I've heard the story of the apple turing link also, but a quick trawl of
the net seems to present a more complicated picture
The following website http://www.greggore.com/dln021203.htm recounts
"Additional research makes me skeptical about the link between Turing
and the Apple logo. According to an account given in the “History” link
at www.kelleyad.com <http://www.kelleyad.com>, the famous apple logo was
developed for Apple Computer’s introduction of the Apple II computer in
1977. Rob Janoff of Regis McKenna Advertising designed the logo with
the apple representing “the acquisition of knowledge.” This account goes
on to describe how Steve Jobs added the rainbow colors to the logo
Janoff designed to emphasize the Apple II’s superior color output.
An earlier Apple Computer logo featured Sir Isaac Newton under an apple
tree. Photos of this early logo along with other photos of the evolution
of Apple logos can be seen at www.thaimacclub.com
<http://www.thaimacclub.com>. "
- The secong link therein doesn't work but there is more info + the
Newton Logo at
http://logospedia.com/blog/harold/apple-logo-history-20070918.html
P G-B
SCHOFIELD, John wrote:
> Just an aside: there are suggestions that the partly eaten apple found
> at Turing's bedside after his suicide was the reason behind the Apple
> logo ... Which takes us back to Bletchley Park, scene of an
> interesting science and heritage event later this week.
> j
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> What have I started here? Maybe I should have expanded a little in my
> original post, I thought it was interesting as historical archaeology
> was being used in an advertising article for a computer. I’d agree it
> was somewhat patronising about the computer literacy of archaeologist,
> I’m a committee member of the IfA’s Information Management Special
> Interest Group so I’m well aware of the range of innovative IT work
> being carried out by archaeologists. I did also point out that it was
> ‘hardly unbiased’.
>
> Personally I’m an enthusiastic MAC user at home, which is how I came
> to pick the story up on an RSS feed from Apple.
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> MacScience = digital camera & Microsoft Office. How is one supposed to
> keep up with all this new technology?
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> And hence it isn't really interesting, is bullshit, and makes
> achaeologists sound like stupid people who can't get their silly heads
> around technology. Mac Science sounds like an oxymoron ;-)
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> p g-b
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> Christopher Witmore wrote:
> > The article does not purport to be more than what it is. It is a
> > profile piece on Mac Science and is intended for publicity.
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> > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 9:16 AM, pmgb <[log in to unmask]
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> > While not wishing to be disagreeable, I thought the "article" was
> > a bunch of bullshit! Effectively nothing more than a publicity
> > puff for the Macbook. On the other hand I did laugh at
> > "Archaeologists, says Schablitsky, are basic computer users. "We
> > study old things," she says, "and we are very slow when it comes
> > to using technology. Change is something we document, not
> > something we do."" -speak for yourself Ms. Schablitsky!
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> > NEWMAN, Martin wrote:
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> > Though list members might be interested in this his article on
> > historical archaeology from Apple’s website, obviously its
> > promoting Mac use so hardly unbiased but still interesting
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> http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/schablitsky/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss
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