Powerful Nostalgia
Category: Advertising... Apple/Mac OS...
Posted Saturday, October 29, 2005 at 08:16 PM [GMT-6]

I ran across the following image while backing up some old DVD-RAMs (possibly the slowest optical medium every invented) to DVD-R. It brought back fond memories of the days of Power Computing and my old PowerTower Pro 180 (which, by the way, is still used daily by my dad...generally for playing solitaire, but still...).

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Power Computing Ad from 1996

One can argue that Apple's licensing of the Mac OS to third parties was a strategic mistake, but you've got to admit that Power brought a certain cocky feistiness to the table that was refreshing.

I've got three more Power Computing ads which I'll try to remember to share in the near future.

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Does Wayne LaPierre use a Mac? ;-)

Refuse to be a victim. ROFL...

In light of San Fransisco's current proposed outright gun ban, that ad gets even funnier.

Still, it's an eye-grabber.

Posted by: Mr. Freen at October 29, 2005 11:44 PM

The other ads are even more bellicose, in a Mac-vs-PC sort of way...

Posted by: Eric at October 30, 2005 03:42 PM
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