A look back at history: Macintosh 128K

Turn back your clocks 34 years, We're going to know about the Macintosh 128K, now sit down and enjoy the ride!


The Macintosh 128K was the first Macintosh computer, It had a model that old computers would normally have, This was designed to achieve adequate graphics performance.

Which had costing over US$100,000

A price inaccessible to middle class. This narrow goal resulted in a efficient design which traded off expandability but met or exceeded the baseline performance of it's competitors.

The centerpiece of the machine was a Motorola 68000 microprocessor running at 7.8336 MHz, connected to 128 KB RAM shared by the processor and the display controller. The boot procedure and some operaying system ruoutines we're contained in an additional 64 KB ROM chip. Apple did not offer RAM upgrades.

The computer booted up very fast too.

It used Memory Cards.

If there was no memory card inserted, The desktop would display this image.

Once the memory card was inserted, it would display the famous smiling computer.

"Welcome to Macintosh"






After the welcome screen was done, it would display this image, the most funniest parts are: "Let me use my Macintosh!" and "Why Do I Have Windows?"






The Desktop










There are too many things to talk about this, that we've got no space for them, Instead we show you a video: