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The Macintosh Turns 25
Saturday, January 24th, 2009
January 24, 1984 was the day the Macintosh first went on sale. It was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface rather than a command line interface, and it promised to revolutionize personal computing.
Yes, back then Apple still called itself Apple Computers. And although January 24th was its birth, January 22, 1984 was its introduction, via a commercial known as 1984, directed by Ridley Scott, and shown during the Super Bowl.
The ad is set in an Orwellian world, and a host of people sits staring blankly at a broadcast of a monolithic figure on a giant screen, until a woman clad in track-and-field garb runs in (with security hot on her heels) carrying a sledgehammer. Spinning around much as in the Olympic hammer throw event, she hurls the sledgehammer at the screen, resulting in a bright explosion whose light washes over the audience. And then, the message:
On January 24th, Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh. And you’ll see why 1984 won’t be like “1984.” (more…)
