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Looking back on 40 years of Macintosh
Forty years of Mac: from beige boxes to purple rectangles.
Apple’s first few years of Macintoshes didn’t take root in every home, but they did leave a big impression on the world: They kicked off the desktop publishing revolution, thanks to their introduction of the computer mouse and software like Aldus PageMaker. The PowerBook 100 in 1991 set the standard for laptop layouts when it moved the keyboard back from the front edge and stuck a mouse input in the palm rest area (in this case, a trackball). Thankfully, the reuptake of ports on computers aimed at professionals, keyboards that don’t seem to break from using them, and three revisions of the Mac Pro in five years leave the impression that Apple is again willing to meet its users a little closer to where they are.
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