Are you a MacAdvocate?

Drewski · Dec 16, 2012, 06:17 PM

Found this while digging through some old boxes in the basement. Still unopened - I guess someone wasn't serious enough about their "evangelizing."

Jessica Lares · Dec 16, 2012, 08:22 PM

LOL! That is hilarious.

Anonymous Freak · Dec 17, 2012, 12:54 AM

I have a whole box of MacAdvocate "kits" lying around somewhere...

(Scans from a few years ago when I got it.)

MacTech68 · Dec 17, 2012, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Anonymous Freak

I have a whole box of MacAdvocate "kits" lying around somewhere...

(Scans from a few years ago when I got it.)

Hmm, Just curious as to what resolution and bitrate that "1984" commercial might have been.

Weren't these supplied within PowerMac 7300, 7600's ? I recall Game packs and other software "packs" coming with those.

Anonymous Freak · Dec 17, 2012, 01:43 PM

The video is really low quality. I want to say 160x120 Cinepak. MAYBE 320x240. 15 fps tops.

Drewski · Dec 17, 2012, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Anonymous Freak

I have a whole box of MacAdvocate "kits" lying around somewhere...

(Scans from a few years ago when I got it.)

"Value: Apple is concerned about your investment. That's why many Macintosh models ship with processors on daughter cards so they can be replaced with new, faster processors as they become available, without having to purchase a new computer."

LOL.

tdiaz · Dec 18, 2012, 12:52 AM

We also know how well that went. That's of course, referring to the PPC Ready 68K machines. They ended up getting hit with class action and Daystar came to the rescue.

MacTech68 · Dec 18, 2012, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by tdiaz

We also know how well that went. That's of course, referring to the PPC Ready 68K machines. They ended up getting hit with class action and Daystar came to the rescue.

Don't forget the desktop PCI PowerMacs sold from May '95 onward, the PowerMac 7500 being the first, also had CPU daughterboards. Again, barely supporting an upgrade path, it was left to third parties to pick up the slack. Though the cost was pretty steep, until the G3 arrived, by which stage BUS speeds on newer machines made the old machines even less attractive to upgrade.

But alas, the "PPC ready" was a disaster, OS support was terrible, and the performance gain was abysmal... then along came the PB190/5300 debacle.

zorinlynx · Jan 29, 2013, 10:08 AM

I wonder if my ex-girlfriend from 1995-1998 or so had these discs. She'd often talk about how awesome her Mac was.

This was (in my opinion) Apple's dark age, which didn't lift until 2000 with the introduction of Mac OS X. So I'd just roll my eyes at her. And no, we broke up for unrelated reasons. But it would have been funny had it been "You didn't get a Mac! I can't see you anymore!"

Ahh, that silly flufftail...

Dec 16, 2012, 06:17 PM	#1
Drewski macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Chicago, IL, USA	Are you a MacAdvocate? Found this while digging through some old boxes in the basement. Still unopened - I guess someone wasn't serious enough about their "evangelizing."
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Jessica Lares macrumors 68030 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Near Dallas, Texas, USA	LOL! That is hilarious. __________________  Have You Hugged Your Mac Today? Daily Expressions \| Power Mac G5 \| Late 2011 13" MacBook Pro \| iPod Nano (7G) \| iPod Shuffle (2012) \| iPad Mini
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Dec 17, 2012, 12:54 AM	#3
Anonymous Freak macrumors 68040 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Portland, OR	I have a whole box of MacAdvocate "kits" lying around somewhere... (Scans from a few years ago when I got it.) Attached Thumbnails __________________ 20" Aluminum iMac 7,1 (mid-2007, Santa Rosa,) upgraded to 2.6 GHz Penryn, 6 GB RAM, 1 TB HD, 4 TB total external hard drive
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Dec 17, 2012, 01:43 PM	#5
Anonymous Freak macrumors 68040 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Portland, OR	The video is really low quality. I want to say 160x120 Cinepak. MAYBE 320x240. 15 fps tops. __________________ 20" Aluminum iMac 7,1 (mid-2007, Santa Rosa,) upgraded to 2.6 GHz Penryn, 6 GB RAM, 1 TB HD, 4 TB total external hard drive
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Jan 29, 2013, 10:08 AM	#9
zorinlynx macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Florida, USA	I wonder if my ex-girlfriend from 1995-1998 or so had these discs. She'd often talk about how awesome her Mac was. This was (in my opinion) Apple's dark age, which didn't lift until 2000 with the introduction of Mac OS X. So I'd just roll my eyes at her. And no, we broke up for unrelated reasons. But it would have been funny had it been "You didn't get a Mac! I can't see you anymore!" Ahh, that silly flufftail... __________________ Old-school Apple ][ expert! Ask me if you have a ][ question! Apple user 1983-1992, 2003-Present -- Linux user 1995-Present Windows-free since 2003! Though I still have to deal with it at work.
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tdiaz macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2006	We also know how well that went. That's of course, referring to the PPC Ready 68K machines. They ended up getting hit with class action and Daystar came to the rescue.
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