Il primo Macintosh, 40 anni fa

The first Macintosh, 40 years ago

02 February, 2024

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Macintosh compie 40 anni. era il 24 gennaio 1984 quando la Apple mise in vendita il primo Macintosh, al prezzo di 2.495 dollari.

Il Macintosh 128K fu il primo computer con un’ interfaccia grafica intuitiva, la tastiera e il mouse, pensato non solo per gli smanettoni, ma per essere facile da usare per chiunque.

Il suo lancio venne accompagnato da un leggendario spot pubblicitario girato da Ridley Scott, lanciando il riuscitissimo slogan anticonformista “Think different!”.

E infine, un’ultima curiosità sul nome: il nome viene dalla varietà di mele McIntosh, le preferite di Jef Raskin, vera mente dietro al progetto del primo Mac.

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Keywords

l’ interfaccia: user interface

intuitivo/a: intuitive

la tastiera: keyboard

smanettone/a: geek

anticonformista: unconventional, nonconformist

Grammar

Passato remoto
Remote past

“Il Macintosh 128K fu il primo computer”
(The Macintosh 128K was the first computer)

The verb fu, as well as many others in this article (mise, venne accompagnato), is in the passato remoto tense, the past tense that is typically used in written language to describe completed actions in the distant past.
It is often used in historical, literary, or journalistic contexts, as well as in storytelling or recounting events that occurred in the past.
Some examples:

Nel 1492 Cristoforo Colombo scoprì l’America (In 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America)
Nel 1861 l’Italia fu unificata (In 1861 Italy was unified.)
Dante Alighieri scrisse la Divina Commedia nel XIV secolo (Dante Alighieri wrote the Divine Comedy in the 14th century.)

Translation

Macintosh turns 40. It was on January 24, 1984, when Apple put the first Macintosh on sale, priced at $2,495.

The Macintosh 128K was the first computer with an intuitive graphical interface, keyboard, and mouse, designed not only for enthusiasts but to be easy to use for everyone.

Its launch was accompanied by a legendary advertising campaign directed by Ridley Scott, launching the successful anti-conformist slogan “Think different!”

And finally, one last curiosity about the name: the name comes from the McIntosh variety of apples, the favorites of Jef Raskin, the true mind behind the first Mac project.

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Il primo Macintosh, 40 anni fa