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The Macintosh, later rebranded as the Macintosh 128K, is the original Macintosh personal computer from Apple. It is the first successful mass-market all-in-one desktop personal computer with a graphical user interface, built-in screen and mouse. It was pivotal in establishing desktop publishing as a general office function.
Protected memory was only added to Macintosh computers with the release of the Mac OS X operating system. According to Andy Hertzfeld, the Macintosh used for the introduction demo on January 24, 1984, was a prototype with 512k RAM, even though the first model offered for sale implemented just 128k of non-expandable memory. This prototype was ...
January 1, 1987 Macintosh Plus (Platinum) Compact October 15, 1990 Apple IIe Platinum: Apple II: November 1, 1993 March 2, 1987 Macintosh SE: Compact August 1, 1989 Macintosh II: Mac II: January 15, 1990 AppleColor High-Resolution RGB Monitor: Displays: December 1992 August, 1987 ImageWriter LQ: Printers: December 1990 AppleFax Modem Modems ...
The Macintosh "System 1" is the first major release of the classic Mac OS operating system. It was developed for the Motorola 68000 microprocessor . System 1 was released on January 24, 1984, along with the Macintosh 128K , the first in the Macintosh family of personal computers .
The drive case was designed to match the Macintosh and includes the same 400-kilobyte drive (a Sony-made 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch single-sided mechanism) installed inside the Macintosh. Although very similar to the 400-kilobyte drive which newly replaced Apple's ill-fated Twiggy drive in the Lisa, there are subtle differences relating mainly to the ...
The Macintosh Classic is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from October 1990 to September 1992. It was the first Macintosh to sell for less than US$1,000. [3] Production of the Classic was prompted by the success of the original Macintosh 128K, then the Macintosh Plus, and finally the Macintosh SE.
August 1, 1986 3 years, 6 months 1984 January 1, 1984 Lisa 2 [a] Compact: January 1, 1985 1 year January 24, 1984 Macintosh 128K: Compact: September 10, 1984 7 months September 10, 1984 Macintosh 512K: Compact: April 14, 1986 1 year, 7 months Macintosh 128K (revised) Compact: October 1, 1985 1 year 1985 January 1, 1985 Macintosh XL: Compact ...
Well into the 1990s, most schools still had a substantial investment in Apple II computers and software in their classrooms and labs. However, by that period Apple was looking to phase out the Apple II line, and so introduced the Apple IIe Card as a means to transition Apple II educators (and to a smaller degree, home and small business users) by migrating them over to the Macintosh.