Jaromir Miko Chiziviso chakafemerwa nebhuku raGeorge Orwell uye achizivisa kuti muna Ndira 24, 1984, Apple ichasuma iyo Macintosh uye munhu wese achaona kuti sei 1984 isingaite senge 1984. Ndiyo yaive chiziviso chine mukurumbira icho Apple Computer, Inc. yaida. zivisa nyika kuti chigadzirwa chitsva chave kuda kutangwa chichashandura nyika yemakomputa zvachose.
Uye saka zvakaitika. Nepo zvigadzirwa zvakawanda zvakaunzwa naSteve Jobs pachezvake, iyo Macintosh yakazvizivisa kune vateereri yega. Mabasa ose aingove kuiburitsa mubag.
“Mhoroi, ndini Macintosh. Zvakanaka chaizvo kubuda mubhegi. Handina kujaira kutaura paruzhinji, uye ndinogona chete kukutaurirai zvandaifunga pandakatanga kuona mainframe yeIBM: NEVER TRUST A COMPUTER YOU CAN'T HANDLE! Hongu, ndinogona kutaura, asi zvino ndinoda kugara ndokuteerera. Saka chikomborero chikuru kusuma murume anga ari baba vangu...Steve Jobs.”
Komputa diki yakapa 8MHz Motorola 68000 processor, 128kB RAM, 3,5 ″ floppy disk drive uye 9-inch nhema uye chena kuratidza. Iyo yakanyanya kukosha kuvandudzwa mukombuta yaive yehushamwari mushandisi interface, zvinhu zvaro zvichiri kushandiswa neMacOS nhasi. Vashandisi vaigona kutenderera sisitimu kwete chete nekhibhodi, asiwo negonzo. Vashandisi vaive nemafonti akati wandei ekusarudza kubva pakunyora magwaro, uye maartist vaigona kuedza ruoko rwavo pakuvandudza nechirongwa chekupenda mifananidzo.
Kunyange zvazvo Macintosh yaiyevedza, yakanga iri nyaya inodhura. Yayo $2 mutengo panguva iyoyo ingangoita $495 nhasi. Zvakangodaro, yaive yakarova, neApple ichitengesa zviuru makumi manomwe zvezvikamu pakasvika Chivabvu 6.
