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// Vintage 1984 Apple MacWrite M0535T/D

Be aware: this is the ITALIAN version (not ENGLISH !)

This was the very "FIRST software package" ever … for the original Macintosh, offered by Apple Computers. First released in Januari 1984 at the same time the Mac was introduced.

Very nice and collectible early Mac software set in the original Apple retail box, very difficult to find now in this condition. This set is 40 years old and only will get harder to find. 

Complete your Macintosh collection with this original Apple "retail boxed set" of Apple's killer applications: "MacWrite". Includes the original box in very good condition.

Tested floppy disk and manual, for the Macintosh 512K. PS/ Can be used with 512k en Plus too!

Original MacWrite manual which is dated 1983. Manual is complete and in clean condition. 

From non-smoking environment and stored properly so no smoke or old musty odors. The outer retail box looks great, minor wear as expected (see detailled pictures). Disk is tested and boot right up on my properly maintained and functioning Macintosh Plus (see detailled pictures).

// HISTORY & IMPORTANCE
MacWrite is a discontinued WYSIWYG word processor released along with the first Apple Macintosh systems in 1984. Together with MacPaint, it was one of the two original "killer applications" that propelled the adoption and popularity of the Mac in particular.

When the Mac was first being created, it was clear that users would interact with it differently from other personal computers. Typical computers of the era booted into text-only disk operating system or BASIC environments, requiring the users to type in commands. Some of these programs may have presented a graphical user interface of their own, but on the Mac, users would instead be expected to stay in the standard GUI both for launching and running programs. Having an approachable, consistent GUI was an advantage for the Mac platform, but unlike prior personal computers, the Mac was sold with no programming language built-in.

This presented a problem to Apple: the Mac was planned to be launched in 1983, with a new user interface paradigm, but no third-party software would be available for it, nor could users easily write their own. Users would end up with a computer that did nothing. In order to fill this void, several members of the Mac team took it upon themselves to write simple applications to fill these roles until third-party developers published more full-fledged software. The result was MacWrite and MacPaint, which shipped free with every Macintosh from 1984 to 1986.

Condition: Very good

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