The Pippin also suffered from a weak entertainment software library, say sources like Wikipedia. But perhaps that issue was overshadowed by the pricing of $599 (≈$1,200 today), which was double the price of the stunning-for-the-time PlayStation (PS1) or triple the price of the aggressively priced but remarkable N64.
The Pippin platform was discontinued globally in 1997, but Japanese partners would continue to hold out, unaware that the living room entertainment war was over for Apple, until 2002.
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JeffreyP55 Warm spot in my heart for the Motorola 68xxx series. From the 68000 and for me ended with the 68040. Amiga computers, never Apple. Ok, back to the boring Pippin story…. Reply
bit_user The article said: The Pippin also suffered from a weak entertainment software library, say sources like Wikipedia. But perhaps that issue was overshadowed by the pricing of $599 (≈$1,200 today), which was double the price of the stunning-for-the-time PlayStation (PS1) Yeah, that's pretty much what I remember about it. Fairly lackluster hardware specs and not cheap. Not a great game library. The price wasn't outrageous, considering what 3DO launched at ($700 in late 1993). If Pippin had full compatibility with MacOS apps, then I think $600 would've been quite reasonable. However, like with the Newton, I think Apple was onto something. The main issues were probably their execution and timing. Reply
bit_user JeffreyP55 said: Warm spot in my heart for the Motorola 68xxx series. Okay, but the article says Pippin used a PowerPC 603. Reply
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