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The computer was released in January 1984 as simply the Apple Macintosh. Following the release of the Macintosh 512K in September, which expanded the memory from 128 KB to 512 KB, the original Macintosh was re-branded Macintosh 128K and nicknamed the "thin Mac". The new 512K model was nicknamed the "fat Mac".
"THE MAC AND ME: 15 Years of Life with the Macintosh (Part 1)" (PDF). The Analytical Engine. 2 (4). Computer History Association of California: 9. ISSN 1071-6351. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 23, 2017. Raskin, Jef (May 1996). "THE MAC AND ME: 15 Years of Life with the Macintosh (Part 2)" (PDF). The Analytical Engine. 3 (3 ...
In the late 1980s, Jean-Louis Gassée, a Sculley protégé who had succeeded Jobs as head of the Macintosh division, made the Mac more expandable and powerful to appeal to tech enthusiasts and enterprise customers. [15] This strategy led to the successful 1987 release of the Macintosh II, which appealed to power users and gave the lineup momentum.
The computer age can be split into two eras: before 1984 and after. That was the year Apple released the Macintosh computer.Before the Macintosh, which was the first affordable computer ever to ...
Protected memory was only added to Macintosh computers with the release of the Mac OS X operating system. According to Andy Hertzfeld, the Macintosh used for the introduction demo on January 24, 1984, was a prototype with 512k RAM, even though the first model offered for sale implemented just 128k of non-expandable memory. This prototype was ...
The original model evolved into the Mac Plus in 1986 and spawned the Mac SE and the Mac II in 1987 and the Mac Classic and Mac LC in 1990. Meanwhile, Apple attempted its first portable Macs: the failed Macintosh Portable in 1989 and then the more popular PowerBook in 1991, a landmark product that established the modern form and ergonomic layout ...
Setun, a balanced ternary computer developed in 1958 at Moscow State University. 12 Sep 1958: US The integrated circuit invented by Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments. Robert Noyce, who later set up Intel, also worked separately on the invention. Intel later went on to perfect the microprocessor. The patent was applied for in 1959 and granted in 1964.
The Macintosh II was introduced at the AppleWorld 1987 conference in Los Angeles, [15] with low-volume initial shipments starting two months later. [16] Retailing for US $5,498, [17] the Macintosh II was the first modular Macintosh model, so called because it came in a horizontal desktop case like many IBM PC compatibles of the time. [18]