Apple Macintosh team

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Apple Inc. project team engineering team product development team

The Apple Macintosh team was the group of engineers, designers, and developers at Apple responsible for creating the original Macintosh computer and pioneering its user-friendly graphical interface.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Apple Inc. project team → engineering team → product development team →
activeIn	early 1980s →
associatedWith	1984 Macintosh launch demonstration → Apple "1984" advertising campaign →
basedIn	Cupertino, California →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
fieldOfWork	computer engineering → graphical user interfaces → human–computer interaction → personal computers →
formedIn	late 1970s →
influencedBy	Xerox PARC Alto interface concepts →
keyMember	Andy Hertzfeld → Bill Atkinson → Bruce Horn → Bud Tribble → Burrell Smith → Chris Espinosa → George Crow → Jef Raskin → Jerry Manock → Joanna Hoffman → Larry Kenyon → Mike Boich → Randy Wigginton → Steve Jobs → Susan Kare →
launchEvent	Macintosh introduction on January 24, 1984 →
ledBy	Steve Jobs →
notableFor	emphasis on ease of use → icon-based desktop interface → pioneering a mass-market graphical user interface → use of a mouse as primary pointing device →
notableWork	Macintosh Finder → Macintosh desktop metaphor → Macintosh graphical user interface → Macintosh menu bar interface →
operatedBy	Apple Computer, Inc. →
partOf	Apple Computer, Inc. →
productDeveloped	Apple Macintosh → Macintosh 128K → original Macintosh computer →
responsibleFor	design of the original Macintosh hardware → design of the original Macintosh software → development of a user-friendly graphical interface → integration of hardware and software for Macintosh →
usedProgrammingLanguage	Pascal → assembly language →
usedTechnology	Motorola 68000 microprocessor →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
MFS ("Apple Macintosh system software team") → Macintosh 128K →	designedBy
Joanna Hoffman ("Apple Macintosh project") →	associatedWith
Mr. T ("Apple Macintosh division") →	companyDivision
Bud Tribble ("Macintosh development team at Apple") →	partOf