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 ...

In 1984, we were listening to Prince's Purple Rain on FM radio; we were watching Ghostbusters at the drive-in movie theater; and, oh yes, we were falling in love with Apple's radical new computer, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

January 22, 1984: Apple’s stunning “1984” commercial for the Macintosh 128K airs on CBS during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII. Its dystopian theme and epic visuals pitch the Mac as a ...

“The freshmen now entering Drexel [in the early 1980s] will spend the greater portion of their professional lives in the 21st century, in an environment in which the computer will be an everyday, even ...