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NgoJanuwari 24, 1984, i-Apple yaqala ukusabalalisa i-Mac yayo yokuqala - i-Macintosh 128K. I-Macintosh ilethe i-graphic interface ebukeka kahle kanye ne-peripheral yokulawula ngendlela yegundane emahhovisi nasezindlini zabasebenzisi abajwayelekile. Ikhompiyutha u-Apple ehehe umphakathi kuyo e-Super Bowl ngentengiso yayo edumile ethi "1984" yehle emlandweni wekhompiyutha njengenye yamakhompyutha omuntu abaluleke kakhulu ake ahlala ekhona.

Umsuka wephrojekthi ye-Macintosh uhlehlela emuva kuma-500s. “Ukhokho” wayo uthathwa njengoJef Raskin, owabe eseqhamuka nombono wokwakha ikhompuyutha yomuntu siqu esebenziseka kalula cishe noma ubani angakwazi ukuyikhokhela. U-Raskin wayenombono wentengo elinganiselwa ku-$1298, i-Apple II ngaleso sikhathi yayibiza u-$XNUMX.

USteve Jobs wayenombono ohluke kancane mayelana nenani lekhompyutha yomuntu siqu ethengekayo yakwa-Apple, okuholele ekutheni u-Raskin aqhamuke nekhompyutha yakhe ebizwa ngokuthi iCanon Cat eminyakeni embalwa kamuva. Igama lekhompiyutha ezayo evela ku-Apple ekuqaleni bekufanele libhalwe ukuthi "McIntosh" njengereferensi yezinhlobonhlobo zama-apula zikaRaskin, kodwa ngenxa yokufana negama elithi McIntosh Laboratory, i-Apple yagcina inqume ukuma okuhlukile.

Nakuba i-Macintosh kwakungeyona ikhompuyutha yokuqala ye-Apple ehloselwe ukuthengiswa kwemakethe, futhi kwakungeyona ikhompuyutha yokuqala enesithombe esibonakalayo somsebenzisi kanye negundane, isabhekwa njengenye yezenzakalo ezibalulekile emlandweni wekhompyutha. I-Macintosh 128K ifakwe i-8Hz processor futhi ifakwe izimbobo ezimbili ze-serial kanye nemonitha eyi-intshi eyisishiyagalolunye emnyama nokumhlophe. Yayisebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Mac OS 1.0 futhi intengo yayo yayicishe ibe yimiqhele engama-53. Nakuba ukuthengiswa kwe-Macintosh yokuqala kwakungeyona i-astronomically dizzying nganoma iyiphi indlela (kodwa kwakungabhekwa njengobuthakathaka noma kunjalo), le modeli yaqala inkathi enkulu yamakhompiyutha avela ku-Apple, futhi abalandeli bayo sebevele benza kangcono kakhulu emakethe. I-Macintosh yeza ne-MacWrite ne-MacPaint, futhi i-Apple yatshala imali encane kakhulu ukuyikhuthaza. Ngokungeziwe kule ndawo eshiwo ngenhla ethi "800", uphinde wayithuthukisa ngohlelo olukhethekile lwangemuva kokhetho lwamakhasi angama-1984 lwephephabhuku iNewsweek kanye nomkhankaso othi "Test Drive a Macintosh", lapho labo abathanda iMac entsha ababenekhadi lesikweletu. ingathenga ikhompuyutha entsha ekhaya ngesivivinyo samahhala sosuku lonke. Ngo-Ephreli 39, i-Apple yayingaziqhayisa ngama-Macintoshes angu-1984 athengisiwe.

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