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On 2026-04-12 10:16:45 +0000, scole said:
> In article <10qmb9u$298lm$1@dont-email.me>, super70s
> <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>> I saw this as a brief headline on the BBC's news streaming channel and
>> after googling it it seemed to be a pretty big affair with celebrations
>> going on all across the globe, and with none other than Sir Paul
>> McCartney performing in Cupertino.
>> 
>> https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-hosts-50th-anniversary-celebrations-around-the-world/ 
>> 
> 
> Wouldn't it have been wonderul for them to have released a ridiculous 50th
> Anniversary Macintosh, like the 20th Anniversary Macintosh? Like, just a
> crazy looking acid-trip of a design? Make 10,000 of the things and sell
> them by ballot/lottery so everyone's got a fair shot of snagging one.
> 
> Personally, I'd have taken the 20th Anniversary machine as the basis of
> the design and then gone crazy from there.

The "20th Anniversary Mac" was released in 1997, a year late, so you 
might get a "50th Anniversary Mac" next year.  ;-)

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