Tag: Apple Macintosh
Apple Mac turns 40, Microsoft becomes $3 trillion company
Apple's first Macintosh - a device that revolutionised personal computers - turns 40 today. The "game-changing" computer first went on sale on 24 January 1984, two days after being introduced to the world in a big-budget Super Bowl advert, by renowned British director Sir Ridley Scott. The advert, referencing George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984, was itself…
Apple iMac concept design inspired by the original Macintosh computer
Older readers will remember the early days of the Apple Macintosh computer - the 128K computer that was released in January of 1984. The original Apple Macintosh PC - with its beige case and built-in, 9-inch black-and-white CRT monitor - was considered ultra-modern and pretty powerful back then. It ran on a Motorola 68000 microprocessor…
