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The eve news recalled that 39yrs ago today (Jan 24, 1984) Apple released the details on their new personal computer , the 'Macintosh'.

The classic TV add announcing the new Apple Personal Computer ran the previous Sunday at Super Bowl halftime and was very successful raising the bar for future Super Bowl TV adds now running at $7M per 30 sec slot.
The attached links tell the story of how this classic add almost did not run as the Apple Board hated it & only because the Steves (Wosniack & Jobs) were willing to fund it themselves. This classic add has won many awards and is still rated in the top few % of all-time TV advertising.

Wikipedia: 1984 - Wikipedia(advertisement)

The following link describes the add development & the Apple Board disapproval,

9to5mac.com - Apples iconic super bowl ad aired on this day years ago

The news item concluded with the fact that Apple stock that day was post split at 13cents/ share! Ah if we only knew''& Warren at the time😎

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