The Inside Story of the Very First Macintosh
Contrary to what you might think, Apple’s revolutionary first Macintosh computer didn’t spring fully formed, Athena-style, from a crack in Steve Jobs’s head. The user-friendly desktop was largely the creation of Jef Raskin, the man who fought fragmentation, urged Apple to “think small,” and encouraged top-to-bottom control over the product’s ecosystem. In other words, all…