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Title: Apple’s iconic ‘1984’ Super Bowl ad aired 40 years ago this week; how it almost didn’t happen Post by: HCK on January 27, 2024, 04:05:08 pm Apple’s iconic ‘1984’ Super Bowl ad aired 40 years ago this week; how it almost didn’t happen
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/01/apple-ad-1984.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1200)</div><p>On this day 40 years ago, Apple’s first Macintosh (https://9to5mac.com/guides/mac/) went on sale, just two days after being introduced to the world during a commercial break in the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII. Although “1984” became a cultural phenomenon and a watershed moment for product launches, Apple’s Board of Directors was against it from the start. Here’s how the legendary ad almost didn’t air…</p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/24/apples-iconic-1984-super-bowl-ad-aired-on-this-day-39-years-ago/#more-859727" data-post-id="859727" data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="apple-history,mac,steve-jobs" data-layer-viewtype="unknown" class="more-link">more…[/url] Source: Apple’s iconic ‘1984’ Super Bowl ad aired 40 years ago this week; how it almost didn’t happen (https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/24/apples-iconic-1984-super-bowl-ad-aired-on-this-day-39-years-ago/) |