light, colorful, plastic attractive iBook G3. The iBook G3 was equipped with a PowerPC G3 processor and, among other things, also equipped with USB and Ethernet ports and an optical drive. The iBook was the first mainstream laptop to feature integrated wireless networking. The iBook G3 was evaluated rather contradictory, mainly due to its design, but from the commercial point of view it was an unequivocal success and gained considerable popularity among ordinary users.
Other events not only in the field of technology
- CBS television station begins first regular weekday broadcast (1931)
- JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) is released
- The Final Landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis and the End of the Space Shuttle Program (2011)
