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January 24, 2004
The Mac Turns 20
described as religious about their love for the machine.
Twenty years ago, on January 24, 1984, Apple Computer launched the Macintosh. It contained virtually unknown features, including simple icons, and an odd little attachment called a mouse. Many newspaper stories at the time had to include a definition. Silicon Valley's newspaper The San Jose (California) Mercury News, for example, described the mouse as "a handheld device that, when slid across a table top, moves the cursor on the Mac's screen." Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dubbed the Macintosh "the people's computer." Jobs and business partner Steve Wozniak -- a math and computer junkie -- had sold their first computer, the Apple I, in 1976. They had put it together in a garage.
"The Mac's a symbol of a whole revolution, and most of us that participated in it from the beginning and believed in it bought into these new ideals of computers to really help people, and not something that you had to fight, memorize and learn," Wozniak told CNN. "That whole revolution just continues in our hearts to this day." - CNN
The Apple site is featuring its famous 1984 television commercial which announced the Macintosh. While watching the Quicktime of the commercial, I noticed this:
Am I seeing things -- isn't that an iPod? Funny, I didn't notice it the first time I watched the commercial. Maybe I'm just imagining it, or the commercial was edited in honor of the anniversary.
Cindy
Comments
not to be snitty toward steve jobs but the only way the mac can be the "people's computer" is if "the people" have...you know...tons of money.
the thing i find really fascinating about the rise and fall and rise and semi-fall and rise and plateau of Apple is they've NEVER been about being for "the people". they've ALWAYS been about elitism. in fact, jobs has made a life and a career out of making sure his baby will never be mainstream while similtaneously whining about the lack of acceptance by the general public.
now...lest you misunderstand...these comments are about steve jobs and not ANY mac users, especially the squipster.
Brain matter deposited by: mr. helpful on January 24, 2004 9:41 AM
Mr. Helpful:
It is a shame that you insist on talking about Bill Gates in my comments box (make no mistake, I read what you wrote) - you seem to have Apple Computers confused with Microslosh.
Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on January 24, 2004 9:54 AM
yes, they edited the footage.
Brain matter deposited by: name on January 24, 2004 10:40 AM
Heh. Cool!
Brain matter deposited by: Da Goddess on January 24, 2004 1:40 PM