Amazing commercial for 1984. I love my 2008 macbook.

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This was the commercial that introduced the Apple Macintosh Computer to the world.

Apple finally got its guy. Nearly three months after a judge ordered Mark Papermaster not to report for work at Apple as the senior vice president of devices hardware engineering due to a contract dispute with IBM, his previous employer, the two parties have settled. Starting on April 24, yes another three months from now, Papermaster will lead Apple’s iPod and iPhone hardware teams, the company announced in a release today.Apple had tapped Papermaster to replace Tony Fadell, its former iPod chief, after he left that role to take a smaller advisor position with the company for personal reasons. But a court ordered that the 25-year veteran of IBM had to honor his contract which included a non-compete clause. IBM was suing Papermaster to make sure he upheld that agreement — stating that he had access to trade secrets which he could feed to Apple.And IBM is still clearly worried about that; as part of the settlement, not only will Papmaster not be able to start at Apple until his six month anniversary from leaving IBM, but he will also have to check in with the courts to certify that he’s not spilling any confidential information to Apple. He’ll have to do these check ins not once, but twice — once in July 2009, and again in October 2009, his one year anniversary of leaving IBM.So, it looks like we won’t be seeing an Apple ThinkPad until at least October 25, 2009.Apple famously depicted a company which may or may not have been IBM as being “Big Brother” from George Orwell’s classic Ninteen Eighty Four in its 1984 commercial announcing the first Macintosh computer. IBM has since fallen from that role of dominating the computer industry, but Apple’s newest employee has now been warned: Big Brother is watching you.

Para muchos 1984 simplemente evoca un año. Para algunos evoca un libro, una gran historia, una reflexión sobre la sociedad moderna (aunque ya haga increiblemente 25 años de esta fecha).  Hoy en día Gran Hermano evoca en la mayoría de nosotros un programa de televisión, pero antes fue un concepto sobre el sometimiento de las masas o por qué no la globalización…Hace 25 años un empresa innovadora lanzó un anuncio al mercado (por cierto dirigido por Ridley Scott) sobre cómo 1984 no sería 1984.Hoy en día podemos afirmar que 1984 desde luego no fue 1984… pero no puedo dejar de pensar que de alguna forma hemos permitido que el Gran Hermano nos vigile…

The first Macintosh computer was launched 25 years ago on January 24, 1984, and the world celebrates the nostalgic journey which has made Apple and Mac household brands which everyone want to possess…Apple’s famous “1984” televsion commercial starring Anya Major introduced the Macintosh personal computer for the first time and was broadcast on 22 January 1984 during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII. On 24 January 1984, Steve Jobs showed the first Apple Macintosh demo and since then there has been no looking back. This is what made the Mac different then. Even Microsoft’s Bill Gates had good words to say about it The Mac has come a long way during this 25 years and has undergone design changes to appeal to a more computer savvy generation. You can track these design changes in Mac photos over 25 years.Related articles Bootcamp Installs Windows XP on Apple Mac ComputersPreview Mac OS X Leopard at Apple Worldwide Developers ConferenceMicrosoft Virtual PC for Mac ComputersMozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 Web Browser ReleasedGoogle Video Mac Player LaunchedShare your views: Post a Comment Copyright 2009. Quick Online Tips. All Rights Reserved.

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