Steve Jobs introduced Apple‘s revolutionary computer, the Macintosh, two days after the groundbreaking commercial “1984” aired before a national TV audience, heralding the product’s impending release.
The Macintosh, introduced on January 24, 1984, was the first personal computer to use a graphical user interface and a mouse.
The “Mac” initially sold poorly, and Jobs left the company in 1985, but eventually, it found its niche in the desktop publishing (DTP) market.
The Apple II, the company’s second product, was released in April 1977 and became the first widely distributed microcomputer. It was a commercial success; some 5 or 6 million units were sold over the next decade.
The Apple IIe appeared in Vicotrian (Australia) primary schools (K-6) in the late 1980s.
