With commericals like this in 1985 it's a wonder they sold any Amigas

[Lurch]

Wow first time I've seen that ad. Glad I didn't see back in the day would have freaked me out as a kid. The floating baby?

Almost enough to make me buy an Atari ST...... err... maybe not ;-)

[Lurch]

Okay, maybe the current crop of commercials. I guess I was thinking of the first iMac commercials ("she's like a rainbow" ones) where all you saw were lots of jellybean coloured iMacs dancing in formation.  Also the early iPod commercials where it just showed silhouettes dancing to solid background colours.  Yes - a picture of the product was prominent, but there was little to know information in those to TELL you what the product did if you'd never heard of one before.  Yet, those were some of the most successful commercials & products Apple ever released.

They are still using the same tactic's today...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrRHPf0_B3M

[Lurch]

These are my fav amiga adverts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=iEFoj6sbDjU

Love the background music, wish I could place it. Reminds me of my favourite TV Series of the time Whiz Kids :-)

[Lurch]

That's the theme from the movie Goonies!

Also there's an extended (1 min.) version of that ad, here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06di_a588b0

Goonies.. ahh, will have to dig out my DVD :-) I remember the cyndi lauper song that's about the only music I remember from that movie.

But that advert is done really well.

[Lurch]

You cant compare an advertisement for something that's been around for over 10 years and something that is completely new. And the Amiga 1000 was extremely new.

Not sure what you are on about, I was replying to ral-clan's comment (below) stating that Apple still use the same marketing.

"I guess I was thinking of the first iMac commercials ("she's like a rainbow" ones) where all you saw were lots of jellybean coloured iMacs dancing in formation"

[Lurch]

Fav ad at the moment :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZfkSAQWz9E