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Apple II
Last discussed Aug 29, 2026
Early personal computer from Apple that helped launch the personal computing revolution in the late 1970s.
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Dave Blundin
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Used for: First personal computer, used for word processing and learning
Praised: Life-changing technology at the time
"When I was a kid, we were the first people that we knew to get a PC, an Apple 2. My brother and I begged and pleaded our parents to get this Apple 2. And it was life-changing for me."
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Cal Newport
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"So you're wondering why does like the Apple 2 when it was released in the late '70s. Why was the main thing that ran on that was the basic computer programming language?"
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Eddy Cue
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"I was a junior in high school when the Apple II was out and I wanted to be an architect and when I discovered a computer I realized I wanted to be a programmer and engineer"
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