• @ozymandias117@lemmy.world
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    81 month ago

    I… I know they made colorful iMacs… But… What was the marketing idea behind this ad?

    What did they mean by “No artificial colors” for a computer…?

    • GhostalmediaOP
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      311 month ago

      The OG colors were all food based.

      Tangerine, grape, lime, strawberry, and blueberry

    • @Septimaeus@infosec.pub
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      71 month ago

      Familiar byline from food marketing? I seem to recall a lot of fear mongering related to food coloring at the time (most of which turned out to be overblown) making that a cutesy/tongue-in-cheek headline coming from a tech company.

      • GhostalmediaOP
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        151 month ago

        That, and the colors were all foods Tangerine, grape, lime, strawberry, and blueberry

        The campaign was all food references

        • @Septimaeus@infosec.pub
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          61 month ago

          Ah I forgot the fruit schema for the colors! lol

          Honestly some of the jelly style molded acrylic designs from that era were pretty sick, even by today’s standards. I remember the G4 cube with matching Harmon Kardon Soundsticks and display/keyboard/mouse as a standout example of a short lived concept that might still appear futuristic today.

          • @bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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            21 month ago

            Especially compared to contemporary computers. I mean late nineties, everything was beige beige beige, MAYBE black.

        • @Grass@sh.itjust.works
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          01 month ago

          this was Apple’s peak for design. I can’t stand apple products but if they made an iphone in this colorway I would be tempted.

    • @FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee
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      71 month ago

      I would assume it’s a joke on when they say no artificial colors in food, because… apple?

      Idk