Filed under: Macworld, Odds and ends, Blast From the Past, Apple History
Welcome to Macintosh to air on CNBC on January 4th, 2010
On Monday, January 4th, 2010 at 9:30 PM ET, CNBC is broadcasting the documentary for the first time on a major network. Welcome to Macintosh features interviews with many of the early forces in Apple history, including Andy Hertzfeld, Guy Kawasaki, and Ron Wayne (often referred to as the "third founder" of Apple and the person who designed the original Apple logo).
CNBC seems to be vying for the title of "The Apple Channel," as we reported yesterday that they're airing a special about the app revolution titled "Planet of the Apps: A Handheld Revolution" on January 7th.
[via Macworld]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
buck11772 said 6:07PM on 12-29-2009
You can watch this now via Netflix instant stream in HD.
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Tim Shundo said 6:47PM on 12-29-2009
It wasn't that good, tbh. :/
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Scott Rose said 6:49PM on 12-29-2009
Sorry, but this documentary was not worth seeing at all. Even the most hardcore Mac fan would not find it interesting.
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Rocky said 9:39PM on 12-29-2009
This is old news. I watched this documentary on Netflix months ago.
It's boring and uninformative.
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ABCNEWSER.com said 9:52PM on 12-29-2009
I was just looking at this in iTunes and saw "Objectified." under related movies. Anyone see this? I wasn't interested until I heard Jonathan Ive's voice in the trailer. I kinda feel like coughing up the $10 to buy it.
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Alex said 10:16PM on 12-29-2009
My first thought while watching this movie was if they had used leftover footage from Macheads (another mediocre macumentary ) but sadly it was just some of the same people telling the same boring stories. I kept watching hoping it would get better it never did .
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timejumperone said 3:56PM on 12-30-2009
I just watched it online (unedited) at:
http://tvshack.net/movies/Welcome_to_Macintosh__2008_/
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utradar said 6:11PM on 12-30-2009
It's true, your honor. This doc sucks hard.
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Barrett said 10:51PM on 1-04-2010
I thought I saw Engadget post this, and I think it's since been pulled. The documentary is awful. They don't interview anyone really interesting except a sales guy, and they depend far too much on one of Steve Jobs' biographers. Also, there's way too much self-praise, and certain inaccuracies.
MS didn't save Apple, but they did write a lot of its original software. So in some senses MS enhanced Apple in the beginning, even as Apple began to beat them to the OS market. This dynamic relationship is totally bumbled.
Also, Macs are presented as designed for "revolutionaries." Why does one need to jailbreak an iPhone then? Shouldn't that just be an option hidden deep in some menu? What about running MacOS on PCs? Obviously there are business/economic reasons for not doing so, but this irony is also never addressed.
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