apple introduced the macintosh computer on january 24, 1984.
apple introduced the macintosh computer on january 24, 1984.
in what year did apple introduce the macintosh computer?
january 24 , 1984
once he joined the original macintosh team, jobs took over the project after wozniak had experienced a traumatic airplane accident and temporarily left the company. jobs introduced the macintosh computer on january 24, 1984. this was the first mass-market personal computer featuring an integral graphical user interface and mouse. this first model was later renamed to "macintosh 128k" for uniqueness amongst a populous family of subsequently updated models which are also based on apple's same proprietary architecture. since 1998, apple has largely phased out the macintosh name in favor of "mac", though the product family has been nicknamed "mac" or "the mac" since the development of the first model. the macintosh was introduced by a us$1.5 million ridley scott television commercial, "1984". it most notably aired during the third quarter of super bowl xviii on january 22, 1984, and some people consider the ad a "watershed event" and a "masterpiece". regis mckenna called the ad "more successful than the mac itself". "1984" uses an unnamed heroine to represent the coming of the macintosh (indicated by a picasso-style picture of the computer on her white tank top) as a means of saving humanity from the conformity of ibm's attempts to dominate the computer industry. the ad alludes to george orwell's novel, "nineteen eighty-four", which describes a dystopian future ruled by a televised "big brother."
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the following is a 2005 list from the apple user group locator of 19 still active mugs that had initial meeting dates in 1975 - 1978 (note that these mugs supported apple products prior to the macintosh computer line with original meeting dates that predate the macintosh computer line): 









































bullet::::- apple computer information & data exchange of rochester, inc.,









































bullet::::- apple corps of dallas,









































bullet::::- apple macintosh users group (sydney),









































bullet::::- apple pugetsound program library exchange,









































bullet::::- applerock,









































bullet::::- applesiders of cincinnati,









































bullet::::- apple squires of the ozarks,









































bullet::::- apple users' society of melbourne (ausom inc),
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