Selected) History of Apple Inc

8/8/2019 Selected) History of Apple Inc

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(Selected) History of Apple Inc


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Best Known Products

Hardware line:

Macintosh line of personal computers iPod portable media players

iPhone

Software products: Mac OS X operating system iTunes media browser

iLife iMovie, iTunes, iPhoto

Final Cut Studio video editing


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The start 1975 Steve Wozniak was working for Hewlett

Packard (calculator manufacturers) by day and was

a computer hobbyist by night.

He realized that the prices of some computer partshad 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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As we progress thru..

..note trends in memory and price..


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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 was

released for $1298

Had color graphics afirst for a personalcomputer

Originally used an audiocassette drive for

storage but later it wasreplaced by a floppydisk drive

Had 64 KB of memory

Supported the BASIC

program


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Other early endeavors Apple III

Released May 1980

Had 128K of RAM Designed for businesses expensive!! > $4300!!!

Had lots of problems didnt do well..

Apple Lisa Released in 1983 Became the first personal computer sold to the public

with a 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 in

1984 Sales not initially as strong as

desired Changed with the intro of

LaserWriter first reasonably pricedlaser printer

PageMaker early desktoppublishing package

(These capitalized on its advanced graphicscapabilities)

128 KB memory

Sold for $2495Historical 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 these

early years was partly due to the educationsector --

Many schools introduced the concept ofprogramming by using the LOGO programming

language on the Apple II


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Early Years -- Computer Comparison

Product Cost Storage RAM Year

Apple I $666 --- 8 K B 1976

Apple II $1 298 Floppy 64 K B 1977

Apple III $4300(for business)

Floppy 128 KB 1980

Apple Lisa$10,000(for business) Floppy

1 MB(1000 KB) 1983

Macintosh $2495 Floppy 128 KB 1984

Recall: Win XP requires min 64 MB mem

REALBasic requires min 51

2M

Bmem


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Early endeavors (cont) Macintosh Plus

Released in 1986

4 MB of memory $2600


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Macintosh Portable Apples first attempt at a

portable computer

Released in 1989

8 MB RAM

40 MB Hard drive **

Clunky, slow Weight: 15.8 lbs !!!!!

$6500


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More portable efforts.. PowerBook 100

Released in 1991

40 MB hard drive

8 MB RAM

$2500


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Various other Apple efforts.. In 1987 2001

Macintosh (desktops)

PowerBooks (laptops)

Servers


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Other Major Apple Milestones.. 1997 Steve Jobs announced thatApple would join Microsoft to releasenew 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 computer

the 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


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Desktop Evolution -The iMac Released in 1998

All in one computer

Designed with theinternet in mind

$1299

2 USB ports 4 GB hard drive

256 MB RAM


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Desktop Evolution - The eMac Released in 2002

Originally available onlyfor educational markets

$1300

(Note: We used to havethese in H210 just a fewyears ago)


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Desktop Evolution - iMac G5 Released 2004

RAM 2 GB

160 GB hard drive

$1499


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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 incheswide and deep.

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

peripherals.

Note: Currently inuse in H210!!


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Desktop Evolution - iMac Released in 2007

RAM: 4 GB

320 GB hard drive

Includes a new thinaluminum keyboard

$1799

Here in H209: 2006 version (all white) student machines2007 version teacher machine


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Laptop Evolution Macbook Air

Weight: 3 lbs

2 GB memory 120 GB hard drive

$1799


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Product Cost Storage RAM Year

Macintosh $2495 Floppy 128 KB 1984

Mac Plus $2600 Floppy 4 MB 1986

iMac $1799 320 GB 4GB 2007

Mac Portable(laptop)

$6500 40MB hd 8 MB 1989

Powerbook 100(laptop)

$2500 40MB hd 8 MB 1991

Macbook Air

(laptop)

$1799 120GB hd 2GB 2008

An Additional Computer Comparison


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

Distinguishable from other OSs from that era in that they usedentirely graphical user interfaces

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

10.0 Cheetah (01) 10.1 Puma (02) 10.2 Jaguar (03)

10.3 Panther (04) 10.4 Tiger (05) 10.5 Leopard (08)

10.6 Snow Leopard (09)

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