Rarely-seen 1983 commercial for original Mac was abandoned for being "too self-congratulatory"
A 60-second television spot created in the months leading up to the early 1984 launch of Apple's original Macintosh was shelved and never aired publicly due to concerns that it would be seen as "too self-congratulatory."
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