143
Episodes
6
Transcribed
36
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2018
First episode

About Mac Folklore Radio

Comfort food for Macintosh users of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.

Publisher
Derek
Category
technology
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
14 Jun 2018
Latest episode
27 Sept 2026

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6 of 143 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 27 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    The Macintosh Numbers Nobody Knows (1996)

  2. 7 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    What Steve Jobs Thinks of Your Industry (1996)

  3. 16 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

    The Quix Fix (1995)

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The Macintosh Numbers Nobody Knows (1996)

Published 27 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The number of software companies applying to Apple's developer programs tripled in the first quarter of this year compared with the same quarter last year, and renewals doubled. Software companies, like most of us, are in business to make money, and according to the Software Publishers Association, Macintosh users buy twice as much software as Windows users. In 1994, we bought 18% of all software. What company would be dumb enough to say, hmm, maybe I'll eliminate 18% of my sales this year? It's also much cheaper to write Mac programs. Because the Mac requires less technical support, the average cost to develop and support Windows programs is 50% higher per dollar of revenue than for the Mac, says DataQuest. […]

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