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Macintosh Personal Computer
This is a Personal Computer. It was manufactured by Apple Inc.. It is dated 1984 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is molded abs plastic, glass, electronic components. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
The integration of the “mouse-window-desktop” was revolutionary to personal computing since it drastically changed the way users interacted with the machine. Apple gave this personal computer a graphical user interface: icons (or graphic symbols) were the way users could work with the software, by clicking on the icons or dragging them with the external mouse. In a stellar feat of marketing, the company introduced the machine via a television commercial (directed by Ridley Scott) during the Super Bowl in 1984, the year the Macintosh was introduced.
It is credited Gift of Alan Plaut and Roland Trope.
- One Laptop Per Child XO Compuer Computer
- abs plastic, polycarbonate, rubber, liquid crystal display, electronic....
- Gift of George R. Kravis II.
- 2015-5-8-a,b
Its dimensions are
H x W x D (monitor): 33.8 x 24.3 x 27.7 cm (13 5/16 x 9 9/16 x 10 7/8 in.) H x W x D (keyboard): 5.8 x 32.6 x 15 cm (2 5/16 x 12 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Cite this object as
Macintosh Personal Computer; Manufactured by Apple Inc. (United States); USA; molded abs plastic, glass, electronic components; H x W x D (monitor): 33.8 x 24.3 x 27.7 cm (13 5/16 x 9 9/16 x 10 7/8 in.) H x W x D (keyboard): 5.8 x 32.6 x 15 cm (2 5/16 x 12 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.); Gift of Alan Plaut and Roland Trope; 1997-66-1-a/c
