Photos: Tech's 10 most-hyped product launches

With its "1984" ad that played during the 1984 Super Bowl, Apple let it be known that its new Macintosh computer would be a force to be reckoned with and would change the nature of the personal computer. While the Mac never has had the sales of Windows machines, it has influenced every computer in the world with its graphical user interface and its mouse.

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