Apple Computer Inc introduces the groundbreaking Macintosh personal computer in 1984.
To oversee the company's Macintosh series of personal computers, he was hired in 1984. (PCs). The Macintosh ushered in a new age of graphical user interface (GUI) systems, inspiring Microsoft to create its own, the Windows Operating System.
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