Tag: IBM
Apple and Xerox PARC
It is claimed again and again that in the course of the Macintosh’s development, Apple just resorted to the ideas the research laboratory Xerox PARC had hatched before. Fact or Fiction? In the Untied States, the brand name “Xerox” denotes photocopying just as “Kleenex” stands for tissues or “Scotch tape” for adhesive [...]
“1984″ – The famous Super Bowl Spot
The most famous Super Bowl ad 1984 is the American television commercial which introduced the Macintosh personal computer for the first time. It is now considered a “watershed event” and a “masterpiece.” It was directed by Ridley Scott, written by Steve Hayden and Lee Clow, and was produced by Chiat/Day. Costume designer Jeanette Farrier designed [...]
The History of the Apple Macintosh
The Apple Macintosh revolutionized the entire computer industry by the year of 1984. Steve Jobs and his ingenious Macintosh team arranged for the computer to be used by the normal “person in the street” – and not only by experts. “Insanely great” – Steve Jobs could hardly put into words his enthusiasm by the launch [...]
Apple History TV: Steve Jobs about Microsoft (1995)
Steve Jobs The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste, they have absolutely no taste, and what that means is – I don’t mean that in a small way I mean that in a big way. In the sense that they they don’t think of original ideas and they don’t bring much [...]
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