Anniversary of the Apple Mac
The Macintosh computer is 25 years old and Macworld has an article giving us a little of the history of the Mac:
In 1977, Apple made a splash on the world stage by introducing the Apple II, one of the world’s first personal computers. In the time between the Apple II’s release and IBM’s introduction of the first IBM PC in 1981, Apple dominated the personal computer industry.
However, almost as soon as the Apple II was launched, the company began planning successors for its flagship product, fearing that the Apple II would have a limited lifespan. (These fears wound up being unfounded, as variations on the original Apple II model sold well for more than 15 years.) The most enduring result of this quest was the Macintosh computer, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this Saturday.
The course of events that led to the Mac as we know it was convoluted, the result of luck or coincidence as much as planning. But those events began with desire of Apple executives to develop a next-generation computer following the success of the Apple II.
The article goes on to give the history of the Mac up to present times and concludes:
Over the past 25 years, the Mac has grown and changed significantly. The original model has given way to hundreds of updated models over the years. The processor family on which the Mac is based has gone through two major changes. Apple has even successfully managed to change the core of the Mac operating system in the release of Mac OS X.
And yet the Mac remains true to its beginnings, an icon of how simple a computer can be and how much it can do.
For more about the history of the Mac, go to Computerworld’s list of links.
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