Who knew Triax would influence Apple?

 

I tweeted earlier wondering why we don’t have commercials like this anymore. As soon as I pressed submit, I realized we do! Apple lives off this back/forth, pros/cons kind of commercial. On one side, there’s the better product portrayed by a cool, slick guy, and on the other side is the geeky, inferior nerd. I can just see Steve Jobs in a room, “Guys, I just saw this awesome Triax commercial—how about we do this…” Here’s one of the first “Get a Mac” commercials:

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  1. What do you mean by better BTW?? :S

  2. Apple is a bad guy; why to criticize my lovely Microsoft??

  3. Turbo Touch 360 was cockier than mac. But the concept remains untouched…. oh yeah, they switch sides! :)

  4. Those controllers whooped ass in Mortal Kombat 2.

    Also, it must be weird to the PC guy using a Mac – I highly doubt he’s an actual PC guy. He’s obviously a Mac guy dressed up like a PC guy. What a concept.

    Not to sound like a n00b, but how can I get an icon to go with my name? I’m assuming it has to do with what I choose for my website…

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