bruce damer's mac-o-rama rare artifacts exhibit at digibarn covers all.

jef raskin's paper computer by the millions from 1979.

Over the years, he's gotten bigger and smarter and fatter, but on the day Mac came into the world he was small and trim and light ...

Traditional wisdom says the Mac was saved by a printer -- the Apple LaserWriter, which allowed anyone with a Mac and $7,000 to start a publishing business. The LaserWriter's debut in 1985 even prompts another new way to describe using a Mac: "desktop publishing." (al fasoldt, 1994)

the release date was set for the 24th of enero, but as things happen ...

The Cupertino-based company had carefully orchestrated an unveiling for the public beginning Jan. 23, a Monday. Initially, the company had asked publications not to publish public information until Jan. 24, when Mac will be unveiled at the company's annual meeting. But the ``release date'' was advanced a day, reportedly in order to capture the cover of Newsweek magazine, which appears every Monday.(mercury news)