Ad of the Day: Apple Lavishly Celebrates Macintosh's 30th Birthday

Three-minute video plus online timeline

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There have been hints in recent days, even from Lee Clow himself, that Apple would be doing something special around the 30th anniversary of Macintosh, and of the infamous Super Bowl spot that launched it.

On Friday, the birthday party began, as Apple rolled out a three-minute video and exhaustive online history of the famed personal computer, showing its evolution on human creativity of all kinds, from art and science to education and fashion.

More cerebral than emotional in its study of a revolution in computing, the video stars all sorts of creators, who tell in their own words how the Mac changed their work and their lives.

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