The Macintosh is 30 years old today: How Apple changed the desktop com

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Thirty years ago today, Apple released the Macintosh — the computer that brought the graphical user interface (GUI) to the masses. Since then, the platform has been through hell and back. The Mac became something of a punchline in the 1990s, and it slowly crawled its way back to relevancy after the return of Steve Jobs in 1997. In recent years, the Mac has had a thriving ecosystem, and continues to set trends for the entire tech field.
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