The Apple computer project Steve Jobs took over after leaving the Lisa team was Macintosh.
Jef Raskin started the Macintosh project at Apple in 1979 as an affordable, easy-to-use computer. Jobs became involved in the project in the early 1980s after losing influence over the Lisa team, and he pushed Macintosh toward a more ambitious graphical interface and design-focused product.
The Macintosh was introduced on January 24, 1984. Its launch featured a graphical user interface, a mouse, and a compact all-in-one design. The famous “1984” television advertisement and the launch presentation made the Macintosh one of the most recognizable technology products of its era.
Raskin is often overlooked because Jobs became the public face of the Macintosh. However, the project predated Jobs’s leadership, and engineers such as Steve Wozniak, Burrell Smith, and Andy Hertzfeld also played important roles in Apple’s early Macintosh development.