First things first, it’s amazing to me that the very first iPod debuted in October 2001.
Think about that timing for a moment. This was a bit more than a month after 9/11 and the shock was still palpable. A difficult time to command public attention and roll out a new product, to say the least.
The video embedded below does a nice job showing off the difficulties of working with really old gear, from port incompatibilities to replacing dead batteries on a device that was not meant to be easy to open.
I know it’s a lot to ask, but I’d really love to see a video connecting that original iPod to an iPad running iOS 13. Hey, I can dream, right?
Enjoy.
This was also the year Max OS X Cheetah made its debut.
“I’ve never even used a Firewire cable in my life”
I cannot imagine the terrifying shock were he to try to get an old SCSI device up and running….
I still have my Mac OSX Beta disk in the original box laying about in the office somewhere.
Heady days indeed.