Jaromir Miko Kutsatsa kouziridwa ndi buku la George Orwell ndikulengeza kuti pa Januwale 24, 1984, Apple idzayambitsa Macintosh ndipo aliyense awona chifukwa chake 1984 sichidzawoneka ngati 1984. Ndilo malonda odziwika bwino omwe Apple Computer, Inc. chenjezani dziko lapansi kuti chinthu chatsopano chatsala pang'ono kukhazikitsidwa chomwe chidzasintha dziko la makompyuta mpaka kalekale.
Ndipo kotero izo zinachitika. Ngakhale kuti mankhwala ambiri adayambitsidwa ndi Steve Jobs payekha, Macintosh adadziwonetsa okha kwa omvera okha. Ntchito zomwe anachita ndikuzitulutsa mchikwama.
"Moni, ndine Macintosh. Ndi zabwino kwambiri kukhala kunja kwa thumba. Sindinazolowere kuyankhula pagulu, ndipo ndikutha kugawana nanu zomwe ndimaganiza nditawona koyamba mainframe ya IBM: OSAKHULUPIRIRA KOMPYUTA IMENE SUNGAGWIRITSE NTCHITO! Inde, ndimatha kulankhula, koma tsopano ndikufuna kukhala ndi kumvetsera. Choncho, ndi mwayi waukulu kudziwitsa bambo anga...Steve Jobs.”
Kompyuta yaying'onoyo idapereka purosesa ya 8MHz Motorola 68000, 128kB RAM, 3,5 ″ floppy disk drive komanso chiwonetsero cha 9-inch chakuda ndi choyera. Kusintha kofunikira kwambiri pamakompyuta kunali mawonekedwe ochezera, zinthu zomwe zimagwiritsidwabe ntchito ndi macOS lero. Ogwiritsa ntchito amatha kuzungulira dongosolo osati ndi kiyibodi, komanso ndi mbewa. Ogwiritsa ntchito anali ndi mafonti angapo oti asankhe polemba zikalata, ndipo ojambula amatha kuyesa dzanja lawo pakupanga pulogalamu yojambula zithunzi.
Ngakhale kuti Macintosh inali yokongola, inali yokwera mtengo. Mtengo wake wa $2 panthawiyo ukanakhala pafupifupi $495 lero. Komabe, zinali zopambana, pomwe Apple idagulitsa mayunitsi 6 pofika Meyi 000.
