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MANILA, Philippines – Apple released the first Macintosh computer, the Macintosh 128K on January 24, 1984. Today, 30 years later, Apple celebrates the major milestone with a look back at the rich history of the iconic computer.
On the front page of Apple.com is a photo of the original Mac standing side-by-side today’s latest iMac model. Apple’s birthday card to its baby goes…
In 1984, Apple introduced the world to Macintosh.
It was designed to be so easy to use that people could actually use it.
And it came with promise – that the powered of technology taken from a few and put in the hands of everyone, could change the world.
That promise has been kept.
Today, we create, connect, share, and learn in ways that were unimaginable 30 years ago.
Image what we can accomplish in the next 30 years.
The special site also includes a timeline chronicling milestones of the Mac including John Knoll co-inventing Photoshop on a Mac in 1989 and Hans Zimmer’s composing the score for Lion King in 1994.
The site also includes a Your First Mac section where users are encouraged to share their experiences about their Mac, how they discovered it and how they’ve used it.
The Macintosh 128K was the first consumer computer with a graphical user interface, keyboard and mouse. The 9-inch monitor came in a beige plastic shell that had a handle on it. The computer ran on a Motorola 68000 7.8336 MHz processor with 128KB of RAM. It was priced at $2,945.
Today’s entry level iMac runs off a 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor with 8GB of RAM and costs $1,299.
The first Mac was launched via the now infamous 1984 ad which first played at SuperBowl XVIII.
Steve Jobs called the first Mac the beginning of a “truly remarkable breakthrough for most people.”
While much has changed since, many key features of the original Mac’s operating system are still alive today including the idea of a “desktop” which is a staple not just of Macs but also computers that run other operating systems like Windows and Linux. – Rappler.com
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