Who was the inventer of the mac computer?

Answer 1

Read this link for all the details. There really wasn't one single person, although the original idea came from Jef Raskin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#1979_to_1984:_Development

Steve Jobs didn't come on the scene until later into the project.

Answer 2

The Mac is a product of Apple computer. Being that Apple was already a large corporation by the time the Mac came around there were probably many corporate minds at work that came up with it. But Apple computer in general and the original Apple computer was the brain child of Steven Jobbs and Steve Wozniak. Now an interesting side note... If I remember my computer history correctly the whole window/icon concept used by Mac and Windows was originated at Xerox Research Lab. Xerox didn't thing it was going to go anywhere and Jobbs got to see it in it's infancy. He took the concept from Xerox (I think with their permission) and while trying to work it out on his Apple platform had pulled in another aquaintance in the computer industry to help. The friend was Bill Gates... They had a falling out and Gates more or less stole the idea and beat Apple to market with the Windows original platform. Apple came out second with I think the Apple Lisa and then Macintosh later renamed to just the Mac.

Kind of funny how neither Gates nor Jobbs or Wozniak originated the windows idea and that they more or less stole it from a copier companies research lab.

But then again, this is just my memory from a PBS special I saw on the topic the above information could be somewhat off.

Answer 3

Steve Jobbs

Answer 4

Apple Computer

Answer 5

Inventors of the Modern Computer

The Invention of the Apple Macintosh - Apple Computers - Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

Apple Macintosh

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1984 Macintosh Commercial - Macintosh History - Apple History & Timeline - Macintosh 128K

By Mary Bellis
"Hello, I am Macintosh. Never trust a computer you cannot lift... I'm glad to be out of that bag" - talking Macintosh Computer.

In December, 1983, Apple Computers ran its' famous "1984" Macintosh television commercial, on a small unknown station solely to make the commercial eligible for awards during 1984. The commercial cost 1.5 million and only ran once in 1983, but news and talk shows everywhere replayed it, making TV history. The next month, Apple Computer ran the same ad during the NFL Super Bowl, and millions of viewers saw their first glimpse of the Macintosh computer. The commercial was directed by Ridley Scott, and the Orwellian scene depicted the IBM world being destroyed by a new machine, the "Macintosh".

Could we expect anything less from a company that was now being run by the former president of Pepsi-Cola. Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computers had been trying to hire Pepsi's John Sculley since early 1983. In April of that year he succeeded. But Steve and John discovered that they did not get along and one of John Sculley's first actions as CEO of Apple was to boot Steve Jobs off the Apple "Lisa" project, the "Lisa" was the first consumer computer with a graphical user interface or GUI. Jobs then switched over to managing the Apple "Macintosh" project begun by Jeff Raskin. Jobs was determined that the new "Macintosh" was going to have a graphical user interface, like the "Lisa" but at a considerably lower cost.

Note: The early Mac team members (1979) consisted of Jeff Raskin, Brian Howard, Marc LeBrun, Burrell Smith. Joanna Hoffman and Bud Tribble. Others began working working on the Mac at later dates.
Specifications Macintosh 128K
CPU: MC68000
CPU speed: 8 Mhz
FPU: None
RAM: 128k Dram not expandable
ROM: 64k
Serial Ports: 2
Floppy: 1 3.5" 400k
Monitor: 9" 512x384 square pixels built-in B/W
Power: 60 Watts
Weight: 16.5 lbs.
Dimensions: 13.6" H x 9.6" W x 10.9" D
System Software: Mac OS 1.0
Production: January 1984 to October 1985
Cost: $2,495


Seventy-four days after the introduction of the "Macintosh", 50,000 units had been sold, not that strong a show. Apple refused to license the OS or the hardware, the 128k memory was not enough and a single floppy was difficult to use. The "Macintosh" had "Lisa's" user friendly GUI, but initially missed some of the more powerful features of the "Lisa" like multitasking and the 1 MB of memory. Jobs compensated by making sure developers created software for the new "Macintosh", Jobs figured that software was the way to win the consumer over.

In 1985, the "Macintosh" computer line received a big sales boost with the introduction of the LaserWriter printer and Aldus PageMaker, home desktop publishing was now possible. But 1985 was also the year when the original founders of Apple left the company.

Steve Wozniak returned to college and Steve Jobs was fired, his difficulties with John Sculley coming to a head. Jobs had decided, to regain control of the company away from Sculley, he scheduled a business meeting in China for Sculley and planned for a corporate take-over, when Sculley would be absent. Information about Jobs' true motives, reached Sculley before the China trip, he confronted Jobs and asked Apple's Board of Directors to vote on the issue. Everyone voted for Sculley and Jobs quit, in lieu of being fired. Jobs later rejoined Apple in 1996 and has happily worked there ever since. Sculley was eventually replaced as CEO of Apple.

Answer 6

Jobbs Bill Gates buddy.

Answer 7

apple,

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

Answer 8

i think it was Jef Raskin i am not fully sure but u can check at google