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Round 2 of Apple's Lost '1984' Series

Posted by timothy on from the nostalgia-smells-like-beige-plastic dept.

webertk421 writes "The second set of lost 1984 videos has been released. This set again needs more mirrors (I still can't download the torrent files). According to the descriptions, the clips include Steve Jobs reciting some Dylan, showing the well known 1984 commercial, and 'Manuals,' another commercial that almost aired instead."

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  1. Torrent mirrors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    torrent mirrors

  2. Re:Why is this such a big deal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    > Where are the videos of Michael Dell demonstrating
    > the latest Dimension Desktop?

    > Where are the videos of Carly Fiorina showing off
    > the latest HP LaserJet?

    > Better yet, where are the videos of Xerox
    > demonstrating the $36,000 Alto?

    The difference is Apple actually makes some real innovations in their products and they take some pride in their product. Steve Jobs isn't just a guy in a suit reading off a list of PowerPoint bullet items.

    Did you know that when the Macintosh came out that the second generation Xerox Star still didn't support overlapping windows and still lacked any sort of uniform style. That machine cost something like 6x as much as a Macintosh and even without its external monitor its tower case was still twice as large as a Macintosh. If you read the folklore.org website it says the Macintosh had fewer chips on its motherboard than the IBM PC had on its black and white graphics card alone.

  3. More Apple Ads over the years by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    For fear of slashdotting someone's webpage (over 100MB of QuickTimes there,) and to curb some mindless clicking, I present the unlinked URL. www.uriah.com/apple-qt/index.html

    Someone, mirror it quick.