Steve Jobs introduced the original Macintosh at its 1984 launch.
Apple unveiled the Macintosh on January 24, 1984, during a presentation in Cupertino, California. Jobs’s theatrical demonstration showed the computer displaying text, graphics, and synthesized speech, helping establish Apple’s distinctive product-launch style.
Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple with Jobs and Ronald Wayne, but Wozniak was primarily the engineering force behind the Apple I and Apple II. Jobs became associated with product direction, marketing, and the Macintosh presentation. Tim Cook later succeeded Jobs as Apple’s chief executive, while Jony Ive led much of the company’s industrial design.
The Macintosh was not Apple’s first personal computer, but its graphical user interface and mouse helped popularize a more visual approach to computing.