A gift for the MACheads amongst you

[heidi]

The 1984 ad, on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.

Somewhere on a videotape, Aaron has an ad for the APPLE LISA. I must find a way to get it onto dvd...

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[wendywoowho.livejournal.com]

Dear God, TWENTY YEARS????

Oy.

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[heidi8.livejournal.com]

5 days ago, actually.

SO OLD! AM SO SO SO OLD!

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[owlman.livejournal.com]

SO OLD! AM SO SO SO OLD!

::nods::


:P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P

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[heidi8.livejournal.com]

You'll be 33 someday, too!

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[owlman.livejournal.com]

You'll be even older ;)
Jon will nearly be in double figures and Harry will be out terrorising the local girlies. Are you ready?

[casira.livejournal.com]

Somewhere on a videotape, Aaron has an ad for the APPLE LISA. I must find a way to get it onto dvd...

Gah -- that I would LOVE to see!

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[heidi8.livejournal.com]

You say 'will be' as if he wasn't already.

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[owlman.livejournal.com]

:))

[photosinensis.livejournal.com]

I have wanted to see that commercial for a while now. After all, it only ran once, and it has been touted as the best commercial ever for its impact value.

Coolness.

[nostrademons.livejournal.com]

The sad thing is that it took Windows 20 years to reach the same ease of use as the Mac had back then.

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[(Anonymous)]

This from the wannabe Apple user. Weren't you Mr. Windows-is-like-so-much-better-than-Apple a few months ago?

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[wordplay.livejournal.com]

Ha. After our discussion this morning re: graying, I checked the post to find an invitation to join AARP. The universe is trying to send me a message. :-/

I am determined, though, to think of it not as being old, but as being more experienced, wiser, and highly unlikely to sport mall bangs or acid-washed denim again. I'm thinking that's a good thing. Besides, you probably remember seeing this ad live. Everyone knows reruns are crap.

Spin spin spin. Is it working? ;-)

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[owlman.livejournal.com]

The sadder thing is that progress since then has been woeful.

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[photosinensis.livejournal.com]

*hides face*

That was before I had actually used a Mac in a situation where the IT people hadn't mucked with it so badly that nobody could get the computers to work.

But I also wanted to see the commercial as someone who's facinated by the way television and radio commercials reflect and manipulate our culture.

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[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is!

And you won't even wear overdyed or acid washed jeans to an 80s themed party?

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[wordplay.livejournal.com]

Hmmm - probably not, although if I could peg the jeans and flip the collar on my Izod shirt I might be convinced. More likely, though, I would go for early Madonna. Or maybe some sort of neon flashdance thing - short black skirt w/layered, ripped colorful tights and leg warmers. I had a LOT of neon clothes and jelly shoes for a while there.

Good grief, the whole decade really was one long fashion don't, wasn't it? No wonder all I really want these days is linen, cotton & leather in pretty colors -I'm still suffering retinal damage.

BTW - I was shopping thrift for club clothes the other day and came across a pair of Cavaricci's! It was like 8th grade all over again.