Amaya Toman Today is exactly thirty-five years since Steve Jobs introduced the world to the first Macintosh. It happened in 1984 at the annual meeting of shareholders at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California. Even when Jobs pulled the Macintosh out of his bag in front of the audience, he received deafening applause.
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After starting the Macintosh, the tones of the song Titles by the composer Vangelis were heard, and the audience present could briefly enjoy the presentation of all the possibilities that the new Macintosh offered - from a text editor or playing chess to the possibility of editing Steve Jobs' portraits in a graphics program. When it seemed that the audience's enthusiasm could not be greater, Jobs declared that he would let the computer speak for itself - and the Macintosh did indeed introduce itself to the audience.
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Jakub Dlouhy Two days later, the now-iconic "1984" commercial aired at the SuperBowl, and two days later, the Macintosh officially went on sale. The world was enthralled not only by its design, but also by the graphical user interface that moved the Macintosh from offices to everyday homes.
The first Macintoshes were equipped with MacWrite and MacPaint applications, and other programs were added later. A keyboard and mouse were also a matter of course. The Macintosh was fitted with a Motorola 68000 chip, had 0,125 MB of RAM, a CRT monitor, and the ability to connect peripherals such as a printer, modem or speakers.
The reception of the first Macintosh was generally positive, experts and laymen particularly highlighted its display, low noise, and of course the already mentioned user interface. Among the criticized features was the absence of a second floppy disk drive or RAM, the capacity of which was relatively small even for the time. In April 1984, Apple could boast of 50 units sold.
