Andy Hertzfeld, who worked with Apple in the early 1980s as a “software wizard,” has posted a previously-unreleased commercial for the original Macintosh via his Google+ page, as reported by 9to5Mac. In it, members of the Mac design team — including Hertzfeld, Burrell Smith, George Crow, Bill Atkinson and Mike Murray — offer a few seconds of dialog that Apple ultimately decided was a bit “too self-congratulatory” to air on mainstream television. The commercial was only ever made available to select dealers, so if you’d like a chance to see one of Apple’s first private attempt at patting itself on the back, the video below is full of the company’s aspirational youth.
Apple ‘software wizard’ unveils rare original Macintosh ad
Andy Hertzfeld has published a previously-unreleased commercial featuring the designers of the original Macintosh via his Google+ page.
Andy Hertzfeld has published a previously-unreleased commercial featuring the designers of the original Macintosh via his Google+ page.
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