Apple introduced the Macintosh personal computer in 1984 with a famous Super Bowl advertisement.
The Macintosh was unveiled on January 24, 1984, at a shareholder meeting in Cupertino, California. Its introduction followed Apple's broadcast of “1984,” a television commercial directed by Ridley Scott during Super Bowl XVIII on January 22.
The original Macintosh 128K used a Motorola 68000 processor, had 128 kilobytes of RAM and included a nine-inch monochrome display. It emphasized a graphical user interface and a mouse rather than relying solely on typed commands.
The Macintosh was not Apple's first computer. Earlier products included the Apple II, launched in 1977, which became a major early personal-computer success. The Macintosh name later expanded to a product family that included desktop and notebook computers.