Fall of 1983: Steve Jobs Introduces Macintosh to Us

Anya Major, the “woman with hammer” in Apple’s famous 1984 commercial launching the Macintosh

I saw Steve Jobs introduce the Mac to company sales personnel in Hawaii in 1983, the essence he’s brought to Apple is the subtlety and nuance of an approach to design and of quality to Apple, PIXAR and undoubtedly to his family and friends, and is a legacy that will endure forever.

The Mac, OS X, the tools, and everything else he has wrought have empowered people like me to create businesses (our core company publication is 21 years old thanks to my Mac SE/Laserwriter and Pagemaker) and continue to be able to deliver high value content and communications.

Bill Gates (Microsoft); Mitch Kapor (Lotus 1-2-3); Fred Gibbons (Software Publishing)

In honor of Steve Job’s letter today (explaining why he won’t be at Macworld) and in honor of tomorrow’s Macworld keynote by Phil Schiller, I bring you two videos from Steve’s intro of the Macintosh to the company in October November of 1983….and I was there!

This man’s vision has brought us so much and, I suspect, will bring us much more, starting tomorrow morning.
 

 
This was the faux “Dating Game” with Fred Gibbons, Mitch Kapor and Bill Gates. Many don’t remember Fred, CEO of Software Publishing, but the other two were an important duo supporting this new computer.

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