Is Nintendo the apple of Apple's eye?

[Tyler]

"In 1995 Apple launched its first games console, the Bandai Pippin. It was based on a 66MHz PowerPC processor and ran a stripped-down version of Mac OS 7. The market for the device was not immediately obvious. The Mac was notorious for its lack of mainstream gaming titles, so basing a games console on OS 7 was a staggeringly perverse decision -- some might say suicidal. "

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[Slashmire]

Heh, the article does mention that it ended in the '25 Worst Tech Products of All Time'. and after hearing the whole "Apple will buy Nintendo!!" from every other little kid, I just said "meh."

Nobody's going to buy nobody...but an apple game division could always be interesting to see.

[Triumph]

Amazing that I have never heard of that. In 1995, I was probably at the epitome of my knowledge on what was going on in the technical world, and this is the first I heard of that product. It most have been horrible.