{"id":8426,"date":"2005-11-21T15:04:46","date_gmt":"2005-11-21T22:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/11\/21\/why-1984-wasnt-like-1984.html"},"modified":"2005-11-21T15:04:46","modified_gmt":"2005-11-21T22:04:46","slug":"why_1984_wasnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/11\/21\/why_1984_wasnt.html","title":{"rendered":"Why 1984 wasn’t like 1984"},"content":{"rendered":"

The secret story behind Apple’s famous “1984” Macintosh commercial<\/a>. Some fun facts:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The ad was originally written for the Apple II.\n
  2. Apple’s board hated it, and almost scuttled it.<\/p>\n
  3. The same Super Bowl where it officially debuted also saw the commercial debut of the somewhat less successful IBM PCjr.<\/ol>\n

    (via GeekPress<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The secret story behind Apple’s famous “1984” Macintosh commercial. Some fun facts: The ad was originally written for the Apple II. Apple’s board hated it, and almost scuttled it. 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