Welcome to the 2nd episode of Memory Protection, where Josh and Matt get serious about the show notes.

This week we discuss: Beige boxes, the iMacification of everything, Apple’s penchant for designing divisive user interfaces and whether or not Steve Jobs is prepping the company for a big sale.

Follow Up: * Are there still carbon apps in the wild (as of June 2019)? Yes, but MacOS Catalina is the death sentence for Carbon.

Hot Cocoa: * The PowerMac G3 gets a spec bump * Sears: a store with different departments that caters to a variety of shopping needs instead of specializing in a single category of consumables, sets up some iMacs. Notice the sign above the iMac display that reads “Brand Central”, amazing. * Mac cloner makes a profit even after Apple kills the clone Mac market. * The iMacification of everything is well underway. + Behold! The iBrator. + Nintendo got into this too. * Netscape’s history, Matt was somewhat wrong about this. * Tim Berners Lee, our lord and savior of the World Wide Web is unhappy with where the web is headed. Uh oh!

Apple’s Questionable Design Choices. #shirtButton * Skeuomorphs & Skeuomorphic Design * Dribbble.com * Panic’s Playdate. So excited about Panic in 2019! * What is the deal with the thumb wheel? * Interface Hall of Shame - Quicktime 4 Player * RIP Appearance Manager + Gizmo Theme Screenshot * Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines * The Hockey Puck Mouse + The iCatch

Can Apple Survive? * Is Apple for sale? + From the “yes” perspective + From the “no” perspective * 20 Years ago, Apple was dealing with the same complaints they are now. * There’s an iMac shortage. Is it due to popular demand? Or is related to that iMac factory fire we talked about last month? * Blue Ocean Strategy * Nintendo Wii * The iMac has no competition * Not being a Windows user Matt hasn’t edited his registry in over 20 years, is that what you do to change a driver?