Wozniak: The first Macintosh computer doesn't actually have much practical value.

Summary: Apple co-founder Wozniak June 28 News, according to the U.S. Science and Technology information website The Verge report, Apple co-founder Wozniak (Steve Wozniak) recently said Apple launched the first Macintosh computer

Apple co-founder Wozniak

Beijing Time June 28 news, according to the U.S. Science and Technology information website The Verge, Apple co-founder Wozniak (Steve Wozniak) recently said Apple's early launch of the first Macintosh computer (MAC) is actually not much practical value, because it can be regarded as Failed product.

Earlier this week, Wozniak received an interview with The Verge editor Chris Zegle (Chris Ziegler). In this interview, Wozniak recalls the many things that had happened in the early days of Apple's creation and the fact that he worked with another Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Wozniak also the similarities and differences between Mac and an earlier product, Lisa, the first PC to use a graphical user interface.

In 1982, Wozniak recalls, Apple's CEO, John Sculley, began to disagree with Mr. Jobs on Apple's marketing strategy. Sculley forced jobs to leave the Lisa project, so Jobs was involved in the MAC program, and Wozniak was working on the project.

Wozniak to Zegle said: "This Mac should be a completely different product, should not be like the mouse-driven GUI it uses (graphical user interface), Lisa Computer is also so, he should wait for another 5 years, and then the various conditions are ripe. ”

"I was not there because of a plane crash, so jobs actually took over the Mac development project," Wozniak said. Wozniak also believes that Jobs was "kicked out" by Lisa's team because he wanted the MAC project to compete with the Lisa development team.

At the time, however, Lisa had to use a lot of RAM, and 1MB of RAM was "equivalent to today's 10,000 dollars". In this case, jobs hopes to develop a lower-priced PC.

Wozniak said: "But what jobs did, the result is a very weak, not much practical value of the computer." To tell the truth, the MAC is not only bad performance, but also the price is still high. Jobs cut RAM capacity, forcing users to insert platters there. This is a product without much practical value. ”

"The first Mac should be a total failure, then who turned the Mac into a successful product?" said Wozniak, who was not Mr. Jobs, who was no longer in charge of the project. It was Sculley and others who worked hard to breed the Mac market after the Apple II computer was retired. ”