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The very first Mac launched in January 1984, and to celebrate its 40th anniversary – and our 400th issue! – we’re going back to the Mac. We’ll discover the Macs that paved the way for today’s magical M3s, trace macOS from System 1.0 to Sonoma, and explore the evolution of our favourite Apple accessories too.
You’ll discover how the first Mac changed computing for everyone, and see the many Macs that truly deserved the title of ‘insanely great’. But we’re not going to pretend that it’s all been plain sailing. Some Macs didn’t ‘just work’, and we’re going to breathe a big sigh when we recall some of the Mac’s less endearing designs and the decisions behind them. We’ll tut at the Touch Bar, wonder how you’re supposed to charge your Magic Mouse when you’re using it and use the word ‘cracking’ sarcastically to describe the ill-fated G4 Cube.