In this essay I will introduce a short history of the raise of the Apple Computer a company which exist to the present time, and produces personal computers and other electronic equipment such as very popular portable music players. The company started in the early 80s, when a couple of computer fascinated friends decided to create a new model in personal computing. Steven Wozniak and Steve Jobs, high school friends, at first worked for different companies; Wozniak for Atari and Jobs for HP. They decided to combine their knowledge and their dreams and create a new type of user friendly personal computer accessible for ordinary people. That is how the based on first model of Apple I was born. The Apple I was based on the Mostek 6502 chip, whereas most other computers were the Intel 8080. The Apple I was sold through several small retailers, and included only the circuit board. A tape-interface was sold separately, but you had to build the case. The Apple I's initial cost was $666.66. And the next model Apple II was introduced very shortly after. Soon after, Wozniak and Jobs established their own company called Apple Computer on the 1st of April 1976. Initially Ronald Gerald Wayne joined the team during the company's beginning, but only for a short period of time. Therefore he is not mentioned as one of its founders in most of bibliographies. At first the company was based at Jobs home, in his garage, but very quickly it grew and after a few years became a company, which employed thousands of employees. The construction works on a completely new computer model began in 1979. This time Apple was supposed to create a machine which did not need high computer skills to be operated with. The operation of the computer was based on graphic interface using a mouse to navigate it. The idea was born while Jobs visited one of Xerox PARC labs, where he noticed a prototype of a new graphic interface system machine. One of the Xerox employees at that time, Jef Raskin later switched to Apple on 3 January 1978 and eventually became its project manager. Unfortunately, because of many internal and interpersonal problems, completion of the project was losing momentum. In 1981 IBM released a brand new model of PC, which became very popular and set new standards in personal computing. Flow of time and never ending modifications, took its tool on the Apple project and caused rise in production costs.
Apple Inc. (Apple or "the company") is engaged in design, development and marketing of personal computers (PCs), media devices, and portable digital music players. The company also sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. The company primarily operates in the US. It is headquartered in Cupertino, California. Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is a multinational corporation that creates consumer electronics, personal computers, computer software, and commercial servers, and is a digital distributor of media content. Apple's core product lines are the iPhone smart phone, iPad tablet computer, iPod portable media players, and Macintosh computer line. Founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple Computer on April 1, 1976, and incorporated the company on January 3, 1977, in Cupertino, California. For more than two decades, Apple Computer was predominantly a manufacturer of personal computers, including the Apple II, Macintosh, and Power Mac lines, but it faced rocky sales and low market share during the 1990s. Jobs, who had been ousted from the company in 1985, returned to Apple in 1996 after his company NeXT was bought by Apple. The following year he became the company's interim CEO which later became permanent. Jobs subsequently instilled a new corporate philosophy of recognizable products and simple design, starting with the original iMac in 1998.
Specific Purpose: To give facts and information of the how Apple Inc. started out, the products they offer, its usefulness and how it benefits businesses and education, its rise to popularity, appealing to consumers of all ages.
also just getting on its feet. It was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
Apple’s first personal computer, the Apple 1, took six months to design and 40 hours to build with an initial investment of $1300.00 (The seeds of success, 1982). In 1975 the entrepreneurs formed a partnership and decided on the name Apple. Ron Wayne designed the diagrams of the Apple 1 and the company logo, which play both on the company name and the word “b...
Apple one of the best company in today century. Apple was started in 1976 by two handsome guys, Steve Job and Steve Wozniak. Job and Wozniak meet each other through a mutual friend they both knew. They had some much in common and one of those was the love for electronic. Wozniak use too designs computers before he meets jobs, so he was very advance when it comes to electronics and designing computer, it was Jobs intelligent and creative thinking made these two a perfect match. Job and Wozniak were both 21 of age when they started Apple computer. They started this little business in Jobs family garage. In order to make money to buy equipment Jobs and Wozniak had to both sacrifice something valuable so they can raise money. Job sold his Volkswagen bus. Wozniak sold his precious scientific calculator. Jobs and Wozniak made a big impact in the computer industry by adjusting the technology and making the machines a lot smaller, cheaper and usable to everyday consumers. Wozniak establishes a list of user friendly, personal computers, while Jobs was in charge of marketing, ...
