Apple made marketing gold from the Power Mac G4 ‘supercomputer’ export ban in 1999 — Pentagon banned sales of the 400 MHz G4 in 50 countries when it launched and became the first PC to be classed as a weapon
In the context of the recent tech export bans, we look back at the Apple PowerMac G4 export ban from 1999 and Steve Jobs making marketing gold from the situation.
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