The Mighty Macintosh

Another week, another piece of technology I now appreciate as a result of this weeks BCM206 lecture. Although the telegraph forever has a special place in my heart, I still find myself growing fond of the iconic Macintosh.

Originally unbeknownst to me the Macintosh was actually legendary in it’s own respect. This being as it was the first computer that featured a graphical user interface. With the abundance of technology today it is hard to picture a time when visual interaction with computers was not possible. Attempting to visualise my own mac without features like icons, menus and windows is literally impossible.

Branded as the “computer for the rest of us,” the Macintosh was a commercial success despite abandoning the command-line interface. In addition, the introduction of a built-in screen and mouse also revolutionised personal computing. 

Essentially, these revolutionary design features allowed those unable to operate the text-only command-line interface or individuals without a computing degree to use computers. 

Ultimately, although society has moved past the likes of an old Macintosh into more simplistic designs looking back and understanding the innovation behind this piece of technology and those similar highlights how lucky we are. Most of us take the ability to have a free flow of information not bound by space or time and decentralised and distributed networks for granted. 

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