Thirty Years of Turbulence - Chinese Enterprises

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Almost as significant as the split of AT&T, on January 24th of that year, Apple released the Macintosh home computer, which was later hailed by Time magazine as the first day of widespread adoption of personal computers. In 1976, Apple released its first personal computer, but AT&T did not give it much attention, thinking it was just a hobby for computer enthusiasts. But in the summer of 1981, AT&T suddenly launched a heavy attack with IBM PC and propelled the rapid growth of the PC market with its highly trusted brand. At this moment, Apple has launched the personalized Macintosh computer and invested heavily in advertising, truly activating the global home computer market. Creative Apple CEO Steve Jobs described the arrival of this era with a suggestive television advertisement: rows of expressionless, robot like bald men walked into a gloomy hall and sat there receiving a lecture from a person who appeared on a huge screen in the shape of a "big brother". At this moment, a muscular woman holding a three foot hammer rushed into the hall, smashing the screen of "Big Brother"'s lecture to pieces in a look of shock. At this moment, the clouds parted and the light shone brightly. A solemn voice accompanied the words displayed on the screen: "On January 24, 1984, Apple will release the Macintosh, and you will understand why 1984 is not the 1984 in the novel