The Macintosh Computer 1983 - Present Precursor to the Mac: The Lisa (1983) The Macintosh 128 (1984) The Macintosh II (1987) The PowerMac 1981: The first space shuttle, Columbia, orbited the earth. 1982: Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands failed. 1984: The first Apple Mackintosh microcomputer went on sale. 1987: World stock market crashed. 1989: The Berlin Wall was demolished.     Brenda White