Apple’s original 1984 Macintosh keyboard had no arrow keys, no function keys, and no numeric pad because Steve Jobs wanted users to reach for the mouse first. Then Apple quietly sold the missing keys as an accessory. (opens in new tab)

The original Macintosh keyboard was not missing arrow keys by accident. When Apple put the Macintosh on sale on January 24, 1984, the machine arrived with a compact beige keyboard that had no cursor arrows, no function-key row, and no built-in numeric keypad. For a computer that was supposed to sell the public on a […]