The Lost 1984 Mac Video

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Posted by michael on Monday January 24, 2005 @08:41AM from the chariots-of-fire dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Never seen video footage of the introduction of the Macintosh in January 1984 was published for the first time on the Internet today. Renowned Mac user Scott Knaster kept that Betamax video tape for 21 years, and German media agency TextLab has unearthed this only surviving video tape of the launch." They could probably use more mirrors for the 22MB movie.

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It is from a Dan Rather report. by AtariAmarok · 2005-01-24 08:51 · Score: 0, Troll

This video was captured live on-the-set in 1984 using a Sony MiniDV camcorder. The file was then edited on a (then state of the art) Apple //GS, using iMovie software. After this, it languished on someone's DVD-ROM for 21 years. Now at last we have it.
Courage.

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Re:Betamax? by hjf · 2005-01-24 09:08 · Score: 0, Troll

oh shut up cunt. what the fuck is "robust" anyway? I have my 1st birthday VHS tape and I can watch it OK. And it's a VHS, and I'm 22. fucking beta-vs-vhs pussies. get over it!
Re:PC competition for the Mini-MAC? by bperkins · 2005-01-24 09:43 · Score: 0, Troll

Bullshit.

He's the one who's going to be supporting it.

He probably doesn't want to pay 4x for RAM.

He probably doesn't want to worry about voiding the warranty just for cracking the case.

The original post doesn't explain the situation in detail, but perhaps her requirements aren't met by a mac. My wife might like a Mac, but her telecommuting software very likely won't run under it.

Me, I'd prefer not to spend $500 for a machine whose specs are met by the three year old laptop I'm using right now.

My wife ended up with a Dell Dimension 4700C, which isn't as small as the mini, but it's a nice smalltowert that can sit next to the desk. The only drawback is that it has a laptop cd drive, which is a bit awkward to use.