History of the Mackintosh: 200 years of the classic raincoat

[bookofjoe]

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/oct/12/history-mackintosh-raincoat-charles-macintosh

[AlbertCory]

On the corner is a banker with a motorcar

The little children laugh at him behind his back

And the banker never wears a mac

In the pouring rain

Very strange

[MenhirMike]

Given the spelling, I was expecting a history of the apple. But then TIL that it's spelled McIntosh, and so I learned two things today.

[simonh → MenhirMike]

Funnily enough the inventor of the coat was actually also called McIntosh.

[dwighttk]

That was like 3 out of 200 years of the history of the Mackintosh

First sale

Vulcanization

Today

[surume]

Awful photo in the article.

[debesyla → surume]

Why?

[umeshunni]

Does anyone know why the Apple Macintosh was named so?

[rz2k → umeshunni]

According to the lore, McIntosh was Jef Raskin's favorite apple cultivar.

https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor...

[chongli → rz2k]

Caution: folklore.org can consume hours of your life! That site is full of awesome stories from the early days of the Mac. It's addictive!

[pmelendez → chongli]

This! I recommend the book[1] as a slighty less addictive version.

[1] https://www.amazon.ca/Revolution-Valley-Paperback-Insanely-G...

[userbinator → umeshunni]

The fruit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McIntosh_(apple)

[porknubbins → umeshunni]

I don’t know but I did hear that Jobs actually did get approval from McIntosh the stereo company to avoid any trademark lawsuits later, and thats why he spelled it Macintosh.