Internet Applauds 25 Years of Apple Macintosh
All across the Internet, people are celebrating 25 years of Apple's Macintosh computer. From heartfelt tributes about the first time they touched the IIe to fond remembrances of Apple's less-than-prosperous ideas, stories are flowing about one of the most inspirational and influential companies ever.
CNET fondly revisits Apple's famous 1984-tinged Super Bowl commercial and Apple's other advertising campaigns, which have all set the company apart from its competition and detractors as an innovator daring to think different (and inspired both competitors and creative parodies).
"In the entertainment industry, it was the dawn of the cinematic Super Bowl ad," writes Caroline McCarthy. "For historians, it was a notable moment in Soviet-tinged pop culture. But in the tech world, this was the birth of Apple as we know it -- 25 years ago this week."
