Computer History Notes - Herong's Tutorial Notes - v3.13, by Herong Yang
Macintosh - The First GUI Based Personal Computer
This section provides a quick introduction of the original Macintosh, the first commercial personal computer with GUI (Graphical User Interface) developed by Apple Inc. in 1984.
What Is Macintosh?, Macintosh was the first commercial personal computer developed by Apple Inc. in 1984 with a GUI (Graphical User Interface). Macintosh originally sold for $2,495.00 US.
Here is a picture of the Macintosh design team, George Crow, Joanna Hoffman, Burrell Smith, Andy Hertzfeld, Bill Atkinson and Jerry Mannock (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/):
Main features of the original Macintosh:
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2002 - .NET Framework Developed by Microsoft
1995 - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor Created by Rasmus Lerdorf
1995 - Java Language Developed by Sun Microsystems
1991 - WWW (World Wide Web) Developed by Tim Berners-Lee
1991 - Gopher Protocol Created by a University of Minnesota Team
1984 - X Window System Developed a MIT Team
►1984 - Macintosh Developed by Apple Inc.
►Macintosh - The First GUI Based Personal Computer
System Software - The Original Mac OS Operating System
Macintosh Models and Release Years
1983 - "Sendmail" Mail Transfer Agent Developed by Eric Allman
1979 - The Tcsh (TENEX C Shell) Developed by Ken Greer
1978 - Bash (Bourne-Again Shell) Developed by Brian Fox
1978 - The C Shell Developed by Bill Joy
1977 - The Bourne Shell Developed by Stephen Bourne
1977 - Apple II Designed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
1976 - vi Text Editor Developed by Bill Joy
1974 - Internet by Vinton Cerf
1972 - C Language Developed by Dennis Ritchie
1971 - FTP Protocol Created by Abhay Bhushan
1970 - UNIX Operating System Developed by AT&T Bell Labs