Apple’s 40-year-old Mac has never been more successful

Apple’s longest-running product, the venerable Macintosh, turns forty years old today and yet, it’s never been more successful.
Jason Snell for The Verge:
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Twenty years ago, on the Mac’s 20th anniversary, I asked Steve Jobs if the Mac would still be relevant to Apple in the age of the iPod. He scoffed at the prospect of the Mac not being important: “of course” it would be… When I interviewed Apple exec Phil Schiller for the Mac’s 30th anniversary, I found myself asking him about the Mac’s relevance, too. He also scoffed: “Our view is, the Mac keeps going forever,” he said.
Today marks 40 years since Jobs unveiled the original Macintosh at an event in Cupertino, and it once again feels right to ask what’s next for the Mac.
Next week, Apple will release financial results that will reinforce that Mac sales are among the best they’ve been in the product’s history… As the Mac turns 40, it’s never been more successful — or more irrelevant to Apple’s bottom line. It’s undergone massive changes in the past few years that ensure its survival but also lash it to a hardware design process dominated by the iPhone. Being middle-aged can be complicated.

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MacDailyNews Take: The state of the Mac is strong.
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