Steve Jobs Demos the First Macintosh in 1984

We orig­i­nal­ly post­ed this video back in 2009, and it seems like the right time to bring it back. It cap­tures the first of many times that Steve Jobs thrilled audi­ences with the promise of what tech­nol­o­gy could deliv­er. The video takes you back to Jan­u­ary 1984, when Jobs demoed the first Mac­in­tosh. A young Jobs, sport­ing a bow tie and a fuller head of hair, could bare­ly hold back his smile and some tears, and the crowd sim­ply could­n’t con­tain its enthu­si­asm, giv­ing Jobs a five-minute stand­ing ova­tion. That’s where the video ends, fad­ing hap­pi­ly and suit­ably to black. We’ll miss you Steve.

For anoth­er great Steve Jobs moment, don’t miss his inspir­ing Stan­ford 2005 grad­u­a­tion talk where he dis­cussed his approach to liv­ing and urged the young grad­u­ates to “Stay Hun­gry, Stay Fool­ish.” So far as com­mence­ment speech­es go, it’s hard to beat this one.

 


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  • Rob says:

    Awe­some, awe­some stuff. Great show­man­ship. He let the prod­uct be the star. And the crowd was bet­ter than an Oprah stu­dio audi­ence.

  • mike gibbowr says:

    Now that brought back some fond mem­o­ries… when I was for­tu­nate enough to have worked with some out­stand­ing Tal­ents devel­op­ing Edu­ca­tion­al Soft­ware for Apple. It was a time when any­thing was pos­si­ble… at least that’s how it felt for all of us under con­tract with Ran­dom House­’s Land­mark Soft­ware. Chuck Carl­son, Land­marks Fear­less Pub­lish­er and Cathy Leeds… The Most Tal­ent­ed Art Direc­tor I’ve ever had the plea­sure to work with, achieved what few would dare back then… and made work­ing with Land­mark Soft­ware a place in time to Remem­ber.… The MAC sure has come a long way since then.… Many thanks to Apple for keep­ing it sim­ple… and Liv­ing The Dream…

    The Dream­er
    Copy­right 1994 Michael Gib­bowr

    Those who Dream by night
    Wipe the slum­ber from their eyes
    Then pick up the rou­tine
    Of their dai­ly lives
    But those who Dream by day
    They’re a dif­fer­ent breed
    You know them by their speech
    And get inspired by their deeds

    ‘Cause it’s the Dream­er
    Who makes this world a bet­ter place
    And it’s the Dream­er
    Who real­ly sets the pace
    Doing things that ain’t been done before
    Nev­er set­tling for sec­ond best
    Always striv­ing for more

    From the incan­des­cent light
    To the first manned flight
    The tele­phone to the Mod­el – T
    It’s the Dream­er who’s made his­to­ry
    Sim­ple folks just like you and me
    Who dared to pay the price
    To make their Dreams real­i­ty

    So nev­er fear your fear
    Always embrace your pain
    Know that should you fal­ter
    In it there’s no shame
    ‘Cause when you do the deed
    That you’ve been Dream­ing of
    You’re no longer aver­age
    You’re a cut above

    Yes, it’s the Dream­er
    Who makes this world a bet­ter place
    And it’s the Dream­er
    Who real­ly sets the pace
    Doing things that ain’t been done before
    Nev­er set­tling for sec­ond best
    Always striv­ing for more
    So don’t you set­tle for sec­ond best
    Life offers so much more
    ~

  • Victoria says:

    The Woz for­ev­er! Ego­ma­ni­acs have their own reward.

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