Amazing fact: Apple
The first great flop for "Apple Computers" was the Apple III in 1981.
Amazing fact: Macintosh
In 1984, the Macintosh was introduced by the famous "1984" commercial, which showed a young, female rebel (Apple) striking a blow against corporate "Big Brother" (presumably IBM).If you opened up the case of the original Macintosh, you would find 47 signatures, one for each member of Apple's Macintosh division as of 1982.
Amazing fact: Texas instrument
When fully expanded, the "Texas Instruments" TI-99/4 from 1979 can be over 3 feet wide.
Amazing fact: World Wide Web
While it took the radio 38 years, and the television a short 13 years, it took the World Wide Web only 4 years to reach 50 million users.
Amazing fact: Email
On August 28, 1991, the first true email message from space was sent by the crew of the space shuttle STS-43 Atlantis using a Mac Portable and specifically configured AppleLink software.
Amazing fact: WWW technology
April 30, 1993 is an important date for the Web because on that day, CERN announced that anyone may use WWW technology freely.