I understand the time spent preaching to the choir about the 20th anniversary of Macintosh. But, the only people that know about the keynote -- or saw the retouched ad -- are all people that are already part of Macintosh faithful. However, I think this is a time to honor and recognize and celebrate the longevity of Macintosh. I'm not saying this has to be a special Mac machine with a flashy paint job, chrome trim and leather wrapped mouse -- but I do think that this is the ideal opportunity for Apple to brag about the success of Macintosh. (They have the rest of the year to be proud of their other successes and build towards the future of all of its products.)
I think that Apple's got too much pride and marketing smarts to just let this event go by completely unnoticed. I'm hoping that they are silent only because they are waiting for this weekend's SuperBowl to make a splash as big as they did 20 years ago with the original Mac announcement. I'm really hoping they have something more jaw-dropping than the highly publicized iTunes/Pepsi promo. I'm really hoping it'll be an advertisement/announcement that will freeze me in my tracks as their announcement did 20 years ago. I'm really hoping I won't be disappointed!
Apple Ignores The Anniversary
Apple Ignores The Anniversary