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Thirty years of Mac ads (1984-2014)

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This compilation is based on Apple's '30 years of Macintosh innovation' timeline created for the Mac's 30th anniversary (http://www.apple.com/30-years).

For every product highlighted in the timeline, there was also a commercial created. Full listing below:

00:00. Macintosh (1984) "Computer for the rest of us"
00:30. Macintosh XL (1985) "You could"
01:00. Macintosh Plus (1986) "Power to be the Best"
02:00. Macintosh II (1987) "Hard Sell"
03:00. Macintosh IIx (1988) "The Pitch"
04:00. Macintosh Portable (1989) "Hit the road, Mac"
04:30. Macintosh LC (1990) "Color"
04:45. PowerBook (1991) "Revolution"
05:15. Macintosh Quadra 950 (1992) "Introducing"
05:45. Macintosh Performa (1993) "The Sayles Family"
06:15. PowerBook 540c (1994) "Sales Rep"
06:45. Power Macintosh 8500 (1995) "Done"
07:15. PowerBook 1400 (1996) "Mission Impossible"
07:45. 20th Anniversary Macintosh (1997) No ads was made
08:15. iMac (1998) "Three Steps"
08:45. Power Book G4 (1999) "Super Computer"
09:15. iBook (2000) "Special Edition"
09:45. PowerBook G4 (2001) "It May Be"
10:15. iMac (2002) "Window"
10:45. Power Mac G5 (2003) "Blast"
iBook G4 - no ad, no nothing
11:15. iMac (2005) "Get a Mac - Restarting"
11:45. MacBook Pro (2006) no ad was made
12:13. iMac (2007) "Solar"
12:43. MacBook Air (2008) "Envelope"
13:13. iMac (2009) no ad was made
13:43. MacBook Air (2010) "Next Generation"
MacBook Pro (2011) - no ad, no nothing
14:13. MacBook Pro Retina (2012) "New Generation"
iMac (2013) - no ad, no nothing
14:43. Mac Pro (2014) "Cinema ad" Show less
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