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The "1984" ad is from... well duh, 1984. Apple was a small startup in a niche industry back then - fighting against centralization and control by building "a b
by zozbot234 11mo ago
The "1984" ad is from... well duh, 1984. Apple was a small startup in a niche industry back then - fighting against centralization and control by building "a bicycle for the mind" that would push useful computation to the "edge" where it can be controlled by the user.
- andsoitis 11mo ago> The "1984" ad is from... well duh, 1984. Apple was a small startup Small startup in 1984? Apple IPOd in 1980 and had a market cap in 1984 of $1.6 billion, which is just under $5 billion in today’s dollars.
- AnimalMuppet 11mo agoOK, but... who were they going against? Who were they aiming the ad at? IBM. What was IBM's market cap in 1984?