Best. Letter to Apple. Ever.

February 1, 2016February 1, 2016 Alan Cross 3 Comments

I have no idea if this was a real letter, but I’m going to choose to believe it was. This was included in The Chive‘s weekly roundup of pictures.

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3 thoughts on “Best. Letter to Apple. Ever.”

Terry Tucker

February 1, 2016 at 7:59 am
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If only it were true , but alas it’s not http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/connery.asp
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Jay R

February 1, 2016 at 8:43 am
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Obviously he hadn’t considered “The League of Extraordinary Gentleman” or “The Avengers” at the time, but give it 5 years or so and sadly he wouldn’t have to sell his soul to Apple to destroy his career…
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Kerry Applin

February 1, 2016 at 9:48 am
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I’m pretty sure Steve Jobs was never personally contacting folks for the ad campaigns. Also fairly certain Connery didn’t offer anything they wanted. Maybe he would have played MainFrame against Mac and PC in the old commercials?
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