Apple II

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3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Chris Dixon · said 30 times in 14 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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brought up most by Marc Andreessen (8), Chris Dixon (5), Steve Wozniak (4), Steven Sinofsky (3), Alex Fielding (3), Kyle Russell (2), Jimmy Soni (2), Benedict Evans (2)

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Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chris Dixon: Oculus is at the Apple II stage of VR
“We think it's like, this is the Apple II, like the Oculus is the Apple II. And, you know, if you go back and look at it wasn't until 81 when the PC came out that it really kind of exploded. So we're a couple of years away, but it's very, very clear what you ne…”
Chris Dixon Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:42 a16z Podcast | Not If, But How -- When Technology is Inevitable (with Kevin Kelly)
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Steve Jobs personally assembled and sent an Apple II to Claude Shannon
“Steve Jobs actually sends the Shannons he assembles an Apple II and sends it to Claude. So they have one of the only Apple IIs, I guess, that was assembled by Steve Jobs himself.”
Jimmy Soni Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 27:43 a16z Podcast | From Mind at Play to Making the Information Age
Feb 26, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Kotick built an Apple II GUI suite a year before Mac launched
“So we designed this mouse and a word processor and a spreadsheet and a database All for the Apple II with a graphical user interface about a year before the Macintosh was released.”
Bobby Kotick Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 2:07 a16z Podcast | Gaming Goes Mainstream
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