October 5th, 2009 | 
Author: Apple Inc. is the company that designs, develops, and markets Macintosh line of personal computers. Macintosh is a brand name for the computer line of Apple Inc. In recent times, the newer models of Macintosh computers are termed as Mac.
It was one of its kinds, because it was the first commercially successful computer to have a graphical user interface (GUI) and a mouse. It did not have a command line interface.
The Time It All Started:
Apple introduced Macintosh to its Board of Directors and the entire world, on January 24, 1984, which was also its original release date. The first Macintosh computer was a small one with a 12″ screen and 128K RAM of memory.
However, this computer did not serve the actual purpose of the people and the company had to stall its production. Only 5000 units of Macintosh personal computers were sold in seventy-four days after its launch. In other words, it was not that big success for the company and people were finding it difficult to use even a single floppy with it.
Therefore, Apple Inc. released an upgrade form of the earlier version of Macintosh computers and unofficially termed it as ‘Fat Mac’. These versions of Macintosh computers had 512K RAM, which was four times the actual memory of the earlier Macintosh computers.
Before Macintosh computers, individuals had to operate all other computers by typing in words on the keyboard. In short, those computers were text-based. Macintosh computers were the first computers, that people operated using a mouse and icons on the screen.
The founders of Apple Inc. were Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Apple Inc. ran an advertisement for Macintosh computer lines, which cost around 1.5 million dollars. The advertisement just ran once in 1983. Apple Inc. again broadcasted the same advertisement during NFL Super Bowl and millions of people were able to see what a Macintosh computer is.
In the year 1985, Macintosh line of computers had received a huge response from the people and its sales increased due to the introduction of Laser Writer printers. With the help of a printer and computer, it was possible to publish home desktop and Aldus PageMaker. This year also marked the departure of its original founders from Apple Inc.
At Present:
After the success of Macintosh computers, Apple Inc. made a lot of progress in the field of computers. At present, along with personal computers, Apple also designs, develops and markets laptops, music systems (iPods) and mobile phones under the brand name of Macintosh or Mac.
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