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Happy 27th Birthday, Macintosh

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 24th, 2011)

Apple unveiled its first Macintosh-branded computer 27 years ago today. Steve Jobs introduced the Apple Macintosh on January 24, 1984 and received wild applause from the crowd of 3,000 people. The original Apple Macintosh was the first personal computer to be powered by the Mac operating system, ...

Welcome to Macintosh, 24 years ago today

by Scott McNulty (Jan 24th, 2008)

24 years ago today the public could, for the first time, buy themselves a Macintosh computer. This little computer, which cost $2500, changed the way people interact with machines on a very real level. It is also the reason that TUAW exists. Without the Macintosh 128k there would be no TUAW, no Mac, ...

Flickr Find: Mac factory circa 1984

by Dave Caolo (Mar 21st, 2006)

Check out this great shot posted by Flickr user wackymac. Apparently it depicts a Mac assembly line from 1984. He writes: "This is a photo of the original Macintosh factory in Fremont, California. It was the first of its kind for the computer industry, featuring advanced automated technology ...

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