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Apple's 1984 Macintosh Commercial

Sean Collier · 1 min · 2005 · YouTube title: 1984 Apple's First Macintosh Commercial
Why it's here

HN mostly uses it as a cultural reference, either as a favorite tech ad or as irony when criticizing Apple's later restrictiveness.

What it covers

The famous 1984 Apple Macintosh television commercial, framed as a rebellion against an Orwellian Big Brother. This copy was uploaded to YouTube just after the site launched.