Macintosh: Twenty-Five Years Later

Last year, I got nostalgic enough to mark anniversaries for both the TRS-80 Model 100 and the first iMac. This year, another computing anniversary has arrived, that of the introduction of the very first Macintosh twenty-five years ago... and perhaps I'm contemplating it because in the twists and turns of its history, there were times when it seemed uncertain this particular anniversary would be part of a still-unfolding experience, or whether that computer would wind up seeming as "historical" as the Model 100. In looking ahead to the anniversary, I did find myself trying to reconstruct the five-year intervals leading up to it...
( 1984 )

( 1989 )

( 1994 )

( 1999 )

( 2004 )

( 2009 )