A ‘Personal’ Computer Turns 30
30:01 minutes
When Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple Macintosh in January of 1984, the visual user interface, all-in-one design, and mouse-controlled navigation were revolutionary. Design team member Andy Hertzfeld and industry observer Steven Levy look back on the early days of personal computing, and talk about how the Macintosh came to be.
Segment Guests
Steven Levy
Steven Levy is author of Facebook: The Inside Story (Blue Rider Press, 2020) and an Editor at Large for Wired in New York, New York.
Andy Hertzfeld
Andy Hertzfeld is a software engineer, a member of the original ‘Macintosh’ design team at Apple, and author of Revolution In The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made (O’Reilly Media, 2004) in Palo Alto, California.
Related Links
- Folklore.org: The Original Macintosh
- Software wizards of the 128K Macintosh
- Andy Hertzfeld Looks Back at the Original Macintosh and Working with Steve Jobs
- Video: The Mac at 25: Andy Hertzfeld
- 25 Years of Mac: From Boxy Beige to Silver Sleek
- Insanely Great An ode to an artifact – the computer that changed everything
Meet the Producer
About Charles Bergquist
@cbquistAs Science Friday’s director and senior producer, Charles Bergquist channels the chaos of a live production studio into something sounding like a radio program. Favorite topics include planetary sciences, chemistry, materials, and shiny things with blinking lights.