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- Sub: 94/03/09 Ad Release
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- Good Morning,
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- This release moved over PR Newswire on Wednesday, March 9, 1994 at 8:34 AM,
- EST.
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- Contact:
- Kate Paisley
- Apple Public Relations
- (408) 974-5453
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- Kathy King
- BBDO
- (310) 444-4512
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- Apple to DOS/Windows Users: "Try Macintosh"
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- CUPERTINO, California--March 9, 1994--When Apple Computer, Inc.
- unveils its new PowerPC microprocessor-based computers on March
- 14th, the company will also kick off a worldwide advertising campaign
- that asks MS-DOS and Windows personal computer users to take a new
- look at Macintosh . The phased advertising campaign targets
- customers Apple calls "fence-sitters"--that is, those users who are
- attracted to the Macintosh, but have, in the past, chosen MS-DOS or
- Windows systems. Apple believes the new computers will appeal to
- these customers--in addition to traditional Macintosh customers--
- because of the products' industry-leading performance, very
- competitive prices, and, most of all, their compatiblity with MS-DOS
- and Windows applications. By using SoftWindows software from
- Insignia Solutions, the new PowerPC-based Macintosh systems allow DOS
- and Windows users to run most of their current applications at
- performance levels similar to that of Intel 386 and 486 computers,
- depending on the application and system configuration.
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- "Many 'fence-sitters' considered Macintosh in the past, but chose
- another computer because they needed to run a DOS/Windows program,
- or, it didn't meet their price and performance expectations,"
- explained Michael Markman, Apple's director of advertising.
- "Macintosh with PowerPC dismantles these obstacles, making Macintosh
- relevant to more people than ever before. Our advertising invites
- these people to take a new look at Macintosh."
- The campaign, developed by BBDO, Apple's worldwide advertising
- agency, invites readers to think about the Macintosh with PowerPC
- systems in new ways. Using the comic book device of "thought
- balloons", the ads show MIS managers, department managers, and users
- contemplating both the rational benefits and the emotional appeal of
- the new products. One ad for example, carries the headline, "Think
- of it as the Macintosh for people who thought they could never have a
- Macintosh." It shows an MIS manager mentally reviewing a list of
- impressive product features,
- "Outperforms 486 and Pentium, check. Works with MS-DOS, check.
- Works with Windows, check. Meets corporate network standards, check.
- Increases employee productivity, check. Plug and play expansion,
- check. RISC performance at a non-RISC price, check." In a second
- thought balloon, she's thinking, "I can do some really cool stuff."
- Apple's U.S. advertising plans call for print media initially--the
- first ad breaks in the Wall Street Journal on March 14th. The print
- campaign will continue in computer publications and selected vertical
- market publications over the next few months. The company will
- phase-in television ads later in the year. In Europe, the company
- will employ a combination of television and print advertising at the
- outset.
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- Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of
- Apple Computer, Inc. PowerPC is a trademark of International
- Business Machines Corporation, used under license therefrom.
- SoftWindows is a trademark used under license.
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