Apple’s venerable Macintosh computer, introduced with a shocking-for-its-time dystopian Super Bowl commercial in 1984, turns 40 today. The Macintosh revolutionized home computing and paved the way for ...

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Apple’s "1984" Macintosh commercial aired during the Super Bowl that year and is still widely considered one of the best commercials of all time. The commercial strayed from the norm seen then in ...

(CNN) — The year is 1984. It’s Super Bowl Sunday and you turn on the TV to see a procession of stern men marching through a tunnel. No, it’s not the Los Angeles Raiders. It’s the most important Super ...

The ad man known for putting Apple Computer on the map with a landmark commercial has died at 79. Chiat/Day advertising executive Guy Day, known for Apple's Orwellian 1984 Macintosh commercial, is ...

January 20, 1985: Attempting to build on the triumph of the previous year’s “1984” Macintosh commercial, Apple deploys another dystopian Super Bowl commercial. The new Apple ad, titled “Lemmings,” ...

It’s not official, but the invitation sent out Wednesday by Apple for its mysterious product event (probably about a new MacBook) simply reads, “hello again.” Which begs the question, “when did Apple ...

Hertzfeld noted Apple ultimately decided not to air the commercial that featured interviews with members of the Macintosh design team, because “Apple deemed it too self-congratulatory.” It did, ...