page_title: Macintosh
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Macintosh / History
caption_attribution_description: A Macintosh 128K (that has apparently been upgraded to 512K, see window) running Finder 4.1 American transparent background. Note the add-on "Programmer's Switch" on the lower-left corner of the case, which includes reset and interrupt buttons. Based on w:Image:Macintosh 128k No Text.jpg which was edited by TDS from a version found on the Wikimedia Commons to remove text that obstructed the photograph. (Image:Macintosh 128k.jpg). It is desirable that the current image be recreated in jpg from that source. The original photograph is from the All About Apple Museum, which also shows the back of the machine, confirming it is the original 128K model (Macintosh 128k.&#32;All About Apple Museum. Archived from the original on 2004-01-01.). This is an image that has been released into the GFDL. Because of the free license, it is currently the logo of WikiProject Macintosh.
context_page_description: The Macintosh is a family of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Inc. since January 1984.
  The original Macintosh is the first successful mass-market personal computer to have featured a graphical user interface, built-in screen, and mouse. Apple sold the Macintosh alongside its popular Apple II family of computers for almost ten years until the latter was discontinued in 1993.
  Early Macintosh models were expensive, hindering competitiveness in a market dominated by the much cheaper Commodore 64 for consumers, as well as the IBM Personal Computer and its accompanying clone market for businesses, although they were less expensive than the Xerox Alto and other computers with graphical user interfaces that predated the Mac. Macintosh systems were successful in education and desktop publishing, making Apple the second-largest PC manufacturer for the next decade. In the early 1990s, Apple introduced the Macintosh LC II and Color Classic which were price-competitive with Wintel machines at the time.
caption: The original Macintosh 128k
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