On this day in 1977, the Apple II computer went on sale, and the era of personal computing began.
Developed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, it was the first successful mass-produced microcomputer designed for home use.
It came standard with 4 kilobytes of memory, game paddles, and a demo cassette with some programs on it. Most people used their televisions as monitors.
The Apple II sold for about $1,300; today that same money will buy you an iMac, with 4 gigabytes — one million times the original amount — of memory, a sleek backlit 21-inch monitor, and a 2.7 gigahertz processor.
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