For the personal computer industry, 1984 was a wild ride, dominated by a handful of startups run by young people with big ideas.The year began with a bang when 28-year-old Steve Jobs introduced the Apple Macintosh with the iconic "1984" Super Bowl ad directed by Ridley Scott. That ad was an audacious shot at IBM, which had enjoyed wild success after introducing the first Intel-based personal computer three years earlier. Also: The Mac turns 40: How Apple's rebel PC almost failed again and... Read this story
