Apple Macintosh
Apple Macintosh, primer ordenador de consumo con interfaz gráfica
- Date
- 1984 · confidence high
- Place
- Apple, Cupertino, California, United States
- Credited to
- Jef Raskin, Steve Jobs, Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld's team (Apple)
- People
- 👤 Andy Hertzfeld1953–👤 Bill Atkinson1951–2025👤 Steve Jobs1955–2011
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
Affordable computer with a mouse, windows, icons and pull-down menus, inspired by the Xerox Alto. It made the graphical interface the standard of personal computing.
What it led to
- Windows and the spread of the graphical interface
- Desktop publishing (PageMaker, LaserWriter) and the graphic design revolution
- Computing as a product of design and mass marketing