When jobs began developing the original Macintosh in the early 1980s, he wanted Microsoft to create for it a version of basic, an easy-to-use programming language, as well as some application software, such as word processing, charts, and spreadsheet programs. 80年代初,乔布斯开始开发最早的麦金塔电脑,希望微软能为它创造一套BASIC语言(即简单易用的编程语言),并开发一些应用软件,比如文档、图表和数据处理程序。