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NanoRaptor

The Powder Macintosh was the ultimate expression.

A pile of beige slightly yellowed powder with an Apple logo on it and the legend "Powder Macintosh" below that. It might be running a little too hot.
14 comments
pearfalse

@NanoRaptor Incredible peripheral compatibility on this one. It would connect to everything, whether you wanted it to or not

Nini

@NanoRaptor A few decades on and it's next to impossible to find a complete Powder Mac in the wild. Sure you'll find one but there's always some missing fragments or the badge has scratches.

Turaiel

@NanoRaptor it's too bad it has to be discontinued due to the asbestos content.

NanoRaptor

@mwichary The good thing is though you can get the retrobright right deep into it.

Robert Petersen 🇺🇸

@NanoRaptor Hiring the “Will It Blend” guys was pure marketing brilliance.

Scott F

@NanoRaptor The Powder Macintosh was unfortunately more well known for its optical drive and keyboard problems than for its design.

Emil "AngryAnt" Johansen

@NanoRaptor It really is rather silly how we insist on having our math-sand molded into those same traditional shapes. The tyrrany of convention...

UpLateGeek

@NanoRaptor You can’t tell because the room it’s in is an entirely featureless pure white with no obvious source of illumination, but Powder Macintosh is actually sitting on top of a mirror.

Large Format Projectionist

@NanoRaptor

I heard a truckload got wet in Oklahoma. The resulting explosion of suddenly-rehydrating Macs devastated the neighborhood.

Limits on volume transport imposed to prevent a recurrence killed the product.

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