The Macintosh changed computers forever

Apple's most legendary computer has two legacies: there's the computer itself, and there's the commercial. That commercial. Only a couple of days before Steve Jobs debuted the computer that would both help cement his legacy and contribute to his unceremonious exile from Apple, the company dropped a…

The Macintosh changed computers forever
The Macintosh changed computers forever Photo: The Verge

Apple's most legendary computer has two legacies: there's the computer itself, and there's the commercial.

That commercial.

Only a couple of days before Steve Jobs debuted the computer that would both help cement his legacy and contribute to his unceremonious exile from Apple, the company dropped a Super Bowl ad that is still one of the most iconic commercials of all time.

It raised both the hype and the stakes for the Macintosh in a big way.

The Macintosh wasn't a great computer, at least at first.

It didn't have enough memory; there wasn't enough software that supported it; it wasn't customizable in the ways PC users needed at the time.

I …
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