Original Macintosh Commercials

It wasn't until fairly recently that some of the less used, and in some cases, never used  - early Macintosh commercials have been found, digitized and posted. These happened to be done right around the time that these first few Twiggy Macs were being phased into the Sony 3.5" drive. We will be finding and posting more here in the near future, but here are a few to start out.

[1983] Apple's Missing First Macintosh Commercial

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Andy Hertzfeld original Macintosh commercial

Here is another in the series of commercials for the original Macintosh that Chiat-Day produced in the fall of 1983. This one features software designer Andy Hertzfeld.

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Susan Kare Macintosh Commercial

Here is another in the series of commercials for Apple's original Macintosh that Chiat-Day produced in the fall of 1983. This one features Macintosh artist Susan Kare.

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Bill Atkinson Macintosh commercial

Here's a brief interview with Bill Atkinson, creator of QuickDraw, MacPaint, and HyperCard from the fall of 1983. It's one of a series of potential commercials that Chiat-Day made for the original Macintosh launch that was never actually used.

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Ridley Scott -

The Making of Apple's "1984" Commercial

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The "1984 Commercial

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Steve Jobs unveiling the Mac

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