Mac is 41 years old today

Donoreo

"An excerpt from Apple's press release in 1984:

Users tell Macintosh what to do simply by moving a "mouse" — a small pointing device — to select among functions listed in menus and represented by pictorial symbols on the screen. Users are no longer forced to memorize the numerous and confusing keyboard commands of conventional computers. The result is radical ease of use and a significant reduction in learning time. In effect, the Macintosh is a desk-top appliance offering users increased utility and creativity with simplicity."

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/24/macintosh-turns-41-today/

AppleGuy

I remember my dentist having some of the first iMacs (G4 Sunflower). My family doctor still uses iMacs for everything.

VerizonLover

Unfortunately, the Apple of today has become the exact opposite of what the infamous '1984' commercial railed against.

The same can be said of the entire tech industry in general these days.

markuswarren

My introduction to the Mac was my first proper full time job as a typesetter (plus a bit of network and mac management) back in 1992. A couple of years later I started working for a mac software development company as tech support / tester, was there for quite some time (68k to powerpc, then intel), then switched to another company in QA role for iOS, and I'm still doing that today

I think I probably got my own imac around 2008, though it was an ex-company machine, so my proper first mac was an iMac in 2011. replaced that in 2015 with another one, and only just replaced that with my first personal mac laptop in october. The iMac was fine, but would not run newer os versions, though you can apparently use OCLP to get it updated past Big Sur, but I only found that out after it had left my possession.

Donoreo

My first Mac of my own was a G3 I got from work. No one used it, so they gave it to me. Since then I am now on my 3 Mini (G4), but I have two older models right next to me. One is running Mint Linux (my Late 2012 i7).