Happy 20th Birthday, Macintosh
On January 22nd, 1984, Apple ran an advertisement during the Super Bowl that introduced the first Macintosh computer. Almost at once the Macintosh revolutionized the idea of personal computing. Tossing aside crude interfaces, and adopting the attitude that anyone, and everyone, can use a computer, they changed the entire industry. Apple hasn’t always been on the forefront, but they have deeply affected how our culture thinks about computers, and still provides a driving force of innovation that trickles through the entire computer industry. My family’s first computer was a Mac IIsi, and after years of using Windows, Linux and everything else, I’m right back where I started, on the Mac. I still use Windows, and I still love Linux, but for now, there’s nothing quite like Mac OS.
I’m pretty pleased to be using a Mac, and when I consider how far things have come in 20 years, I’m pretty excited about what the next 20 have to offer.
Thursday 22 Jan 2004 | Sam | Apple
Good job getting panther installed, Sam. They jut installed it on all of the macs in the lab I work in, it’s pretty.
Sam, great job! Do you think there will be a repeat or another ground breaking commercial to mark the 20 year anniversary of the Mac?
Also, check out my site—I used the IO pen to write my blog entry! It really humanizes the blogging process…
That IO pen rocks. I’ve tried writing stuff using my graphics tablet, but my handwriting sucks, and it isn’t quite the same as using a physical ink pen. I like the idea of handwritten blog entries, but if I were really to go after the idea, I’d need better penmanship!