MacRumors Turns 24 Today: Reflecting on Apple's Major Announcements
Happy 24th Birthday to MacRumors! 🥳
MacRumors was founded by doctor-turned-blogger Arnold Kim on February 24, 2000, while he was earning his medical degree, and it has since become the world's most popular Apple-focused news website. Fittingly, we share our birthday with Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs, who would have turned 69 years old today.
MacRumors has been around for many major Apple product announcements, including the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and more:
- iPod on October 23, 2001
- MacBook Pro on January 10, 2006
- Apple TV on January 9, 2007
- iPhone on January 9, 2007
- MacBook Air on January 15, 2008
- iPad on January 27, 2010
- Apple Watch on September 9, 2014
- AirPods on September 7, 2016
- HomePod on June 5, 2017
- Apple Vision Pro on June 5, 2023
(We've had such a long run that some of the images are broken in these!)
Thank you to all of our readers, volunteers, and everyone else in our community. We look forward to continuing to share the latest Apple news and rumors.
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Top Rated Comments
Reading some of the comments in the old threads, it's funny how as much as things change, so much stays the same.
Also, it‘s funny to read those old threads and realize that the negativity towards Apple announcements of mayor new product lines in these forums is actually not a new phenomenon. Lots of comedy gold in those hot takes ?
They sound a lot like many of the comments on new product line announcements.
“$400 for an Mp3 Player!”
“I was so hoping for something more.”
“Great just what the world needs, another freaking MP3 player.”
”All this hype for something so ridiculous! “
”trully revolutionary MY ASSSS!”
I think I’ve seen exactly some of these comments on the Vision Pro threads. The world changes around us, but we remain the same.