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 1999, the Pentagon banned sales of the 400 MHz Power Mac G4 in 50 countries, making it the first PC classified as a weapon. Apple, led by Steve Jobs, leveraged this export ban as a marketing opportunity, turning it into what Tom's Hardware describes as 'marketing gold'.