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 ...

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 ...

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Software wizard Andy Hertzfeld— one of the geniuses behind the original Apple Macintosh—found these rare interviews from an original Macintosh commercial that was never aired. It reminds me of the now ...

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 Bowl ...

This article is part of a CNET special report on the 30th anniversary of the Macintosh, looking at the beginnings of Apple's landmark machine and its impact over the last three decades. The date was ...

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