Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: Dune or the first Macintosh?
Dune came first, in 1965 (published). The first Macintosh followed 19 years later, in 1984 (released).
- First1965
Dune
book · publishedFrank Herbert's Dune was turned down by more than 20 publishers before it came out in 1965.
- Second1984
The first Macintosh
product · releasedThe first Macintosh went on sale in January 1984, two days after a famous Super Bowl advert.
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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.