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A ranar 24 ga Janairu, 1984, Apple ya fara rarraba Mac na farko - Macintosh 128K. Macintosh ya kawo kyakkyawar mu'amala mai hoto mai kyau da sarrafa kayan aiki a cikin nau'in linzamin kwamfuta zuwa ofisoshi da gidajen talakawa masu amfani. Kwamfutar da Apple ya jawo hankalin jama'a zuwa Super Bowl tare da shahararriyar kasuwancinta na "1984" ta shiga cikin tarihin lissafi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mahimman kwamfutoci na kowane lokaci.

Asalin aikin Macintosh ya samo asali ne tun a shekarun 500. "Kakansa" ana daukarsa a matsayin Jef Raskin, wanda daga bisani ya fito da ra'ayin gina kwamfuta mai sauƙi don amfani da kusan kowa zai iya. Raskin yana da ra'ayin farashin kusan $ 1298, tare da Apple II a lokacin farashin $ XNUMX.

Steve Jobs ya ɗan bambanta ra'ayi game da farashin wata kwamfuta mai araha daga kamfanin Apple, wanda ya sa Raskin ya fito da nasa kwamfutar da ake kira Canon Cat bayan 'yan shekaru. Sunan kwamfutar da ke zuwa daga Apple da farko ya kamata a rubuta "McIntosh" a matsayin nuni ga nau'in apples da Raskin ya fi so, amma saboda kamanceceniya da sunan McIntosh Laboratory, Apple ya yanke shawarar wani nau'i na daban.

Duk da cewa Macintosh ba ita ce kwamfuta ta farko ta Apple da ke da nufin kasuwancin jama'a ba, kuma ba ita ce kwamfuta ta farko da ke da na'urar mai amfani da hoto da kuma linzamin kwamfuta ba, har yanzu ana daukarta a matsayin daya daga cikin muhimman cibiyoyi a tarihin kwamfuta. Macintosh 128K an sanye shi da na'ura mai sarrafa 8Hz kuma an sanye shi da tashar jiragen ruwa na serial guda biyu tare da na'urar duba baki da fari mai inci tara. Yana gudanar da tsarin aiki na Mac OS 1.0 kuma farashinsa ya kasance kusan 53 rawanin. Duk da cewa tallace-tallace na Macintosh na farko ba su kasance masu tada hankali ta kowace hanya ba (amma ba za a iya la'akari da su da rauni a kowane hali ba), wannan samfurin ya fara babban zamanin kwamfutoci daga Apple, kuma magajinsa sun riga sun sami nasara sosai a kasuwa. Macintosh ya zo tare da MacWrite da MacPaint, kuma Apple ya kashe kuɗi kaɗan don inganta shi. Baya ga tabo na "800" da aka ambata, ya kuma inganta shi da fitowar mujallar Newsweek ta musamman mai shafi 1984 da kuma kamfen na "Test Drive a Macintosh", wanda masu sha'awar sabon Mac wanda ke da katin bashi. zai iya siyan sabuwar kwamfutar a gida don gwaji kyauta na tsawon yini. A cikin Afrilu 39, Apple na iya yin alfahari da sayar da Macintoshes 1984.

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