I'm still gutted that Sega no longer make consoles, they was always a massive part of gaming growing up. I owned all the sega consoles thought the dreamcast was massively under rated by some.
Not sure of all the details, but the Microsoft Zune was initially meant to be more of a competitor for PSP and iPod than anything else, whilst I don't think it ever really conquered anything.
I think they'd already cracked it with the multicoloured iMac, Power Mac G3 and Macbook computers before the iPod came on the scene... Folk were going nuts for them because they were different than the standard black/beige box PCs... Then they needed a swanky looking OS to match the exterior...
Apple laptops weren't known as Macbooks until they switched to Intel in 2006. In fact they had two different laptop brands - Powerbook and iBook. The Powerbook was aimed at professionals and people who wanted a more powerful computer or wanted a higher spec laptop (basically it was the Macbook Pro of the time) and the iBook was the consumer range (basically the now discontinued white Macbook/Macbook Air of the time). Those multicoloured clamshell iBooks were tacky though and looked like kids toys. I think if I had been using Macs back then I would have gone for the Powerbook G3 or G4 or whatever was around then.
Not quite a games console but i bought a Sam Coupe thinking it would take off. It was a load of rubbish that only had a handful of games. Prince of Persia was good though.
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I think sega selling itself on the machines online capabilities and failing to deliver for months after release was another big blow.
And when the quake and speed devils online came out, it was plagued by cheats using the action replay.
Also piracy must have played a factor.
Apple laptops weren't known as Macbooks until they switched to Intel in 2006. In fact they had two different laptop brands - Powerbook and iBook. The Powerbook was aimed at professionals and people who wanted a more powerful computer or wanted a higher spec laptop (basically it was the Macbook Pro of the time) and the iBook was the consumer range (basically the now discontinued white Macbook/Macbook Air of the time). Those multicoloured clamshell iBooks were tacky though and looked like kids toys. I think if I had been using Macs back then I would have gone for the Powerbook G3 or G4 or whatever was around then.
Anyone remember the Amstrad Mega PC?
It was an Amstrad PC / Sega Megadrive hybrid.