Round 2 of Apple's Lost '1984' Series

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."

Comments

Re:Why is this such a big deal?

[michaeldot]

Hard to tell, but are you being ironic, or moronic?

Dell Dimensions and HP LaserJets didn't put a dent in the universe.

This product did.

If nothing else, it started Microsoft scrambling to put something very similar on everyone's desktop... 1 billion computer users and growing.

No Mac...?

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Re:Why is this such a big deal?

[JabberWokky]

No, however the release of the Mac is a milestone in the industry. So was the Altair IV, whose advertisements would get the same reception.

In a gun community, ads for the Winchester repeating rifle would garner similar interest (as it was a milestone product), or the first ads for the Model T in a car community.

Ford, Winchester and Apple are all for-profit companies, but they advanced the art of their fields greatly in a single leap by releasing products that redefined their industries. Of course it's interesting.

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Evan