iSlate reminds of Apple MessageSlate prototype based on Newton

Seth Weintraub
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December 28, 2009
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Macrumors keeps with the Slate Meme by digging deep into Apple's archives and pulling out the 'MessageSlate' prototype from the early 1990's.  To us, this gives less credence to the iSlate name.  Apple, and specifically Steve Jobs, are not nostalgic for old terms and products and like to look forward not back.   Plus, this prototype is upside down.

Can you think of a time where Apple pulled an old entity from its past (Steve Jobs not withstanding)?

Comments (19)

Genius (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 6:33am

Um, wasn't the iMac a reincarnation of the Classic Mac?

and the iPod classic is modern rendition of the original iPod

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 7:32am

Genius, I think they are asking of things that actually went away and then came back.  There was always a Mac, the iMac was just another one.  The iPod never went away, it just evolved into the classic.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 6:33am

iphone?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 6:50am

They added an i to Mac.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 7:31am

The power mac cube came back as a mac mini, but they were smart enough to change it from an expensive little computer, to their cheapest little computer.

rch_nash (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 8:24am

Not hardware, but they did reuse the AppleWorks name when they bought Claris.  I feel old now :)  In browsing a list of all their other products this does seem to have been an anomaly for released products.  Of course, prototype products that the we've never heard of... who knows!

rch_nash (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 8:36am

The -Book line of products has been around for a while but with the name slightly changed (PowerBook, iBook, MacBook)

Also, SuperDrive was used for two different (but related) things.

Val (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 8:56am

They have recently reintroduced the "think different" motto on their iMac boxes.

Val (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 8:58am

They have recently re-introduced the motto "think different" on iMac packaging.

Reggi (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 9:43am

Apple to release a portable Cube, called "iPupTent"

 

 

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 9:47am

Isn't the iPhone 3GS a throwback to the Apple ][ GS?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 11:03am

This was invented when Jobs was not even at Apple. If he is pioneering the product, then why would he revert back to an old product that he had nothing to do with?

mime454 | December 28, 2009 - 11:30am

MacBook was the original name for the PowerBook 100.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 4:07pm

The Cocoa name for Apple's frameworks aquired from NeXT was taken from an earlier product which was a visual programming language for kids.

Memories (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 5:30pm

The Mac Classic was a reincarnation of the original Mac Plus.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 6:28pm

The question was intended to be ironic or rhetorical. The answer is never, hence making the name "iSlate" unlikely.

mime454 | December 28, 2009 - 7:46pm

I gave you a relevant example. The PowerBook 100 was going to be named MacBook in 1991. The name was later recycled in 2006

hp druckerpatronen (not verified) | December 28, 2009 - 9:40pm

Hi,

The main reason for which I bought Apple MacBook was its reliability...

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 29, 2009 - 2:30am

AppleTV?