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101 Classic Computer Ads

Remember the recent advertising showdown between Apple and Microsoft all over some of your favorite websites? Well if you thought such aggressive promotional tactics were new to the nerdy business of computer advertising, check out Boing Boing Gadgets’ listicle of 101 Classic Computer Ads.

From fighter jets, wrestlers and dragons to babies, wizards and Bill Cosby, just about any spokersperson or gimmick can be applied to the selling of computers. Just witness the mustachioed fellow at right, who really wants to see you a new Digital computer (and possibly some gas).

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