On 25/11/2010, at 9:38 AM, Peter Bull wrote:
> > While watching Channel 7 last night an ad came on for the Mac Book Air. I had > seen it quite a few times before, but it struck me that a years ago Wamuggers > would excitedly post a message here that they had seen a TV ad for Mac > computers. Back then, it seemed like the ads were only broadcast a few times, > and Macs were "weird" computers owned by geeks and arty types. > > Now apparently, Apple is the second biggest company in the world after Exxon > Mobil and all things Apple and Mac are household names. The list I checked (Fortune Magazine) had Apple at #197. A few spots above it is Freddie Mac!! However it does seem that Apple is a lot more mainstream these days. Geoff ---------------------- Geoff and Kaye [email protected] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
