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History of Apple Inc

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Best Known ProductsHardware line:

- Macintosh line of personal computers- iPod portable media players- iPhone

- iPadSoftware products:

- Mac OS X operating system- iTunes media browser- iLife iMovie, iTunes, iPhoto- Final Cut Studio video editing- iWork- iCloud

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The start

- 1975 Steve Wozniak was working for HewlettPackard (calculator manufacturers) by day and was

a computer hobbyist by night.- He realized that the prices of some computer parts

had gotten so low he could buy them himself.

- Decided to work with fellow hobbyist Steve Jobs tobuild their own computer

- On 4/1/1976 released the Apple I (for $666) andstarted Apple Computers. Had 8 KB of RAM.

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4Apple I did not have a case the user was required to build a box forits components. (picture from Smithsonian) Apr 1,1976

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Quick Math Deviation

- 1 kilobyte = 1000 bytes

- 1 megabyte = 1 million bytes

- 1 gigabyte = 1 billion bytes

- Windows XP requires min 64 MB mem

- REALBasic requires min 512 MB mem

- Photoshop requires min 512 MB mem

- Vista requires min 512 MB mem

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Apple II

- In 1977, Apple II wasreleased for $1298

- Had color graphics a

first for a personalcomputer

- Originally used an audiocassette drive forstorage but later it wasreplaced by a floppydisk drive

- Had 64 KB of memory

- Supported the BASIC

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Other early endeavors

- Apple III- Released May 1980- Had 128K of RAM- Designed for businesses expensive- Had lots of problemsdidnt do well

- Apple Lisa- Released in 1983

- Became the first personal computer sold to the public witha GUI. Aimed at large businesses

- Commercial failure due to high price tag (almost $10,000)and limited software it could run

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The Lisa

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The intro of the Macintosh

- Apple introduced the Macintosh in1984- Sales not initially as strong as desired

- Changed with the intro of- LaserWriter first reasonably priced

laser printer

- PageMaker early desktop publishingpackage

(These capitalized on its advanced graphicscapabilities)

- 128 KB memory

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Historical note: When the Mac was released, the company bought all 39 pages of

advertisement space in the Nov/Dec version of Newsweek magazine!

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Early endeavors (cont)

- Sustained growth of Apple during theseearly years was partly due to the education

sector --- Many schools introduced the concept of

programming by using the LOGO programming

language on the Apple II

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Early Years -- Computer Comparison

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Product Storage RAM Year

Apple I --- 8 KB 1976

Apple II Floppy 64 KB 1977

Apple III Floppy 128 KB 1980

Apple Lisa Floppy 1 MB(1000 KB)

1983

Macintosh Floppy 128 KB 1984

Recall: Win XP requires min 64 MB mem

REALBasic requires min 512 MB mem

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Early endeavors (cont)

- Macintosh Plus

- Released in 1986

- 4 MB of memory

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Macintosh Portable

-Apples first attempt at aportable computer

- Released in 1989- 8 MB RAM

- 40 MB Hard drive *

- Clunky, slow- Weight: 15.8 lbs

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More portable efforts..

- PowerBook 100

- Released in 1991

- 40 MB hard drive- 8 MB RAM

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Other Major Apple Milestones

- 1997 Steve Jobs announced thatApple would join Microsoft to release

new versions of Microsoft Office for theMac

- 1997 Apple introduced the Apple Store

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Other Major Apple Milestones

- 1998 Introduced a new all-in-one computerthe iMac

- 2001 Mac OS X was released

(a huge operating system overhaul likeWindows XP compared to Windows 95 andWindows 98)

- 2001 - first Apple retail store available

- 2001 - iPod introduced- 2003 - iTunes Store introduced- 2007 - iPhone introduced- 2010 - iPad introduced

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Desktop Evolution - iMac G5

- Released 2004

- RAM 2 GB

- 160 GB hard drive

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Desktop Evolution -The Mac-mini

- Released in 2005

- First real foray into the low-endconsumer market,

- Apple's first monitor-less consumerMac in more than six years.

- just two inches tall and 6.5 inches wideand deep.

- The basic idea of the mini was: letcurrent PC owners spend $500 toreplace their PC, while continuing touse their existing monitor and USB

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Desktop Evolution - iMac

- Released in 2007

- RAM: 4 GB

- 320 GB hard drive

- Includes a new thinaluminum keyboard

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Laptop Evolution Macbook Air

- Weight: 3 lbs

- 2 GB memory- 120 GB hard drive

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iPhone

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Evolution ofOSs

- Mac System 1,2,3,4 (1984-1987)

- Distinguishable from other OSs from that era in that they used entirelygraphical user interfaces

- Could only run one application at a time- Mac System 5, 6, 7 (1987mid 1990s)

- Could now run multiple applications

- Mac OS 8 (8.0 8.6) (1997) better file management

- Mac OS 9 (9.0 9.2.2) (1999) improved support for wireless

- Mac OS X (1999 today) UNIX based OS

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