On January 24, 1984, Apple introduced the Macintosh. That was 36 years ago last Friday, and, with the introduction of the Mac, Apple started on a path that has given them a market value of $1.3 trillion today
I was at the Macintosh launch, and it was an amazing event. I still remember where I sat. Third row back, in the middle. Two rows in front of me were Bill Gates and his entourage.
Remember, at the time, Microsoft’s text-driven DOS was the way people made their PCs work and had a serious learning curve for those who used them.. When Jobs pulled the cloth cover off the Mac to reveal it, there was an audible gasp from the audience. Then when the Mac spoke and said,"Hello," the applause was thunderous. Steve Jobs basked in the attention he and the Mac were getting from an audience that consisted of Apple stockholders, Apple employees involved in the Mac project, and members of the media.
I would be remiss to not also mention that Microsoft's decision to write apps for the Mac, and Mitch Kapor of Lotus, committing to bring Lotus 1,2,3 out for the Mac in late 1985, contributed to Mac’s success in mainstream business. But it was Apple’s push into desktop publishing that really got the Mac noticed.
The Mac, Apple's LaserWriter, and Apple's major endorsement and of Aldus's Pagemaker software begat the desktop publishing revolution. It put the Mac on the map in graphics arts departments, engineering divisions, marketing departments, and those who had been creating newsletters, promotional material, etc. as small businesses.
Although Jobs claimed the Mac would change the world, one could argue that it did change the world for a large group of people, especially those in the world of publishing, engineering, and graphics. It also has had an enormous impact on Hollywood and TV industries in terms of introducing them to PC based tools for creating everything from storyboards to special effects.
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