Macintosh, officially shortened to Mac since 1998, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The original Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface rather than a command-line interface.

The brand name is derived from McIntosh, a type of Apple fruit named after John McIntosh, the farmer who first discovered it.

History

Product lines

This section only documents current Mac lines sold by Apple. For a compete list including older models, see List of Macintosh models.

Intel-based

• MacBook Pro (16-in.)
• iMac (27-in.)
• Mac Pro
• Mac mini (2018)

Apple silicon-based

• MacBook
  • MacBook Air
  • MacBook Pro (13-in.)
• iMac (M1, 2021)
• Mac mini (2020)

Transition to Intel processors

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