Doonesbury was a daily comic strip by American artist and journalist Garry Trudeau that featured characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds. Created in the throes of '60s and '70s counterculture, and frequently political in nature, Doonesbury chronicled the adventures and ...
Apple's first tablet computer was not the iPad but the Newton PDA, developed under former CEO John Sculley and launched in 1993. This handheld personal data assistant allowed users to manage contacts and calendars, take notes, and send faxes. The device weighed about a pound and cost $700. Newton ...
Released on September 20, 1989, the Macintosh Portable was Apple's first battery-powered portable Macintosh computer. It featured a fast, sharp, and crystal clear black and white 640 x 400 active matrix LCD screen in a hinged design that covered the keyboard when the machine was not in use. The ...
Twiggy is the code name of Apple's own proprietary 5.25 inch floppy disk system named after a 1960s fashion model (Twiggy) who was famously thin. It was designed to be a higher-performance alternative to the Disk II and Disk III floppy systems used on the Apple II and Apple III personal ...
Apple included a number of early treasure hunt goodies into the original Macintosh computers. In addition to the mysterious human figure etched onto the Mac's circuit board, the signatures of Steve Jobs and the Mac's original designers were also engraved inside the original Mac case. The logic ...
Mr. Macintosh is the name of the human figure drawing etched into the circuit board of the original Macintosh machines. The legend of Mr. Macintosh is still a mystery to most people today as they wonder if he is real? The story comes from folklore.org, a website filled with anecdotes about the ...
Introduced by Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984, the Macintosh or Mac is a line of personal computers (PCs) designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. It was the first mass-market personal computer featuring a modern graphical user interface and mouse. Initially targeted mainly at the home, ...
Introduced in January 1983, Lisa was Apple's first mouse-driven personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). It was a predecessor to the Macintosh line of computers that Apple subsequently released starting in 1984. Lisa was reportedly named after Jobs' first daughter who was ...
