Apple Event Announced for September 9: 'It's Glowtime'
Apple Event Announced for September 9: 'It's Glowtime'
Apple today announced plans to hold its annual iPhone-centric event on Monday, September 9 at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. The...

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NaibofTabr @infosec.pub Bit late to jump on the RGB bandwagon there, Apple.
23 5 Replyteft @lemmy.world
Apple started the RGB trend:
51 3 Replyozymandias117 @lemmy.world I... I know they made colorful iMacs... But... What was the marketing idea behind this ad?
What did they mean by "No artificial colors" for a computer...?
10 2 ReplyGhostalmedia @lemmy.world OP
The OG colors were all food based.
Tangerine, grape, lime, strawberry, and blueberry
31 0 Replypolygon6121 @lemmy.world The five colors were fruit-themed: blueberry, grape, tangerine, lime and strawberry.
12 0 ReplyFlihpFlorp @lemm.ee I would assume it’s a joke on when they say no artificial colors in food, because… apple?
Idk
7 0 ReplySeptimaeus @infosec.pub Familiar byline from food marketing? I seem to recall a lot of fear mongering related to food coloring at the time (most of which turned out to be overblown) making that a cutesy/tongue-in-cheek headline coming from a tech company.
6 0 ReplyGhostalmedia @lemmy.world OP
That, and the colors were all foods Tangerine, grape, lime, strawberry, and blueberry
The campaign was all food references
14 0 ReplySeptimaeus @infosec.pub Ah I forgot the fruit schema for the colors! lol
Honestly some of the jelly style molded acrylic designs from that era were pretty sick, even by today’s standards. I remember the G4 cube with matching Harmon Kardon Soundsticks and display/keyboard/mouse as a standout example of a short lived concept that might still appear futuristic today.
6 0 Replybdonvr @thelemmy.club
Especially compared to contemporary computers. I mean late nineties, everything was beige beige beige, MAYBE black.
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Grass @sh.itjust.works this was Apple's peak for design. I can't stand apple products but if they made an iphone in this colorway I would be tempted.
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