Apple Computer Shorts
Description: Compaq Computer Corporation was an American information technology company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services. Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers, being the second company after Columbia Data Products to legally reverse engineer the IBM Personal Computer. It rose to become the largest supplier of PC systems during the 1990s before being overtaken by Dell in 2001. Struggling to keep up in the price wars against Dell, as well as with a risky acquisition of DEC, Compaq was acquired for US$25 billion by HP in 2002. The Compaq brand remained in use by HP for lower-end systems until 2013 when it was discontinued.
Description: The spinning pinwheel is a type of throbber and a variation of the mouse pointer used in Apple's macOS to indicate that an application is busy. Officially, the macOS Human Interface Guidelines refer to it as the spinning wait cursor, but it is also known by other names. These include, but are not limited to, the spinning beach ball, the spinning wheel of death, and the spinning beach ball of death.
Description: Celebrate the ultimate parent-and-child connection with this clever Command + V design inspired by the classic Mac keyboard shortcut for paste. Perfect for matching family outfits, Mother's Day, Father's Day, birthdays, baby announcements, and tech-loving families with a great sense of humor.
Description: The first Macintosh was unveiled on January 24, 1984, becoming the first commercially successful PC to feature GUI (graphical user interface), a mouse, and an operating system (System 1, the earliest type of Mac OS). The Macintosh had 64KB of RAM and could support a 256X256 pixel black and white bitmap display. It used a Motorola 6809E processor. It also featured other software programs such as MacWrite (Word processor) and Mac Paint (graphics program). It was a major milestone for Apple. In fact, Macintosh revolutionized the computing industry and the entire world. All along, Apple had a vision of a low-cost, easy-to-use computer for the ordinary consumer. Lisa was the forerunner of the Macintosh, and it was advertised with Lisa as one
Description: The Commodore 64 was a bestselling, 8-bit home computer from the 1980s. It was created by Commodore International, and it entered the market in 1982. Around 17 million units are believed to have been sold. The Commodore 64 is often credited with making personal computers popular amongst the masses. This quality sparked comparisons with the Ford Model T. The Commodore 64 was offered at relatively low prices and was available in malls, department stores, and toy stores instead of solely in the shops of authorized dealers.
