Apple Macintosh Marketing Story: Fact & Fiction

[voltagedrop]

I am reminded of the words Robert X. Cringely in Triumph of the Nerds: "With this guy we're not talking about someone driven by the profit motive in a desire for an opulent retirement at the age of forty, no we're talking holy war we're talking rivers of blood and fields of dead martyrs to the cause of greater computing. We're talking about a guy who sees the personal computer as his tool for changing the world. We're talking about Steve Jobs."

[nwLohmann]

is this a cult?

[dhatt1]

Did all these guys forget about Commodore or something?

[RazorSharpTM]

@dhatt1

That's right son! Not to mention the Spectrum Sinclair 48k!?!?! Hello!?!?!

[hoshizakistar]

Skip to 6:56 for the beginning of the presentation.

[samgod]

Some prescient individual on that panel, I think it was Guy, sarcastically uttered the word "iPhone".

[globefreelancer]

I enjoyed watching your video.

[Ryanr75rc]

Lol

[TBNTX]

Interesting perspective about the facts and fiction behind the launch of the Mac. It's a long video, but really informative.

[aceyage]

This was on Google Video for a long time. Glad to see it finally made its way to YouTube!

[lecatie]

Only 400 views for this important event...

[Albesa81]

lol,it's been here for 3 days...

[nQuo21]

thanks for posting

"everyone please turn off your Treos" lol

[MrMacFreek]

Yah lol, now they would say "everyone please turn off your iPhones, and if anyone still has one of those ratty BlackBerrys, turn those off too"

[yayitsezekiel]

lol