# 36 Years Ago Today, Steve Jobs Unveiled the First Macintosh

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_On January 24, 1984, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs [introduced the first Macintosh at Apple’s annual shareholder’s meeting in Cupertino, California](https://www.macrumors.com/2020/01/24/macintosh-36th-anniversary/), debuting the new computer equipped with a 9-inch black and white display, an 8MHz Motorola 68000 processor, 128KB of RAM, a 3.5-inch floppy drive, and a price tag of $2,495._

# The Lost 1984 Video: young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2B-XwPjn9YY/hqdefault.jpg "The Lost 1984 Video: young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B-XwPjn9YY)

` We've found these historical lost videos in 2004 and restored and published them to the world on January 24., 2005, when the Mac became 21 years old.`

- The now iconic machine weighed in at a whopping 17 pounds and was advertised as offering a word processing program, a graphics package, and a mouse.

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> At the time it was introduced, the Macintosh was seen as Apple’s last chance to overcome IBM’s domination of the personal computer market and remain a major player in the personal computer industry.

# Apple 1984 Super Bowl Commercial Introducing Macintosh Computer

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2zfqw8nhUwA/maxresdefault.jpg "Apple 1984 Super Bowl Commercial Introducing Macintosh Computer (HD)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zfqw8nhUwA)

Despite the high price at the time, which was equivalent to around $6,000 today, the Macintosh sold well, with Apple hitting 70,000 units sold by May 1984. The now iconic "[1984" Super Bowl ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I) that Apple invested in and debuted days before the Macintosh was unveiled may have helped bolster sales.