Throughout its history the Macintosh has spanned four CPU instruction set architectures that represent the four commonly known generations. Apple offered the Macintosh alongside its popular Apple II family of computers for almost ten years before those were discontinued in 1993.
The original Macintosh was the first mass-market personal computer that featured a graphical user interface, built-in screen, and mouse, eschewing the command-line interface and/or BASIC interpreter that had been the mainstay for home computers since the late '70s. The Macintosh is a family of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Inc.
