Remembering the '1984' Super Bowl Mac ad

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Mac Ad, 1984: That was probably the most brilliant spot of advert I've ever seen! Even though it was a decade after it showed up that I actually saw it for the first time...

I have loved the Mac since my earliest times using one - I think it was maybe an LC, one of the really thin "pizza box" desktops.

Years later, sometime around 2000 or so, I got a Mac SE 30 with a 20mb HDD and a 1.44mb floppy. That was a GREAT little machine, actually might have been a bit earlier around '97. Either way though, I used that little SE for a Hypercard application monster! I had catalogs and databases of all sorts of stuff, I even used it bedside as my bedroom phone book next to my caller ID phone! It worked wonders to light up the room at night, too... just bump the mouse for a 10minute night light.

Then, in 2004, someone broke into the computer shop I was working at, got into the storage room that I had some of my personal equipment in, and stole my SE 30, my only Mac Keyboard and Mouse, as they were all packed in my black, padded MacBag (a perfectly shaped and zippered, padded, multi-pocketed nylon bag built specifically for the SE-type Macs.)

The police were useless, and I never got anything out of it from the building insurance, and I lost a friend over it for a long time because he was the most likely suspect and the shop owner banned him from the store.

Now, I have a Powerbook 1400CS which is really sweet, but practically useless at this point because it's not got any usable networking medium - no ethernet, and definitely no wireless.

But, it's a great laptop, even if it is limited to so little memory.; Posted by: zach.winchester Posted on: 01/25/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use