Hello, Macintosh

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison. In today's theme is Hello Macintosh, The personal computer revolution and iconic tech milestones. Question one. Apple stunned viewers with an Orwellian themed commercial that introduced the Macintosh during Super Bowl Towardy eight, which acclaimed filmmaker directed the famous nineteen eighty four ad that helped launch the mac to the masses Question two. When the original Macintosh first shipped in nineteen eighty four, it was a compact, mouse driven computer that changed how people interacted with PCs. How much RAM did the Macintosh include out of the box? Question three? The original IBM PC model of fivey, one hundred and fifty, released in nineteen eighty one, helped establish the architecture that dominated person computing for decades. Which microprocessor powered the five thousand, one hundred and fifty Question four. Key ideas behind the Macintosh's graphical user interface and mouse were inspired by demonstrations at a pioneering research center. What was the name of the lab that showcased these concepts to Apple? Question five. The World Wide Web began at CERN around nineteen eighty nine nineteen ninety,

1:33 transforming personal computers into portals to a global information space. On what brand of computer did Tim berners Lee build the first web browser and server. We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one Who directed Apple's nineteen eighty four Super Bowl ad and Sir Ridley Scott? Aired on January twenty second, nineteen eighty four. The ad was directed by Ridley Scott and referenced George Orwell's novel to dramatize Apple's break from the status quo. It set a new standard for tech advertising and heralded the Macintosh's public debut. Question two how much RAM did the nineteen eighty four Macintosh have? Answer one, twenty eight kilobytes?

2:24 The first mac had one hundred and twenty eight KB of RAM, later expanded in the Macintosh five hundred twelve K. Despite the tiny memory, its GUI and bundled software showed off a revolutionary user experience. Question three What CPU powered the nineteen eighty one IBMPC five thousand, one hundred and fifty answer Intel eight thousand and eighty eight running at four point seventy seven megahertz. The Intel eight thousand and eighty eight, with its eight bit external bus, made the IBMPC more affordable and compatible with existing hardware, kickstarting the X eighty six era. Question four which lab pioneered the GUI and mouse that inspired the Mac answer? Xerox Park Palo Alto Research Center. Xerox Park's Alto and Star systems featured bitmapped graphics, windows, and a mouse. Steve Jobs's nineteen seventy nine visit helped influence the designs of the Lisa and Macintosh. Question five. What computer hosted the first web browser server? Answer? Next Computer? Berner's Lee developed the world wide Web browser and the first web server on a Next machine, famously labeled do Not Power Down. That platform helped make the Web practical and portable. That concludes today's five daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.