Colonel Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Check out these original Macintosh ads. The ones on the second page have Bill Gates and a few other M$ guys talking about how great the Mac is. Bill was full of . He hates the Mac. http://www.digibarn.com/collections/ads/apple-mac/index.htm Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18545-original-mac-ads-with-bill/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 ahahahahhahah, i wonder how much they had to pay him to do that... max Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18545-original-mac-ads-with-bill/#findComment-142925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 I think that is the first time I have seen Gates not look like the world's biggest nerd. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18545-original-mac-ads-with-bill/#findComment-145391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 If u guys see "Pirates Of The Silicon Valley", you will realize Microsoft was a partner of Apple at that time. Microsoft at the time was outfit in Alberquerque with a Hand Painted Sign, while Apple was this huge company with a million dollar funding from Intel. Bill Gates at that time partnered with Steve Jobs and stole the whole GUI idea from Apple. Apple had stolen this from Xerox. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18545-original-mac-ads-with-bill/#findComment-145677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Apple had stolen this from Xerox. The movie makes it clear that Xerox gave the stuff to Apple (and they did, because Xerox owned a stake in Apple and Xerox execs. decided not to develop it themselves). This idea that Apple (Jobs) stole the idea of GUI from Xerox is a myth. Microsoft is a different story, too bad we did not have software patents back them. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18545-original-mac-ads-with-bill/#findComment-145747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 That movie is a MUST SEE for computer owners. Yes Xerox gave the stuff, to Apple and Jobs are in the clear but Bill stole it all and even today with Vista coming out, he is copying Apple yet again. Plus Bill didn't even write DOS, he bought it from a guy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18545-original-mac-ads-with-bill/#findComment-147437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conroe Mac Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 For me, this was the best part: "Some mice have two buttons. Macintosh has one. So it's extremely difficult to push the wrong button." Haha, way to go marketing. Now just how hard is it to push the wrong mouse button with only one mouse button- extremely difficult you say? Thanks Apple for protecting me from two mouse buttons! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18545-original-mac-ads-with-bill/#findComment-159871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 I love this one the best. http://www.digibarn.com/collections/ads/ap.../brochure15.jpg "At less than 20 pounds, it's easy to carry from here to there." Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18545-original-mac-ads-with-bill/#findComment-161379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mix92Master Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 The movie makes it clear that Xerox gave the stuff to Apple Really?, i though they bought it....o well ill have to rewatch it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18545-original-mac-ads-with-bill/#findComment-168156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouch Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 This idea that Apple (Jobs) stole the idea of GUI from Xerox is a myth. Microsoft is a different story, too bad we did not have software patents back them. Patenting software sucks - copyright law is sufficient protection for software developers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18545-original-mac-ads-with-bill/#findComment-168273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archion Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 I think I have just sprouted more grey hairs, I remeber these ad's. I've had the 8086/8088, the Lisa the Apple II family (C, E, & GS), the Atari, Amiga, and Commadore bunch... and the original Macs, well to make it short, I'm just an old {censored}...lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18545-original-mac-ads-with-bill/#findComment-171231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
br0adband Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 The movie is fluff; read the book. Hollywood loves to take the printed word from the author and just overdramatize it to extremes, and they took a lot of liberties with the original story. Microsoft was a partner with Apple at the time, yes, and that's how they got "behind the scenes" access to the Macintosh/Lisa in their earliest stages of development - and that also opened the door for Microsoft to emulate/duplicate/rip-off the GUI in the those days. Same way Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak got "behind the scenes" access to Xerox PARC and came out knowing they were going to change the world by standing on the shoulders of the giants there that truly created the first real GUI for a computer OS - and then stomping on those shoulders to make a buck. It is true about what happened at Xerox PARC and is noted in many books and articles over the years, even Steve Jobs has admitted as such in several interviews that he came away from the tour of Xerox PARC "knowing how to change the world, and it wasn't by using that GUI in some obscure lab someplace no one would ever find out about it. It was on the desktop, with a computer designed for personal use." Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18545-original-mac-ads-with-bill/#findComment-172517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I liked the "add a second, high-capacity (400 kilobytes) 3 1/2" disk drive...". If they could have seen the future they wouldn't haved used quite that wording. Although, they probably would have disposed of Gates and saved us all BSODs... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18545-original-mac-ads-with-bill/#findComment-174024 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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