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The Apple Ad That Broke Microsoft [video] (https://www.youtube.com)

7 points by lisper about 11 hours ago | 2 comments | View on ycombinator

mixdup about 10 hours ago |

30 seconds in and you can already tell this isn't worth watching. Apple didn't steal 42% of PC market share, their market share increased 42% (and I'm just assuming the 42% is correct) which means it went to like 3%

ch_sm about 7 hours ago |

It was a good ad. But also, Mac OS X at the time was so vastly and obviously ahead of Windows, it was a very natural choice if your circumstances allowed it (IMHO etc). It really really didn‘t break Microsoft. They were, and are still, more than fine.

iluvcommunism about 8 hours ago |

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