The History Of Apple

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Apple is considered to be one of the most successful companies in the world just because of their technology. I have always found Apple to be a very interesting subject because I loved how they could small like the Macintosh computer for example and turn it into something bigger 30 years. Apple has been very successful to develop new ideas and innovate new projects for their consumers. For instance when the first generation iPhone came out in 2007, it featured a touch screen display and you could search the web on it. The only down fall to the iPhone was it cost five hundred dollars to own and you had to be on AT&T to be able to use the smartphone. The iPhone was the beginning of the smartphone era and millions of people have a smartphone in their pockets today.
The Macintosh computer is celebrating its 30th birthday this year. The Macintosh first debuted back in January 24, 1984 and it featured graphical user interface and computer mouse. This was huge for people because they could now have a computer in their own house for their own personal use. In the 1980s, computers normally required people to type in commands, but when the Mac came out people could navigate with the graphical user interface. The options key was also organized into menus. People could also click icons to run different programs. The user could also drag and drop files to remove them. The Mac also introduced the trash can bin so you can delete files and other things. The Macintosh brought writing tools that we use in today’s world but however these functions were only limited to professional printers only.
Once the Macintosh got big, writers would use their Mac for features like publishing fancy newsletters and brochures right from their desktop. During the ...

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...f Apple and the jury would reward Apple almost one billion dollars. The Samsung-Apple rival is considered to be one of the biggest rivals in the world of mobile devices. Both of the companies define a global mobile device industry with a growing list of other companies such as HTC, Windows, and Motorola. The two companies account for more than 1 in 2 smartphones sold across the world. Apple also releases a new smartphone and a new computer on the market every year. Their new phone the iPhone 5s features a fingerprint scanner on it to keep people out of your phone. Another topic would be that rumors has it that Apple is releasing the iPhone 6 next fall and it is supposed to feature a 4.8 in screen on it. Also many universities find that Apple is very useful for many students because Apple offers students and faculty members discounts on almost all their products.

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