The wooden block of 1964
The Xerox PARC refinement
The democratic click
Beyond the wire
What was the approximate retail price of the Apple Macintosh when it launched in 1984?
What did Apple's marketing campaign focus on to convince everyday people to buy the Macintosh?
steve Assemble the wooden mouse to discover how the first click changed technology forever.
steve Apple hired design firm Hovey-Kelley to redesign the expensive Xerox mouse for consumer use.
What material did Apple's design team use for the ball inside their redesigned mouse?
steve The First Computer Mouse
Click, click, click! Click, click, click! Just roll the little wheels and it does the trick!
steve Apple opted for a single-button mouse to prevent user confusion and simplify interaction.
Macintosh mouse: The original 1984 Macintosh mouse used a ball mechanism so simple it could be cleaned by twisting off a plastic ring.
Which tech leader famously visited Xerox PARC in 1979 and decided to adopt the mouse for his company?
A handheld device used to control a cursor on a computer screen. Douglas Engelbart sketched the device in 1961 to make digital technology accessible to the masses.