Welcome to Macintosh, 24 years ago today

Posted Jan 24th 2008 10:00PM by Scott McNulty
Filed under: Cult of Mac, Apple, Retro Mac

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, and (most likely) no Apple.

Sound off in the comments if you bought one of those first Macs and share your story of how it impacted your life.

Thanks to everyone who reminded us about this.

Flickr Find: Mac factory circa 1984

Posted Mar 21st 2006 11:00AM by Dave Caolo
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Cult of Mac, Odds and ends, Steve Jobs, Apple

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 with a Just-In-Time manufacturing system. It was Steve Jobs' decision to make this kind of factory for the first Macs. This factory was able to produce a 128k Macintosh every 27 seconds."

You know, the current machines are beautiful, but there's just something about the compact Macs that I'll always love.

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