Today is the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the Macintosh. The original “Mac” arrived along with the famous 1984 commercial, aired just once (but then aired many times on local and network ...

“The freshmen now entering Drexel [in the early 1980s] will spend the greater portion of their professional lives in the 21st century, in an environment in which the computer will be an everyday, even ...

Bill Atkinson, a pioneering computer engineer and programmer at Apple, instrumental in the creation of the Macintosh computer in January 1984, died June 5. Atkinson, 74, passed away at his home in ...

An extremely rare early prototype of the first Macintosh is coming up for auction later this month. Here’s what makes it so special. This Macintosh prototype, #M0001, is a 1983 build featuring a ...

The Mac turns 40 today. Longtime Apple fan Alfred DiBlasi is a bit older. Photo: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Back in the early 1980s, Alfred DiBlasi made his bones selling tons of Apple computers on ...

The 40-year history of Macintosh computers is a roller coaster of ages golden and dark. Anything that lasts so long in the forefront of technology has to change to stay relevant. This once-plucky ...