Steve Jobs demos Apple Macintosh, 1984


Demo of the first Apple Macintosh by Steve Jobs, January 1984, in front of 3000 people. Andy Hertzfeld captured the moment quite well in his retelling: “Pandemonium reigns as the demo completes. Steve has the biggest smile I’ve ever seen on his face, obviously holding back tears as he is overwhelmed by the moment. The ovation continues for at least five minutes before he quiets the crowd down.”

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25 Responses to Steve Jobs demos Apple Macintosh, 1984

  1. UFOghostgeek says:

    insainly? great

  2. epic118 says:

    @lJohnnyTheFoxl he has cancer? when did he get that?

  3. lJohnnyTheFoxl says:

    He looked a lot better with hair and before cancer.

  4. TheAddisonhuy says:

    It is amazing how far Apple has come.

  5. blckblt121 says:

    yeah i know thats what i meant to say. . . . thanks for catching my mistake.

  6. avgalani says:

    @blckblt121 actually, it was 1984. by 1994 computers were far more complex than this. the next station was, IMO, the jewel back then.

  7. aghabeypasha says:

    stephen colbert did a similar thing recently when presenting the awards.

  8. muffinproject says:

    @wichrau possibly, but back then they were pretty darn great computers with really advanced -graphical- software which was uncommon on other platforms

  9. stinkyhamster111 says:

    i love the flopy in the pocket

  10. nmz502lego says:

    i’d be standing and clapping to!

  11. pjjames55 says:

    just as shit now as they were then

  12. nowinnersinvegas says:

    ya think?

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  14. Santiagoaero says:

    True enough. It was my first computer as well.

  15. wichrau says:

    So, everyone is cheering, clapping, cheering and standing.
    What percentage of the crowd do you think were Apple employees?
    Anyone ever work for a corporation before?

  16. kdub03301986 says:

    i think the mac speech is cool, i want that on my computer so i can scare people with it. kinda sounds like the old voice that was on the atlanta airport concourse train. anyone who was in the ATL airport before 93 will know what im talking about

  17. rquader says:

    OOOOH the floppy disk!! ha ha

  18. TedPark1025 says:

    yup he looks great

  19. jhonsebastiantv says:

    helloooo people??? its 2010 of course gadgets are cool!!!

  20. UTUBEFREAK1974 says:

    Same here,they really do work and feel right

  21. o0katiie0o says:

    Looks boring and crap lol.

  22. iMIX1337 says:

    lol, the ipads better than that

  23. LikaLaruku says:

    Wow, Steve Jobs used to be hot.

    My first computer ever. I really wish they had made it completely mute. It made the creepiest noises while it ran.

    The voice of Trogdor.

  24. 911truthandjustice says:

    yeah it’s so stupid what you can do with mac’s these days lol

  25. 911truthandjustice says:

    bigdumboaf. 21. . . . honestly have you used hot corners? Nothing windows has compares to the efficiency of hot corners.

    I used to hate macs. . . mainly because the price and I couldn’t get hacked software as easy. But my career forced me to make the switch and now I cant believe I ever lived without it.

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