Released with much fanfare in January of 1984, the Macintosh was the first affordable computer to include a Graphical User Interface. It was built around the new Motorola 68000 chip, which was significantly faster than previous processors, running at 8 MHz. The Mac came in a small beige case with a black and white monitor built in. It came with 128k of RAM, and a keyboard and mouse. The Mac also had a floppy drive that took 400k 3.5" disks--the first personal computer to do so. It originally sold for $2,495, and was discontinued in April of 1986, shortly after the introduction of the Mac Plus.

Picture: Personal Computing Magazine, 12/84