Wozniak had been fiddling in workstation plan for quite a while when, in 1976, he outlined what might turn into the Apple I. Employments, who had an eye for what's to come, demanded that he and Wozniak attempt to offer the machine, and on April 1, 1976, Apple Computer was conceived(Company History)
Secondly, Jobs and Rockefeller became very rich during their prime time. Jobs’ Macintosh computers were integrated with a fast processor, the Motorola 68000, making it extremely user friendly. This computer was also the first to use a graphical user interface, a system
It was created by apple in california, in 1984. It cost 2,495 dollars and only had a 9 inch screen. It had little money compared to other computers but when the macintosh 2 came out it had more memory. It had 1mb of ram but could expand to 4. The computer was targeted toward students and workers. They finally stopped selling the computer in 1985. The macintosh was named after its creators, Jeff Raskin, favorite apple. It was a text based computer. It ran by clicking on pictures. It had a handle on it but also needed a carrying bag. Finally it was 16.5
It was Steve Jobs who made Apple leave the garage and make leaps and bounds in the world of technology. Steve Wozniak made the first prototype, but it was Jobs who “saw the potential” in his computer and persuaded Wozniak to sell it (Peterson 106). Even though that first computer saw very little success, Jobs knew that Apple had potential and so released the Apple II. From the beginning Jobs knew what the consumers wanted, and where computers were going to take the world; he had a vision of the opportunities in technology and saw that Apple needed to move in a different direction. In 1984, one year before he left, Jobs finished the Macintosh computer system. He was pushed from his original computer design project, “the Lisa”, and then raced to release the Mac first, but the Lisa was released to the public first. Although the Lisa came out first, the Mac “[became] synonymous with Apple, mark[ing] a…revolution in…personal computing,” (Peterson 106).
In early 1976 Wozniak and Jobs finish work on a preassembled computer circuit board. It has no Product keyboard, case, sound or graphics. They call it the Apple I. They form the Apple Computer Company on April Fool's Day and sold the Apple I board for $666.66 at the Home brew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California.
Xerox was the original creator of GUI, having created the Xerox Alto in 1973, where graphical user interface and laser printer originated. It was the year 1971 when Xerox decided to form Palo Alto research center, the goal was to dominate paperless office of the future. Bob Taylor, former head of the computer science lab in Xerox Parc, Larry Tesler and Adele Goldberg, former Xerox Parc researchers, and lastly John Warnock, co-founder of adobe system, also a member in Xerox Parc are the people who made Macintosh and Windows happen. They are the reason that made using computer user friendly, and they also made printer print exactly how you want it to look.
From the case “Design Thinking and Innovation at Apple”, there are some significant factors which cause the Apple’s success in the past 40 years. One of the vital factors is the leader. Steven Jobs, known as his strict and “dictatorial” characteristics, created Apple and endowed it with his initial value—simplicity and expertise. And these are how Apple implement in the following years. “‘That simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’…the really great person will keep on going and find…the key, underlying principle of the problem (Thomke, S. & Feinberg B., 2012).” A great leader should have his or her clear norms and disciplines,
Now let's discuss who founded the company. Steve Jobs along side of Steve Wozniak may have been considered Apple's most visible founders in 1976, but there might not have been no iPad, iPhone or iMac if it was not for their friend Ronald Wayne. Wayne was convinced by jobs to take 10% of the company's stock and act as an arbiter should one of the Steve's come to blows, but to their surprise Wayne backed out 12 days later, selling for just $500 a holding that would have been worth over $70 billion dollars 40 years later.
Apple computer, Inc. is one of the largest tech companies in the world. The company was established on April 1, 1976, and incorporated on January 3, 1977. Apple computer had been using this name for the first 30 years then removed the word “computer” on January 9, 2007. Apple has produced a lot of innovative products and has successfully become one of the top leaders in the field of technology. Apple itself produces hardware which includes Macintosh computers, iPods, iPhones and iPads. In order to support their own hardware, Apple has also created software including Mac OS X operating system, iOS mobile operating system, iTunes, a professional photography package, a suite of professional audio and film-industry, final cut studio, logic studio and music production tools (Wikipedia, September 2010).
Apple Inc. Founded by Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne, Steve Wozniak in April 1, 1976, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, online services, and personal computers.