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[[File:The Lost 1984 Video young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh|thumb|200px|right|]]
The '''[[Macintosh]]''' debuted on January 24, [[1984]], but before its January 1984 debut, the project was well underway for a full five years before. And although some regard [[Steve Jobs]] as the father of the Mac, the true father is [[Jef Raskin]].

==Origin of the Macintosh project==
[[File:1981 Macintosh prototype at Computer History Museum.jpg|thumb|200px|right|An early clear [[Macintosh prototypes|prototype]] of the [[Macintosh 128K|first Macintosh]], assembled around [[1981]].]]
[[Mike Markkula]], then chairman of [[Apple Computer]], approached [[Jef Raskin]] in early [[1979]] to see if he was interested in producing a game machine which would sell for USD 500. (This was when [[Steve Jobs]] was working on the [[Lisa]].) Although Raskin considered it a "fine project", he wasn't interested and instead proposed his idea of the [[Macintosh]]. Raskin's Macintosh would be designed from a human factors perspective -- very new at the time. The Mac, a computer for the "person in the street" (in stark contrast with the increasingly complex [[Apple II]]), had its most basic ideas in place by late May [[1979]].

The Macintosh, according to plans back then, would see no slots (but ports would be put in place). A fixed memory size would be in place, and the system would be so built in (which even included the possibility of an integrated printer) that the customer would have a fully complete system in his hands, with an appearance that Apple could control. The Mac would be designed in an all-in-one case, and ideally, be portable.

==Enter Steve Jobs==

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==Development delays==

[[File:Apple 1984 Ad Commercial - Original Recording from The Day It First Aired|thumb|224px|right|]]

==The 1984 Ad==

==Premiere==

==Reception==

==See also==
*[[Macintosh prototypes]]

==External links==
*[https://www.folklore.org Folklore: The Original Macintosh]
*[https://www.mac-history.net The History of the Apple Macintosh] by Christoph Dernbach
*[https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Personal/Macintosh.html Macintosh History] at History-Computer.com
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