Macintosh History

On January 24, 1984, Apple announced the Macintosh to it Board of Directors and to the world. And the computer world has never been the same.

A year earlier, Apple had unveiled the $10,000 Lisa, the first business computer with a graphical user interface and a mouse. The Lisa never caught on, but Apple was enamored of the concept.

It was an era of conformity. Although you could still buy an Apple II, TRS-80, Commodore, or CP/M computer, MS-DOS was the de facto standard.

Apple made a bold move, thinking different long before it became an ad slogan. And the rest, as they say, is history, a history Low End Mac examines in a series of articles, each covering one year in the life of the Macintosh.

1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988

1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993

1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998

1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004

2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008

Macintosh History: 2002 and Beyond (written in 2001)

Apple History

This is a brief overview of Apple history in table format.

1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980

1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985

1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990

1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995

1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999

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