Apple Macintosh
It's from 1984, before you were born.
- Maker
- Apple
- Type
- Personal computer
- Debuted
- 1984
- Note
- Mouse + GUI for the masses
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About
As of 2026, it's 42 years old.
Apple launched the Macintosh in 1984 with a Ridley Scott Super Bowl ad so dramatic it implied buying a computer would prevent dystopia. Inside the cute beige box was something genuinely revolutionary: a mouse, on-screen windows, and icons you could actually click.
It made personal computing feel friendly instead of forbidding, trading cryptic command lines for a desktop you pointed at. The price was steep and the memory was tiny, but the idea reshaped how the entire industry thought about machines.
The little computer with the smiley startup face that taught the world a mouse wasn't just a rodent.
Apple Macintosh through the years
The 1984 ad
Apple debuts the Mac with its legendary Super Bowl commercial.
Mac ships
The original 128K Macintosh goes on sale with mouse and GUI.
iMac era
The translucent iMac reboots the brand for a new generation.
