From Apple I to the Macintosh to the iMac; a brief look at Apple's computer range.
Money isn't everything, folks.
Here's the original press release that a small company called Apple released back in 1984, announcing the launch of their new Macintosh personal computer - the first mass-market PC with both a graphical user interface and a mouse.
La casa Apple nos ha dado muy buenos momentos publicitarios pero también se han cubierto de gloria con otros que no resultan tan buenos. Es el caso de los siguientes anuncios, que ostentan el dudoso honor de ser los peores de la compañía. Y es que la idea de que Apple es un maestro del marketing es considerada como un […]
The Apple II was designed and built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak by the end of 1976. It was the first mass-marketed personal computer. The Apple II was a single-board computer like the Apple I,...
If you have an over 10 years old Mac, do not throw it away because you can use it for basic word processing, networking, internet surfing. You can make it a Web Server. Old Macs can be given to a child or a first time computer user.
Attention Apple lovers: here's your chance to get your hands on an original piece of company history, but the past has proven that you better have a lot of...
Image: Wikipedia Apple III - 1980 This next iteration of the Apple c omputer for business was created primarily to compete with business computing companies like IBM. Image: Wikipedia Apple IIe - 1983 The Apple IIe keyboard was built in to the computer and did away with the numeric keypad. Image: Wikipedia Lisa/Macintosh XL - 1983 While Lisa won the legendary race between itself and the Macintosh by being the first desktop computer to market with an intuitive GUI, it flopped with the public due to sticker shock at its $10,000 price tag and a lack of software titles. Image: Wikipedia Apple IIc - 1984 The Apple IIc represented Apple's first attempt at both a portable computer and "out-of-the-box" functionality. Image: Wikipedia Macintosh - 1984 The Macintosh, for most of us, was the computer that started it all. Image: Wikipedia Apple IIGS - 1986 The first 50,000 of these came with Steve Wozniak's signature silkscreened on the front. Image: Wikipedia Macintosh Plus - 1986 The Plus version of the Macintosh originally featured the same beige colour as the original Macintosh, but in 1987 was changed to the warm gray Platinum colour that would characterize Apple computers for years to come. Image: Wikipedia Macintosh SE - 1987 Space for an internal hard disk and advanced SCSI support were some of the selling features of the SE. Image: Wikipedia Apple IIc Plus - 1988 With this model, Apple did away with the 5.25" floppy in the Apple II line and switched over completely to the 3.5" floppy. Image: Wikipedia Macintosh SE/30 - 1989 The SE/30 sported the capacity for expandable RAM and a 1.44mb floppy disk drive as standard. Image: Wikipedia Apple Macintosh LC 500 - 1993 The Apple MacIntosh LC series were sold as Apple’s upper low end computers for the mid 1990’s. Image: Wikipedia iMac G3 Tray-Loading, Bondi Blue - 1998 In doing away with the tower and keeping the computing power, Apple completely revolutionized the desktop computer industry. Image: Wikipedia Desktop Computers Macintosh II - 1987 This was the first "modular" design computer that Apple put out. Image: Wikipedia PowerBook 100 - 1991 The PowerBook 100 was a result of a collaboration between Sony and Apple - Sony miniaturized the parts for Apple for the 100. Image: Wikipedia PowerBook G3 - 1997 The Wallstreet model , pictured above, marked the last use of the rainbow-coloured Apple logo. Image: Wikipedia Apple Extended Keyboard - 1990 This keyboard represents the golden age of Apple keyboards for many fans. Image: Wikipedia Apple Pro Keyboard/Apple Keyboard - 2000 This keyboard had the "Command" letters removed from the command key entirely. Image: Apple.com Mice Macintosh Mouse - 1984 While the Macintosh is responsible for making the computer mouse part of our everyday reality, it was actually an adaptation of the mouse designed for the Lisa and was not the first mouse used by Apple. Image: Wikipedia Apple IIc Mouse - 1984 This mouse removed the contrasting colours featured on the Macintosh mouse and also offered support for gaming devices such as joysticks. Image: Wikipedia Apple Desktop Mouse - 1986 Image: Wikipedia ADB Mouse II - 1993 This update was included with all Macs between 1993 and 1998. Image: Wikipedia iMac USB Mouse - 1998 This mouse was shipped with all iMacs for two years after its introduction. Image: Wikipedia Generation Two - 2002 The second generation of the iPod featured a touch-sensitive wheel rather than a mechanical wheel. Image: Wikipedia Generation Three - 2003 The third generation saw the introduction of a thinner iPod. Image: Wikipedia Generation 4 - 2004 The fourth generation saw the Touch Wheel replaced with the Click Wheel from the iPod Mini. Image: Wikipedia iPod Shuffle - 2005 This first generation was introduced at MacWorld with the tag line "Life is Random". Image: Apple.com iPod Shuffle - 2006 The smaller iPod Shuffle is the smallest device made by Apple. Image by apple.com iPod Nano First Generation - 2005 Image: eShop Macsales Second Generation - 2006 Image: Les Numeriques Third Generation - 2007 Image: Apple.com Fourth Generation
This is what your computer could have looked like.
This DWG file for free download include: keyboard, monitor, mouse, HP printer and laptop. The AutoCAD blocks in plan.
A closer look at the Apple logo's journey, from its quirky beginnings to the clean, iconic design we all know today.
In the last decades of the 20th century, a revolution in information technology transformed commerce and consciousness, just as the printing press transformed civilization 500 years before. These advances in computer technology and communications would have remained the province of professional scientists and mega-business if not for the introduction of the personal computer, and no person played a greater role in bringing the computer into homes and offices all over the world than William H. Gates, III. Bill Gates was a teenage computer whiz when he dropped out of Harvard to start his own company, Microsoft. Through a brilliant combination of technical prowess and business insight, Gates made Microsoft the indispensable supplier of operating systems and office software to computer users around the world. If you use a computer to write a letter, compose an email or visit a website, chances are you're using Microsoft software. Microsoft’s uncontested dominance of the personal computer software market made Bill Gates the richest man in the world for many years. He has used his personal wealth to attack the most intractable global problems of disease and poverty through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Today marks 35 years since the launch of the original Macintosh computer, the product which most defined Apple until the iPod and iPhone came along years
