News Summary

• On 24 January 1984, the Apple Macintosh 128K personal computer was unveiled to the world, but 40 years later it still has a loyal following of fans – and users.David Blatner still has practically every Macintosh computer he ever bought..
• Steven Matarazzo, a YouTuber and computer collector, says that one of the machine’s capacitors can sometimes degrade over time, meaning that the 128K's screen won’t work properly – it'll appear slightly squished.Last year, he published a YouTube video about an apparent prototype version of the 128K that turned up..
• "I watched them all play with this computer and their eyes just glistened," says Cunningham.It would be wrong to suggest that the Mac 128K was a perfect computer..
• By this point, Jobs had developed a vision for an affordable personal computer and he decided that the Macintosh would help him make it a reality.Among the things that made Macintosh different was its presentation..
• "It’s 40 years old and it’s still going," says Lisa McGerty, chief executive, who remembers the introduction of Macintosh computers as a "massive" improvement for people in the printing and publishing business..
• It was everything he felt a computer should be.He had seen early iterations of personal computers as a young child..