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