It was originally designed to implement a text-based interface capable of running multiple programs simultaneously, but during development was altered to include the microprocessor from the Lisa computer, and to run the same graphical-based programs that characterized the Lisa. Conceived by Jef Raskin as a cheaper and more accessible alternative to the Apple II and Lisa computers. The Macintosh was Apple’s more profitable and prolific offering, with the first Macintosh coming out in 1984. Although the device sold only 10,000 units over the two years it was available, it was influential in its inclusion of the GUI, which may have swayed the direction of personal computing away from the text based computers seen throughout the 70’s and early 80’s. It was one of the first computers with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that was available to consumers, although it came at a high price. The next major product released by Apple was the Lisa. The Apple II had several iterations, with the last, the Apple IIe, being produced until 1993. The Apple II improved upon the design of the Apple I, with the circuit board being moved into a plastic case with an integrated keyboard. The computer was sold for $666.66 and produced for a year before being discontinued for the production of the Apple II.
However, the device had no case, and was sold as an exposed circuit board. The device was designed to allow the user to connect a keyboard and to display the interface on a television set. The device was designed and hand-built by Steve Wozniak out of a Palo Alto garage and sold at the suggestion of Steve Jobs.
Apple released its first desktop computer with the Apple I in 1976.
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