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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) Left guide (talk) 04:20, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DayStar Digital

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Nominating for deletion for failing notability. I think pretty straightforward, no reasonable citations and I can't find anything in my own research, and many of the edits (including the page creation) are from a user called "Aflewis," which corresponds to the CEO of this company Andrew Lewis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geethree (talk • contribs) 04:56, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep - in the Mac ecosystem of the 1990s, DayStar Digital was a consequential player. I've added one ref and modified another (for clarity). Both give significant coverage. For a while, DayStar's licensed Mac clones were faster than any Apple Mac computers. --A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 23:29, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Covered in depth in multiple independent reliable sources (see below). Like A. B. said they were a major manufacturer of Macintosh clones and were a very early Mac hardware vendor to boot.
    • Millwood, Evelyn (September 28, 1984). "Computer company needs no license". The Times. Gainesville, Georgia. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
    • Jones, Robert Snowden (September 1, 1986). "DayStar's new plan stresses lowered costs". The Atlanta Journal. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
    • Duntemann, Jeff; Ron Pronk (1994). Inside the PowerPC Revolution. Coriolis Group Books. p. 201. ISBN 9781883577049 – via Google Books.
    • Miner, Nicola (March 20, 1995). "DayStar to Make Multiprocessor Power Mac". InfoWorld. Vol. 17, no. 12. IDG Publications. p. 6 – via ProQuest.
    • Quick, Gregory (March 27, 1995). "DayStar takes on Mac-clone market". Computer Reseller News. CMP Publications. p. 30 – via ProQuest.
    • McCafferty, Dennis (April 5, 1995). "Georgia company to build Macintosh clones". The Atlanta Journal. p. F1 – via Newspapers.com.
    • Hamm, Steve (October 30, 1995). "Bird of Paradise?". PC Week. Vol. 12, no. 43. Ziff-Davis. p. A1 – via Gale.
    • Morgenstern, David (February 5, 1996). "DayStar to ship 2 high-end Genesis models". MacWeek. Ziff-Davis. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996.
    • Morgenstern, David (March 25, 1996). "DayStar pushes clones". MacWeek. Ziff-Davis. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996.
    • Morgenstern, David (April 22, 1996). "DayStar cuts prices, adds new clone model". MacWeek. Ziff-Davis. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996.
    • Morgenstern, David (July 29, 1996). "DayStar, UMAX join forces for MP". MacWeek. Ziff-Davis. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996.
    • Morgenstern, David (September 16, 1996). "DayStar to introduce dual-processor tower". MacWeek. Ziff-Davis. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996.
    • Kempner, Matt (December 26, 1996). "Highflying technology firm comes back to earth the hard way". The Atlanta Constitution. p. E3 – via Newspapers.com.
    • Staff writers (January 10, 1997). "Mac clone makers strike from all sides". CNET. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 1, 2022.
    • Morgenstern, David (March 26, 1997). "DayStar offers new quad-processor upgrade". MacWeek. Ziff-Davis. Archived from the original on March 29, 1997.
    • Beard, Melanie (May 4, 1997). "S. Hall company bytes into fresh ideas". The Times. Gainesville, Georgia. p. 1A, 12A.
    • Mardesich, Jodi (May 18, 1997). "Seeds of discontent". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
    • Markiewicz, David; Christopher Quinn (October 9, 2011). "Steve Jobs 'changed the world'". The Atlanta Constitution. p. D4 – via Newspapers.com.
DigitalIceAge (talk) 04:40, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As noted above DayStar was a very large player in the 80s and 90s Macintosh landscape. I'll go through and improve the references too. Drinebold (talk) 13:11, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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